Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's Mormon faith may deter some white evangelicals -- an important Republican primary voting bloc -- from backing the former governor in the GOP primaries, according to a new survey from the Pew Research Center. Should Romney win the party's nomination, however, the survey suggests his faith would no longer be an issue for GOP voters.

As many as 56 percent of Republican and Republican-leaning voters know Romney is a Mormon, according to the survey, conducted Nov. 9 - 14. Only 8 percent of GOP voters say they are less likely to vote for Romney because of his religion, but that figure jumps to 15 percent among white evangelical Republican voters. Additionally, most Republicans say Mormonism is a Christian faith, but 53 percent of white evangelical Republicans consider it a non-Christian faith.

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