Catholic voters favor Trump over Harris nationally and in swing states, exit polls show
Caroline MolloyThe Catholic vote on Tuesday broke for former President Donald Trump by a large margin nationwide and within swing states in the 2024 presidential election, according to exit polls published by the Washington Post, the Associated Press, and NBC News.
According to the Washington Post’s exit poll, Trump won the national Catholic vote by a 15-point margin: 56% to 41%. This shows a much larger victory for Trump among Catholic voters than the Post’s 2020 exit polls, which showed Trump with only a five-point lead above President Joe Biden, 52% to 47%.
The shift represents a 10-point swing in favor of Trump from 2020 to 2024.
The Washington Post poll also found that 69% of voters who believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases voted for Harris, but Trump managed to win 28% of voters who held the same view.
Trump also won 90% of voters who believe abortion should be illegal in all or most cases and Harris won 9% of voters who held that view.
An exit poll from the Associated Press VoteCast showed Trump leading among Catholic voters but by a smaller seven-point margin than the Post’s poll. According to the poll, Trump won the Catholic vote with about 52% compared with Harris’ 45%.
