Mormons were a cult favoring polygamy, child marriage, and disregard of local, state, and federal government, in favor of a theocracy with them at the top (Smith et al. promulgated that 7 levels of heaven), they were bound to generate discord wherever they went.
A good psychological evaluation of their founder, shows him Bipolar 1, with grandiose ideations, dissociation from reality.
Migration to the west side of the Rockies. and subsequent proliferation, infested NV, parts of Southern CA, and all of the less-forested area of ID. Their anti-US theocracy was instrumental in creating antifederal biases present in those areas.

Mormons were & are the most aggressive proselytizers, implicated in devastation of Polynesian populations & culture. They also convert through extreme levels of adoption. This is why they are at odds with any politician understanding the necessity for reform of excessive immigration. It cuts into their growth.
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