With two Mormons in the Republican presidential race and one of them leading the pack, Mormons in the United States are fast bracing up to have their man in the White House.
A detailed new Pew Research poll of Mormons is shedding light on a community that feels ambivalent about whether the country is ready for a president of their faith.
The majority of U.S. Mormons, 66 per cent, describe their ideology as conservative, while 22 per cent identify themselves as moderate and 8 per cent as liberal, according to a survey of more than 1,000 Mormons across the country released by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life on Thursday.
Similarly, 74 per cent of registered Mormon voters are Republican or Republican-leaning, while just 17 per cent are Democratic or Democratic-leaning.
Almost nine in 10 Mormons, 86 per cent, said they have a favourable view of Romney, compared with just 25 per cent who have a favorable view of President Barack Obama.
Meanwhile, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, the other Mormon candidate in the GOP field, was considered favourably by only 50 per cent of Mormons, with 24 per cent viewing him unfavorably and 26 per cent saying they were not sure.