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One thing that puzzles me about these numbers: Obama’s progress among Catholics is with those who don’t attend mass weekly. But among Protestants, he improved among those who do attend weekly. One possible theory: abortion. Mass-attending Catholics are more likely to care about abortion than those who go less regularly. Protestant weekly attenders, on the…

Early in the campaign, it looked like Obama would do worse among Jews than any Democrat in decades. Early exit polls indicate that instead Obama is actually doing better than John Kerry Obama is winning 78%-21%. Kerry beat Bush 74%-25%

Barack Obama had made a major effort to win white evangelicals. For several months, it looked as if his efforts were for naught. But the early exit polls show that Obama did make some progress. Bush beat Kerry 78%-21% in 2004. So far, McCain’s beating Obama 72%-26%

The rap on Obama during the primaries was that he couldn’t win because he struggled with Catholics. Apparently, he got past that. Early exit polls indicate he won 54% of the Catholic vote compared to 45% for John McCain. George W. Bush won the Catholic vote 52%-46%. He also improved among white Catholics, according to…
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