Poll: Obama surges ahead among Catholic voters

[highplainsdem]

Source: Washington Post

President Obama’s support among Catholic voters has surged since June, according to a new poll, despite a summer that included the Catholic bishops’ religious freedom campaign and the naming of Rep. Paul Ryan, a Catholic, as the GOP’s vice-presidential candidate.

On June 17, Obama held a slight edge over Mitt Romney among Catholics (49-47 percent), according to the Pew Research Center. Since then, Obama has surged ahead, and now leads 54-39 percent, according to a Pew poll conducted on Sept. 16.

Among all registered voters, Obama leads Romney 51-42 percent, according to Pew.

Obama and Romney are essentially tied among white Catholics, which some pollsters call the ultimate swing group.

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[MichiganVote]

1. Simple:Birth control. Everybody knows American Catholics don't buy the church policy

[WestWisconsinDem]

2. is Rimney winning with ANY group now?

Maybe mormon assault weapon owners who make more than $250K per year?

[central scrutinizer]

3. wow, at this rate, the only demographic segment Rmoney will have is

Mormons and Fox News Zombies

[goclark]

5. Even Morning joe was crying big tears

this A.M.
He could not believe it !

[freshwest]

8. And baggers. Don't forget them, they are the GOP's ace in the hole.

They're organizing so-called Truth or Verification voting squads to interfere with voters. And they still have that $400M of Koch money earmarked to defeat Obama.

And who knows how much money Mittens' campaign is going to spend in the last weeks of the campaign. A lot of money is also being diverted down ticket to keep the obstruction going, no matter what.

Yet, this poll from Pew I find very encouraging.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

4. OUCH!! Isn't Lyin' Ryan a Catholic? Serves him right!

[Pirate Smile]

6. Joe Biden is a Catholic - who actually understands social justice unlike Ryan.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

9. Uh-huh! He sure does!!!

[Trajan]

7. This is remarkable even without the Ryan angle ....

They are coming home to papa ....

That Mitt ... What will he do next ? ... Fall into an open manhole ?

[defacto7]

10. Hmm, wait a minute

"Obama and Romney are essentially tied among white Catholics, which some pollsters call the ultimate swing group. "

Why? Is it because they're not sure the non-white Catholic voters would be able or willing to vote? It would take a lot of white Catholic voters changing direction to overcome a 15% difference. Or do they expect white Catholics to cave to religious pressure?

[Arugula Latte]

11. So much for Obama's "anti-church" stand on birth control driving away hoardes of Catholics.

Ha ha! Also, to the Bishops, a big Fuck You from the women of America.

[closeupready]

14. Ditto support for gay marriage. That old saw ain't working, phobes.

But you'd never know it according to DU's resident 'concern trolls'. lol

[chemenger]

12. Ouch! That's going to piss off the bishops.

n/t

[hunter]

13. The Catholic Church in the USA is fractured...

Liberal Catholics on one side, Fascist Authoritarian Ryan Republicans on the other.

My Catholics work in the soup kitchens, shelters, and food banks.

The other guys stand in the Planned Parenthood driveway with ugly signs...

[freshwest]

15. +1,000.

[ProgressiveChristian]

16. I am one of your Catholics....

I am pro-life, for the unborn and those who suffer from hunger, disease, poverty and discrimination after they are born...