Republican Catholics on the Rise Among Catholic House members, Republicans outnumber Democrats for the first time in recent
More House Republicans in the new, 114th Congress identify as Catholic than in any other recent Congress, and they now outnumber Catholic Democrats in the House, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis.
Although the difference is slight – there are now 69 Catholic Republicans and 68 Catholic Democrats in the House of Representatives – the new balance is a departure from the previous three Congresses (2009-2014). Indeed, just six years ago, there were more than two and a half times as many Catholic Democrats (98) as Catholic Republicans (37) in the House.
Republican Catholics on the Rise  | Among Catholic House members, Republicans  | outnumber Democrats for the first time in recent  | years  | Democrat 98  | 69 Rep.  | 68 Dem  | Republican 37  | 111th CONGRESS 114th  | (2009-10)  | (2015- 16)  | Source: Pew Research Center's "Faith on the Hill"  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 