archives

Holy dark ugly baby, Batman! (Deseret News):

[Dan Jones & Associates] found that among Buttars' Senate District 10 voters, 67 percent said they prefer that Buttars not be re-elected, and that someone new should be elected in that state Senate district. In fact, 53 percent said that Buttars "definitely" should not be sent back to the Legislature. [...]

Among Republican registered voters in Senate District 10, Jones found that only 32 percent of members of Buttars' own party want him to be re-elected, while 54 percent said another person should serve. Thirteen percent of GOP voters didn't have an opinion on Buttars' re-election, Jones found. Jones polled 208 registered voters in Senate District 10, with the results having a margin of error of plus or minus 6.9 percent.

That's a big margin of error (due to the small sample size), but even given the MOE, the maximum support Buttars would have among Republicans is 39%.

Statewide, the poll found that about 40% of voters wanted to keep their state legislators and about 40% wanted someone new. All 75 House seats and 15 of the 29 Senate seats are up for election this year.