Bipartisan problems with Mormonism

7 February 2008 @ 8:04 pm | 1 comment

“Romney’s Mormonism WAS a Big Factor” and it goes both ways:

By the way, those Democrats who might chortle that Republican intolerance cost them their best candidate, don’t get too smug. Our survey showed that Democrats were just as intolerant of Mormons as Republicans are. At least they have that in common.

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  1. Mike L.’s avatar

    Mike L. on 9 February 2008 at 9:32 pm

    I’m confused. The survey they use to back up their claim is a survey of Evangelicals, who were mostly Republican, and who mostly supported Bush. It’s no surprise that Evangelicals tended to be less likely to support Romney because of his religion, regardless of their party affiliation. That’s the whole point. Evangelicals in general didn’t like Romney, and Evangelicals make up a significant part of the Republican base.

    So how do we jump from that to saying that Democrats as a whole (not just the Evangelical democrats) are equally anti-Mormon? This seams like a case of whisper-down-the-lane where the conclusion doesn’t match the original data.

    I have seen other surveys which do show a significant number of democrats saying they wouldn’t vote for a Mormon, but I’d bet that’s because (1) some liberal democrats would shy away from anyone that seams overly devoted to religion, as Mormons might be viewed as being, and (2) Mormons are known for conservative beliefs, so naturally liberals would be less likely to vote for them.