Poll shows growing influence of ‘Outdoor Voting Bloc’ in Western swing states

A new Winning the West 2018 poll released today by the Center for Western Priorities shows the growing influence of the “Outdoor Voting Bloc” in Mountain West swing states.

The Winning the West 2018 poll — conducted for the second consecutive election cycle in Colorado, Montana and Nevada, and for the first time in Arizona and New Mexico — reveals how issues involving public lands, parks and wildlife play an outsized role in moving Western voters to the polls and influence the candidates they choose. …

The poll found recent Trump administration proposals on public lands are unpopular in every state surveyed. … The net effect of its recent policies leaves the Trump administration with a 27 percent approval rating on handling public lands issues with Mountain West swing state voters, according to the poll. CONT.

Center for Western Priorities