LAS VEGAS — If Mitt Romney wins the Nevada caucus Saturday, he might well feel special gratitude for the state’s Mormon voters.

Romney, a Mormon himself with close ties to church leaders, is expected to carry an overwhelming majority of votes from Nevada members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Indeed, most Republican Mormon voters backed him here in the presidential caucus four years ago.

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