WASHINGTON _ In 2016, some of the Republican Party's most reliable voters _ Mormons _ rebuked candidate Donald Trump at the ballot box. Two years later, many are so uneasy with President Trump that they could sit out the midterms, jeopardizing GOP candidates in several races critical to Republican control of Washington.
Indeed, with just 13 weeks before the November congressional elections, Mormon activists and operatives are warning that members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints might stay home, denying Republican candidates not just their votes but their typically robust financial and volunteer support.
"Mormons were more of a reliable voting bloc before the Trump era. And now things are more up in the air," said Steven Conger, a Nevada Republican political strategist who is Mormon. "You see that with both voters and donors."
