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Wed Sep 26, 2012, 09:41 PM

highplainsdem (11,110 posts)

Poll: Obama surges ahead among Catholic voters

Source: Washington Post

President Obama’s support among Catholic voters has surged since June, according to a new poll, despite a summer that included the Catholic bishops’ religious freedom campaign and the naming of Rep. Paul Ryan, a Catholic, as the GOP’s vice-presidential candidate.

On June 17, Obama held a slight edge over Mitt Romney among Catholics (49-47 percent), according to the Pew Research Center. Since then, Obama has surged ahead, and now leads 54-39 percent, according to a Pew poll conducted on Sept. 16.

Among all registered voters, Obama leads Romney 51-42 percent, according to Pew.

Obama and Romney are essentially tied among white Catholics, which some pollsters call the ultimate swing group.

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Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/poll-obama-surges-ahead-among-catholic-voters/2012/09/26/8115e118-081a-11e2-9eea-333857f6a7bd_story.html

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Poll: Obama surges ahead among Catholic voters (Original post)	highplainsdem	Sep 2012	OP
Simple:Birth control. Everybody knows American Catholics don't buy the church policy	MichiganVote	Sep 2012	#1
is Rimney winning with ANY group now?	WestWisconsinDem	Sep 2012	#2
wow, at this rate, the only demographic segment Rmoney will have is	central scrutinizer	Sep 2012	#3
Even Morning joe was crying big tears	goclark	Sep 2012	#5
And baggers. Don't forget them, they are the GOP's ace in the hole.	freshwest	Sep 2012	#8
OUCH!! Isn't Lyin' Ryan a Catholic? Serves him right!	Liberal_Stalwart71	Sep 2012	#4
Joe Biden is a Catholic - who actually understands social justice unlike Ryan.	Pirate Smile	Sep 2012	#6
Uh-huh! He sure does!!!	Liberal_Stalwart71	Sep 2012	#9
This is remarkable even without the Ryan angle ....	Trajan	Sep 2012	#7
Hmm, wait a minute	defacto7	Sep 2012	#10
So much for Obama's "anti-church" stand on birth control driving away hoardes of Catholics.	Arugula Latte	Sep 2012	#11
Ditto support for gay marriage. That old saw ain't working, phobes.	closeupready	Sep 2012	#14
Ouch! That's going to piss off the bishops.	chemenger	Sep 2012	#12
The Catholic Church in the USA is fractured...	hunter	Sep 2012	#13
+1,000.	freshwest	Sep 2012	#15
I am one of your Catholics....	ProgressiveChristian	Sep 2012	#16

Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Wed Sep 26, 2012, 09:55 PM

MichiganVote (18,989 posts)

1. Simple:Birth control. Everybody knows American Catholics don't buy the church policy

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Wed Sep 26, 2012, 10:21 PM

WestWisconsinDem (127 posts)

2. is Rimney winning with ANY group now?

Maybe mormon assault weapon owners who make more than $250K per year?

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Wed Sep 26, 2012, 10:22 PM

central scrutinizer (5,905 posts)

3. wow, at this rate, the only demographic segment Rmoney will have is

Mormons and Fox News Zombies

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Wed Sep 26, 2012, 10:34 PM

goclark (30,404 posts)

5. Even Morning joe was crying big tears

this A.M.
He could not believe it !

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Wed Sep 26, 2012, 10:58 PM

freshwest (31,480 posts)

8. And baggers. Don't forget them, they are the GOP's ace in the hole.

They're organizing so-called Truth or Verification voting squads to interfere with voters. And they still have that $400M of Koch money earmarked to defeat Obama.

And who knows how much money Mittens' campaign is going to spend in the last weeks of the campaign. A lot of money is also being diverted down ticket to keep the obstruction going, no matter what.

Yet, this poll from Pew I find very encouraging.

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Wed Sep 26, 2012, 10:22 PM

Liberal_Stalwart71 (13,853 posts)

4. OUCH!! Isn't Lyin' Ryan a Catholic? Serves him right!

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Wed Sep 26, 2012, 10:45 PM

Pirate Smile (27,527 posts)

6. Joe Biden is a Catholic - who actually understands social justice unlike Ryan.

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Wed Sep 26, 2012, 11:04 PM

Liberal_Stalwart71 (13,853 posts)

9. Uh-huh! He sure does!!!

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Wed Sep 26, 2012, 10:48 PM

Trajan (15,949 posts)

7. This is remarkable even without the Ryan angle ....

They are coming home to papa ....

That Mitt ... What will he do next ? ... Fall into an open manhole ?

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Thu Sep 27, 2012, 12:03 AM

defacto7 (3,309 posts)

10. Hmm, wait a minute

"Obama and Romney are essentially tied among white Catholics, which some pollsters call the ultimate swing group. "

Why? Is it because they're not sure the non-white Catholic voters would be able or willing to vote? It would take a lot of white Catholic voters changing direction to overcome a 15% difference. Or do they expect white Catholics to cave to religious pressure?

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Thu Sep 27, 2012, 12:54 AM

Arugula Latte (40,154 posts)

11. So much for Obama's "anti-church" stand on birth control driving away hoardes of Catholics.

Ha ha! Also, to the Bishops, a big Fuck You from the women of America.

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Thu Sep 27, 2012, 01:16 PM

closeupready (19,472 posts)

14. Ditto support for gay marriage. That old saw ain't working, phobes.

But you'd never know it according to DU's resident 'concern trolls'. lol

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Thu Sep 27, 2012, 12:54 PM

chemenger (1,497 posts)

12. Ouch! That's going to piss off the bishops.

n/t

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Thu Sep 27, 2012, 01:10 PM

hunter (16,126 posts)

13. The Catholic Church in the USA is fractured...

Liberal Catholics on one side, Fascist Authoritarian Ryan Republicans on the other.

My Catholics work in the soup kitchens, shelters, and food banks.

The other guys stand in the Planned Parenthood driveway with ugly signs...

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Thu Sep 27, 2012, 11:08 PM

freshwest (31,480 posts)

15. +1,000.

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Fri Sep 28, 2012, 05:09 AM

ProgressiveChristian (18 posts)

16. I am one of your Catholics....

I am pro-life, for the unborn and those who suffer from hunger, disease, poverty and discrimination after they are born...

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