This new Utah poll is amazingly bad for Donald Trump

[Liberal_in_LA]

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Source: washington post

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).

But it's also hard to overemphasize how unthinkable it is for a Republican — any Republican — to be tied in Utah in any poll.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/06/13/this-new-poll-utah-poll-is-amazingly-bad-for-donald-trump/

[Quixote1818]

1. Obama lost Utah 73 to 24. Thats quite an Earth moving shift. nt

[Sunlei]

2. because utah went all out for cruz

[63splitwindow]

3. Cruz? This is post Cruz.

"The poll was conducted by automated pollster SurveyUSA for the Salt Lake Tribune. It has Trump and Clinton tied at 35 percent, with Libertarian Party candidate and former Republican New Mexico governor Gary Johnson at 13 percent."

[olddad56]

4. bogus headline

[63splitwindow]

6. How?

[Feeling the Bern]

10. Because the DUer said so, so there!

[kpola12]

5. Mittens Romney told the Utah Repubs not to vote for Trump.

The Utah Republicans will not vote for Trump unless their other choice is Hillary. Bernie could win Utah Hillary will not.

[63splitwindow]

7. Trump and Hillary are at 35...

[SCantiGOP]

11. Just because he's an adulterous casino owner?

Mormons take their rejection of worldly pleasures pretty seriously. When you can't drink tea because it has caffeine you're hardcore.

[Arazi]

8. Jesus, Hillary’s unfavorables are 67%!! Higher even than Trump's

Trump is viewed favorably by just 20 percent of the state's voters and unfavorably by 65 percent.

Indeed, Trump's only saving grace here is that he's basically no more unpopular than Clinton, who is at 21 percent favorable and 67 percent unfavorable.

[GulfCoast66]

14. You said it man,

Don't fuck with the Jesus.

If trump is not up by 40+ in Utah he is sunk.

[SCantiGOP]

9. Notice the source of the OP

Trump said earlier he was suspending the press credentials of the lying deceptive Washington Post.
Muzzling the press is always the tyrant's first move.

[63splitwindow]

12. Good point!!!

And Trump LOVES spouting polls. How DARE they have one not favoring him!!!

[cloudbase]

13. Here's a pretty good explanation for that poll result:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/13/opinion/campaign-stops/donald-trumps-mormon-problem.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=Moth-Visible&moduleDetail=inside-nyt-region-1&module=inside-nyt-region®ion=inside-nyt-region&WT.nav=inside-nyt-region&_r=0

[IronLionZion]

15. Libertarian Party candidate and former Republican New Mexico governor Gary Johnson at 13 percent

The L party is going to do better this year because Trump is so unpopular.

Mormons don't like the dude with his multiple wives and blatant adultery and general non-religious nonsense. He even claimed to support transgender use of bathrooms in Trump tower.

This years election has a lot of unique factors that we didn't have before. Like making history with our first woman president even thought much browner countries have gotten it decades ago. And having 2 popular republican governors running on the Libertarian ticket. Gary Johnson will do well out west. And Trump is such a pompous windbag buffoon that many sensible republicans just won't vote.

[roamer65]

18. I think Johnson may win a few western states.

He's definitely going to shift some of them into the (D) column and may take a few if Dump is the (R).

[Person 2713]

20. This election could give libertarians better ballot access in the future

They seem like assholes not an ideal 3rd party,plus one of the Koch bros said it is his goal to grow the lib party this election so I'm just stating it could happen not my wish.
Some of the Koch bros money they won't give trump may go to Johnson

[Night Watchman]

16. What do you call a person from Utah?

Utahan? Utahn? And how is it pronounced? I'm not kidding here: I'm asking an honest question!

[Ptah]

17. Yutes

[Gothmog]

19. If Trump loses Utah, then he cannot win in the electoral college

[LostOne4Ever]

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