Rick Santorum's success in the Republican presidential primaries has a lot to do with his appeal with to evangelicals and catholics.
According to the Seattle Times, some prominent evangelical leaders had gathered in Texas to discuss backing a 2012 GOP candidate. Santorum was their choice.
Santorum is now running almost even with Mitt Romney. According to surveys by the Pew Research Center's Forum of Religion and Public Life, Santorum had doubled his support from white evangelical Republicans from 22 percent last month to 41 percent two weeks ago. Also, an Associated Press survey found that White Catholics also preferred Santorum to Romney, 38 percent to 29 percent.
According to the Seattle Times, his concerns that appeal to the conservatives include promoting traditional roles for women and opposing gay marriage and abortion.
According to MLive, Santorum has vowed to not allow federal dollars to fund abortion, stem cell research and Planned Parenthood.
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