WIKI is taking the figures provided by the mormon church without the caveat that once baptized as mormon, members are carried on the rolls until the age of 110..unless there is proof of death. Since there are at least a couple of million of these baptized who haven't set foot in a mormon church for years, that number is highly inflated.
A majority of these are Conservatives. So, do you want ~4-5 Million voters, or do you want to alienate them?
See the membership statistics below from Cumorah.com and keep in mind that mormon children are baptized as members at the age of eight. If the remainder of these "conservative" mormons would vote for Obama because of the truth of their sect becoming known, they certainly are NOT conservative in any way.
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General Religious Data
Percentage attending religious services weekly: 44%
Estimated weekly average attending religious services (all faiths): 132000000
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Major Religious Groups
Country religious adherents data courtesy of the World Factbook.LDS membership and unit data are derived from the LDS Church Almanac. Seventh-day Adventist statistics are from the Adventist yearbook statistical reports. Jehovah's Witness data are from the Jehovah's Witness yearly statistical report. Other data are from a variety of sources available upon request. |
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Annual LDS Membership Growth
LDS membership and unit data 1976-2000 from Mark Davies' WW-LDS.
Proportionality Ratio is the ratio of the increase in units to the increase in membership. A ratio of 1 means that membership and church units are growing at the same rate.
National Population and LDS Growth Rates
Current LDS Membership Growth Rate: 1.67%
Current LDS Unit Growth Rate: 2.57%
Annual Population Growth Rate: 0.91%
Relative LDS Population Growth Rate (LDS membership growth rate minus population growth rate): 0.75%
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Convert Retention and Member Activity
While LDS activity rates in the United States are among the highest of any country in the world, less than half of members on the rolls are active. The Encyclopedia of Mormonism reports: 'Canada, the South Pacific, and the United States average between 40 percent and 50 percent [attendance at sacrament meeting].' (Source: Encyclopedia of Mormonism, edited by Daniel H. Ludlow, 1992, 4:1527.)
Marginal retention of new converts, and especially potential priesthood holders, remains a serious challenge: 'For the U.S. as a whole, only 59% of baptized males ever receive the Melchizedek Priesthood. In the South Pacific, the figure drops to 35%; in Great Britain, 29%. In Mexico (with almost 850,000 members) the figure is 19%; and in Japan, only 17% of the male members ever make it past the Aaronic Priesthood.' (source: Lowell C. Bennion and Lawrence Young, Dialogue, Spring 1996, p.19.) |
And yet, somehow ... almost mysteriously ... Utah is ranked #5 in the US as the most CONSERVATIVE. Go figure ...
http://www.gallup.com/poll/146348/mississippi-rates-conservative-state.aspx
Seventh-day Adventists 0.57%
HEY!!!
Our numbers are a LOT better if you'd come-a-counting on the RIGHT day!!!!
--SDA_Dude(how 'bout that 3% stuff!)