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SALT LAKE CITY -- A new poll shows a majority of Americans still cannot identify GOP hopeful Mitt Romney's religion.
The survey by the Public Religion Research Institute was released Thursday. It shows 42 percent of Americans surveyed identified Romney as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. That's basically the same as the 40 percent who identified him as Mormon in a July survey.
One subgroup of the survey differed -- white evangelical Protestants. The study shows 53 percent of that group now know Romney is Mormon, compared to only 44 percent in July.
The survey also found:
- College graduates and seniors (age 65 and up) are most likely to correctly identify Romney as Mormon (66% and 62% respectively).
- Republicans (52%) and members of the Tea Party movement (52%) are significantly more likely to correctly identify Romney's religion than Independents (41%) or Democrats (36%).
- Registered voters are more likely than Americans overall to correctly identify Romney's religion. Nearly half (49%) of voters are able to correctly identify Romney's religion, compared to 42% of Americans overall.
Get details of the survey at publicreligion.org.
