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Catholic Swing Vote

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Tim Rutten wrote in this weekend’s LA Times on the nature of Catholic voters. Rutten describes how Catholics are a swing demographic who unlike blacks or evangelicals aren’t firmly rooted to one political party. This erratic nature combined with the large number of Catholics in the U.S.( 1 in 4) makes them a targeted voting bloc, says Rutten. He predicts that Catholic’s social gospel mentality and interest in more than just “life” issues will send this swing group into the Democrat’s embrace come November.

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