Political analyst says that the Catholic vote is leaning towards Trump

A recent report from Pew Research Center showed that Trump is getting 55% of the Catholic vote while Biden is getting 43%.

By Charlotte Hazard

Published: October 11, 2024 5:04pm

Political academic and analyst Richard Baris said Friday that the Catholic vote is shifting towards GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.

"There's still a very dominant voting bloc that have a big impact, and Joe Biden won them by low single digits in 2020," Baris said, referencing the Catholic vote in an upcoming interview on the "Just the News, No Noise" TV show. "They have now shifted back to Trump and we can see it in Michigan. We can see it in Pennsylvania."

According to Catholic Vote, 39% of Catholics said that they voted for President Joe Biden in 2020, while 36% said they cast their vote for Trump.

A report from Pew Research Center earlier this year showed Trump getting 55% of the Catholic vote while then-candidate Biden got 43%.

Baris pointed out that Trump got the Catholic vote when he ran against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2016.

"We even look at ethnicities," he said. "So when we're looking at ethnic Catholics like Italians and Germans, these groups are going to decide who wins the Keystone State. It's a very big voting bloc."