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


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.
But perhaps most notable about Monmouth's results is the fact that more respondents said they shared values with Clinton, the Democratic nominee, than said the same about Trump, the purportedly conservative Republican nominee. Roughly 6 in 10 Utahns identify as of Mormon faith, Monmouth noted, yet only 24 percent of voters said Trump shared their values, compared to 29 percent for Clinton.
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The Monmouth poll was conducted over the phone from Oct. 10-12, and included 403 likely voters in Utah. It has a margin of error of 4.9 percent. In the five-way race, including McMullin, RealClearPolitics finds Trump holding an 8-point lead on average.
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Kimberly Alters is the news editor at TheWeek.com. She is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
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