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ILLUSTRATIONS Tables 2.1 Catholics, the Christian Right, and the GOP: Religious Distribution of Respondents in Each State 32 2.2 Support for the Christian Right by Religious Tradition 33 2.3 Mean Evaluation of Specific Persons 34 2.4 Sources of Support for the Christian Right among Catholics—Logistic Regression Analysis 35 2.5 Christian Right Republicans and Issue Positions 35 2.6 Differences in Issue Positions between Catholics and Non-Catholics in the Christian Right 37 3.1 Parish and Pastor Information 46 5.1 The Stability of U.S. Catholics’ Attitudes on Social, Political, and Moral Issues, 2002 and 2006 78 5.2 Consideration of Church Statements and the Importance of One’s Own Conscience 83 5.3 Factor Analysis 84 5.4 Regression Models 86 6.1 Ideological Breakdown of Catholics and Non-Catholics, 1972–2004 106 6.2 Logit Model Predicting Democratic Party Identification in 2004 108 7.1 Latinos and Church Activity in Political Issues 116 7.2 Political Activities of Church in Last Five Years 117 7.3 Religiosity of Latino Catholics 118 7.4 Determinants of Support for Religious Involvement in Politics among Latino Catholics 121 8.1 Number of Votes Cast in the House and Senate on Abortion-Related Issues 136 vii 8.2 U.S. House Votes on Abortion, 1979–96 136 8.3 U.S. Senate Votes on Abortion, 1979–96 136 8.4 Barone’s Key Issues, 1983–96, Percentages Supporting and Opposing Legislation in Nine Areas, by House and Senate, and by and Political Party 144–45 9.1 Catholic Supreme Court Justices 157 Figures 5.1 Party Identification and Ideology of U.S. Catholics, 2006 80 5.2 Church Attendance and Ideology of U.S. Catholics, 2006 80 5.3 In general do you think of yourself as . . . 81 6.1 Catholics as a Percentage of the Electorate, 1956–2004 98 6.2 Percentage of the Vote for the Democratic Presidential Candidate among Catholics and Non-Catholics, 1952–2004 98 6.3 Percentage of Catholics and Non-Catholics Voting for Democratic House Candidates, 1956–2004 99 6.4 ANES Democratic Party Identification among Catholics and Non-Catholics, 1952–2004 100 6.5 ANES Republican Party Identification among Catholics and Non-Catholics, 1952–2004 101 6.6 Mean Feeling Thermometer Rating of the Democratic Party among Catholics and Non-Catholics, 1978–2004 102 6.7 Mean Feeling Thermometer Rating of the Republican Party among Catholics and Non-Catholics, 1978–2004 102 6.8 Mean Number of Things Respondents Liked about the Democratic Party among Catholics and Non-Catholics, 1952–2004 104 6.9 Mean Number of Things Respondents Disliked about the Democratic Party among Catholics and Non-Catholics, 1952–2004 104 6.10 Mean Number of Things Respondents Liked about the Republican Party among Catholics and Non-Catholics, 1952–2004 105 6.11 Mean Number of Things Respondents Disliked about the Republican Party among Catholics and Non-Catholics, 1952–2004 105 8.1 Catholics in U.S. House, 92nd to 110th Session 134 8.2 Catholics in U.S. Senate, 92nd to 110th Session 135 8.3 U.S. House Votes on Abortion, 1979–2004, by Party Affiliation 137 8.4 U.S. Senate Votes on Abortion, 1979–2004, by Party Affiliation 138 8.5 U.S. House Votes on Abortion, 1979–2003, by Party and Religious Affiliation 139 8.6 U.S. Senate Votes on Abortion, 1979–2003, by Party and Religious Affiliation 140 viii illustrations ...

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