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Here is the prompt for Blog 5:
Prof. Hawkins’s neighbor has a bumper sticker that says “I’m Voting for Obama and I’m a Mormon.” Is there a distinct LDS political identity here in the United States? What causes its absence (if you think there isn’t one) or presence (if you think there is one)? What do we learn from this about primordialist and constructivist arguments about political identity? Use the readings and class lecture to structure your argument systematically; you will need to talk about both the presence of the political identity, and its causes. Provide at least one data point from an outside source to back up your argument. Make sure to cite this outside source as well as your in-class ones.
Sources
The outside source here is the tricky one. LDS political identity isn’t discussed explicitly in any scholarly document that I’m aware of, but there are plenty of historical examples you can mention, and http://utahdatapoints.com/ may provide you with some actual, recent survey data from here in Utah; occasionally they also include survey data on Mormon attitudes for the rest of the country.
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