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Pennsylvania exits

As has been predicted in religion and politics news for the past few weeks, exit polls show that the Catholic vote was story of the Pennsylvania primary. After gaining ground among Catholics between Super Tuesday and the March 4 primaries in Ohio and Texas, Obama's support from them slipped considerably last night. Clinton's 63-36 advantage among Catholics in Ohio and 65-33 share in Texas widened to 69-31 in Pennsylvania.

Among white protestants and "other Christians," Clinton outperformed her overall margin, winning 58-42, but among protestants and other Christians as a whole, Obama had a 53-47 advantage, reflecting his continuing dominance among African Americans (89 percent of whom voted for him).

Jewish voters -- also subject to recent media attention -- broke for Clinton 57 to 43. I look forward to reading the guesses as to why.

Two things I'd like to see: white evangelical numbers and religion-age crosstabs, since there was such a contrast between older and younger voters, with Obama winning under-30's 61/39 and 30-44's 53/47 and Clinton winning 45-59's 54/46 and 60+'s 62/38. Did religious Pennsylvanians break up generationally like the population as a whole? It'd be nice to know.

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