2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThree way race for Utah in new poll
SALT LAKE CITY Republican Donald Trump has a razor thin edge over independent candidate Evan McMullin in the latest presidential poll of Utah voters.
A UtahPolicy.com survey released Thursday shows Trump with 30 percent, McMullin at 29 percent and Democrat Hillary Clinton getting 25 percent.
The poll by Dan Jones & Associates is among four of the last five polls to have McMullin even with or ahead of Trump in Utah. Clinton has held fairly steady in each of the surveys.
Utah Republicans are divided between Trump and McMullin, with 48 percent backing the billionaire businessman and 37 percent choosing the BYU graduate and former CIA officer.
Among independent voters, Trump falls to third with 20 percent, while McMullin pulls 31 percent and Clinton 27 percent.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865665274/Latest-Utah-poll-gives-Trump-razor-thin-edge-over-McMullin.html?pg=all
titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)we need to have McMullin win and take those electoral votes away from Donald.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Whether or not Donald or McMuffin wins Utah does not impact that one way or another.
Of course, if Hillary can win Utah, then that would be another story.
titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)270 is the magic number. But I don't want Donald to get those regardless. More of an FU to him. I simply want to see a landslide with an amazing amount of low EVs for Drumpf.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Though I would point out that Evan is pretty awful himself.
titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)and generally presenting a fairly honorable face for the conservative ideology.
Since he is only getting those numbers in Utah, he obviously doesn't have a shot at 270.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Big significance of him winning Utah would be for the upcoming Republican civil war between the wingnut ideologues and the dirtbag racists.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)I don't understand the idea of trying to get this guy elected instead of trying to get Hillary elected. With two people splitting the republican votes, how do you know she can't squeak in?
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Some folks may be thinking the country would be better off if the GOP repudiated racism.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)On pretty much every issue.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)LisaL
(44,974 posts)With the other two splitting the republican vote?
Lord Magus
(1,999 posts)For Hillary to win in right-wing Utah she needs Johnson to also siphon away more Repuke votes.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)Apparently turnout is up in Utah.
"Perhaps most surprisingly, Democrats improved their position in conservative and Mormon-heavy Utah, where recent polls have shown a tight race. At this point in 2012, Republicans led Democrats in early voting by more than 22,000 voters. But so far this year, the GOP advantage is only 3,509."
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/21/politics/early-voting-hillary-clinton-battleground-states/
titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)LisaL
(44,974 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)allowing waterfalls of wild horses to be run off the red cliffs.