Haven’t run into many LDS in the south. They are there, but nothing like from KC on west. They are pretty much a lock for Romney if he runs.
He doesn’t look or talk southern, isn’t seen wearing anything but fancy clothes. That doesn’t play well with the working class.
If you want to win the conservative south, you have to relate.
Someone who can talk while frying chicken and making kids do homework.
With that, you run into what Democrats do. Look at Kerry and his "hunting" photo. Wearing flannel with a bright orange vest, hand wrapped around a shotgun barrel. Or Clinton when she's talking to a predominantly black group. It just seems like an overdose of being completely fake. Doesn't come off well for anybody.