One thing that puzzles me about these numbers: Obama's progress among Catholics is with those who don't attend mass weekly. But among Protestants, he improved among those who do attend weekly.
One possible theory: abortion. Mass-attending Catholics are more likely to care about abortion than those who go less regularly. Protestant weekly attenders, on the other hand, include Mainline Protestants that are not necessarily pro-life.
But that's just a theory. Based on very preliminary exit polls.
UPDATE: The final exit polls changed the story a bit. Obama did make progress among Catholics who attend weekly. He lost 53%-47%. Kerry had lost 56%-43%.
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Er? That's not how I read the table. Weekly attendees of Protestant and Catholic stripe are BOTH considerably weaker for Obama than the less-than-weekly attendees.
Or have the figures been transposed during data entry?
Mr. Waldman, please indicate the source of these data.
That is a shame. Any person that is a true christian should not have voted at all for the anti christ. May the blood of the unborn be on your head!
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