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Protestants are on average wealthier than Catholics and tend to support free enterprise more, and evangelical Protestants are often more vocal on social issues.  Catholics generally prohibit divorce, while Protestants allow it.  American Protestants tend to oppose immigration more than Catholics do, while Catholics tend to oppose the death penalty more than Protestants do.  Having competition between Catholics and Protestants may have a beneficial effect.

Protestants are on average wealthier than Catholics and tend to support free enterprise more, and evangelical Protestants are often more vocal on social issues.  Catholics generally prohibit divorce, while Protestants allow it.  American Protestants tend to oppose immigration more than Catholics do, while Catholics tend to oppose the death penalty more than Protestants do.  Having competition between Catholics and Protestants may have a beneficial effect.

Politically, Catholics voted for Barack Obama in higher percentages than Protestants did, but traditionally in America Catholics have long been associated with the Democratic Party while Protestants have long been associated with the Republican Party.  Also, wealth and ethnicity play a role in voting patterns, and American Catholics tend to be poorer and more ethnically diverse than American Protestants.  For both Catholics and Protestants, the more time one spends in church each week, the more conservative the person tends to vote.

Politically, Catholics voted for Barack Obama in higher percentages than Protestants did, but traditionally in America Catholics have long been associated with the Democratic Party while Protestants have long been associated with the Republican Party.  Also, wealth and ethnicity play a role in voting patterns, and American Catholics tend to be poorer and more ethnically diverse than American Protestants.  In European countries, such as Germany, Protestant regions (as in the former East Germany) then to be more liberal than Catholic regions (as in the former West Germany).  For both Catholics and Protestants, the more time one spends in church each week, the more conservative the person tends to vote.

==Asia in the Middle Ages==

==Asia in the Middle Ages==