Political parties in the United States

If you look at the candidates for the Democratic nomination, it is hard to find any making an overt or even subtle appeal to Catholic Democrats. It is the dog that didn't bark.

Signs of the Times: American Catholics are almost evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats, which means the church can either self-destruct or bridge the partisan divide.

Distinctly Catholic: More than anything else, Democrats have to rid themselves of the condescending tone they sometimes adopt when speaking about working class voters and their concerns. Otherwise, their chances of winning the Senate — and of defeating Trump — grow dimmer and dimmer.

While white evangelicals have garnered more attention than other faith groups over the past few decades, pollsters and political activists believe white Catholics and mainline Protestants could have an outsized impact in November 2020.

When the 116th Congress was sworn in, it became one of the most religiously diverse delegations in American history. But the incoming class of legislators is predominantly Christian — even more so than the country itself.

NCR Today: Republicans have been busy generating a list of possible areas of inquiry that Democrats may pursue if they take over the House of Representatives in the 2018 election. 

Distinctly Catholic: Ralph Northam's victory in Virginia shows that if the right candidate addresses constituents' needs in a compelling way, that candidate can win.