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July 26, 2012

Deseret News: Mitt Romney's Mormon religion will have little impact in election

by Matthew Brown
Deseret News

SALT LAKE CITY — Mitt Romney's Mormon faith, considered to be a potential liability in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, will likely have little consequence when voters go to the polls in November, according to a new survey.

Sixty percent of voters who know Romney is Mormon say they are comfortable with that, while 19 percent say it doesn't matter, a recent poll by the Pew Research Center found. And among Republicans who are uncomfortable with the presumptive GOP nominee's faith, a whopping 93 percent say they will still vote for him.

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