Poll Finds Religion Is Early Drag on Romney

By LAURIE GOODSTEIN, 

New York Times

Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith will most likely cost him support in the primaries, but even Republicans with reservations about his religion would rally to his side in a general election against President Obama, according to a poll released Wednesday.
The poll, by the Pew Research Center, examined the impact of religion on the 2012 election in light of claims by some analysts that a Mormon stigma is significant enough to impede Mr. Romney’s run for president.
The national survey of 1,576 registered voters found that while Mr. Romney was virtually tied with Herman Cain in the nominating fight, he would fare far better than any other Republican candidate against Mr. Obama. (The support was 47 percent for Mr. Romney and 49 percent for Mr. Obama.)
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