Is Utah’s turnout up or is it down?
The official word from the lieutenant governor’s office is that turnout was great in 2010, the highest for a midterm election since 1994. Several Utah newspapers have passed that report on without...
View ArticleIs Utah’s turnout low because it has so many young voters?
In my last post, I showed that voter turnout in Utah is worse than the lieutenant governor’s statistics imply. I admit that the graph I used then was a bit complicated. Here’s a far simpler one. For...
View ArticleNo, Utah will not have 80% turnout
Important note (November 20, 2012). The turnout numbers below rely on data from Michael McDonald. He has updated his VEP numbers for Utah, so the turnout percentages I give below (and the denominator I...
View ArticleUtahns don’t know much about Utah government
Although Americans often take pride in living in the world’s oldest democracy, American voters tend to do a very poor job answering basic questions about our political system. (Think you’re an...
View ArticleWhat kind of Republican is Spencer Cox?
Governor Gary Herbert has nominated Spencer Cox to replace Greg Bell as Utah’s new Lieutenant Governor. Few outside the Legislature had heard Cox’s name before the governor’s announcement. Even within...
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