The top headline in the online version of the Salt Lake Tribune reports thatBush is most popular in Utah, according to a recent poll. While 60 percent of Utahns (according to the poll)”approves” of Bush, most Americans do not, with only 38 percent approval. (NOTE: The SurveyUSA poll questioned 600 adults in each state. Conducted Friday through Sunday, it has a margin of error in Utah of plus or minus 4 percent.)
“The people of Utah have a long-term vision of what this president stands for,” said Ron Fox, who was the vice chairman of Bush’s 2004 campaign effort in Utah. “The people of Utah understand the president’s agenda and his focus, the necessity of a war on terror.”
“The people of Utah”? Wait a minute. I am a “people of Utah” and I don’t like being included in that statement above. Perhaps Mr. Fox was misquoted and he really said “many people in Utah”.
Rep. Pat Jones (D) stated, In looking at the long-term, I can say that most people’s lives are not better today than they were before his administration.”
She attributed Utah’s high marks for Bush to the state’s heavy Republican tilt and the relatively low number of minority residents.
Jones also stated that many Utahns do not understand the long term impact of the nation’s budget deficit.
Meanwhile, in Utah:
…to name a few impacted issues and programs.
All this while our state lawmakers face budget requests for the upcoming session, inlcuding pay raises for the governor.
Other stats can be viewed at United Way of Salt Lake and The Road Home.
The 600 people polled in the Bush approval rating survey must not be affected by any of these issues, either in experience or knowledge, therefore not representative of most people in the state.
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 