Northern Catholic mobilization offset Kennedy’s Southern disadvantage

Evidence

On the other hand, Catholic voters (94% of whom lived outside the South) mobilized in support of Kennedy, further shrinking the South-versus-non-South advantage Kennedy received relative to non-Catholic Democratic nominees. — Ilyana Kuziemko and Ebonya Washington, Why Did the Democrats Lose the South?…, 821

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Anti-Catholic sentiment produced only a transitory Southern party switch, not a durable realignment. — Ilyana Kuziemko and Ebonya Washington, Why Did the Democrats Lose the South?…, 858; Southern Catholics were nearly nonexistent, so the Catholic vote mobilized only outside the South — Ilyana Kuziemko and Ebonya Washington, Why Did the Democrats Lose the South?…, 821; Kennedy in 1960 lost the customary Southern Democratic advantage — Ilyana Kuziemko and Ebonya Washington, Why Did the Democrats Lose the South?…, 806

Broader Connections

• Anti-Catholic sentiment produced only a transitory Southern party switch, not a durable realignment. #contradicts (0.72) — Ilyana Kuziemko and Ebonya Washington, Why Did the Democrats Lose the South?…, 858