Why Latter-day Saint Democrats have a harder time breaking into politics

Last December, as then-President-elect Joe Biden was preparing to take office, a group of Latter-day Saint Democrats sent a letter to his transition team asking them to hire some of their own in his forthcoming administration.

“We circulated a letter reminding the Biden transition team of, hey, Latter-day Saints have done a lot of work, we’re here, continue to cultivate us, put us in your administration,” said Rob Taber, co-chairman of Latter-day Saint Democrats and former national director for Latter-day Saints for Biden-Harris.

The group never heard back from the...