Another election postcript regarding religion: According to the National Catholic Register newspaper, the Dem victory was fueled in part by surprising gains by Dems among Catholic voters. The Catholic paper reports that Catholics—who make up 26% of the vote—went Democratic by more than ten points, 55%-44%. By contrast, in 2004 the Catholic vote was evenly split between the parties. In an interesting footnote, the paper also notes that the elections were a blow to the "pro-life" movement, though it finds a silver lining. "Republicans lost 18 members with mostly or all pro-life voting records," the paper says, "but it does not appear that many — if any — lost because they were pro-life."