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Catholics Boosted McCain

Beliefnet:

• Senator McCain scored an overwhelming 10-point victory among Florida Catholic voters, by a 38%-28% margin.


• Catholics turned out as 29% of all voters, which was increased turnout from the 2004 election, where Catholics were 28%.


• This was a large 16 point difference from McCain’s performance with Protestant voters, where he lost protestants to Romney by a margin of 35%-29%.


• Mike Huckabee’s support among Catholics collapsed, at only 4%. ... [Ed: So much for ECT?]


• In a striking reversal from exit polling in Michigan (the only other state that exit polled mass attending vs. non-mass attending Catholics), Senator McCain won the mass-attending Catholic voter in Florida, 35%-30%.


• This was a complete reversal of Michigan, where Senator McCain lost mass-attending Catholics to Romney, 36%-41%.


• He also easily won non-mass attending Catholics, 40%-27%.