In Utah, a state with a “strong libertarian streak”, there are “strong libertarian polling numbers for [candidate Gary] Johnson, and now you see another guy entering the race because I think there are a lot of voters who are undecided here, unsatisfied”, Deseret News opinion editor Hal Boyd told The Huffington Post.
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“You’ve got to get your people out to vote”, he said. “It could cost us the Supreme Court”.
The Beehive State has gone for Republicans in the last 12 presidential elections, including the last when almost 73 percent of voters cast their ballots for Mitt Romney.
Her column reflects the optimism Democrats have about traditionally red states like Utah, where some polls show a tight race and where Republican nominee Donald TrumpDonald TrumpTrump: I want to do debates if there’s a “fair moderator” Two-faced hypocrisy of Republican religious freedom WATCH LIVE: Trump addresses supporters in Florida MORE continues to be unpopular in a reliably red state.
Some national polls now show Trump trailing Clinton by double digits, with Rust Belt battleground states like Pennsylvania and Wisconsin appearing to be out of reach and some Republican strongholds like Georgia being threatened. The state’s large Mormon population has voiced serious skepticism about Trump, though the state’s GOP governor has endorsed him.
Trump especially asked for help in Utah, a conservative state that has not necessarily aligned with Trump’s message on everything. Herbert, who backed Texas Sen. Listen to Mitt Romney, who said Trump “fired before aiming” when he decided a blanket religious ban was a solution to the threat of terrorism. Because that’s how we should choose a president-by looking at which frightful person really deserves a shot to alter a lifelong pattern of bad behavior.
She quotes former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who said Trump “fired before aiming”, and Utah’s Republican Gov. Gary Herbert, who did not join other GOP governors previous year who threatened to stop accepting Syrian refugees out of terrorism fears.
“We need help in Ohio, we’re very close in Ohio, Ohio’s very close, but we need help”, said Trump.
Trump’s unusually candid reflection about the uncertainty of his electoral prospects came as he’s struggled to keep the focus on his opponent – Clinton – and avoid unwanted distractions.
The Clinton op-ed gets at just how unusual the 2016 campaign has been.
Those dust-ups reinforced concerns among Trump supporters that a lack of discipline could imperil his chances. And it doesn’t even sound that far-fetched at this point.
“You’ve been silenced. Like a child has been silenced”, Trump said of the amendment’s effect. I literally mean it. Earth shaking.
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Trump said Thursday: “I have a big heart”.
