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This survey covers 2 of the 3 topics in UWS' tagline! Pretty interesting study. Also includes demographic breakdowns of religious leaders.

"Your Rabbi? Probably a Democrat. Your Baptist Pastor? Probably a Republican. Your Priest? Who Knows."

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/201 ... share&_r=0
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Priest is rather broad, but I'm sure the Catholic priests vote DNC for their pro-choice policies.
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awesome guy wrote:Priest is rather broad, but I'm sure the Catholic priests vote DNC for their pro-choice policies.
Per the study, Catholic religious leaders (not sure if limited to priests or if it includes nuns, brothers, deacons) skewed slightly Pub, 32%-30%.
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VisorBoy wrote:
awesome guy wrote:Priest is rather broad, but I'm sure the Catholic priests vote DNC for their pro-choice policies.
Per the study, Catholic religious leaders (not sure if limited to priests or if it includes nuns, brothers, deacons) skewed slightly Pub, 32%-30%.
Catholic priests are the only type of priest.
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VisorBoy wrote:
awesome guy wrote:Priest is rather broad, but I'm sure the Catholic priests vote DNC for their pro-choice policies.
Per the study, Catholic religious leaders (not sure if limited to priests or if it includes nuns, brothers, deacons) skewed slightly Pub, 32%-30%.
That's a bit disingenuous when the majority are "independent", don't you think?
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USN_Hokie wrote:
VisorBoy wrote:
awesome guy wrote:Priest is rather broad, but I'm sure the Catholic priests vote DNC for their pro-choice policies.
Per the study, Catholic religious leaders (not sure if limited to priests or if it includes nuns, brothers, deacons) skewed slightly Pub, 32%-30%.
That's a bit disingenuous when the majority are "independent", don't you think?
Sorry, you're right. It skews pub only among those who registered with a party, though that 2% gap may just be within some error margin.
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VisorBoy wrote:
USN_Hokie wrote:
VisorBoy wrote:
awesome guy wrote:Priest is rather broad, but I'm sure the Catholic priests vote DNC for their pro-choice policies.
Per the study, Catholic religious leaders (not sure if limited to priests or if it includes nuns, brothers, deacons) skewed slightly Pub, 32%-30%.
That's a bit disingenuous when the majority are "independent", don't you think?
Sorry, you're right. It skews pub only among those who registered with a party, though that 2% gap may just be within some error margin.
It's an interesting topic. I would hypothesize that larger, more structured religions would skew left, as well as those whose members are traditionally left (blacks, jews, etc.). At a glance, that looks somewhat correct.
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