Mountain West voters weighed in on the Trump Administration’s priorities for managing the use and protection of national public lands in a new Colorado College State of the Rockies Project Conservation in the West Poll released today. The poll, now in its seventh year, surveyed the views of voters in […] Read more »
Donald Trump’s Mormon Problem
In the fight to fend off Donald J. Trump’s conquest of the Republican Party, there has been no fiercer faction this year than the Mormons. … With the primaries over, most anti-Trump conservatives have abandoned any righteous resistance and begun their dutiful trudge toward supporting the party’s nominee. But there […] Read more »
Separating Rhetoric from Reality When it Comes to Mountain West Voters’ Support for National Public Lands
Against an uptick in anti-public lands rhetoric from militant extremists, a new Colorado College State of the Rockies Project Conservation in the West Poll released today revealed strong public support for efforts to protect and maintain national public lands. The poll surveyed the views of voters in seven Mountain West […] Read more »
Utahans Least Satisfied With Air Quality
Two in three Utah residents (65%) are satisfied with the air quality in the areas where they live, but this is the lowest percentage among residents of any of the 50 states. Residents of several of Utah’s neighbors — Nevada, California, and Arizona — are also among the least satisfied. […] Read more »
Utah: Senator Mike Lee and the Shutdown
Senator Mike Lee has received considerable attention nationally, within Utah, and even among his fellow U.S. Senators for his role with Senator Ted Cruz in executing a strategy to defund the Affordable Care Act (widely known as Obamacare). … First of all, 57% of Utahns overall would like Senator Lee […] Read more »
Utahns don’t believe Obamacare fight worth shutting down government
A majority of Utahns don’t believe it was worth shutting down the federal government to fight President Barack Obama’s new health care law and most blame Republicans just as much as Democrats, according to a new Deseret News/KSL poll. Nearly half of the Utahns surveyed also disapprove of the tea […] Read more »