Catholic Vote: Subsidiarity.
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By Peter Laffin, National Catholic Register, October 29, 2024
Peter Laffin is a staff writer for the National Catholic Register and a contributor at the Washington Examiner. His work has appeared in The Catholic Herald, The Catholic Thing, and RealClearPolitics
Both former president Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have made a concerted outreach to Catholic voters during the campaign, especially in the Catholic-heavy swing states in the Mountain West and Midwest.
But in recent weeks, the Trump campaign has sharpened its focus and deployed its best Catholic surrogates to make a direct appeal, while the Harris campaign has eschewed Catholic outreach in favor of messaging on Trump’s character and the threat they believe he poses to democracy. And when her campaign has brushed up against American Catholicism, it has suffered missteps and miscalculations.
“Democrats do not seem to be concerned with offending Catholics right now,” said Mary Imparato, a professor of politics at Belmont Abbey College. “It just doesn’t seem like the Harris campaign has Catholics on the forefront of their mind.” …