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.
And you assume that a candidate's faith won't intersect and impact political ideology why?
Many, many quotes from Lds' top leaders have cropped up saying that if the Mormon "prophet" says to do something -- even if wrong; even if political; you are to do it. [I'll post them later] Romney swore to fulfill the Mormon Law of Consecration -- which includes devoting all a person is and their resources to "Zion" -- which Mormons define only as the Mormon church. They've sworn to it with an oath in their temple endowments that they'll cut or have cut their throat if they don't fulfill their promise.
... LDS may be a cult but today it’s a harmless one...
And you've been a cult expert superimposing this view on others how long? (Please define "harmless")
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...To this day, many Christian bodies claim to be the one true faith in an apostate world...
Perhaps. And since the supposed "one true faith" of Mormonism (Mormonism claims to be the "ONLY true and living church on the face of the earth" -- Doctrine & Covenants 1:30) claims the rest are "apostates"...please inform us of your religio-political history as to how many of these claimers of "the one true faith" then tried to go to the people who they called "apostates" and say, "See, how 'inspiring' it is that we have labeled you an 'apostate.' Can I have your vote, please?"
But this doesn’t matter so long as such views are not imposed on others.
Since when hasn't the Mormon church tried to "impose" their worldview that the rest of us are "apostates" who believe in 100% creeds that are an "abomination" to them? This is what they teach world-wide via 52,000 missionaries, curricula, online packaging, books, conferences, etc.