US election: Utah’s Mormons at odds with Trump

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The US mountainous western state of Utah has been a Republican stronghold for decades.

Many Utah residents belong to the socially and politically conservative Latter Day Saints, or Mormon church.

But some are rejecting Donald Trump, the Republican candidate, whose policies and personal style are at odds with Mormon religious culture and history.

Al Jazeera’s Rob Reynolds reports from Salt Lake City.

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Mormons are a religious group that embrace concepts of Christianity as well as revelations made by their founder, Joseph Smith. They primarily belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, or LDS, which is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, and has more than 16 million members worldwide.

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