The Mormon dilemma: How old and new religious divides hurt Mormon candidates in the United States |
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| Institution: | 1. Universidad del País Vasco, Departamento de Fundamentos del Análisis Económico II, BETS and BRIDGE, Avda. Lehendakari Aguirre 83, Bilbao 48015, Spain;2. Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Avenida Diagonal Las Torres 2640, Peñalolén, Santiago, Chile;1. Smith College, Northampton, MA, USA;2. Copperbelt University, Lusaka, Zambia;1. University of Mannheim, School of Social Science, Germany;2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Political Science, USA;1. Department of Sociology and Trinity College, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3BH, UK;2. Department of Political Science, University of Iowa, USA;1. Department of Environment, ESAC-Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra, 3045-601 Coimbra, Portugal;2. INESC Coimbra, Rua Antero de Quental 199, 3000-033 Coimbra, Portugal;3. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Coimbra, 3030-290 Coimbra, Portugal;4. Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK;5. Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, 3000-995 Coimbra, Portugal;6. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal |
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| Abstract: | This paper shows that attitudes towards Mormons are very divisive on two levels: many religious conservatives distrust Mormons and refuse to vote for them because they are not Christian as they claim to be, while religious and political liberals see Mormons as part of a repressive religious coalition along with evangelicals and Catholics. Mormon politicians are in an awkward position between these two sides of America's “culture war,” not fully accepted by either. Using new survey questions about attitudes towards Mormons and Mitt Romney, this paper explores the nature of the two anti-Mormonisms and their electoral consequences. I argue that feelings about Mormonism have been an important factor in respondent evaluations of Mitt Romney. |
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| Keywords: | Religion Culture wars Identity politics Mormons Evangelicals Mitt Romney |
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