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Sarah WolfeJuly 26, 2012 15:33
Poll: Romney's Mormonism won't impact 2012 election
Mormonism not familiar to most Americans, but won't impact their vote in 2012 election, according to poll.
Mormonism not familiar to most Americans, but won't impact their vote in 2012 election, according to poll.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney shakes hands with people during a campaign event. Romney will have to have to find a way to manage voters' demands with the demands of his faith. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Most Americans aren't familiar with Mitt Romney's religion, but a new poll shows it won't likely impact their vote in the 2012 election.
Sixty percent of voters are aware that the former Massachusetts governor is a Mormon, but 81 percent say it doesn't matter to them, according to the poll released Thursday by the Pew Research Center.
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The survey did find widespread misgivings about the Mormon faith.
Nearly two-thirds of non-Mormons see Romney’s faith as very different from their own, and just half of those surveyed consider it a Christian religion, according to The Associated Press.
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But those who know Romney is a devout Mormon are OK with his faith nonetheless, according to the poll.
Less than 50 percent of those surveyed, meanwhile, believe President Barack Obama is a Christian. The rest either don't know his faith or believe he is Muslim, USA Today reported.
"Fewer say Obama is Christian -- and more say he is Muslim -- than did so in October 2008, near the end of the last presidential campaign," Pew stated. "The increase since 2008 is particularly concentrated among conservative Republicans, about a third of whom (34 percent) describe the president as a Muslim."
Overall, 45 percent of voters are comfortable with Obama's religion, 5 percent say it does not matter and 19 percent are uncomfortable, Reuters reported.
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/united-states/120726/poll-romney-mormonism-wont-impact-2012-election
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