Catholics for Trump Remain Strong

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : This is a significant win for Trump among the bellwether group compared to 2020.
64% : In Michigan, he won 20 points, while he won 16 percentage points in Wisconsin, and in Florida, Trump won 29 points.
51% : By state, Trump won the Catholic vote by significant numbers.
46% : A Washington Post exit poll found that Trump won the national Catholic vote on Election Day by 56 percent to 41 percent for Harris.
46% : "Trump and Vance won Catholics by a massive margin by promising to improve the lives of those most impacted by inflation, and by promising to bring about a humane and orderly solution to the chaos at the border.
32% : The publication's 2020 exit polls found that Trump only had a five-point lead over President Joe Biden, 52 to 47 percent -- or a staggering ten-point swing in favor of the former president from Election Day four years ago to now.Harris' abortion stance seemed to be the leading reason she lost a staggering amount of Catholic votes -- that and her constant mocking of the religion and snubbing of the AI Smith dinner, which benefits Catholic charities.
26% : In Pennsylvania, where Trump defeated Harris in a landslide, he won the Catholic vote by 14 points.
14% : Trump also won 90 percent of voters who believe abortion should be banned in all or most cases, while Harris only won nine percent of voters who held that same view.
9% : Further, Trump and Harris differed sharply over the role of religion in America, with Harris sealing her fate by telling Christians they didn't belong at her rallies, before declaring there would be no accommodations for people of faith on abortion.

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