Poll shows Utah’s District 4 race is neck and neck

KSL News Radio ^ | BY LINDSAY AERTS AUGUST 3, 2020

[11th_VA]

SALT LAKE CITY – A new poll has the race for Utah’s 4th Congressional District neck and neck.

Republican challenger Burgess Owens and Congressman Ben McAdams, a Democrat, are tied in the latest Desert News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll.

The survey polled 800 voters in the 4th District and has a margin of error of 3.5%. The district represents portions of Salt Lake and Utah counties.

When asked, “if the election for Congress were to be held today, for whom would you vote,” Burgess Owens was selected by 35% of the respondents. The man that currently represents the 4th Congressional District, Rep. Ben McAdams, was also chosen by 35% of the poll’s respondents.

AUGUST 3, 2020 AT 5:57 PM

Rep. Ben McAdams, and Republican challenger Burgess Owens both pictured in 2020 file photos. Scott G Winterton and Steve Griffin, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY – A new poll has the race for Utah’s 4th Congressional District neck and neck.

Republican challenger Burgess Owens and Congressman Ben McAdams, a Democrat, are tied in the latest Desert News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll.

The survey polled 800 voters in the 4th District and has a margin of error of 3.5%. The district represents portions of Salt Lake and Utah counties.

When asked, “if the election for Congress were to be held today, for whom would you vote,” Burgess Owens was selected by 35% of the respondents. The man that currently represents the 4th Congressional District, Rep. Ben McAdams, was also chosen by 35% of the poll’s respondents.

“This is our first real look at this 4th Congressional race,” the Director of the Hinkley Institute of Politics, Jason Perry, told KSL Newsradio host Boyd Matheson.

[11th_VA]

Could be a pick-up ...

[ksm1]

Nice. I’m also closely following Alek Sklaratos in Oregon CD-4 and John James for Senate in Michigan. Think we might snag a few flips.

[Does so]

I sent Owens a few bucks after hearing him on Hannity. He’s well spoken and intelligent. (Conservative). ;)

[napscoordinator]

The total is 70 percent. 30 percent is up for grabs I guess. Polling is a mess I believe everywhere.

[chopperk]

If the Dems keep the mail in ballots coming Burgess does not hava a chance.

[Jonty30]

I hope Burgess wins. From what I’ve heard, he’s a pretty strong Republican.

[SmokingJoe]

This is Utah not California.
Burgess will win. He has all the momentum. The seat was held by Republicans before the last elections anyway.

[A_Former_Democrat]

He’s an impressive guy. I’m pulling for him big time

[jmaroneps37]

An incumbent that has 30% undecided this late is a sure loser. Owens will win easily.

[Jonty30]

Unfortunately, it’s in Utah, where some Mormons still abide by the idea that the curse of Cain was a changed colour skin.

[LS]

Burghess’s campaign has talked to me a couple of times. They are getting heavily attacked for something he didn’t say-—about reviving nuke testing in UT. He said something to the effect that they could resume safe nuclear production there.

Still, I think he’ll win this one. This is one we will have to win to get back the House, plus, I think

NM2
three more CA seats (hold CA25)
hold WI7
win two in TX
OK5
flip at least one in NY, NJ, IL, and MI
one in FL
one in NC
one in VA

Then we’re going to have to find five more.

[1Old Pro]

flip at least one in NY, NJ, IL, and MI

The Central NY Congressional seat will be flipped.

[SunkenCiv]

So, when do you think Mittwitt will endorse Ben McAdams? /s

[Utah Binger]

Unfortunately, it’s in Utah, where some Mormons still abide by the idea that the curse of Cain was a changed colour skin.

White Mormon guilt will elect Burgess. Same reason they elected Mia in the district. Her failure to support Trump is why she lost. Little Ben is a wimp.

[Jonty30]

I hope you’re right, because he comes across well in interviews that I’ve heard.

[shotgun]

We have had mail-n voting for several years now here in Washington State. My experience is that these district races are on the up and up. But when it get s to the statewide races for Governor and US Senate is where the “just found another box of ballots” shenanigans really begins.

But then I reside in a conservative district and the County Auditor is fair minded.

[Utah Binger]

A friend is on the Owens campaign. We’ve had several discussions about the “why” Owens will win. Mainly it’s because he converted to the Mormon Church. That district is in an area that is commonly referred to as “happy valley”, meaning that it’s full of true believers as opposed to the lefty filled Salt Lake Valley.

[Elsie]

...for whom would you vote,”

Unusual to see correct English these days!

[Elsie]

Unfortunately, it’s in Utah, where some Mormons still abide by the idea that the curse of Cain was a changed colour skin.

Well; it IS found in their Scriptures

 

2 Nephi 5: 21  'And he had caused the cursing to come upon them, yea, even a sore cursing, because of their iniquity. For behold, they had hardened their hearts against him, that they had become like unto a flint; wherefore, as they were white, and exceedingly fair and delightsome, that they might not be enticing unto my people, the Lord God did cause a skin of blackness to come upon them.'

Alma 3: 6 'And the skins of the Lamanites were dark, according to the mark which was set upon their fathers, which was a curse upon them because of their transgression and their rebellion against their brethren, who consisted of Nephi, Jacob and Joseph, and Sam, who were just and holy men.'

[Elsie]

Very interesting!!

 

In December 2010, the LDS Church made changes to the non-canonical chapter summaries and also to some of the footnotes in its online version of the Book of Mormon. In Second Nephi chapter 5, the original wording was: "Because of their unbelief, the Lamanites are cursed, receive a skin of blackness, and become a scourge unto the Nephites."

The phrase, "skin of blackness" was removed and became: "Because of their unbelief, the Lamanites are cut off from the presence of the Lord, are cursed, and become a scourge unto the Nephites."^[26]

The second change appears in summary of Mormon chapter 5. Formerly, it included the phrase that "the Lamanites shall be a dark, filthy, and loathsome people ..." The new version deleted the phrase "dark, loathsome, and filthy" and now reads, "... the Lamanites will be scattered, and the Spirit will cease to strive with them."^[26][27]

These changes are seen by some critics to be another step in the evolution of the text of the Book of Mormon to delete racist language from it.^[26] On the other hand, some believers in the Book of Mormon, such as Marvin Perkins, see these changes as better conforming the chapter headers and footnotes to the meaning of the text in light of the LDS Church's 1978 Revelation on Priesthood.^[28] In an interview, a former BYU graduate student suggested that the changes were made for "clarity, a change in emphasis and to stick closer to the scriptural language."^[26]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamanite

 

No changes to the PRINTED version? I guess 'research' into MORMON 'scripture' online is biting headquarters in the BUTT!

---

At least the changes were not to the actual TEXT of the most 'correct book' ever: the Book of MORMON

---