Fr. Thomas Reese, SJ writes that Trump's bad handling of the COVID-19 pandemic appears to working against him with Catholics, weakening support among a group known for almost always voting for the winner in presidential elections.
Catholics were so evenly split between the two candidates in 2016 that it’s a matter of dispute whether Hillary Clinton or Trump can claim to have taken the Catholic vote that year.
Fr. Reese notes that on every characteristic a Pew opinion survey measured, white Catholics have a less positive view of Trump than do white evangelical Protestants: self-centered (white Catholics 83%, white evangelicals 70%), prejudiced (51%, 35%), intelligent (68%, 83%), fights for what I believe in (66%, 81%), honest (51%, 69%), morally upstanding (48%, 61%) and even-tempered (37%, 49%).
He further states that among the issues Catholics disagree with Protestants is that Catholicism does not preach a “prosperity gospel,” which is central to Trump’s political theology, whereas for many evangelical churches this is a core message.
The full story is here: https://religionnews.com/2020/06/16/covid-19-costs-president-trump-support-among-catholics/?fbclid=IwAR0OhEj-LNY0-uVqX_05KRLR0TRUim8KWnSpHExA0tw1a3QLEgzZlHubNgM
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