---
title: "Romney’s Mormon Faith Likely a Factor in Primaries, Not in a General Election"
description: "A new survey finds that there has been virtually no change in Americans’ impressions of the Mormon faith over the past four years. Meanwhile, about half of all voters, and 60% of evangelical Republicans, know that Mitt Romney is a Mormon. Romney’s religion has implications for his nomination run but not for the general election […]"
date: "2011-11-23"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2011/11/23/romneys-faith-likely-a-factor-in-primaries-not-in-a-general-election/"
categories:
  - "Election 2012"
  - "U.S. Elections & Voters"
datasets:
  - name: "November 2011 Religion And Politics Survey"
    url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/dataset/november-2011-religion-and-politics-survey/"
---

# Romney’s Mormon Faith Likely a Factor in Primaries, Not in a General Election

A new survey finds that there has been virtually no change in Americans' impressions of the Mormon faith over the past four years. Meanwhile, about half of all voters, and 60% of evangelical Republicans, know that Mitt Romney is a Mormon. Romney's religion has implications for his nomination run but not for the general election should he be nominated as his party’s standard bearer.