{"id":19386,"date":"2011-11-23T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2011-11-23T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/white-evangelical-views-of-mormonism-could-be-a-factor-for-romney-in-primaries\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:45:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:45:03","slug":"white-evangelical-views-of-mormonism-could-be-a-factor-for-romney-in-primaries","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2011\/11\/23\/white-evangelical-views-of-mormonism-could-be-a-factor-for-romney-in-primaries\/","title":{"rendered":"White Evangelical Views of Mormonism Could Be a Factor for Romney in Primaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many Americans continue to see the Mormon faith as unfamiliar and different. In a recent poll, approximately half of those polled said they know little or nothing about Mormonism; another half said that it is a Christian religion, while a third said that it is not. In addition, roughly two-thirds of people believe that Mormonism is \u201cvery different\u201d from their own beliefs. These impressions are essentially unchanged over the past four years.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About half of all voters \u2014 and 60% of white Evangelical Republicans \u2014 know that Mitt Romney is a Mormon. The former Massachusetts governor\u2019s religion has implications for his nomination run but not for the general election, should he be nominated as his party\u2019s standard bearer.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White Evangelical Protestants \u2014 a key element of the GOP electoral base \u2014 are more inclined than the public as a whole to view Mormonism as a non-Christian faith. More than half (53%) of white Evangelicals share this opinion, compared to 33% of Republicans overall. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans who say Mormonism is not a Christian religion are less likely to support Romney for the GOP nomination and offer a less favorable assessment of him generally. But they seem prepared to overwhelmingly back him in a general election campaign against President Obama. Fully 91% of white Evangelical Republican voters say they would back Romney over Obama in a general election matchup, and 79% would support Romney \u201cstrongly.\u201d Generally-speaking, white Evangelicals would be among the strongest Romney supporters in a general election contest. <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/Politics-and-Elections\/Romneys-Mormon-Faith-Likely-a-Factor-in-Primaries-Not-in-a-General-Election.aspx?src=prc-number\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than half (53%) of white Evangelical Protestants say the Mormon religion is not a Christian faith. 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