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Heritage Foundation...They held seminars on the Evangelical vote in 2010 and noted that the Evangelicals did NOT come through for Romney in 2012. He did carry the independents but did NOT get the traditional conservative Republican vote. The bottom line, I was told by one statewide insider, was the many could not bring themselves to vote for a Mormon.

Error--They did NOT come through for McCain in 2008...and later were No Show's in 2012. Furthermore, the October surprise about W. Bush's DUI in 2000 kept many more religious voters home, nearing making Gore President. Had that not happened or been revealed, the evangelical vote would have carried Bush without a contest from Gore.

One woman said she got people to vote when they say that no one measures up to their Christian standards, she replies, "Well, Jesus isn't on the ballot this time. Who's your SECOND choice?"

Heritage Foundation...They held seminars on the Evangelical vote in 2010 and noted that the Evangelicals did NOT come through for Romney in 2012. He did carry the independents but did NOT get the traditional conservative Republican vote. The bottom line, I was told by one statewide insider, was the many could not bring themselves to vote for a Mormon.

2010 tell us what happened in 2012? In any case, I think that was a fallacious charge in the light of research that shows that they did "come through," voting for semi-conservative Romney by a greater percentage than for Sen. John McCain four years ago, but blaming the most major conservative religious group for the loss of a weak candidate due to so few others voting like they did gets headlines.

Poll: Evangelical Turnout Increased in 2012 Over 2008 | LifeNews.com

In Defeats, Evangelicals' Political Unity at All-Time High | Christianity ...

Even if evangelical turnout dropped by about half a million votes in 2012 as one source claims (which would also effect how many Obama received), they cannot be responsible for the five million- vote loss for Romney, when 79% of approx. 32 million evangelicals voters supported the Mormon over Obama.

...the Evangelicals did NOT come through for Romney in 2012.

And I was one of them!

Got raked over the coals here for my stand.

Just toughened me up a bit more.

Looking down the long road; Eternity is gonna be a wee bit longer than this country will exist upon the earth.