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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><A title="Visit Chris Cillizza’s website"
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/2011/02/24/AB7OmvI_page.html"
rel="author external"><FONT face=Arial>Chris Cillizza</FONT></A></FONT><SPAN
class=913061820-11022013><FONT face=Arial>, Washington Post:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<H1 class=entry-title><FONT face=Arial>What the Catholic vote tells us about
presidential elections</FONT></H1>
<DIV class=entry-title><FONT face=Arial><A
href="http://tinyurl.com/cjn8vka">http://tinyurl.com/cjn8vka</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=entry-title><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV class=entry-title><SPAN class=402054118-11022013><FONT face=Arial>The
problem with polls about Catholics is most of them don't screen for weekly
churchgoers <U>versus</U> mostly inactive persons. A large number of
persons who don't go to Mass every Sunday still <EM>self-identify</EM> as
Catholics, so their views and votes get thrown into the mix in polls with those
who actually profess their faith. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=entry-title><SPAN class=402054118-11022013><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=entry-title><SPAN class=402054118-11022013><FONT face=Arial>The
result in a <U>distortion</U> of what <EM>real </EM>Catholic opinions and voting
behaviors actually are.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=entry-title><SPAN class=402054118-11022013><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=entry-title><SPAN class=402054118-11022013><FONT face=Arial>(Even
among weekly churchgoers, blacks of all religions voted 99% for Obama,
which further distorts what constitutes "the Catholic
vote.")</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=entry-title><SPAN class=402054118-11022013><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=entry-title><SPAN class=402054118-11022013><FONT face=Arial>Having
said all that, Obama and his liberal allies read these polls and conclude they
can pursue pro-abortion policies and persecute the Church as much as they want
and <STRONG>still </STRONG>win "the Catholic vote."</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=entry-title><SPAN class=402054118-11022013><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=entry-title><SPAN class=402054118-11022013><FONT face=Arial>The
Church should utilize the services of a professional pollster to survey
<U>weekly</U> churchgoers on various matters and then release that to the media
and the world. It is important for both Catholics and non-Catholics to
know what <EM>real</EM> Catholics actually think about various public
policy issues, public officials, and politicians.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=entry-title><SPAN class=913061820-11022013><FONT size=4
face=Arial><EM><STRONG>Art</STRONG></EM></FONT></SPAN></DIV></DIV></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>