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3 Jul 2019 Conversations with Tyler Eric Kaufmann on Immigration, Identity, and the Limits of Individualism
“Whereas prior to Kennedy, I think there was really a structural reason why you wouldn’t have had a Catholic president because there was a strong anti-Catholic dimension in the population.”
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- 3 Jul 2019
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…But yeah. It’s interesting because when John Kerry was running, really his Catholicism was just not an issue in a way it was for Kennedy, right? I think a Catholic could easily be elected. I really think it’s just a random thing that they haven’t. Kerry could’ve been elected. His Catholicism would not have been the issue. It’s like the Supreme Court having a lot of Catholics and no Protestants. I think it’s somewhat accidental, so I really think we could quite easily have a Catholic come in. I don’t think there’s any . . . Whereas prior to Kennedy, I think there was really a structural reason why you wouldn’t have had a Catholic president because there was a strong anti-Catholic dimension in the population. But even if there’s no structural bias today in American electoral politics, could there be some “deep roots” reason why Catholics don’t end up in the positions to be successful presidential candidates?…
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