The intense media scrutiny of the 2012 U.S presidential campaign appears to have made little difference in American understanding and awareness of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, according to information released Friday by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
The survey, conducted Dec. 5-9 among 1,503 American adults, shows that 82 percent of Americans say they learned little or nothing about the LDS faith during the presidential campaign that involved a prominent Mormon, Mitt Romney. Survey respondents were also unable to correctly answer basic questions about LDS history and doctrine.
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