“I believe the evangelicals stayed home by about 7% according to something I heard, probably due to mormonism.”
Yeah. That is why Obama carried the Bible Belt so handily.
“Yeah. That is why Obama carried the Bible Belt so handily.”
I would beg to differ - he barely won NC, lost VA,(home of Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell) and Ohio, which has a huge evangelical population in southern part of the state. I am an evangelical, and I had argued with many here in Ohio that a mormon would be better than the alternative, but many said there was “no difference.” I had hoped when Billy Graham gave his blessing that we would all turnout, but I don’t think we did.