In recent years, Catholic voters, a once-reliable Democratic constituency, have been up for grabs.
Election 2020
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: The U.S. mail offers a safe, simple way to vote in a pandemic
We need the patience to let election officials do their jobs by checking ballots.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Poll: Trump trails Biden among Catholic voters (but keeps his lead with white Catholics)
Broken down between white and Hispanic Catholics, the numbers show a stark divide.
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Survey: Support for Trump dips among white Catholics amid pandemic and protests
A new P.R.R.I. poll suggests that President Trump is losing ground among white Catholics faster than among other major religious groups, reports Michael J. O’Loughlin.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
The president is dragging the church into a culture war. We shouldn’t let him.
President Trump’s visit to the St. John Paul II National Shrine continues a pattern of using sacred sites for political stunts, writes America associate editor Zac Davis. This is over the line of what the church should tolerate.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: Joe Biden should open his personal files
In the absence of irrefutable evidence, the public response has fallen, as with so much else in this era of polarization, along partisan lines.
Posted inFaith, Features
Citizenship is facing an existential crisis. Can political theology help?
In a troubled time in our nation’s history, can we unite around shared commitments to freedom, human dignity and truth?
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
It’s time to rethink the Electoral College
The framers of the Constitution saw the Electoral College as a decision-making body, writes John D. Feerick of Fordham Law School. But the one-person, one-vote principle is better suited to modern democracy.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Many Catholics are disillusioned with both the Republicans and Democrats. Could a third party ever happen?
U.S. Catholics hoping for a party based on Catholic social teaching might look to the example of Christian democrats in Europe.
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A Road Trip Through the Swing States (Before the Coronavirus Hit)
Trump voters were holding firm in early March, reports John W. Miller, but Covid-19 may bring a sea change in the key states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa.