Yesterday, the Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies hosted an event at the National Press Club on the Catholic vote in the 2016 elections. The panel featured Cokie Roberts, ABC News; EJ Dionne, The Washington Post; Maria Teresa Kumar, President and CEO of Voto Latino; Robert Jones, Public Religion Research Institute; and Stephen F. Schneck, Director of the Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies. Video from the event can be viewed here. And here are some highlights of the panelists’ remarks:
@StephenSchneck says not all issues are equal in the eyes of the Church, but you can’t separate life and social justice issues #catholicvote
— IPR @ CUA (@IPRatCUA) October 31, 2016
@StephenSchneck no party gives Catholics a perfect home. #catholicvote
— IPR @ CUA (@IPRatCUA) October 31, 2016
@StephenSchneck there is no Catholic vote. Just voters who are Catholic. #catholicvote
— IPR @ CUA (@IPRatCUA) October 31, 2016
@StephenSchneck 43% of Catholics are 1st or 2nd generation. 1/3 of Catholics are Latino. #catholicvote
— IPR @ CUA (@IPRatCUA) October 31, 2016
@StephenSchneck 3 types of Catholics: cultural, intentional, and Latino. #catholicvote
— IPR @ CUA (@IPRatCUA) October 31, 2016
@StephenSchneck Catholics are moving more to the Democratic Party this election #catholicvote
— IPR @ CUA (@IPRatCUA) October 31, 2016
Learned via @StephenSchneck @IPRatCUA now LIVE on C-SPAN2 on Catholic Vote 2016: 1/3 of Catholics are Latino, 2/3 Catholics under 18 Latino pic.twitter.com/GXNT4zSMWG
— Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) October 31, 2016
@robertpjones Catholics breaking 51/40 for Clinton. Catholics are the ‘bell weather’ in elections. #catholicvote
— IPR @ CUA (@IPRatCUA) October 31, 2016
@robertpjones white Catholic 48/41 for Trump but Hillary gets 78% of Hispanic Catholics. #catholicvote
— IPR @ CUA (@IPRatCUA) October 31, 2016
@robertpjones no age divide for white Catholics. Millennials and boomers both for Trump by similar margins. #catholicvote
— IPR @ CUA (@IPRatCUA) October 31, 2016
@robertpjones why does this matter? Catholics make up at least 25% of voters in most swing states! #catholicvote
— IPR @ CUA (@IPRatCUA) October 31, 2016
.@MariaTeresa1: Young American Latinos are making decisions for themselves, parents long before they are even eligible to vote #CatholicVote
— IPR @ CUA (@IPRatCUA) October 31, 2016
.@MariaTeresa1: Social equity, social justice, poverty and environmental issues, these issues matter to Latino voters #CatholicVote
— IPR @ CUA (@IPRatCUA) October 31, 2016
.@MariaTeresa1: Pope Francis is the pope Latinos have been waiting for. #CatholicVote
— IPR @ CUA (@IPRatCUA) October 31, 2016
.@MariaTeresa1: 17 million Latinos are registered to vote. #CatholicVote
— IPR @ CUA (@IPRatCUA) October 31, 2016
.@MariaTeresa1 is discussing success of a digital, English language, social justice outreach approach to millennial Latinos #CatholicVote
— IPR @ CUA (@IPRatCUA) October 31, 2016
.@EJDionne: There is no Catholic vote…and it’s important. #CatholicVote
— IPR @ CUA (@IPRatCUA) October 31, 2016
.@EJDionne: Ideology often trumps people’s faith traditions. People find various ways to justify this. #CatholicVote
— IPR @ CUA (@IPRatCUA) October 31, 2016
.@EJDionne: Social renewal vs. social justice Catholic divide. Catholics also divided by class, gender, region, race. #CatholicVote
— IPR @ CUA (@IPRatCUA) October 31, 2016
.@EJDionne: Even the most conservative bishops are reluctant to (even implicitly) support Trump. #CatholicVote
— IPR @ CUA (@IPRatCUA) October 31, 2016
.@EJDionne: Message from hierarchy is more complex in this election w/ new voices like @ArchbishopBlase and +McElroy #CatholicVote
— IPR @ CUA (@IPRatCUA) October 31, 2016
.@CokieRoberts: When you talk about the Catholic vote, you can’t ignore single-issue voting and the hierarchy’s role in this #CatholicVote
— IPR @ CUA (@IPRatCUA) October 31, 2016
.@CokieRoberts: Catholics will continue to lose many adherents if there isn’t greater focus on social justice #CatholicVote
— IPR @ CUA (@IPRatCUA) October 31, 2016
.@CokieRoberts: If there was ever a year for a 3rd party to be successful, it was this. But neither are near 10%. #CatholicVote
— IPR @ CUA (@IPRatCUA) October 31, 2016
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