Donald Trump has a weak support among Catholics – Cable Republic

Catholics is an important part of the American electorate, it is estimated that there are about 70 million, or 25% of the population.
 

From the surveys presented in the “Washington Post” that Clinton supports 55% of Catholics, a desire to vote for Trump reveals only 32% of eligible voters identify themselves as Catholics.
United in which they live, Catholics are called states. “Swinging”, where votes for Democrats and Republicans are divided more or less equally. As for Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania and Florida. They can outweigh the result of the upcoming elections.
Trumpowi case was hampered by the fact that some Catholics are poor immigrants from Central America, where the Republican presidential candidate often offends.
In the past, Catholics often supported Republicans were so among in 1980. in the case of selection of Ronald Reagan (who was the person strongly refers to the faith, but it was not a Catholic), or in 2004. when he endorsed George W. Bush. In 2012. Catholics supported the loser Mitt Romney.
The main causes of poor reception Trump Catholics, beyond the natural reluctance of Hispanics, it is considered strong words of Pope Francis, who stated that “the man who thinks only about building walls instead of bridges, is not a Christian.”

Source: www.washingtonpost.com/TVP info