On Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:43:25 -0800, Smitty Two
wrote:

In article ,
wrote:

Did Mitt lose because he's a Mormon?

I think that played a huge part in his loss.......

Just my opinion!

Don't feel like reading this whole thread, so this may have been posted
already:

http://www.gallup.com/poll/155273/bi...dential-candid
ate-1967.aspx

Gallup says 18% of voters would *not* vote for a Mormon. Shocker for me
was that 40% of us don't even know he's a Mormon.

I used to respect Gallup, but they have taken a bunch of misleading
polls and tacked even more misleading headlines on them this season.

If that poll was taken before there was a Mormon candidate-- or if
there was Mormon on both sides I might put more stock in it. 20%
sounds like about the same number as yellow dog Democrats.

This one is a little more telling-
http://www.gallup.com/poll/155285/at...andidates.aspx
43% would pass on an atheist. 40% on a muslim.


So assuming that 1/2 the voters are Republican and therefore might
otherwise have voted for him, 1/2 of the 18% of the "knowing" 60% might
have declined to vote for him since they know he's a Mormon and don't
like that. That's a bit more than 5% of the voters he may have lost
because of his religion.

(As far as I'm concerned, Mormons aren't any more stark raving mad than
Catholics, Lutherans or Muslims.)

I'd add atheists, just to be fair.

Jim