Poll: Utah would vote for a Democrat for president over Trump

[IDemo]

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.

The 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.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865650513/Poll-Utah-would-vote-for-a-Democrat-for-president-over-Trump.html

[Carlo Marx]

1. Utah appears to value honesty and integrity.

The two candidates most associated with dishonest pandering and no identifiable values not very popular and essentially tied. Bernie in a landslide. But we know, the guy that's been winning election after election (even during the Cold War) as a proud self declared socialist has "never been vetted." Don't forget the most respected senator in the US and most admired politician by younger voters by a mile. Sorry, Obama. Sanders carries the liberal flag.