Nothing particularly controversial here, but this article provides a good overview of Mormon politics. Some seletected quotes:
Since the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980, Mormon voters have become more and more ensconced in the Republican Party, to the point that today they represent the most reliable, cohesive bloc of voters for the GOP of nearly any demographic.
Surprisingly:
Romney actually garnered less of the Mormon vote — 77 percent — than George W. Bush did during his presidential campaign.
The article talks about why they are choosing the GOP for social value reasons, but this struck me as interesting:
The thing that really, for me, sticks out is when faced with a choice between their church and their political party, we find even very conservative Mormons will favor church leaders on political issues," Campbell said. "Here you have the church leaning left when the church membership might otherwise lean right.
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