President Obama could lose the Catholic and Protestant vote in the fall election and still sweep to victory if he dominates among non-religious voters, according to projections released Thursday by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University.
“President Obama could lose both the Catholic and Protestant vote to the Republican nominee — even lose badly — and still win re-election,” said Mark Gray, associate professor at Georgetown and director of CARA.
The study found that U.S. adults who identify themselves as having “no religious affiliation or other” had risen to 22 percent this year, compared to just 7 percent in 1972. The percent of the electorate not belonging to any faith is equivalent to the U.S. Catholic population percentage, the report said.
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