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January 20, 2012

What If All the Candidates Were Mormon?

Jane Kendrick, Deseret News

I read a tweet last week that said the winner of the New Hampshire primary was Mormonism. It based this on the fact that 50 percent of New Hampshirians (New Hampshirites? New Hampshiries? New Hampenstance?) picked a Mormon for their next president.

Well, isn't that interesting?

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