Citing the study we covered yesterday, McKay Coppins blames anti-Mormonism. Pareene thinks ideology plays a large role:
I think there’s a a pretty major difference between being unwilling to support candidates of a certain religion for theological reasons and being opposed to them for political reasons. Evangelicals believe Mormons aren’t true Christians, a distinction that is completely pointless to me and not particularly relevant to questions of policy. Liberals believe Mormons … are conservative, which is mostly true.
The Dish 