Mormons for Harris set on making an impact in Arizona - Washington Examiner

As of 2022 , there are over 439,000 Mormons living in Arizona , a key swing state that both Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are courting.

In 2020 , President Joe Biden flipped the state blue by a little under 11,000 votes, marking the first time since 1996 that Arizona awarded its electoral votes to a Democrat .

Some of the trend to the Left can be attributed to younger Mormons who are more open to discussing social issues.

The Latter-Day Saints for Harris movement is a centrist movement.

The majority of those in the Mormon faith still vote largely Republican , but with an election as close as the 2024 election is shaped to be, any movement with a large group, such as the Mormon group, counts.

The Mormon Harris supporters cited Jan. 6 and immigration as reasons not to support the Republican ticket.

Taber argued that the “Republican Party’s religious freedom rhetoric” does not include Latter-Day Saints as they are seen as outsiders to Christianity .

“The better approach to religious freedom, or freedom from religion, is what we see on the Democratic side of, hey, this is something that's supposed to protect everyone,” Taber said.