Pollster: Catholic Voters More Likely To Punish Romney for Position on Birth Control Coverage

[highplainsdem]

http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/sarahposner/5660/pollster%3A_catholic_voters_more_likely_to_punish_romney_for_position_on_birth_control_coverage/

During a conference call with reporters this afternoon, Tom Jensen of Public Policy Polling reviewed the results of the poll conducted on behalf of Planned Parenthood on the question of religious exemptions from the birth control coverage requirement.

The issue, Jensen said, has the potential to have a "big impact" on the election—and not in a negative way for Barack Obama, but for Mitt Romney.

In response to the question, "Mitt Romney has pledged to eliminate the benefit that gives women birth control coverage without a co-pay. Does Romney's position make you more or less likely to vote for him?" Forty percent of voters said less likely, only 23% said more likely, and 33% said it made no difference.

But crucially, Romney's position and his pledge to eliminate the coverage makes Catholic voters less likely to voter for him. Among Catholic voters, only 28% said his position made them more likely to vote for him, while 46% said it would make them less likely, with 23% saying it made no difference. In other words, said Jensen, "Catholic voters, even more so than population at large, said they'd be inclined to punish Mitt Romney at the polls."

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Jensen also said that Romney is "playing with fire."

[HockeyMom]

1. Catholic layity have a far different view on BC

than the Catholic clergy. Media should be telling it as it.

[rurallib]

2. one reason is that the clergy is all male ........

[2ndAmForComputers]

5. In my experience, in every place that has Catholics and Evangelicals...

the Catholics are the more tolerant, progressive, and open-minded.

Always.

(You're right, of course, in that you'd never think that by looking at the clergy. Although I hear that Catholic priests in other countries tend to be more progressive.)

[Remember Me]

7. But there's a nasty strain of really conservative ones nowadays

just ask Newt and Callista, both of whom are Catholic. Newt didn't useta be-- I think he converted so he could marry Callista. Or whatever. It's disconcerting to see him as a Catholic, after all his time in GA.

[2ndAmForComputers]

8. I heard there's another one like that, goes by the name Santorum. Let me google him.

[Robbins]

3. Remember

Romney supported the law th got voted down In Miss that not only would have banned all Abortion but would have banned all form
of Birth control and criminalize Miscarrage.Romney has moved more and more to the far right In order to get the nomination.

[msongs]

4. meanwhile the obama admin is caving in to the....catholic lobby lol

http://www.democraticunderground.com/101446419

[xtraxritical]

6. Catholics?

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