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| Catholics Put Bush Over the Top in Key States |
| 2004-11-04 |
| Exit polls are showing that President Bush has won the Catholic vote 51-48 percent, which was decisive in states that were the key to Bush's victory, especially Ohio and Florida. "We trimmed 5 percent off of what Kerry needed in Youngstown, Ohio," according to Kevin Collins of Catholics Against Kerry. "Kerry needed 65 percent and got only 60 percent," Collins told NewsMax. Bush won the Catholic vote in Florida 57-42 percent (among weekly mass-goers, 66-34 percent) and in Ohio 55-44% (among weekly mass-goers, 65-35 percent). Based on exit polling, Collins believes that it was Catholic voters who put Bush over the top in Florida and Ohio. "No one who has won the Catholic vote has lost the popular vote since 1972," according to Collins. |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |
| #2 The Democrat intolerance of dissent on abortion, objections to resonable constraints on abortion, and fanatical stand on litmus tests for judicial selections will continue to drive Catholics away. The Democrat stand on the side of allowing, promoting and funding abortions, will continue to lever Catholics away from the traditional Democrat leaning bloc vote behavior. One weakness for Republicans is this issue too: Areln Specter may as well be a Democrat with his dogmatic attempts to pre-judge Supreme Court nominees. Time for the Republicans to dump him and call him what he is: A Democrat. We'll take Nelson of Nebraska in exchange. You can bet 6 years from now Specter will be retired - he will lose in the primary. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-11-04 11:12:29 AM |
| #1 Something that may of been key in this was the letter put out by the Catholic Bishops and the sremons over the weekend about remembering and voting the Gospel of Life |
| Posted by: Cheaderhead 2004-11-04 6:09:29 AM |