Any way they can, they make use of the fact that a significant number of conservatives are more likely to refuse to vote for specific sorts of fellow Christians...
Are you claiming that Mormons are "fellow Christians?" Or am I misreading this comment of yours?
Did you know that the official doctrine of the Mormon church -- found in Doctrine & Covenants 1:30 -- is that the Mormon church is the "ONLY true and living church on the face of the earth"???
Did you know that official Mormon doctrine is that all Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox Christian churches are all "apostate?" (How is that any different than Muslims who label Christians as "infidels?")
Mormons love the brand name "Christian" -- so on the surface it at times sound like they want a "kum ba yah" let's-all-hug moment...but officially in their doctrines & "scriptures" label historic Christian churches and their bodies and creeds in the worst ways.
If a Mormon regularly visits a Christian church, they are at risk of ex-communication. They claim ONLY temple Mormons will live with Heavenly Father forever. Does that sound like "we're all one big happy family" to you?
I don’t know where your italicized line came from or what it purports to mean. Speaking only for myself, I don’t vote for or against “fellow Christians” but for candidates who best exemplify my conservative political ideology. As I said before, LDS may be a cult but today it’s a harmless one irrespective of how absurd we think some of its religious postulates are. The history of religion also shows that a multitude of religious founders and their followers all commonly have claimed to be the “one true” faith. However, after the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) when Christians slaughtered and butchered each other throughout Europe, the West has generally moved towards the separation of religion and partisan politics. There are, to be sure, some vestiges remaining and, given human nature, there always will be some of this. To this day, many Christian bodies claim to be the one true faith in an apostate world, including the Roman Catholic Church. But this doesn’t matter so long as such views are not imposed on others. Also, we can selectively quote official statements from any religious body that will make it appear in a bad light.