IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — What makes a politician "Catholic" is not party affiliation, but dedication to promoting the common good, particularly through listening to and empowering people who often are overlooked, Pope Francis said. Increasingly, Catholics and other people of faith will be forced to Just Say No – no to politicians and their increasingly authoritarian schemes, no to never-ending war, no to political coercion of any kind. “I invite you to live your faith with great freedom, never believing that there exists only one form of political commitment for […] Politicians have long pursued the “Catholic vote” – a potentially big prize, given that the nation’s roughly 51 million Catholic adults constitute the largest single religious institution in the United States.

While 37% say they favor the GOP, 44% identify with or lean toward the Democratic Party (and 19% say they do not lean either way). We come from different religious, political and philosophical viewpoints, but we share a common commitment that religious groups need to speak out on political and social issues.

Welcome to the Christians Political News. In the 2012 election, 50% of Catholics said … "I … Second, most U.S. Catholics nevertheless participate in our two-party system. Overall, 57 percent of Catholics affiliate with the Democrats and 40 percent with the Republicans when those leaning toward one or the other party … Cox proportional analysis models were used to determine whether political party affiliation or political ideology was associated with time to death. The First Prayer in Congress, September 7, 1774. Before the 1960s, when cultural changes lead to an incremental liberalization of the Democratic Party, Catholics were seen as staunch Democrats. During its entire existence, the party was in government. This article provides a specific focus on long-term and recent evidence pertaining to the political preferences of the Catholic ... religious divisions remain because religion is a marker of parents’ and grandparents’ party affiliation from an era when religion did matter for policy choices and for voters.

Party Affiliation Total percentages of Catholics saying they are strong, not strong, or leaning: 40% 57% Gender Female: 40% 56% Male: 40 57 Party Affiliation Within Each Generation Pre … What makes a politician "Catholic" is not party affiliation, but dedication to promoting the common good, particularly through listening to and empowering … Catholics are divided politically in our survey, just as they were in the 2012 election.