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It's a pity that Utah (with it's 85.3% non-Hispanic white population)isn't as diverse as socialist Vermont (96.2%) or liberal Maine (96.5%) or Byrd's West Virginia (94.6%) or Dashchle's South Dakota (88.0%) or liberal Wisconsin (87.3%) or Wellstone's Minnesota (88.2%). Oops, how can those caring diverse states be less diverse than repressive Utah?

Well, maybe someday it can be as diverse as progressive Oregon (83.5%). But of course, those conservative Mormons will never be as diverse as Kennedy's Massachusetts (81.9%) or Rhode Island (81.9%). That 3.4% difference is just too vast.

Worse, Gore's Tennessee (79.2%)and hip Washington (78.9%) are beyond reach with their overwhelming 6.1% and 6.4% leads. How do the people in Utah live in such a terrible close-minded world?

By the way, the US number is 69.1%.

The New York Times was hoping the Olympic Games and the influx of all those visitors would make Utahans more... (gasp) LIBERAL!!! Dream on. For people in the Red Zone States, its a question of values, not affluence. Even evangelical Christians will stop knocking Mormons for once on here since they embody family values, hard work, and virtue like no where else in the country. No one even comes close to how people live in Utah. And for the NYT the state's not so much a model for America as its a poster child for every thing liberals hate and fear about a Red America. Worst piece of biased reporting for the eastern Big City newspaper I've ever seen. Utah will go on just as it has always done without the need to bask in the seal of approval from the hoity toity liberals of the New York Times.