Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah is a thorn in President Donald Trump’s side. He has emerged as arguably Trump’s strongest Senate Republican critic when it comes to the Ukraine saga and impeachment inquiry. Trump’s so upset that he called for Romney’s own impeachment in a tweet on Saturday. For most […] Read more »
Poll shows strong support for public lands protections, unpopularity of Trump administration’s ‘energy dominance’ agenda
The ninth annual Colorado College State of the Rockies Project Conservation in the West Poll released today shows voters in the Mountain West continue to support efforts to keep public lands protected and accessible, putting them at odds with the Trump administration’s “energy dominance” agenda. The poll surveyed the views […] Read more »
Go ahead, Mitt Romney: Utah Republicans are the most anti-Trump
Mitt Romney is the latest Republican to go after President Donald Trump. But there’s one major difference between Romney and most other Trump critics: Romney’s home state. Romney is in the perfect state, Utah, to launch his anti-Trump attacks from. He is far more likely to have the Republican base […] Read more »
Legendary Utah political pollster Dan Jones has died
“The Oracle” of Utah politics, Dan Jones, died Friday after a prolonged illness at the age of 84. Born in Ogden and raised on a farm in rural Idaho, Jones went on to teach American government to generations of young people and for decades was recognized as the state’s preeminent […] Read more »
Can A Democrat Really Win A Senate Race In Tennessee? Or Mississippi?!?!
Republicans don’t have a lot of exposure in the Senate this year — but they’re doing what they can to help Democrats make the most of it. The GOP entered this election cycle with only eight of their own seats up for grabs. Republican incumbents retired in three of those […] Read more »
State of the Rockies Project: Strong Support for Protecting Land and Water; Voters Reject National Monument Attacks
Mountain West voters weighed in on the Trump administration’s priorities for managing the use and protection of public lands in a new Colorado College State of the Rockies Project Conservation in the West Poll released today. The poll, now in its eighth year, surveyed the views of voters in eight […] Read more »