Pope Leo XIV Election is one of the fastest-rising stories on Reddit right now. Over roughly 27 hours, 5 threads about it surfaced across 3 subreddits, most of the conversation happening in r/news, r/politics and r/worldnews. Combined, those threads hold roughly 45.6K upvotes and 2.6K comments so far.
What the sources report
The articles behind the biggest threads, quoted directly from each publisher’s own summary.
- BBC News: Pope Leo XIV casts historic vote in US midterm election
The Chicago-born pontiff, who has a tense relationship with Trump, mailed in a ballot for the midterm elections that will decide control of the US Congress.
- NBC News: Pope Leo casts absentee ballot in Illinois to vote in the midterms
Leo, who has been critical of the Trump administration, becomes the first pope to vote in a U.S. election.
- CBS News: Pope Leo XIV becomes first pontiff to vote in a U.S. election, casting mail-in ballot
The Vatican said Pope Leo exercised his right as a U.S. citizen, submitting a mail-in ballot in his native Chicago ahead of the midterm elections next week.
- Los Angeles Times: Pope Leo XIV has become the first pope in history to vote in a U.S. general election
The Vatican confirmed Friday that the Chicago-born pontiff had submitted a mail-in ballot in Chicago ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections, citing his long-standing belief in civic participation.
Where Reddit is talking about it
| Community | Threads | Upvotes | Comments | First thread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r/news | 1 | 21,070 | 1,084 | Oct 30, 15:42 UTC |
| r/politics | 2 | 16,831 | 927 | Oct 30, 02:01 UTC |
| r/worldnews | 2 | 7,743 | 588 | Oct 30, 13:56 UTC |
The biggest threads
- Pope Leo XIV becomes first pontiff to vote in a US electionr/news · 21,070 upvotes · 1,084 comments · Oct 30, 15:42 UTC · BBC News
- Pope Leo requested an absentee ballot in Illinois to vote in the midtermsr/politics · 14,401 upvotes · 813 comments · Oct 30, 02:01 UTC · NBC News
- Pope Leo XIV becomes first pontiff to vote in a U.S. election, casting mail-in ballotr/worldnews · 7,014 upvotes · 515 comments · Oct 30, 13:56 UTC · CBS News
- Pope Leo XIV has become the first pope in history to vote in a U.S. general electionr/politics · 2,430 upvotes · 114 comments · Oct 30, 14:37 UTC · latimes.com
- Pope Leo XIV becomes first pope to vote in U.S. electionr/worldnews · 729 upvotes · 73 comments · Oct 31, 05:16 UTC · Axios
Timeline on Reddit
- First thread we found, in r/politics: “Pope Leo requested an absentee ballot in Illinois to vote in the midterms”
- The story reaches r/worldnews: “Pope Leo XIV becomes first pontiff to vote in a U.S. election, casting mail-in ballot”
- The story reaches r/news: “Pope Leo XIV becomes first pontiff to vote in a US election”
- The biggest thread so far is posted in r/news (21,070 upvotes, 1,084 comments by our last count).
- Latest thread in our sample, in r/worldnews.
What people are asking
A selection of questions Redditors are asking in the top threads, quoted as written.
- “Is this the first time a monarch has voted in the us in general?” — asked in r/news
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