06-13-2016, 11:23 PM
(06-13-2016, 10:12 PM)pbrower2a Wrote:(06-13-2016, 09:22 PM)Dan Wrote: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-...ald-trump/
Quote:No state voted more heavily for the GOP presidential nominee in 2012 than Utah. And in 2008, it was the third-most Republican state in the union.
A new poll shows that Donald Trump is tied with Hillary Clinton in Utah.
We're not quite saying, of course, that Utah is a tossup or that Trump is in real trouble in the ruby-red state — or even that it portends trouble for Trump in the 2016 presidential race, more broadly. There are plenty of factors at work here that are unique to Utah and the poll (which we will get to).
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-...ald-trump/
Donald Trump is simply an awful nominee for Utah. Multiple marriages and heavy involvement in gambling casinos, both very non-Mormon deeds, could make him unusually vulnerable as a Republican in Utah. But he could also be a truly awful candidate for many others. America has rejected off-the-wall nominees seen as extreme or capricious.
I don't think Utah is libertarian territory, so Johnson can't carry it. It will be up to the people of Utah to decide if supporting Trump conforms to their principles.