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Poll: Utah would vote for a Democrat for president over Trump
Deseret News ^ | March 20, 2016 | Lisa Riley Roche

Posted on 03/20/2016 12:24:46 PM PDT by reaganaut1

SALT LAKE CITY — If Donald Trump becomes the Republican Party's nominee, Utahns would vote for a Democrat for president in November for the first time in more than 50 years, according to a new Deseret News/KSL poll.

"I believe Donald Trump could lose Utah. If you lose Utah as a Republican, there is no hope," said former Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt, a top campaign adviser to the GOP's 2012 nominee, Mitt Romney.

he poll found that may well be true. Utah voters said they would reject Trump, the GOP frontrunner, whether former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is the Democratic candidate on the general election ballot.

While Clinton was only slightly ahead of Trump — 38 percent to 36 percent — Sanders, a self-declared Democratic socialist, holds a substantial lead — 48 percent to 37 percent over the billionaire businessman and reality TV star among likely Utah voters.

"Wow. Wow. That's surprising," said Chris Karpowitz, co-director of Brigham Young University's Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy. "Any matchup in which Democrats are competitive in the state of Utah is shocking."

(Excerpt) Read more at deseretnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York; US: Texas; US: Utah
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To: Eddie01

I think the Cruz campaign is trying to make a big deal of Utah in the lead up to their caucuses because Cruz does well in caucuses.


41 posted on 03/20/2016 12:43:55 PM PDT by BlackAdderess (What would poll higher, having the GOPe as houseguests, or having black mold?)
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To: patq

Cruz would soundly defeat Hillary, probably a similar map to Bush/Kerry.


42 posted on 03/20/2016 12:44:03 PM PDT by JediJones (I'm with Ted Cruz, Mark Levin, Dana Loesch, Steve Deace, Michelle Malkin, James Woods & Ben Shapiro)
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To: reaganaut1

Mormons are taught to obey their leaders and sustain those in charge. Not surprising.


43 posted on 03/20/2016 12:44:13 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (BREAKING.... Vulgarian Resistance begins attack on the GOPe Death Star.....)
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To: lexington minuteman 1775
Seems like every Presidential election cycle, the talk of polling gets greater. What I marvel at is how often these polls are wrong, yet very few ever acknowledge that.

Remember recently, Idaho and Iowa polls had Trump winning. Clinton was ahead by 20% in Michigan. We also had the NBC/WSJ national poll showing Cruz up by 3% on Trump.

I believe polls are just another form of political advertising.

Now, does any rational person believe that Trump would finish 24% behind Cruz in a match-up with Clinton?

44 posted on 03/20/2016 12:44:31 PM PDT by Rational Thought
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To: reaganaut1

Forget it, Jake.

They’re Mormons.

http://i.imgur.com/IgoNj0F.gifv


45 posted on 03/20/2016 12:44:32 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("If voting made any difference they wouldn't let us do it." --Samuel Clemens)
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To: reaganaut1

If true, they can’t claim any superiority for mormon values.


46 posted on 03/20/2016 12:45:37 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: reaganaut1

The way I read it, articles such as this try to get voters to vote for a candidate more acceptable to the establishment by trying to convince them that their chosen candidate—typically the candidate winning landslides in early elections—cannot possibly beat the Democrat candidate. In every case where people are swayed by these articles into supporting the establishment choice over the people’s choice, the establishment choice goes on to lose the election. Remember presidents Dole and Romney?


47 posted on 03/20/2016 12:46:05 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: reaganaut1

” a top campaign adviser to the GOP’s 2012 nominee, Mitt Romney. “

That packs a lot of weight ...


48 posted on 03/20/2016 12:46:40 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: reaganaut1
For some reason Cruz keeps beating Trump in the this national poll. One would think that Trump the Great could outpoll Hillary the Felon. Apparently not. Cruz on the other hand seems to manage it consistently. Maybe the Establishment knows something that Freepers don't. Hmmmm.


49 posted on 03/20/2016 12:46:48 PM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: VanDeKoik

I wan’t Trump to win the Presidency.

But I’d like to see Cruz and Hillary in a cage match, fist fight, wrestling match, mud match, etc. And I’d enjoy that no matter who wins.


50 posted on 03/20/2016 12:47:43 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: InterceptPoint

I’ll tell you the poll I want to see....The undeclared candidate Romney Vs. Clinton.


51 posted on 03/20/2016 12:48:09 PM PDT by Rational Thought
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To: reaganaut1

“By contrast, the poll finds that Cruz would beat Clinton by 60% to 32%.”

If you showed 100 Democrats a picture of Cruz, I doubt 10% could name him.


52 posted on 03/20/2016 12:51:23 PM PDT by heights
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To: reaganaut1
That isn't surprising. Utah has a strong free enterprise tradition, but also strong religious, moral and communitarian values coming from Mormonism. So it's much less of a populist, rebellious society than some other Western states.

It tends more to the conservative Establishment than to populist movements. That's why it was one of only two states to go for Taft in 1912, rather than TR or WW. What surprised me is that Utah was also strongly for FDR in the '40s. To be fair, though, it has only gone Democrat once in the last 65 years.

53 posted on 03/20/2016 12:51:52 PM PDT by x
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To: over3Owithabrain

Bingo! Remember all the last minute polls going into Super Tuesday? They were slinging more boloney than Oscar Myer.


54 posted on 03/20/2016 12:52:02 PM PDT by Flick Lives (One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
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To: reaganaut1

something wrong with this state


55 posted on 03/20/2016 12:52:11 PM PDT by angelcindy ("If you follow the crowd ,you get no further than the crowd!")
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Senate GOPs Refuse to Budge on Obama's 'Bipartisan' SCOTUS Pick

The Potential Nomination of Merrick Garland (flashback)

Orrin Hatch Names Hillary Clinton as Possible Supreme Court Nominee [04/12/2010]


56 posted on 03/20/2016 12:52:15 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: reaganaut1

So transparently pathetic and manipulated by Bishop Romney and the kook Mormons. Notice no other polls about Trump/Clinton... (Arizona) comes to mind, but Milt decides to deliver Utah to Cruz and you’d think Utah is indicative of the entire GOP primary.


57 posted on 03/20/2016 12:52:21 PM PDT by usafa92 (Trump 2016 - Destroying the GOPe while Making America Great Again)
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How Glenn Beck Says He Knows There Is 'Not a Chance' Cruz Will Be Trump's Vice President


Senator Cruz -- Dump This Dumb S.O.B.!

Glenn Beck to Vote for Hillary if McCain is GOP Nominee Glenn Beck - Why he would of voted for Hillary instead of John McCain Glenn Beck: McCain would've been worse Glenn Beck: I May have Voted for Hillary Clinton Glenn Beck: 'I won't vote for Trump.' (Even if running against Hillary)
Glenn Beck to Vote for Hillary if McCain is GOP Nominee Glenn Beck - Why he would of voted for Hillary instead of John McCain Glenn Beck: McCain would've been worse Glenn Beck: I May have Voted for Hillary Clinton Glenn Beck: 'I won't vote for Trump.' (Even if running against Hillary)

Why would anyone be surprised that the "brown shirts" meme now in use by the Demagogic Party got its start in the mouth of the demagogue Glenn Beck?



58 posted on 03/20/2016 12:52:31 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: dforest
Oh goodie. It proves Cruz could be president of utah, and beat Hillary.

That made me laugh. Thanks!

59 posted on 03/20/2016 12:52:32 PM PDT by bubbacluck (America 180)
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To: TTFlyer

I know it sounds quaint but remember when newspapers reported news instead of hypotheticals?


60 posted on 03/20/2016 12:52:36 PM PDT by relictele (Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends.)
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