Mormon faith may hurt Romney in primaries
CHICAGO (Reuters) Mitt Romney canada goose store Mormonism could hurt the buy canada goose jacket Republican candidate with evangelical voters in his fight for party presidential nomination, but those voters would favor him over President Barack Obama in the general election, a poll released Wednesday concluded.
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Some 15 percent Canada Goose Outlet of evangelical Christians, a key constituency in the Republican presidential nomination battle, say they are wary of Mormonism and will not vote for Mitt Romney, the poll found.
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Nearly two out of three white evangelical Christian voters in the poll did not believe Mormonism is a Christian religion and 15 percent of evangelicals would not support Romney.
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While Gingrich has risen in recent national polls and Cain has fallen, Romney has maintained support in the low to mid 20s, near the top of the pack.
In the overall poll of 2,001 adults, which had a 3 point margin of error, 50 percent had a favorable view of Obama, 38 percent viewed Romney favorably, 33 percent had a favorable view of Gingrich, 31 percent liked canada goose coats on sale Cain and 25 percent had a favorable view of Texas Governor Rick Perry.
Nearly nine of Canada Goose sale 10 Republican voters either did not know or did not care that Romney is a Mormon.
Half of likely Republican voters in the poll said Mormonism was canadagoosejacketsaleca a Christian religion, and one third did not think so.
Romney did better in a head to head matchup with Obama than any of the other Republican candidates.
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