I am noticing that the media is gearing up to discount Romney’s win in Nevada due to the higher numbers of Mormons in that state. So I’m no expert in statistics, but Mormons make up around 7% of the population in Nevada and from what I can tell the evangelical number is between 30-35%. How can they even attempt such spin? I have really been resisting the conspiracy stuff when it comes to Romney and the media but I don’t know if I can hold out much longer.
Thank you for sticking up for Romney while so many around you try to tear him down. I appreciate it.
Signed,
a homeschooler in Iowa that didn’t caucus for Huckabee

UPDATE: Another e-mailer:

Hi, K-Lo. Your Iowa correspondent was way off. Nevada is 32% Catholic, 12% LDS, and 34% Protestant of all types (plus 20% non-religious, 1% Jewish, 1% other). Evangelicals do not make up the whole or the majority of that overall 34% Protestant total. If one said they were 15% of the state as a whole, that would be a generous estimate. And of course many evangelicals are Democrats. So are some Mormons, but a larger majority of Mormons are Republicans. The state’s GOP voters are about 20% Mormon, which probably outnumbers or equals the evangelical percentage. Not that I don’t agree that Nevada shouldn’t be discounted just because it has Mormons (and doesn’t Romney beating Huckabee among Michigan evangelicals make this a dead issue?) but I do think Nevada is of minor importance compared to SC because the former is a basically uncontested caucus and the latter is a hotly contested primary. Should be an interesting day!

ME: I’d actually look the numbers up, but am in transit to official NRO 2008 Results-Watching Central.