Being a Mormon in politics has never been easy. Since Gallup began tracking in 1968, about one in five voters say they wouldn't vote for a "generally well-qualified person for president who happened to be Mormon." But now, neither is being an evangelical Christian.
A Gallup poll released Monday found 81 percent of Americans said they would vote for a Mormon presidential candidate (little-changed from 80 percent in 2012), while only 73 percent said they would vote for an evangelical Christian presidential candidate. It follows an April Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll that found more people would be comfortable with a gay or lesbian president than an evangelical one.
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