Catholics and US Politics After the 2016 Elections

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction: The “Catholic Vote” in the USA

   • Mark J. Rozell

   Pages 1-19

3. Political Parties and Ideologies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21

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   2. Catholic Patterns in the American Left

      • Amandine Barb

      Pages 23-41

   3. Catholic Colonization of the American Right

      • Blandine Chelini-Pont

      Pages 43-61

   4. Catholics and Evangelicals: Does Donald Trump Mean the End of the Religious Right?

      • Neil J. Young

      Pages 63-81

4. The Bishops and the Holy See

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83

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   2. The US Catholic Bishops: From Separationism to Public Intervention

      • Marie Gayte

      Pages 85-103

   3. The Holy See and the Catholic Community in the 2016 Presidential Election

      • Gerald P. Fogarty S.J.

      Pages 105-125

5. Catholics and U.S. Elections

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127

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   2. The Catholic Vote in the Election of Donald J. Trump

      • Douglas W. Kmiec

      Pages 129-159

   3. A Catholic Latino Vote?

      • Olivier Richomme

      Pages 161-191

   4. “Can We Get the Catholic Vote?” the Effects of Catholic Running Mates in Presidential Elections

      • Ted G. Jelen

      Pages 193-207

   5. Catholics and the 2016 Elections

      • Mark M. Gray

      Pages 209-219

6. Back Matter

   Pages 221-226

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This book examines both the evolution of the Catholic vote in the US and the role of Catholic voters in the historic 2016 elections. There is a paucity of academic works on Catholics and US politics—scholars of religion and US politics tend to focus on evangelical Protestant voters—even though Catholics are widely considered the swing vote in national elections. The 2016 presidential election proves that the swing vote component of that group matters in close elections. What Trump gained from his impressive showing among Catholics, he could certainly lose in 2020 (should he seek re-election), just as Hillary Clinton lost the clear advantage among Catholics achieved by Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012. The book begins by analyzing the ideological patterns in the politics of U.S. Catholics as well as key alliances, and concludes by studying the political influences of the U.S. Catholic Bishops and the Holy See. 

• Swing Vote
• US Catholic Bishops
• Donald Trump and Religious Right
• Catholic Latino Vote
• Liberal Catholics
• Catholics 2016 Presidential Election
• How Did Catholics Vote
• Trump Catholics
• Clinton Catholics

• Université de Toulon, Toulon, France

  Marie Gayte

• Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France

  Blandine Chelini-Pont

• George Mason University, Fairfax, USA

  Mark J. Rozell

Marie Gayte is Associate Professor of U.S. History at Toulon University, FR
Blandine Chelini-Pont is Professor of Contemporary History at Aix-Marseille University, FR
 
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, US

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