Even though former President Donald Trump carried Utah twice, a slight majority of Utah voters don’t want him to run for president again in 2024.
A new poll from OH Predictive Insights shows 35% of Beehive State voters say Trump should launch another campaign for president, but 53% say Trump should not run again.
Fifty-three percent of Republican voters want the former president to be the GOP nominee in 2024, while 63% of independent voters and 84% of Democrats don’t want to see him on the ballot again.
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“Even in a state that former President Trump won in the 2020 election, a majority of Utah’s electorate isn’t interested in a ‘Trump comeback,’” said Mike Noble, OHPI Chief of Research in a press release. “With only a fifth of Independents and even fewer Democrats wanting Trump to run again, he may not be a viable candidate in the Beehive State next time around.”
Trump has not announced whether he plans to launch another bid for the White House.
Only 43% of Republican voters say they would vote for Trump in a GOP primary if the former president does run. If Sen. Mitt Romney was on a primary ballot, 20% of Utah Republicans say they would support the senator in a hypothetical primary against Trump. Nine percent would vote for former Vice President Mike Pence, while seven percent say they’d cast a ballot for Florida Gov. Ron Desantis, who made a fundraising trip to Utah in July.
Trump gets the most support from non-LDS GOP voters (59%), Republicans who live in the southern rural areas of the state and GOP voters who earn less than $50,000 per year.
Republicans who are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are not fans of the former president, as only 34% would vote for him in a primary election. GOP voters who are more affluent and over 55 years old are also less supportive of Trump.
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If Trump were not to run for president, Utah Republican voters think Mitt Romney is the preferred candidate, but only 21% of Republicans would vote for him. Desantis is in second place with 18% and Pence comes in third with 13% support in the hypothetical primary.
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The survey was conducted from Nov. 5-15, 2021, among 671 registered Utah voters who participated through an online opt-in panel. The survey has a margin of error +/- 3.8%.
Toplines and crosstabs are available here.
