PhotoWhen I came to this country from Ireland some 45 years ago, a cousin, here 15 years before, advised me that Catholics vote Democratic. Along the way, many Catholics came to view the Democrats as unconditionally supporting abortion. Hillary Clinton lost the overall Catholic vote by seven points — after President Obama had won it in the previous two elections. In heavily Catholic states like Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan, she lost by a hair — the last by less than 1 percent. Her defeat is all the more remarkable considering that Mrs. Clinton shared many Catholic social values.

Source: New York Times March 27, 2017 07:18 UTC