Armed with fresh survey data and a counterintuitive thesis, a new Brookings Institution study released Wednesday makes the compelling case that Mitt Romney's Mormon faith, long pegged by pundits as a political albatross for the candidate, won't actually hurt him at the polls in November — and it could even help.
But the study's most telling revelation is relegated to a side note: Even after four months of Republican primaries, Americans still know virtually nothing about Romney's faith — and for many, their opinions of the religion remain highly maleable.
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