New poll shows Utah voters say Clinton shares their values more than Trump

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A new Monmouth University poll out of Utah shows Donald Trump holding on to a slim lead in the historically red state. In a five-way race — which includes long-shot independent candidate Evan McMullin, a Utah native of Mormon faith — Trump leads Hillary Clinton by just 6 points, 34 percent support to 28 percent. McMullin is third in the poll with 20 percent support, while Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson earns 9 percent support and Green Party candidate Jill Stein earns 1 percent.

While Utah is traditionally a secure state for Republicans, even Trump's slim lead in the Monmouth poll is encouraging for the GOP, given that earlier this week a statewide poll by a Salt Lake City-based data firm showed Trump and Clinton tied in the five-way race, each with 26 percent support.

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Kimberly Alters

Kimberly Alters is the news editor at TheWeek.com. She is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.