Southern Catholics were nearly nonexistent, so the Catholic vote mobilized only outside the South

Evidence

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: Northern Catholic mobilization offset Kennedy’s Southern disadvantage — Ilyana Kuziemko and Ebonya Washington, Why Did the Democrats Lose the South?…, 821; Albanian nationalism stayed non-religious because its Catholics faced no Muslim landlord class; Even after entering social Whiteness, Catholics still faced suspicion about national loyalties. — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes…, 459

Broader Connections

• Northern Catholic mobilization offset Kennedy’s Southern disadvantage #corroborates (0.85) — Ilyana Kuziemko and Ebonya Washington, Why Did the Democrats Lose the South?…, 821
• Even after entering social Whiteness, Catholics still faced suspicion about national loyalties. #complicates (0.72) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 459
• Albanian nationalism stayed non-religious because its Catholics faced no Muslim landlord class #qualifies (0.70)