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Religion
and the 2012 Election…Romney’s Mormon Faith
likely a factor in Primaries, not in a
General Election
November 23, 2011
About half of all voters, and 60% of
evangelical Republicans, know that Mitt
Romney is a Mormon. The former Massachusetts
governor's religion has implications for his
nomination run, but not for the general
election should he be nominated as his
party's standard bearer.
White
evangelical Protestants -- a key element of
the GOP electoral base -- are more inclined
than the public as a whole to view Mormonism
as a non-Christian faith. And this view is
linked to opinions about Mitt Romney:
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 run against
Obama in the general election.
These are the principal findings from a new
national survey by the Pew Research Center
for the People & the Press and the Pew Forum
on Religion & Public Life, conducted Nov.
9-14 among 2,001 adults, including 1,576
registered voters. In the race for the GOP
nomination, Romney trails Herman Cain by
nine points (26% to 17%) among white
evangelical Republican and
Republican-leaning voters. Romney leads
among white mainline Protestant Republicans
(26% to 17% over Cain) and runs about even
with Cain among white Catholic Republican
voters (26% Romney, 23% Cain).
Read the
full report for more findings on these
subjects:
See also:
Our profiles of each candidate's religious
background
