{"id":74812,"date":"2007-06-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-04T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2007\/06\/04\/publicationpage-aspxid814\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T04:10:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T09:10:10","slug":"publicationpage-aspxid814","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2007\/06\/04\/publicationpage-aspxid814\/","title":{"rendered":"White, non-Hispanic Catholics and Democratic Presidential Candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Clinton Garnering the Most Potential Support<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where do white, non-Hispanic Catholics stand with regard to the announced and potential Democratic presidential candidates? A June survey from the Pew Research Center for the People &amp; the Press sheds light on this question at this stage of the campaign by measuring name recognition and likelihood of support at the polls. (<a href=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/reports\/display.php3?ReportID=334\">View a complete discussion of the survey findings and more details on the survey methodology<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Name Recognition.<\/strong> Among white Catholics, Democratic and Democratic-leaning registered voters are nearly unanimous in saying they have heard of <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2008\/11\/04\/religion-and-politics-08-hillary-clinton\/\">Hillary Clinton<\/a> (99%) and Al Gore* (99%). Roughly nine-in-ten (89%) say they have heard of <a href=\"\/religion08\/profile.php?CandidateID=6\">John Edwards<\/a>, while nearly as many (84%) say they are familiar with <a href=\"\/religion08\/profile.php?CandidateID=4\">Barack Obama<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other Democratic candidates and potential candidates are less well-known; among all Democrats and Democratic-leaning registered voters, 53% report having heard of <a href=\"\/religion08\/profile.php?CandidateID=9\">Joe Biden<\/a>, 47% of <a href=\"\/religion08\/profile.php?CandidateID=8\">Bill Richardson<\/a>, 38% of Chris Dodd and 35% of Dennis Kucinich.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Likely Support.<\/strong> Among Democratic and Democratic-leaning white Catholics, Clinton currently generates the most enthusiasm, with two-fifths (43%) saying there is a &#8220;good chance&#8221; they would vote for her and an additional 34% saying there is &#8220;some chance,&#8221; figures that are comparable to those seen among Democratic registered voters as a whole. Only 19% say there is &#8220;no chance&#8221; Clinton would get their vote. About one-in-four white Catholics say there is a &#8220;good chance&#8221; they would support Obama (28%), Gore (25%) or Edwards (23%), and roughly two-fifths say there is &#8220;some chance&#8221; they would vote for these candidates. More than one-in-four (27%) say there is &#8220;no chance&#8221; they would vote for Gore, compared to 19% for Edwards and 15% for Obama.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Not an announced candidate as of June 4, 2007.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clinton Garnering the Most Potential Support Where do white, non-Hispanic Catholics stand with regard to the announced and potential Democratic presidential candidates? 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