Nuns kick off a cross-country bus tour in Philly to steer Catholics from being single-issue voters
Polls give Vice President Kamala Harris a slight edge in Pennsylvania over former President Donald Trump, which means the election could hinge on turnout. And in a race this tight, Philadelphia’s large Catholic base could make the statewide difference.
That’s why Nuns On the Bus & Friends (NOTB) kicked off its Vote Our Future 2024 cross-country tour in Philly on Monday. Their goal is to motivate the electorate not only to vote, but to vote based on their values and to refrain from electing candidates based on a single issue.
“The Catholic vote is important. All the issues are connected,” said Mary DiVito, a lifelong Philadelphian and volunteer for NETWORK Advocates for Catholic Social Justice, the Washington-based advocacy group that organizes NOTB.
NOTB is urging voters to challenge the country’s current polarization by voting for the common good, which will mean taking issues such as health care, immigration, childcare, treatment of the LGBTQ community, and climate change into consideration.
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