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Despite heavy media coverage of Mitt Romney\u2019s religion, only 42 percent of Americans correctly identify the candidate as a Mormon. This level of knowledge remains the same from July, even after Texas pastor Robert Jeffress\u2019 comments about Mormonism<\/a> being a cult spread like wildfire and sparked a heated debate.<\/div>\n
Indeed, a new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute finds that white evangelical Protestants are the only subgroup that demonstrates increased knowledge of Romney\u2019s religion (53 percent today compared to 44 percent in July). The Religion & Politics Tracking Survey also finds that registered voters are more likely than Americans overall to correctly identify Romney\u2019s religion (49 percent, compared to 42 percent respectively).<\/div>\n
\u201cThe increase in knowledge of Romney\u2019s Mormon faith<\/a> among evangelicals is potentially problematic for Romney, since we know from our research that six-in-10 evangelicals do not see the Mormon faith to be a Christian religion,\u201d said Daniel Cox, PRRI Research Director. \u201cAs more evangelical voters identify Romney as a Mormon, the question will be whether he can bridge the religious gap with shared political values.\u201d<\/div>\n
The survey also reveals why businessman Herman Cain found an opening in the Republican primary field.<\/div>\n
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