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Originally Posted by ChinoCoug
I hypothesize the change is due to 1) Prop 8 creating more opposition from Democrats and 2) Glenn Beck cutting a chunk out of the Evangelical opposition.
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You might have a point, if it weren't for Ponnuru's earlier column. I dug up the Dec 2006 poll I think(?) he was referring to:
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Does the fact that Romney is a Mormon make you more or less likely to vote for him for president?
Less likely, Dem: 30%
Less likely, Rep: 23%
Less likely, Evangelical: 28%
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and this:
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I'm going to read you some religious affiliations and I'd like you to tell me whether you think that affiliation would make you more or less likely to vote for the candidate.
Mormon
Less likely, Dem: 38%
Less likely, Rep: 32%
Less likely, general public: 32%
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This, before anyone had heard of Prop 8, and Glenn Beck was still at CNN.
It seems Democrats have been measurably as bigoted toward Mormons as evangelicals (if not more so) since at least 2006. Certainly more so than Republicans or the general public.
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Last edited by Tex; 07-05-2011 at 10:38 PM.
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