{"id":36674,"date":"2016-09-14T09:41:39","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T15:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=36674"},"modified":"2016-09-14T23:51:38","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T05:51:38","slug":"where-can-mormons-turn-who-cant-vote-for-mr-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2016\/09\/where-can-mormons-turn-who-cant-vote-for-mr-trump.html","title":{"rendered":"Where can Mormons turn who can’t vote for Mr. Trump?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Some of us are rather unenthused about this year\u2019s Republican presidential nominee.
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\u201cTrump effect? Fewer U.S. Mormons<\/a> say they\u2019re Republicans, study shows\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cDonald Trump might be loosening the Republican Party\u2019s hold on Mormon voters\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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I have certain reservations about voting for Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party\u2019s nominee for the White House, and I haven\u2019t endorsed him yet. \u00a0(And may not.) \u00a0But then, as I hope I\u2019ve made clear, I have enormous<\/em> reservations about both Mr. Donald J. Trump and Clinton Inc. that make it impossible<\/em> for me to vote for either of them<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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So it\u2019s of interest to me that the Johnson\/Weld ticket seems to have topped one recent niche poll and that it has picked up surprising and unprecedented endorsements from both Winston-Salem Journal<\/em> in North Carolina and the Richmond Times-Dispatch<\/em> in Virginia:<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.aol.com\/article\/2016\/09\/12\/gary-johnson-tops-presidential-poll-of-military-community\/21470498\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.journalnow.com\/opinion\/editorials\/decision-gary-johnson-for-president\/article_7351cdb6-327e-5cf0-b0d2-9bff7ab6d874.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.richmond.com\/opinion\/our-opinion\/article_ba433351-5c39-5c1c-bc20-de958cb871a2.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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And this is significant:<\/p>\n

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\u201cWorried About Trump, GOP Donors Back Paul Ryan and His Congressional \u2018Firewall\u2019\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cTrump effect? Fewer U.S. Mormons say they\u2019re Republicans, study shows\u201d \u00a0 \u201cDonald Trump might be loosening the Republican Party\u2019s hold on Mormon voters\u201d \u00a0 I have certain reservations about voting for Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party\u2019s nominee for the White House, and I haven\u2019t endorsed him yet. \u00a0(And may not.) \u00a0But then, as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nWhere can Mormons turn who can't vote for Mr. Trump?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"    "Trump effect? 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