Posted on 06/28/2015 11:19:56 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Being a Mormon in politics has never been easy. Since Gallup began tracking in 1968, about one in five voters say they wouldn't vote for a "generally well-qualified person for president who happened to be Mormon." But now, neither is being an evangelical Christian.
A Gallup poll released Monday found 81 percent of Americans said they would vote for a Mormon presidential candidate (little-changed from 80 percent in 2012), while only 73 percent said they would vote for an evangelical Christian presidential candidate. It follows an April Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll that found more people would be comfortable with a gay or lesbian president than an evangelical one.
These results are surprising -- both because of persistent questions about whether people would vote for Mitt Romney in 2008 and 2012 (remember the "Mormon Problem/Question"), and also if you follow public opinion of religious groups that show evangelicals more popular than Mormons.
A July 2014 Pew poll ranked religious groups according to how positively they were rated, by political affiliation. Evangelical Christians were the top-rated group for Republicans, while Mormons were the lowest-rated group for Democrats (they were each in the middle of the pack for Democrats and Republicans, respectability). So what happened?
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So are they trying to re-introduce Huntsman or Milt?
This strikes me as one of those polls that didn’t actually capture, or measure, anything real or substantive, or meaningful.
For example, I would love to see these respondents have the categories explained to them, and see what their reaction would be.
Ask them if they’d vote for a proud heterosexual.
I don’t know what an “Evangelical Christian” is suppose to be, but I do know what a Mormon is and what he believes..
and I know what a Christian believes..
and about elections...even Mormons in Utah cant get other Mormons to vote for them..it took Conservative Mia Love two tries when she ran for Congress..of course the fact that she is a woman and black probably had a lot to do with the hesitation to elect her..
The first try they chose the white liberal male Democrat over her, the Republican..
Meanwhile as a Christian, but this made up term “evangelical Christian” has go..its just used to pacify the so called “Mormon Christians”
and Mormons are not Christians..
Rightfully the proper term would be “Mormon Islamics”
Joey Smith was eager to be just another Mohammad, not a Jean Cauvin..
and so there are Mormons and there are Christians..
Lets keep the terms straight so there’s no more confusion..
Florida schools hand out Satanic colouring books to children
MittyTwitty of course..
Being king of America for life is an obsession with the Romneys..
Willard thinks he got cheated out of his birthright ordained by the mormon gods..
so he could still file ..
what’s the cut off date for filing ??
The first GOP debate is August 6...
UNLESS it’s all BULL Sperm.. after all it’s Gallup..
Disinformation Central..
I dont see the point of this story....I certainly dont care what religion anyone is...except muslim scum of course.
Not to ME!
I've seen the PR and downright PROPAGANDA at work over the last decade!
I remember SOMETHING about those two...
...now where was that memo I received...?
Office of First President & Living Prophet®: November 8, 2012
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REALLY?
Sure that wasn't the ONION??
Guess not!
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Which is WHY you don't get the point.
not my business nor yours.
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