I don’t have the specific stats in front of me to back it up, but speaking as a former Alaska resident, it might surprise a lot of people that Alaska quite likely has more Mormons per capita than any other state besides Utah. I don’t say that disparagingly; the ones I met were great people. Just offering additional input to the story at hand.
Mormons in Alaska- wow! and no beer, no coffee?
Romney won all of the 6 top 10 Mormon states that have voted so far. Look below to see the percentages each state has of Mormons and 4 more states he will win. Even if they’re 5% of the people that means they’re probably 10% of the Republicans, and if they’re twice as likely to turn out as other voters, that gives Romney a solid 20% block of votes to build off of in each primary.
State
Percent LDS
Utah (Jun 26 - Winner Take All Primary)
72%
Idaho (ROMNEY WON)
27%
Wyoming (ROMNEY WON)
11%
Nevada (ROMNEY WON)
7.1%
Arizona (ROMNEY WON)
6.0%
Hawaii (Mar 13 - Proportional Caucus)
5.1%
Montana (Jun 5 - Non-Binding Primary)
4.6%
Alaska (ROMNEY WON)
4.2%
Oregon (May 15 - Proportional Primary)
4.0%
Washington (ROMNEY WON)
3.9%