Read a Nov. 8, 2012 article from the Salt Lake Tribune about the impact of the 2012 presidential election on the place of Mormonism in America.

Read the results of a Pew Forum survey breaking down the religions and rationales of people who voted for Mitt Romney in the 2012 general presidential election.

Read a Nov. 15, 2012 article about Mormonism’s increasingly main-streamed place in America in the aftermath of the 2012 general election.

Read a Dec. 23, 2012 article from The Denver Post about the future of the LDS Church after Romney’s loss in the 2012 general election. Experts predict extreme growth for the membership of the Church.

Lara Medina is an associate professor of Chicano and Chicana studies with an interest in politics and religion at California State University, Northridge. She wrote Las Hermanas: Chicana/Latina Religious-Political Activism in the U.S. Catholic Church.

John García is a research professor at the Center for Political Studies at the University of Michigan. His research interests are minority group politics, especially Latinos; political behavior; political mobilization; urban politics; social survey research; and public policy-health. He wrote Latino Politics in America: Community, Culture and Interests.

J. David Woodard is a professor of political science at Clemson University in Clemson, S.C., and author of The New Southern Politics.

Roberta Combs is president of the Christian Coalition, a political action organization that describes itself as “pro-family.” According to news releases on its website, the coalition has several times agreed with statements made by Mitt Romney.

U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, a Democrat, was elected to represent New Mexico in the Senate in 2008 after serving five terms in the U.S. House. He also had served as the state’s attorney general.