Pew Research: Romney Received Greater Percentage of Evangelical Vote than Mormon Vote

photo credit: tim pearce, los gatosStatistics from a report released this week by the Pew Research Center indicate that Romney’s “Evangelical problem” never materialized. In fact, the numbers bear out that if the Republican nominee had a problem with religious conservatives, it was with voters who shared his Mormon faith. Though that really wasn’t the case either.

The Pew Report reflects that Romney received 79% of the Evangelical vote and 78% of the Mormon vote.

The report also revealed that Romney bested John McCain’s showing among Evangelicals coming in six points better than the 2008 nominee. Also of note, fewer Mormons voted for Romney than did for George W. Bush eight years ago.

Far from the message projected by establishment political pundits and mainstream media commentators, the facts bear out that Evangelicals and people of Mormon faith vote their values, not their denomination. It’s time to call the politicos and pundits out for religious profiling. Convicting folks in the court of public opinion based upon their religious affiliation is a form of bigotry. It needs to stop.