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.

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.”

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.

Read an article about Mitt Romney’s religion posted on the Institute for Religious Research website.

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?”

See a June 10, 2011, post at the Houston Chronicle‘s Sacred Duty blog that dispels certain myths about Mormonism.

Read a June 15, 2011, blog post at The Economist magazine on Mormons.

Read a Feb. 7, 2011, story in The Washington Post about the American public’s increasing understanding of Mormonism as a result of Mormon public figures like Mitt Romney.

“The 2012 Race: A Tale of Two Mormons,” is a May 11, 2011, column in The Daily Beast by Michael Medved arguing that Huntsman will not face nearly the scrutiny that Romney did in his 2008 presidential bid because Mormons are seen as mainstream.