Vote Mormon for President?
Bad news for presidential contenders Mitty Romney and Jon Huntsman: Only 35% of Americans and 45% of Republicans said yes when asked if they ever would vote for a Mormon to be president.
A nationwide Poll Position telephone survey found 32% of the American people, including 26% of Republicans, say they would never vote for a Mormon to be the U.S. president.
The survey found a narrow margin of Americans say they would be willing to vote for a candidate of the Mormon faith to the highest office in the U.S. 35% say they would vote for a Mormon while 32% would not. A sizable 33% had no opinion.
By political party 45% of Republicans said they would vote to elect a Mormon with 26% saying no. Democrats were less likely to elect a Mormon. Only 29% said they would vote for a Mormon while 37% said they would not. 39% of Independents said they would vote for a Mormon candidate while 26% said no.
Men are more likely to vote for a Mormon than women. 41% of men said they would vote for a Mormon while only 30% of the women asked responded yes.
The largest group not ready to vote for a Mormon was Hispanic. Only 18% would vote for a Mormon while 42% said they would not.
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Poll Position’s scientific telephone survey of 1,053 registered voters nationwide was conducted September 11, 2011 and has a margin of error of ±3%.
The online companion poll in which you can vote provides unscientific results, meaning it’s a tally of participating Poll Position users, not a nationally representative sampling.
Poll Position is committed to transparency and upholding the highest professional standards in its polling, explaining why we provide you with the crosstabs of our scientific polls. Crosstabs provide a breakdown of survey participants by age, race, gender, and political affiliation. Here are the crosstabs for this poll: Poll Position crosstabs – Mormon for president.
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