If the ballot comes down to Republican Mormon Mitt Romney vs. Democrat (religion unknown) Barack Obama, what do you intend to do? Would you run the possibility of an Obama win because millions of anti-Mormon Republican voters refused to vote for Romney? You essentially have three choices unless you intend to vote for the Workers World Party candidate;
A.Vote for Romney
B. Vote for Obama
C. Stay home
Pew Research recently conducted a poll which included voters views on a Mormon President. In the respondents answers;
~ 12% of Americans identified themselves as 'Evangelical Christians'
~ However, almost 40% of voters identifying themselves as Republican were Evangelical Christians.
~ Within that 40%, 35-40% expressed misgivings over a Mormon president
~ Evangelical Christians had a 95% voter turnout in the last election.
After the math, this means that if all the Evangelical Republicans who have an issue with a Mormon president voted otherwise, or didn't vote at all, then approximately 15% of the traditionally Republican vote went elsewhere. Of an estimated 55 million registered Republican voters, that is potentially 8 million Republican votes that didn't happen. By the measuring sticks of the current Romney vs. Obama polling, or by the the results of vote totals in past elections, Obama wins. Rephrase that a bit - Obama wins because he isn't a Mormon. This acceptable to you?
Ok Evangelical Christians, I get you're worried about electing a 'cult member' as president. What do you think would happen with a Mormon president? Do you think we would all be required to attend Temple? Do you think the white-shirted bicycle guys would be at your door the next day? Mass conversions? Polygamy? Of course not. Are you fearful that voting for a Mormon will 'legitimize' the cult. Are you aware of how many of the major grocery stores you shop at for your food are Mormon owned?
Would you vote for Obama because he claims he's a Christian (though 62% of Americans doubt that), since Romney doesn't make such a claim? We already have experience with electing a Messiah in 2008. How did that work out?
If Jesus Christ Himself ran for president, would you vote for him? What if Jesus proposed a two trillion dollar stimulus package, or wanted gave jobs away to China? What if he increased income tax? What if He required all of us to work in solar panel factories and took away our Suburbans? If Jesus was a Democrat, would that change your vote for Him?
If you vote for Romney the Mormon for president, you will get exactly what you got when you voted for Christian Republican presidents .... that would be a Republican president!
