Biden loses the Catholic Vote for Obama

Gerald Warner at the Telegraph has written a scathing article against Barack Obama’s choice of Joe Biden in the VP slot entitled: “Joe Biden loses Barack Obama the Catholic vote“.

Here are some fun facts from Warner about the demographics of the Catholic vote in the United States:

There are 47 million Catholic voters in the United States. One quarter of all registered voters are Catholics. At every presidential election in the past 30 years the Catholic vote has gone to the winning candidate, except for Al Gore in 2000. This year 41 per cent of Catholics are independents – up from 30 per cent in 2004. Psephologists claim practising Catholics were the decisive factor in the crucial swing states in 2004: in Ohio 65 per cent of Catholics voted for Bush, in Florida 66 per cent. They were drifting away in disillusionment from the Republicans and split 50-50, until Joe Biden worked his magic. This is electoral suicide by the Democrats.

Hat tip to Walker Dollahon.