September 12, 2016, 03:28 pm
Trump up 15 points over Clinton in Utah poll



Donald Trump is leading Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton by 15 points in Utah, according to a poll released Monday.

Trump (R) receives support from 39 percent of likely voters in the UtahPolicy.com survey, and Clinton gets 24 percent.

Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson is at 13 percent, down 3 points from July. Independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin has 9 percent.

McMullin, who launched his conservative campaign as an alternative to Trump in August and has headquartered his campaign in the state, has mostly drawn support away from other candidates, according to the poll.

Trump leads among both Utah men, 41 percent to 23 percent, and women, 37 percent to 24 percent, and is also backed by 8 percent of Democrats surveyed.

Eighty-two percent of Democrats back Clinton, and she has more support among independents than Trump has, 29 percent to 25 percent.

Trump's 15-point lead is his biggest in the poll to date. He previously held a 12-point lead in August and a 9-point margin in June.

It's the second consecutive poll to find Trump up by 15 points in the state, following a survey from the left-leaning Public Policy Polling released in August.

Utah has given its electoral votes to the Republican presidential nominee since 1968, though Democrats viewed the state as a possible pickup opportunity for Clinton because Trump has struggled among Mormon voters.

The survey of 605 likely Utah voters was conducted Sept. 1–9 and has a margin of error of 3.98 percentage points.

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/...n-in-utah-poll