This contrast doesnâ??t just matter for Trumpâ??s candidacy. It reveals a startling political splintering of conservative Catholics and evangelicals, who have tracked side by side for decades.
This alliance of Catholics and evangelicals came about in the 1970s. Before that, Catholics were a solid Democratic Party voting bloc, comprised largely of the immigrant underclass. Economic and social status, not moral issues, determined Catholic voting.
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