Obama's Strength in "Catholic States"

The Catholic News Service reviewed President-Elect Barack Obama's performance in States with the most Catholics in terms of both absolute numbers and as a percentage of the State's population.

How did he do?

Short answer: really, really well.

Longer answer:

Based on Catholic population, Obama won in 12 of the 15 most populous Catholic states. McCain took Texas (third most populous), Louisiana (13th) and Arizona (15th), but Obama captured California, New York, Illinois, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Florida, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Connecticut and Minnesota.
By the other measure, percentage of the population that is Catholic — which includes smaller states — Out of the top 15 of those states, Obama swept 11: Rhode Island (the nation’s only Catholic-majority state at 59.5 percent), Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Nevada, Illinois, Delaware, Wisconsin, California, New Mexico and New Hampshire. McCain took Louisana (12th on that list) and Texas (13th).

John McCain, by contrast, did best in States with the fewest Catholics:

McCain won nine of the 10 states with the lowest percentage of Catholics in the population. By the same token, McCain also won the 13 states that have the fewest Catholics.

I wonder if the Bishops will have anything to say about this?