From Deseret News archives:
The number: 31% — Mormonism not a Christian religion
Nearly one in three Americans (31 percent) expresses the view that the Mormonism is not a Christian religion, in a recent Pew poll; however, a slim majority of the public (52 percent) says that it is. White evangelicals stand out for their view on this issue: A 45 percent plurality says that the Mormonism is not Christian, while 40 percent say it is. Among white evangelicals who attend services at least weekly, 52 percent believe that the Mormon religion is not Christian. By contrast, large majorities of white mainline Protestants (62 percent) and white non-Hispanic Catholics (59 percent) say that Mormons are Christians. In addition, those with no formal religious affiliation also say that the Mormon religion is Christian by a wide margin (59 percent to 25 percent).
