Overview
- The first book to analyze the Catholic vote in the 2020 U.S. presidential election
- Provides an overview of Catholics in US politics, who are commonly called the “swing vote”
- Includes contributions by leading scholars in political science, religious studies, history, and sociology
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy (PSRPP)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Political Parties and Ideologies
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Front Matter
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The Bishops and the Holy See
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book examines the evolution of the Catholic vote in the United States and the role of Catholic voters in the 2020 national elections more specifically. There is a paucity of academic books on Catholic voters, even though Catholics comprise nearly one-quarter of the US national popular vote and commonly are called the “swing vote.” Scholars of religion and politics tend to focus heavily on the evangelical right, thus overlooking the powerful influence of Catholic voters who, by the accounts in this volume, were critical to the presidential election of President Joe Biden. To understand the intersection of religion, politics, and election outcomes in the US requires an analysis of the role played by Catholics. Among key topics covered in this volume are whether Biden’s Catholic identity was key to his achieving a larger percentage of the Catholic vote than achieved by Hillary Clinton in 2016; the role of the Catholic bishops in US elections; the critically important role of the Catholic Latino vote in US elections; the conservative Catholic and evangelical alliance in US politics; and the distinctive politics of social justice Catholics and socially conservative Catholics.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Marie Gayte is Associate Professor of U.S. History at Toulon University, France
Blandine Chelini-Pont is Professor of Contemporary History at Aix-Marseille University, France
Mark J. Rozell is Dean of the Schar School of Policy and Government and Ruth D. and John T. Hazel Chair in Public Policy at George Mason University, USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Catholics and US Politics After the 2020 Elections
Book Subtitle: Biden Chases the ‘Swing Vote'
Editors: Marie Gayte, Blandine Chelini-Pont, Mark J. Rozell
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82212-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-82211-8Published: 19 February 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-82214-9Published: 20 February 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-82212-5Published: 18 February 2022
Series ISSN: 2731-6769
Series E-ISSN: 2731-6777
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 230
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 18 illustrations in colour
Topics: Politics and Religion, Catholicism, Sociology of Religion, Political Science, Electoral Politics