By Michael
We have more evidence that Southerners are a distinct people. This data comes from the 2012 US presidential election and compares Southern Catholics to US Catholics. There is a statistically-huge 20 point difference in the way that Southern White Catholics voted as compared to Northeastern White Catholics. According to polls, 71% of Southern Catholics voted for the Republican candidate while 51% of Northern Catholics voted for that candidate.
This indicates that nationality and culture (being Southern as opposed to be Northern) was a very important factor in how people voted. In fact, Southern White Catholics voted almost identically to Southern Whites as a whole (71.6% to 72.1%) while Northern White Catholics voted much closer to Northern Whites as a whole (51.6% to 44.8%) than to Southern Catholics. Nationality and culture had more of an impact among White voters in the North and South than did denominational affiliation.
It is also interesting to note that only 2% of married White Southern Baptist men in the Lower South voted for the Democratic candidate. That is an almost unanimous vote among this demographic group.
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Source>> Southern Catholics vs US Catholics
We have more evidence that Southerners are a distinct people. This data comes from the 2012 US presidential election and compares Southern Catholics to US Catholics. There is a statistically-huge 20 point difference in the way that Southern White Catholics voted as compared to Northeastern White Catholics. According to polls, 71% of Southern Catholics voted for the Republican candidate while 51% of Northern Catholics voted for that candidate.
This indicates that nationality and culture (being Southern as opposed to be Northern) was a very important factor in how people voted. In fact, Southern White Catholics voted almost identically to Southern Whites as a whole (71.6% to 72.1%) while Northern White Catholics voted much closer to Northern Whites as a whole (51.6% to 44.8%) than to Southern Catholics. Nationality and culture had more of an impact among White voters in the North and South than did denominational affiliation.
It is also interesting to note that only 2% of married White Southern Baptist men in the Lower South voted for the Democratic candidate. That is an almost unanimous vote among this demographic group.
Click here for more details on how Southern & Northern demographic groups voted differently
Source>> Southern Catholics vs US Catholics
