18% of Americans Say They Would Not Vote For Mormon President

Gallup released a new poll yesterday indicating that 18% of Americans say they would not vote for a Mormon for President.  The number who have responded this way in past polls over the years since 1967 has varied from 17% to 24%. In 1967, when Mitt Romney's father George Romney was considering a run for President, 17% of those polled said they would not vote for a Mormon. In the current poll, those most likely to say they would not vote for a Mormon are individuals with a high school education or less, and Democrats. The same poll showed that 33% of Americans do not know Mitt Romney's religion. 29% of that group said they would not vote for a Mormon.