Bush '04 had more Mormon support than Romney '12

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From Pew Research:

In 2004 Bush had the support of 80% of Mormons. Democratic nominee John Kerry had 19%

In 2012 Romney had the support of 78% of Mormons. President Obama had 21%

http://www.pewforum.org/Politics-and-Elections/How-the-Faithful-Voted-2012-Preliminary-Exit-Poll-Analysis.aspx


Wow! Obama actually carried 21% of the Mormon vote Nationwide.

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1. Wow

That's actually pretty shocking to me. I would have guessed that Romney cleaned up 90%+ of the Mormon vote.

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2. Its interesting.

Obama ran better among Mormons, than he did among whites in Alabama and Mississippi.


What does that tell you?