“Romney, Eye on Evangelicals, Defends His Faith”
Read a New York Times article about Mitt Romney’s Dec. 6, 2007, speech on religion in America.
Category: Elections
“Mormons in Congress–Post-Election Summary”
Read a roundup of how Mormon candidates and legislators fared in the 2008 election from the website By Common Consent.
“In U.S., 22% Are Hesitant to Support a Mormon in 2012”
See a June 20, 2011, Gallup poll showing that 22 percent of voters would not support a candidate if their preferred party nominated a Mormon for president. About 20 percent of Republicans voiced such opposition, and 27 percent of Democrats.
“Evangelicals: Less Likely to Vote for Gay or Mormon Candidates”
A June 3, 2011, post at Christianity Today‘s politics blog analyzes the Pew findings from the Pew research report “Republican Candidates Stir Little Enthusiasm.”
“Republican Candidates Stir Little Enthusiasm”
Read a June 2011 survey by the Pew Research Center showing that 25 percent of Americans, and 34 percent of white evangelicals, would be less likely to vote for a Mormon candidate for president.
“Mitt Romney’s Mormonism”
Read an article about Mitt Romney’s religion posted on the Institute for Religious Research website.
“Mormons Catch a Glimpse of Life in the Big Leagues”
Read a September 2010 Religion News Service story posted by The Huffington Post about the increasing prominence of Mormonism in the national arena.
“Coffee Cups in Hell”
Read a March 26, 2011, New York Times column by Maureen Down on “the Mormon moment.”
“‘Dancing Mitt’ cover shows the jig is now for Mormons”
A June 7, 2011, post at the Following Faith blog of The Salt Lake Tribune asks whether “all this national attention [is] good for Mormons?”