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Originally Posted by Red Ice Player
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...rtner-1&wpmm=1
Roman Catholics, a massive demographic comprising 25% of the US electorate have swung decisively towards Clinton, more so than any other demographic. Maybe this should be where the Trump campaign should now be focusing their outreach, since they're doing so well now with African Americans. Knowing Trump, he'll just double down on the Pope Francis insults. The Catholic swing vote alone dooms Trump.
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Unfortunately, many of those roman catholics are minorities
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Even as their numbers decline, American Christians – like the U.S. population as a whole – are becoming more racially and ethnically diverse. Non-Hispanic whites now account for smaller shares of evangelical Protestants, mainline Protestants and Catholics than they did seven years earlier, while Hispanics have grown as a share of all three religious groups. Racial and ethnic minorities now make up 41% of Catholics (up from 35% in 2007), 24% of evangelical Protestants (up from 19%) and 14% of mainline Protestants (up from 9%).
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This is where the GOP train derails. If they could drop the racism and appeal to religious minorities they would have a legitimate shot at major office now and well into the future, however, they would lose the support of the poor white racist demographic which presumably would be picked up by the democrats.