Utah voters are evenly divided on whether the minimum wage of $7.25 an hour should be raised to $10.
When asked, 41 percent of voters said yes, and 41 percent said no.
A Dan Jones & Associates poll commissioned by the nonprofit Utah Foundation found that about 80 percent of Utahns who identify themselves as liberal wanted to see the minimum wage increased. But fewer than 25 percent of those who call themselves conservative thought it was a good idea.
Voter responses to the minimum wage and other questions are outlined in a research brief published Wednesday by the foundation, a nonpartisan public-policy research group
The issue of jobs and the economy ranked fifth on the top-10 list created as part of its 2016 Utah Priorities Project, an election-year assessment of the issues most important to Utah voters.
A proposal to raise Utah’s minimum wage to $12 an hour was quickly jettisoned in the Legislature earlier this year for at least the third year in a row.
