Trump won Catholic vote by clear seven-point margin

Media coverage in the run-up to the US election made much of Donald Trump's "Catholic problem" – but exit polls revealed that Catholics voted 52 per cent for the president-elect and only 45 per cent for Hillary Clinton.

The election continued a trend of Catholics voting for the winning presidential candidate.

Within Catholic voters there was a sharp divide. White Catholics supported Trump by a clear margin – 60 per cent to 37 per cent – while Hispanic Catholics preferred Clinton 67 per cent to 26 per cent.