What do Utahns know about the LDS Church’s stance on immigration?
Just what do Utahns believe about the position of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on immigration? Paul Rolly in his column expresses incredulity at calls from Salt Lake County...
View ArticleTwo conflicting BYU studies on immigration?
Today, the Deseret News highlighted our recent posts by BYU professors Chris Karpowitz and Quin Monson. Their article began with this headline: “Two BYU studies conflict over influence of Mormon church...
View ArticleHow do you interpret public opinion data?
As Adam pointed out in his post earlier, the Deseret News story seems to make a conflict out of two findings that probably do not conflict. The seemingly different findings can be reconciled when a...
View ArticleRedistricting backgrounders
Over the next couple weeks, we will publish several posts looking at Utah’s ongoing redistricting process. We’ll begin by looking closely at the 2010 U.S. Census results and discussing what they might...
View ArticleHow will Hispanic growth affect redistricting?
Utah’s Hispanic population continued to grow during the 2000s. Statewide, the Hispanic population grew by 78% (from 201,559 to 358,340) in the 2000s, bringing it to 13% of Utah’s total population....
View ArticleRedistricting backgrounders – What have we learned?
Over the past few weeks, we’ve posted a ridiculous amount of research about the redistricting process here in Utah. What have we learned? Here’s the Cliff Notes version. Looking back: How has Utah’s...
View ArticleDo Wimmer and Sandstrom agree on everything?
We now have two Republican members of the state legislature planning to run against each other in the newly-created 4th Congressional district. It’s been clear for months that Carl Wimmer wanted to run...
View ArticleHow many bills were ready on day one?
The Utah legislature opened its 2012 general session today. From a quick count, it appears that 211 bills were introduced this morning. Introduction is the first step toward passage, although many of...
View ArticleThe Utah Priorities Survey: Top issues in 2010 and 2012
This is a guest post by Morgan Lyon Cotti, Senior Research Analyst at the Utah Foundation. Last week Adam Brown wrote a post about the Tea Party’s declining favorability, and cited polling data showing...
View ArticleWhat Are Utahns’ Top Issue Priorities?
Note: This post is written by the POLS 6010 Graduate Research Methods class at Utah State University. The post expresses the findings of the class and does not represent the official position of Utah...
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