Kamala Harris steps up outreach to Mormon voters in battleground Arizona

apnews.com Kamala Harris steps up outreach to Mormon voters in battleground Arizona

Vice President Kamala Harris is stepping up her efforts to win over voters who belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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Worth a try, I guess. But I know a lot of Mormons, and all of them are already firmly decided for Trump. So I don't know how much if an impact this will make.
- I guess the Mormons around me are built different, because I don't know any that like Trump.

Ah yes, the motherfuckers behind Prop 8.

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I'm still not gonna vote for her, but this is a good strategy, because most Mormons are more independent and liberal than people think. I wish more socialist parties would reach out because there is a lot of overlap between socialism and Mormonism.
Source: I'm Mormon (actually we say LDS now).
- Oh, your profile says you're a Satanist, which is diametrically opposed to any form of Christianity. Hmm, weird.
  
  People can believe in more than one thing at a time. :)
- Mormons really are a different breed of Republican, look how they strongly voted for an independent candidate in 2016 (at least in Utah). That said, the vast majority of those people drank the Trump koolaid and have now fallen in line. It’s sad really, they used to stand for something.
  
  All the Mormons I personaly know are still very independent and don't like Trump. But I'm sure that is based on region.
- So you're just not going to vote?
  
  I'm voting third party. I've voted in every election since 1988.
- Oh yea, I almost forgot you were voting for Drump
  
  I'm not voting for Trump tho.
- You're Mormon and you call yourself a socialist?
  Socialism is the antithesis of religion.
  
  They also claim to be a Satanist. Anything is possible if you lie hard enough!
  
  I think OP means the part where both emphasize taking care of your community, since that can be done with or without religion. Some ideas are so good that many groups adopt them.
  
  Early Mormon teachings included giving up all your property to the community. Maybe they took that to heart?
  
  Socialism is the antithesis of religion.
  Not really. Socialism is a broad term with a lot of meanings. People often assume socialism requires antitheism because specific Communists venerated the state above all, and pointed to religion as a competing priority. Marxism was born in a context where the Church was seen as the ultimate authority. Monarchs and oligarchs claimed divinity as their reason to rule above all. Casting off classism meant defying thousands of years of faith-based indoctrination.
  Today, most capitalist nations are ostensibly secular, or at least exist in cooperation with faith in a way that permits pluralism. Boundaries are strictly geographical, and cultural and ideological exchanges can occur between almost anyone almost anywhere. Governmental authority in most countries is no longer linked to religious faith, so socialist ideals do not necessarily need to contradict any particular religion. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't.
  
  Actually Mormon causes overlap a lot of socialist causes. Not every Mormon is a conservative.
- Unfortunatly, until voter and electoral college reforms are past, your choices are red team or blue team. The luxury of voting for who you prefer has been gone for decades. In order to get the policies you support passed you need to vote against the opposition.
  I would have supported burnie for the last entire decade if I didnt feel I had to stand with the crowd against darth cheeto every time I go to the polls.
  What are your congregations thoughts on other counting methods (Ranked choice / Instant run-off / other voting systems)?
  
  your choices are red team or blue team.
  Not my choice. I am voting third party and proudly.
- We already know
  
  Yay!

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