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Republicans Reach Out To Catholics

Republicans Reach Out To Catholics

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Publication: Catholic World News
Date: April 25, 2001

The Republican Party on Tuesday launched a new campaign to reach out to Catholic voters, a group that was evenly split in last year's presidential elections.

Republicans will visit key states with large Catholic populations and potential GOP voting blocs, such as Pennsylvania and Michigan, to establish a network of Catholic leaders who will work on the grass-roots level.

The plan was revealed by Republican National Committee Chairman Jim Gilmore in a speech at the party's National Catholic Leadership Forum in Washington. "In order to maintain and build on our recent successes, we must continually reach out and develop new relationships to make our ranks grow," he said in a videotaped presentation.

The party has formulated a new plan to reach out to minority and other groups that may not have been traditionally thought to be a natural Republican constituency, including Hispanics, blacks, and Catholics.

In the new outreach to Catholics, the local "team leaders" are asked to participate in conference calls with policy-makers, provide the e-mail addresses of 10 fellow Republicans, call local talk-radio programs, recruit additional "team leaders," and forward Republican e-mails to five of their friends.

Republicans will hold their next Catholic event in Pittsburgh on May 3, followed by one in Michigan on a day to be announced. We're going to battleground counties as well," said Ana Gamonal, who is coordinating the RNC's outreach to Catholics. "Religiously active Catholics should naturally be voting Republican," she said.
 


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