re: #409 mmmirele

If the GOP were to go completely Evangelical and hard core, I could see the Intermountain West Mormons learning quickly they’re not welcome. Because, seriously, Evangelicals consider Mormons unsaved cultists. I don’t understand why Mormons join up with a group that would have no respect for their religious beliefs and see Mormons as ripe for conversion.

Ana Marie Cox had a guest on her podcast last week that is a Mormon writer (forget his name) and they talked a good bit about Mormon culture and where it fits in politically. It was quite interesting, actually. I think it is mostly an alliance of convenience more than anything. Mormons are definitely less inclined to support immigration restrictions or general xenophobia (in part because many of them go abroad as missionaries). They also tend to be better (but not always great, see Prop 8) on freedom of religion issues. And most don’t really like Trump’s crassness.

I do wonder if Utah might have actually been in play in 2016 if the Democratic nominee hadn’t been Clinton.