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blue_jay

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2. Little known fact, there's more than one type of Catholic, possibly 7, I didn't research completely could be more
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 04:52 AM
16 hrs ago

Did a little deep dive because I just love polls so much and wonder how they could possibly be "accurate" when clearly not everyone could be polled or be forced to disclose their religious beliefs and political choices. And I hate to throw any group under the bus since as with all groups and people, there are better and worse ones, if you choose to categorize things in the world that way.

I'm actually happy that the Cardinals are calling this administation out and standing up for something. Found this Pew research study about the Trump Harris election and saw that white Evangelical Presbytarians were the most pro Trump so Catholics weren't the worst....
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/09/09/white-protestants-and-catholics-support-trump-but-voters-in-other-us-religious-groups-prefer-harris/
I don't know how reliable their data is but thought it was interesting. Sadly Leonard Leo and his Opus Dei Catholicism connection have tainted the Supreme court and given all Catholics a bad rap. Apparently Opus Dei is only 0.2% of all Catholics. That said, regardless of the type, too many would vote for or did vote for Trump but then again, too many people in general would or did vote for Trump regardless of their religious or non-religous beliefs.

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