President Trump and Democrat nominee Joe Biden split the crucial Catholic vote, exit polls from The Associated Press showed.
The exit poll showed Trump got 50% of the Catholic vote, equal to his performance four years ago and slightly better than Biden's 49%. Biden, who is Catholic and attends Mass regularly, did 3 percentage points better with Catholics than 2016 Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton.
Here is the breakdown of how both fared with churchgoers:
- Trump beat Biden with Protestants 61%-38%, Mormons 71%-24%, and "other Christian" groups 57%-41%.
- Biden outpaced Trump by an overwhelming 68%-30% with Jewish voters.
- Trump did better than Biden with voters who attend church once a month, by a margin of 53%-45%, with voters who attend a few times a month 54%-45%, and with those who attend weekly 61%-37%.
- Biden outpolled Trump with voters who never attend church 63%-35%, and with voters who attend a few times a year or less 52%-47%.
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