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« on: March 09, 2021, 09:10:23 PM »
Other than Mormons being culturally and politically conservative, why is Utah so Republican, when Salt Lake City is now swingy in a sense.......
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« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2021, 09:25:10 PM »
Quote from: Suburbia on March 09, 2021, 09:10:23 PM
Other than Mormons being culturally and politically conservative, why is Utah so Republican, when Salt Lake City is now swingy in a sense.......

Bronz answers his own questions, lol
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« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2021, 09:43:18 PM »
Quote from: Del Tachi on March 09, 2021, 09:25:10 PM
Quote from: Suburbia on March 09, 2021, 09:10:23 PM
Other than Mormons being culturally and politically conservative, why is Utah so Republican, when Salt Lake City is now swingy in a sense.......

Bronz answers his own questions, lol
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« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2021, 09:46:57 PM »
Quote from: Cokeland Saxton on March 09, 2021, 09:43:18 PM
Quote from: Del Tachi on March 09, 2021, 09:25:10 PM
Quote from: Suburbia on March 09, 2021, 09:10:23 PM
Other than Mormons being culturally and politically conservative, why is Utah so Republican, when Salt Lake City is now swingy in a sense.......

Bronz answers his own questions, lol

Being 86% non-Hispanic white, and having a decent Mormon chunk of the non-white population, helps, too.
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« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2021, 10:45:22 PM »
« Edited: March 10, 2021, 01:51:03 AM by Stuart98 »
Quote from: Daughter of Cybele on March 09, 2021, 09:46:57 PM
Quote from: Cokeland Saxton on March 09, 2021, 09:43:18 PM
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Quote from: Suburbia on March 09, 2021, 09:10:23 PM
Other than Mormons being culturally and politically conservative, why is Utah so Republican, when Salt Lake City is now swingy in a sense.......

Bronz answers his own questions, lol

Being 86% non-Hispanic white, and having a decent Mormon chunk of the non-white population, helps, too.
The most liberal areas in Salt Lake County tend to be a bit whiter than the county as a whole, in fact. The pattern reverses in the south end of the county though.
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« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2021, 11:35:19 PM »
Quote from: Del Tachi on March 09, 2021, 09:25:10 PM
Quote from: Suburbia on March 09, 2021, 09:10:23 PM
Other than Mormons being culturally and politically conservative, why is Utah so Republican, when Salt Lake City is now swingy in a sense.......

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Is there any other reasons?

Taxes? Does Utah have a libertarian bent?
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« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2021, 01:04:40 AM »
Mormons were roped into the Conservative Protestant tent in the 1970s, and thus by extension the ascendant conservative wing of the Republican Party.

Utah's economy relies heavily on mining, ranching, oil and gas - all industries that favor Republicans.
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« Reply #7 on: March 14, 2021, 01:18:03 AM »
Quote from: Suburbia on March 09, 2021, 11:35:19 PM
Does Utah have a libertarian bent?

Absolutely not. At least, not the part where people live. It probably is the single most pro-"big government" R state in the country. The only one that could really come close is Iowa (and I've talked about the odd political similarities between Utah and Iowa before).
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« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2021, 02:47:55 AM »
Quote from: EastOfEden on March 14, 2021, 01:18:03 AM
Quote from: Suburbia on March 09, 2021, 11:35:19 PM
Does Utah have a libertarian bent?

Absolutely not. At least, not the part where people live. It probably is the single most pro-"big government" R state in the country. The only one that could really come close is Iowa (and I've talked about the odd political similarities between Utah and Iowa before).

People frequently misinterpret Western states' willingness to vote for third parties and/or loosely rooted partisan divides as evidence that those places are "libertarian."
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« Reply #9 on: March 14, 2021, 02:51:56 AM »
Utah is...not typical of the Western US.
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