Expert says Trump victory confirms white Catholics as GOP voting bloc

NEW YORK – While the exact breakdown of the Catholic vote in the 2024 election remains unclear, one expert notes that exit polling data that is available suggests that in future elections, white Catholics can be penciled in as a significant GOP voting bloc.

“White Catholics in every election cycle are becoming an increasingly stronger GOP voting bloc,” Ryan Burge, an associate professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University, told Crux. “I think now we can just assume that the Catholic vote is going to be 60-40...