The 2012 Presidential Election: Just How Influential is the Catholic Vote?

Given Obama’s personal hostility toward the pro-life movement and his administration’s bias against Catholic values and beliefs—as evidenced by recent HHS health care mandates and the imposition of his secular agenda upon religious institutions or their affiliates—I wondered aloud in my recent column “ObamaCare Abortions: Will Catholics Vote for Him a Second Time?” (CFP, February 4, 2012) How we, as Catholics, will respond the second time around.