Catholics and U.S. Politics After the 2024 Elections

Marie Gayte is an associate professor of American Studies at Toulon University, France. She has co-edited four books, among which The Faces of Contemporary Populism in Western Europe and the US (2021). She was the recipient of a Fulbright research scholarship for 2023. Blandine Chelini-Pont is a Professor at Aix-Marseille University, France, where she teaches international relations and political science. Her work focuses on the interplay between religion, law, politics and international relations. She has written or co-written fifteen books, including most recently a Géopolitique des droits humains with Valentine Zuber (Le Cavalier Bleu, Paris, 2024). Mark J. Rozell is the dean of the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University in Virginia where he holds the Ruth D. and John T. Hazel Faculty Chair in Public Policy. He has written or co-written thirteen books, including, most recently Executive Privilege: Presidential Power, Secrecy, and Accountability (forthcoming, fifth edition). He is co-editor of Religion and the American Presidency (2023, fourth edition).

• Chapter 1. Introduction: The “Catholic Vote” in the United States.- Part I. Political Parties and Ideologies.- Chapter 2. Catholic Patterns in the American Left.- Chapter 3. From National Populism to Post-Liberalism: When the American Catholic Right Justifies the End of Liberal Democracy.- Chapter 4. Donald Trump and the Past and Future of the Religious Right.- Chapter 5. The U.S. Bishops and the 2024 Election.- Part II. Catholics and U.S. Elections.- Chapter 6. Catholics and American Civil Religion in the 2024 Presidential Election.- Chapter 7. The 2024 Catholic Latinos’ Red Shift.- Chapter 8. Catholic Candidates and the Catholic Vote: Analyzing Support for Catholic Running Mates.- Chapter 9. Conclusion: The U.S. Catholic Vote Pendulum.