"What if..."

But it didn't happen. Will he likely get a lot of votes from Mormons because he is one? Probably. There were about 5.5 million as of 2004 in the US, about the same as folks in the muslim community.

What if folks voted for someone because the candidate was just like them, race, ethnicity, religion, previous military service?

You usually have pretty good arguments.

How much money the church has really doesn't matter.