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December 17, 2012

AP: Survey: Perceptions of Mormons mostly unchanged

by Brady McCombs
The Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY — The perception of Mormons in the U.S. changed very little even though the religion received unprecedented attention this year with Republican Mitt Romney running for president.

A new Pew Research Center poll found that 8 in 10 people said they learned little or nothing about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the 2012 presidential election. And fewer than half of Americans still don't know key facts about the history of the Mormon church.

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