Our public opinion surveys allow the voice of the Utah voters to be heard, and our political analyses provide context to understand how the state is changing.

About the datasets:

These datasets and reports are only possible because many specialists have spent tireless hours creating, collecting, cleaning, and making data publicly available. Thus if you use the datasets, you must also provide proper attribution to Y2 Analytics in connection with your use of any content with express reference to the Utah Political Trends Panel in accordance with the citation below.

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Call Me a Utahn
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Cross-Party Voting

Cross-party voting has a long history. As states adopted voting rules, they considered the impact of having closed versus open primaries as a means by which the parties would select the candidates to place on the ballot. Because most policy makers are also politicians, they considered the strategic impact that different rules would have on the composition of the electorate.

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Polls and the Utah Primary Election

When pollsters survey the public, they normally have a defined population from which to draw the sample. However, a voting population does not yet exist because the election has not yet happened. Pollsters must think hard about what the electorate will look like in order to ask questions in the present about voting intentions.

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Rally 'Round the Flag

What is the causal framework of the Rally ‘Round the Flag effect? It is that if handled diplomatically in a way that emphasizes national unity and collective values, national crises can actually be channeled into a surge in public support for the president. National crises make citizens feel anxious and vulnerable

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The Importance of Weighting

Polling is normally hard during the best of times. But when the subject of the poll is the current occupant of the White House who won the office amid questions about the accuracy of polls, it makes sense to continually rethink and revise practices in order to get the best estimates possible.

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Consumer Confidence

The shift “back to normal” from the current stay at home orders will not be nearly as abrupt as the move to life under lockdown was. For all their efforts, governments and businesses may have to work hard to coax the American people back to work and back to their normal spending habits. Consumers’ confidence in the economy is currently low, and it will take effort to revive it.

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Coronavirus and Partisanship

The Covid-19 pandemic has upended normal life. Concerns abound about the economy, public health, and the chances for a return to normalcy. However, while the impact of the virus affects everybody, not everybody reacts to it in the same way.

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Disapproving Voters

There is a peculiar phenomenon in President Trump’s approval ratings in Utah: a certain number of voters report disapproving of the President, but still plan to vote for him in November. For them, any misgivings they have about the President are not strong enough to change their vote to another candidate

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A New Age of ERA

The findings highlight though a deep concern with and curiosity about the ERA, both for the younger generations who are reading it for the first time, and for the older ones who want to discuss it again.

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Jell-O Culture

The trends in Jell-O consumption follow strong patterns that will likely continue to shift as the culture in Utah changes over time. But whether or not Jell-O has a place on the table for your holiday festivities, our state snack is a hallmark of the unique culture of Utah.