As Trump stumbles, why Evan McMullin could win in Utah - CSMonitor.com
Evan McMullin, ex-CIA officer and current independent presidential candidate, has stayed largely off the media radar since announcing his candidacy in August.
But the conservative former Republican policy chief in the House, who has positioned himself as a center-right alternative to Donald Trump, has nearly caught up to the Republican nominee in the polls in one state: Utah.
A new poll released Wednesday by Utah-based Y2 Analytics found Mr. McMullin polling at 22 percent, just four points behind Mr. Trump and Hillary Clinton, who were tied at 26 percent. Support for McMullin is significantly higher than it was just one month ago, when he had the support of 12 percent of Utahans. Political analysts attribute the rise largely to sexually aggressive comments made by Trump in 2005, which surfaced last week in a video and were quickly condemned by prominent Republicans in Utah and around the country.
In Utah, a state where more than 60 percent of residents are Mormon, Trump has long struggled to win over voters due to a combination of moral, historical, and political convictions.
While evangelical hypocrites have been making excuses for Donald Trump's moral depravity, Mormons in Utah seem to actually have the courage of their convictions and have been switching their votes from Trump to Evan McMullin. Although McMullin isn't in the lead, he has a lot of momentum and could gain more votes as he's seen a viable protest candidate in an election desperately needing a protest vote. Could McMullin pull ahead and take Utah?
538 even has a (very unlikely) scenario in switch McMullin could win the presidency
How Evan McMullin Could Win Utah And The Presidency | FiveThirtyEight
Evan McMullin, ex-CIA officer and current independent presidential candidate, has stayed largely off the media radar since announcing his candidacy in August.
But the conservative former Republican policy chief in the House, who has positioned himself as a center-right alternative to Donald Trump, has nearly caught up to the Republican nominee in the polls in one state: Utah.
A new poll released Wednesday by Utah-based Y2 Analytics found Mr. McMullin polling at 22 percent, just four points behind Mr. Trump and Hillary Clinton, who were tied at 26 percent. Support for McMullin is significantly higher than it was just one month ago, when he had the support of 12 percent of Utahans. Political analysts attribute the rise largely to sexually aggressive comments made by Trump in 2005, which surfaced last week in a video and were quickly condemned by prominent Republicans in Utah and around the country.
In Utah, a state where more than 60 percent of residents are Mormon, Trump has long struggled to win over voters due to a combination of moral, historical, and political convictions.
While evangelical hypocrites have been making excuses for Donald Trump's moral depravity, Mormons in Utah seem to actually have the courage of their convictions and have been switching their votes from Trump to Evan McMullin. Although McMullin isn't in the lead, he has a lot of momentum and could gain more votes as he's seen a viable protest candidate in an election desperately needing a protest vote. Could McMullin pull ahead and take Utah?
538 even has a (very unlikely) scenario in switch McMullin could win the presidency
How Evan McMullin Could Win Utah And The Presidency | FiveThirtyEight
