Former President Trump is polling forward of Vice President Harris amongst Catholic voters in swing states, a brand new ballot launched Monday discovered.
Roughly 50 p.c of Catholics residing in battleground states stated they supported Trump, in comparison with 45 p.c who backed Harris, a Nationwide Catholic Reporter (NCR) ballot discovered.
Trump had a notably extensive lead in Wisconsin, the place he polled forward of Harris amongst Catholics by 18 factors, and Michigan, the place he edged out the vp by 12 factors.
Harris had a large lead over Trump amongst Latino and Black Catholic voters in swing states, with 67 p.c of Latino Catholics and 77 p.c of Black Catholics backing her. The GOP nominee, in the meantime, led his Democratic rival by 16 factors amongst white Catholics in swing states, the survey exhibits.
Abortion is a matter that might sway Catholics this cycle, because the church considers the process to be homicide. Catholic voters cut up in 2020 with half supporting Trump and half supporting President Biden, who is barely the second Catholic president in U.S. historical past.
The ballot discovered that 51 p.c of Catholics in swing states take into account themselves pro-life and 45 p.c agreed with the previous president’s softening stance on abortion. Trump has stated he would veto a nationwide abortion ban. The ballot additionally discovered the 58 p.c of Catholics in swing states assume abortion ought to be authorized.
Moreover, the survey exhibits Trump main amongst older Catholic swing state voters, 45-years-old and above, by 8 factors. Harris, nonetheless, has an edge amongst Catholic swing state voters 24-years-old and under, main her GOP challenger by 7 factors.
The 2 had been tied amongst Catholic swing state voters ages 44 to 24, in keeping with the ballot.
The NCR ballot was carried out between Oct. 3-8 and included 1,172 Catholic voters in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. It has a margin of error is plus or minus 2.86 share factors.
