Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Pew survey: Catholics favor Obama by 15-point margin : News ...

CWN - September 25, 2012

President Barack Obama holds a 54%-39% advantage over Mitt Romney among Catholics, according to the latest voter survey conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.

Among Catholics who attend Mass at least weekly, Romney holds a 51%-42% lead. Catholics who attend Mass ?monthly? or ?yearly? favor Obama by a 53%-39% advantage, while Catholics who attend Mass ?seldom? or ?never? back Obama by a 61%-32% margin.

The survey also found that white Catholics favor Obama by a 47%-46% margin.

Protestants favor Romney by a 50%-42% margin; among white evangelical Protestants, the pro-Romney advantage is 74%-19%, while the two candidates are in a 46%-46% dead heat among mainline Protestants. Black Protestants favor Obama by an overwhelming 95%-2% margin.

The Pew survey, conducted September 16, found that Obama holds a 51%-42% lead among all registered voters?a significantly larger lead than the 3.7% advantage Obama currently holds in the RealClearPolitics.com average of surveys.

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