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title: "Mormon Candidate No Problem"
description: "A substantial majority of Americans (68%) say it would not matter to them if a presidential candidate is Mormon."
date: "2011-06-23"
authors:
  - name: "Russell Heimlich"
    job_title: "Former web developer"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2011/06/23/mormon-candidate-no-problem/"
---

# Mormon Candidate No Problem

A substantial majority of Americans (68%) say it would not matter to them if a presidential candidate is Mormon. A quarter (25%) says they would be less likely to support a Mormon, while 5% say they would be more likely to support a Mormon candidate. These opinions are little changed from February 2007 (64% said this would not matter, 30% less likely, 2% more likely).Politically, more Democrats than Republicans say they would be less likely to support a Mormon candidate. Liberal Democrats stand out, with 41% saying they would be less likely to support a Mormon candidate. Only about a quarter or fewer in other groups say this. There also are differences by religious affiliation. About a third of white evangelical Protestants (34%) say they would less likely to support a Mormon candidate, compared with 24% of the religiously unaffiliated, 19% of white mainline Protestants and about the same percentage of white Catholics (16%). These opinions have changed little since 2007. [Read More](https://www.pewresearch.org/pubs/2048/polls-are-republicans-ready-for-a-mormon-president-romney-huntsman?src=prc-number)