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Bias against Mormon presidential candidate unchanged since 1967, poll finds
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Jun 26, 2012 12:41am |
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| Author | Dan Gilgoff, CNN.com Religion Editor |
| News Date | Thursday, June 21, 2012 06:40:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Bias against a Mormon presidential candidate hasn’t budged in 45 years, with 18% of Americans saying they would not vote for a well-qualified candidate who happened to be Mormon, according to a Gallup Poll released Thursday.
The survey points up potential challenges for presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, who is vying to be the first Mormon in the White House.
Gallup first asked Americans about support for a Mormon presidential candidate in 1967 when Romney’s father, George Romney, was running for president. That year, 17% of Americans said they would not vote for a well-qualified Mormon for president.
“The stability of resistance to a Mormon presidential candidate over the past 45 years is an anomaly,” Gallup editor-in-chief Frank Newport wrote in a survey report, noting that “resistance to a candidate who is black, a woman, or Jewish has declined substantially over the same period of time.” |
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