I Won’t Say It’s Unexpected
By Mitch Berg
Gallup released a poll earlier this week showing that Americans’ cold feet about voting for a Mormon for President has been holding steady for a long, long time:
Though the vast majority of Americans say they would vote for their party’s nominee for president in 2012 if that person happens to be a Mormon, 22% say they would not, a figure largely unchanged since 1967.
Here’s the part that I did and didn’t expect:
The new Gallup poll, conducted June 9-12, finds nearly 20% of Republicans and independents saying they would not support a Mormon for president. That is slightly lower than the 27% of Democrats saying the same.
So now we see which party is really clogged with bigotry and hatred.
Nah. I’m a kidder. I kid. Maybe it’s just that the libs’ most prominent Mormon is Harry Reid.
It makes sense now, doesn’t it?
June 24th, 2011 at 8:23 am
I have no problem with a Mormon in the White House. Mitt Romney I’m not so sure about. Four years ago I was a Mitt supporter. Today I have grave misgivings about him.
June 24th, 2011 at 8:39 am
I won’t vote for my party’s nominee if he (or she’s) a liberal.
That may be why I don’t have a party.
June 24th, 2011 at 10:53 am
Like NW, I won’t vote for my party’s nominee if he or she is a liberal. I might, on the other hand, vote against the other party’s candidate if they’re more liberal.
I was born a year too late to vote for the last GOP candidate I could vote FOR, Ronaldus Maximus.
June 24th, 2011 at 12:38 pm
I expect that given a conservative house & senate, Romney or Pawlenty would govern as conservatives. If the house or senate was controlled by D’s, both would be eager to compromise their principles in an effort to “get things done”.
We saw Bush’s true colors after 2006.
June 24th, 2011 at 1:00 pm
The question they should ask is “would you vote for your party’s candidate if said person is a community organizer?”