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The 2016 Utah Electorate

Keith Ivey (resized) via CC/Flickr, https://goo.gl/oQnNYG, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0

Monday, we’re putting Utah’s voters under the microscope, and we’re particularly curious about what motivates the state’s Mormon electorate. Utah has long been a sure bet for the Republican Party. This year, the party’s presidential candidate is putting Utah’s partisan loyalty to the test. But where does that loyalty come from? What matters most to the state’s electorate? And are voters here really all that different from the average American? A panel of guests will join us, and we hope you will, too.

  • Chris Karpowitz is the Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy and Associate Professor of Political Science at Brigham Young University.
  • Robert Gehrke reports on government for the Salt Lake Tribune.
  • Morgan Lyon-Cotti is the Local Program Manager at the university’s Hinckley Institute of Politics.
Doug Fabrizio has been reporting for KUER News since 1987, and became News Director in 1993. In 2001, he became host and executive producer of KUER's RadioWest, a one hour conversation/call-in show on KUER 90.1 in Salt Lake City. He has gained a reputation for his thoughtful style. He has interviewed everyone from Isabel Allende to the Dalai Lama, and from Madeleine Albright to Desmond Tutu. His interview skills landed him a spot as a guest host of the national NPR program, "Talk of the Nation." He has won numerous awards for his reporting and for his work with RadioWest and KUED's Utah NOW from such organizations as the Society of Professional Journalists, the Utah Broadcasters Association, the Public Radio News Directors Association and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.