Utah

5 votes

Bush - 46 points

The last time this state voted Democratic...

... 'Dr. Strangelove' was in theatres.

Race

- Overwhelmingly white

Nothing to report.

Age

All groups - heavily Bush

Nothing to report.

Economics

All groups - heavily Bush

The highest Kerry got in any socio-economic group was 33% percent. Wow!

Politics

- Above average partisanship - Massive Republican tilt - Poor Democratic loyalty - Excellent Republican loyalty - Independents tilt significantly Republican

Crimson. Scarlet. Magenta. Cherry. Whatever you want to call it, nothing is as red as Utah. Period. With a 39-point GOP tilt, it outdistances it's nearest competitor Nebraska by 10 points for party margin. Fifty-eight percent of Utah residents are Republicans. That means that every independent plus every Democrat in the state could have voted for Kerry and Bush still would have won with enough left over for a significant Republican defection rate. Not that there is a significant Republican defection rate. Less than one of every twenty Republicans voted for Kerry. By contrast 15% of Democrats abandoned him - and Democrats represent less than a fifth of the population to begin with. Oh, yes, and the independents voted for Bush by 25 points. Again, wow!

Ideology

- Massive conservative tilt

Astoundingly, conservatives outnumber liberals here by a mind-bending 4-1 margin. What's perhaps more mind-bending is that even among the tiny liberal enclave - just over a tenth of the population - more than a quarter refused to support Kerry. Conservatives had an excellent loyalty rate. Sixty percent of the moderates also backed Bush.

Religion

- Heavily Protestant

Nothing to report here.

Demographics

- Majority suburban - Sizable rural population - Sizable urban population

No significant differences to report.

Other factors

Approval of Bush and the war both hover around an amazing 70%.

The Land of the Blue

Where centrism and progressivism meet