Partisan politics ranked as an issue of high importance in the 2024 Utah Priorities Project. Utah voters generally agree that partisan politics is a big concern. This is perhaps in response to Utah voters of both political extremes tending to show strong feelings against the opposite group. Half of the Project’s survey respondents think the policies of the Republican party threaten the nation’s well-being and half of voters believe the Democratic party threatens it. One in six Utah voters think both parties do.
Nonetheless, Utahns believe that there is a way forward. Three-quarters of Utah voters agree that compromise is how things get done in politics, though conservatives are less likely to agree.
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