From Deseret News archives:
Highlights of findings on negativity toward Mormons
• Bias against Mormons is significantly more intense compared to bias against women and blacks. Bias against Mormons is even more pronounced among conservative evangelicals, who rank Mormons close to atheists
• Only 50 percent of Americans claim to know a Mormon or to know that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is Mormon.
• The extent of bias against Romney is moderated if the respondent already knows he is Mormon. That information seems to make people more tolerant of his faith.
• When respondents are provided information that stereotypes Mormons, i.e., "Mormons are part of a non-Christian cult" or "Mormons are polygamist," they react negatively to Romney's candidacy.
• Participants react favorably to messages that dispel negative stereotypes, i.e., "about 100 years ago the Mormon Church banned polygamy," or "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints stresses traditional family values." Simple appeals for religious tolerance do not win support for Romney.
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