Like the others, Romney couldn’t seal the deal with voters. That’s the bottom line. He certainly spent enough to get his message out. People just didn’t bit either because of the flip-flopper stench or religious bigotry.
If you go to: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1741561/posts
Excerpt from that thread: The Rasmussen Reports survey found that 35% say that a candidate's faith and religious beliefs are very important in their voting decision. Another 27% say faith and religious beliefs are somewhat important. Ninety-two percent (92%) of Evangelical Christian voters consider a candidate's faith and beliefs important. On the partisan front, 78% of Republicans say that a candidate's faith is an important consideration, a view shared by 55% of Democrats. However, there is also a significant divide on this topic within the Democratic Party. Among minority Democrats, 71% consider faith and religious beliefs an important consideration for voting. Just 44% of white Democrats agree.
(1) Why are you blasting away at 62% of Americans who say that a candidate’s faith is very or somewhat important as a consideration? (Yes or no?)
(2) Are you blasting away at the 92% of Evangelical Christians who say they consider a candidate’s faith and beliefs an important consideration? (Yes or no?)
(3) Are you blasting away at the 78% of Republicans who say that a candidate’s faith & beliefs are an important consideration? (Yes or No?)
(4) Are you blasting away at the 55% of Democrats who say that a candidate’s faith & beliefs are an important consideration? (yes or No?)
(5) Is to take a candidate’s faith & beliefs into consideration unique to Mormonism? (Answer: No)
According to a Summer 2006 poll by the LA Times/Bloomberg poll (see http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1685665/posts )...
37% said they wouldn’t vote for LDS POTUS candidate; 54% said “no” to a POTUS Muslim candidate; 21% said “no” to a POTUS Evangelical candidate; 15% said “no” to a Jewish POTUS candidate; 10% said “no” to a Catholic POTUS candidate. The Gallup February 2007 poll said 53% of Americans would not vote for an atheist; Rasmussen said that number was 60% late 2006.
Why are these numbers also relevant? Because to hear-tell some FReepers, if they were consistent, then they would have to accuse the 53 to 60% of Americans of bias and "bigotry" because they wouldn't vote for a Muslim or atheist. So...
(6) Are you or other FReepers consistent? Are you willing, yes or no, to frankly state that 53 to 60% of Americans are "bigots" for not being willing to vote for a Muslim or atheist POTUS?
BTW, as it pertains to Christians & Mormon POTUS candidates, Gallup’s “no” polling over the past 8 years has been lower as to those who say “no”—usually 4% for Catholics and Baptists; 7-8% for Jews; and 11-17% for LDS POTUS candidates.
In Feb of ’07, after taking a smaller sample, Gallup then expanded the sample and found:
78% said they would “comfortably vote for a Mormon; 10% would do it with reservations; 11% ‘no’).” (That’s 88% who said “yes, comfortably or ‘with reservations.’" On top of that the Gallup poll said that Conservatives were 9% more likely to vote for an LDS POTUS candidate than liberals & 11% more likely than Moderates. (66-75-77% breakdown).
I guess there goes folks’ grand “conservative” conspiracy against Mormons “theory.” Conservatives are much more likely to give LDS a careful consideration than either moderates or liberals!