As the “… for Harris” Zoom calls–for Childless Cat Ladies, Black Women, White Dudes, etc.–continue, one call could have a disproportional impact on the national race is an unlikely one: 1,400 people, primarily from Utah and swing-state Arizona, joined the Latter-Day Saints for Harris-Walz call that occurred last week, according to the Idaho Capital Sun.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the second-most popular denomination in Arizona with more than 490,000 members, about six percent of the state’s population and they are not happy with Trump: although they’ve voted for him in the past, more than half of Mormons have a negative view of Trump.
Rob Taber, one of the organizers of the Zoom call, noted that Mormons can be very effective at recruiting people given their experience “from missions and ministering (make them) pretty good at reaching out to people and building bridges.”