One thing everyone needs to know about Mormons, they are open border people. They have a great connection with Mexico, many Mormons went to Mexico to escape persecution in the U.S. and to this day the families are still connected and continue to connect by marriage. Many Mormons go to Mexico to do their mission work. Their open arms to those in need even includes the refugees from other countries and more recently Muslim refugees. The governor of Utah said Utah would take Muslim refugees when others said they would not.
Utah Mormons would not support anyone that takes as strong of a stance as Trump does on matters of the border with Mexico or immigration- legal or illegal. The Mormons have supported candidates that claim they will secure the border or add resources especially if they didn’t think it would really be a priority for that candidate to actually do so.
I have Mormon friends in Arizona that do not agree with the LDS stand on open borders and illegal immigration and in fact tell me they are voting for Trump. In Arizona they deal with more of the border problems in their face than those in Utah do.
I'd say!
It's embedded in the Romney family DNA!
A well-written post, with actual facts about Mormons - something unusual here! There is so much made-up stuff by some, it is ridiculous. There’s enough real information about them that there’s no need to go to crazy extremes.
I was wondering why they were so pro-illegal - I thought it had to do with they had more success converting them. Your ideas/data makes more sense although it’s probably some of each.