Marie Gayte, Blandine Chelini-Pont and Mark J. Rozell (Eds.), Catholics and US Politics after the 2016 Elections. Understanding the “Swing Vote”

Bringing together contributions from leading scholars in religion and politics in the United States, this 226-page book explores the role played by Catholics in American politics, with a particular focus on the 2016 presidential election. Demonstrating that the Catholic electorate is not a monolithic power, the introduction by Mark J. Rozell sets the scene for the nine articles collected in the volume. Often considered as a key “swing voting group”, Catholic voters can go from one party to th..