Latter-day Saints are a significant constituency in many Western states, like Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, California, Washington, and obviously Utah. Understanding the importance of this significant group, Barack Obama's campaign has plans to attract Mormons in the general election, that is if Governor Romney does not receive his party's nomination. Please check out this article. Although the Church does not support any political candidate, including Mitt, a large number of Church members in the West have pledged to support Mr. Romney. But other Mormons are supporting other candidates in both major parties. There are, in fact, a number of LDS groups caucusing for Barack Obama around the country. Examples of such support are groups on Facebook, entitled, "Mormons for Obama", or "White Mormon Men for Obama".
According to some pundits and political strategists, Mormons in general are less likely to support Huckabee or McCain if Romney loses. The Obama campaign hopes to capitalize on that.
Among elected officials, one of Obama's earliest supporters was Mayor Mufi Hannemann, a Mormon Democrat and mayor of Honolulu, Obama's city of birth.
