The impact of religious beliefs of Latinos on politics.

When it comes to religion and politics its always two things that do not go well together, because there will always be comments that will always cause some discomfort or problems, but a new study that was done by PEW Hispanic research center, showed that there is a relation between both of these and other things.



According to the graph below, those who are registered as Latinos and Catholic, 73% prefer Barack Obama, and those who are registered without any religious affiliation, 82% prefer the current President of the United States.



For Protestant evangelicals who make up 16% of Latino registered voters, 50% prefer Obama and 39% for Mitt Romney.

*image courtesy of PEW Hispanic



The study also talked about the issues that are discussed in religious centers, by those who lead the various ceremonies of worship, and by those who assist them. Topics that are commonly most talked about are abortion, homosexuality and the phenomenon of migration.



In society in general, Latinos have increased their support to same sex marriages, which new figures show 52% of those who are in favor and 34% who are against.



Latinos make up 11% of the population registered to vote, which is equivalent to 23.7 million people, and 4 million more currently than in the 2008 election.



The study by PEW ran from September 7, 2012 to October 4 2012.



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