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Are Americans Biased Against Mormon Presidential Candidates?

Dbeaux30 Wrote: Jun 23, 2012 10:23 AM
Sorry, can't help you with that one. Though I did talk to some college kids last year on the BYU campus that were promoting it. Not sure of their religious beliefs, but they were not typical occupiers. They did express some valid concerns about the wall street bailouts.
Dbeaux30 Wrote: Jun 23, 2012 10:37 AM
Maturity is not automatic even for LDS minds....
Rick2477 Wrote: Jun 23, 2012 10:33 AM
Interesting. We have to watch, be concerned about what thoughts get implanted in young minds, don't we.

The answer seems to be yes, unfortunately, but the results are somewhat encouraging.

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Eighteen percent of Americans say they would not vote for a well-qualified presidential candidate who happens to be a Mormon, virtually the same as the 17% who held this attitude in 1967...

The exact percentage of Americans who resist the idea of voting for a Mormon has varied slightly over the eight times Gallup has asked the question, typically when a Mormon was running for president, including George Romney (1968 campaign), Orrin Hatch (2000 campaign), and Mitt Romney...

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