Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Politics and Religion Journal
Abstract
This article examines the role of Catholics within the 2020 presidential election in the United States. Although Catholics were once a crucial and dependable component of the Democratic Party's electoral coalition, their vote in more recent years has been much more splintered. Nevertheless, Catholics have been deemed to be an important "swing vote" in American politics today, as in recent presidential elections they have aligned with the national popular vote. This article therefore focuses on the part that Catholics played within the 2020 presidential election process. It addresses the level of political change and continuity within the ranks of Catholics over the past several elections, how they voted in the Democratic primaries during the initial stages of the 2020 presidential election, their level of support for different candidates over the course of the campaign, how they ultimately came to cast their ballots in the 2020 election, and the extent to which their voting patterns in 2020 differed from that of 2016.
First Page
283
Last Page
312
DOI
10.54561/prj1502283s
Publication Date
12-10-2021
Recommended Citation
Smidt, Corwin E., "Catholics and the 2020 Presidential Election" (2021). University Faculty Publications and Creative Works. 168.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/calvin_facultypubs/168