Catholic engagement in the 2024 U.S. presidential election shifted in measurable ways, and newly released data help explain why those changes matter for the Church’s public witness. According to the Pew Research Center’s validated-voter study issued June 26, “about 22% of those who voted in the 2024 election and cast their ballot for President Donald Trump were Catholic,” highlighting Catholics’ continued weight in national politics.
Pew’s researchers matched nearly 9,000 members of their American Trends Panel against three commercial voter files—one Republican-leaning, one Democratic-leaning, and one non-partisan—to confirm each participant’s turnout history across five general elections. By comparing those records with the respondents’ own survey answers, the study offers a rare look at how reliably self-described Catholics voted, how often they switched parties, and which issues seemed to matter most.
The numbers show that Trump “had support from the majority of voting Catholics, with 55% casting their vote for him,” while 43% chose Vice-President Kamala Harris. That 12-point spread marks a notable break from 2020, when the Catholic vote was almost evenly divided. Part of the difference came from movement within the flock itself: Pew found that “7% of Catholic voters” who had backed Joe Biden in 2020 switched to Trump in 2024, whereas “only 4% of Catholics who favored Trump” four years earlier crossed over to Harris this time.
Attendance at Mass and other worship services also correlated with support for the Republican candidate. Among Americans who report going to church at least monthly, 64% voted for Trump—up five percentage points from 2020—while just 34% supported Harris. The pattern held across the broader Christian landscape: “about 80% of [Trump’s] voters identified as Christian, compared with only about half of Harris voters,” according to the report.
Ethnicity factored into the Catholic surge as well. Trump’s share of the Hispanic vote grew steadily over all three of his campaigns—“28% in 2016, 36% in 2020, and 48% in 2024.” Naturalized citizens followed a similar arc, with Trump gaining nine points among foreign-born voters between the last two elections. Overall, “85% of Trump’s 2020 voters cast their ballot for him again in 2024,” underscoring a high degree of loyalty within his Catholic base.
For pastors, parish councils, and Catholic civic-engagement ministries, Pew’s findings raise practical questions. The data suggest that regular sacramental life may shape political choices more than demographic labels alone, and that outreach to Hispanic and immigrant Catholics could prove decisive in future elections. Understanding those dynamics now will help Church leaders accompany the faithful—whatever their partisan leanings—before the next national campaign begins in earnest.
Yet, he has a lifetime of breaking the law, not paying his workers, grabbing women’s private parts (his words), bullying people who disagree with him, cheats on his wife, takes every opportunity to enrich his family and behaves in ways that are completely against Biblical teachings. I’m no fan of much of the democrats’ agenda, but as a Republican, I’m no fan of this administrations’ unchristian behavior. I don’t believe God gave us a flawed man to spread his teachings. When we follow the teachings of Christ and the Bible, we try not to sin and repent if we do and then adjust our behavior to do better. Greed, ego, meanness, making fun of the disabled, people of color, women, etc. is not keeping with the Catholic faith. I pray daily for change.
I guess I am not Catholic yet. As a veteran, I proudly swore an oath to defend and protect the Constitution against foreign and domestic enemies. I firmly believe that upholding the values of justice, equality, and compassion is essential to our nation’s greatness. Is this an America we can be proud of, where everyone is treated with dignity and respect? Can we build an America that uplifts the poor and middle class, and welcomes immigrants with open arms? The hate and division this regime is spreading across America is a call to action. It’s time for us to come together and show the world what it means to be a beacon of hope and freedom. Let’s rise above the politics of fear and division, and build an America that is worthy of our highest aspirations. Leviticus 19:33-34a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God”. Whether you believe the administration is justified in deporting immigrants or not, surely as Christians we shouldn’t support the way it is being accomplished, the way they are being treated. Is it really okay for us as Christian’s to just put our heads in the sand and ignore the way families are being torn apart?
Yet he gave us Paul as a saint. So maybe God does give us people that are flawed men who need prayer and have changed their heart to follow God in what is needed to bring justice to all and not allow chaos to reign. Last I looked we are all flawed. The difference is are we following God? I bet a lot of people only focused on Paul’s past as well during his time on earth and refused to see the forgiveness that grace offers.
I guess I am not Catholic yet. As a veteran, I proudly swore an oath to defend and protect the Constitution against foreign and domestic enemies. I firmly believe that upholding the values of justice, equality, and compassion is essential to our nation’s greatness. Is this an America we can be proud of, where everyone is treated with dignity and respect? Can we build an America that uplifts the poor and middle class, and welcomes immigrants with open arms? The hate and division this regime is spreading across America is a call to action. It’s time for us to come together and show the world what it means to be a beacon of hope and freedom. Let’s rise above the politics of fear and division, and build an America that is worthy of our highest aspirations. Leviticus 19:33-34a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God”. Whether you agree with administration deporting immigrants, surely we as Christian’s do not agree with the way it is being done. As Christian’s don’t we need to take a stand and say it is wrong the way families and children are being separated
There is no need nor intent to separate children from their parents. Deport the children right along with their parents. We support keeping the Families together.
Concerning the Biden Invasion it is critical to the safety and security of the USA Citizens that the invading armies of military age men all be quickly deported.
Concerning the idea of welcoming strangers, there is nothing in the Bible that encourages Suicide. It is critically important that Catholics and all Christians and, in-fact, all non Muslims study and learn what Political Islam really is and that we all learn from history how the Islams deal with us “Kafirs”!
Recommend that everyone view Dr Bill Warner’s YouTube Video “1400 years, why we are afraid” and study the SIRA, the Hadith and the Koran as is available at: PoliticalIslam.com .