Changing Partisanship and Issue Stands among American Catholics
Various studies of the changing political orientations of American Catholics have reached differing conclusions. While some studies suggest that Catholics are becoming more politically conservative, others suggest that this isn't so. This paper examines changing political orientations of Cathol...
| Published in: | Sociological analysis |
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| Language: | English |
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1986
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Sociological analysis
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| Summary: | Various studies of the changing political orientations of American Catholics have reached differing conclusions. While some studies suggest that Catholics are becoming more politically conservative, others suggest that this isn't so. This paper examines changing political orientations of Catholics over the 1972–83 period. The findings support the position that Catholics have, in fact, become more conservative over the past decade. However, little evidence supports the idea that changing Catholic political orientations are the product of either rising social status or suburbanization. While Catholicism has had a limited impact on Americans' ideological orientations, it has had a relatively large and growing impact on party identification. |
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| ISSN: | 2325-7873 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3711275 |