Reply #21: Only about 13% of Mormons worldwide live in Utah [View All]

[Radical Activist]

You make a BIG mistake when you use Utah to make generalizations about all Mormons. There's a significant difference between Mormon culture in Utah (and the Mountain West) and Mormons in the rest of America. I stated in another post that the LDS congregation I grew up in was split about 50/50 between Democrats and Republicans. It would have been majority Democratic if you took out all the people who had moved in from Utah.

If you want to make generalizations about Mormonism in Utah, fine, but don't pretend that is an accurate representation of Mormons everywhere. Even many Mormons outside of Utah have a negative view of what the Mormon culture there has become and feel it doesn't always live up to the religion's true ideals. The LDS church membership is much more politically diverse than it is in Utah.