It is stunning and amazing that Utah was one of two states to move leftward in the 2024 election, and considering 1/3 of practicing Latter-day Saints voted for Harris—a ten-point swing from 2020—I am *extremely* proud of Utah Democrats, our candidates, & LDS4Harris-Walz Team - ThreadSky

calvinjburke.bsky.social • 107 days ago

It is stunning and amazing that Utah was one of two states to move leftward in the 2024 election, and considering 1/3 of practicing Latter-day Saints voted for Harris—a ten-point swing from 2020—I am *extremely* proud of Utah Democrats, our candidates, & LDS4Harris-Walz Team

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liminal-lds.bsky.social•107 days ago

Calvin, can you share the source of the image?

sierrathomander.bsky.social•107 days ago

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/11/06/us/politics/presidential-election-2024-red-shift.html

liminal-lds.bsky.social•107 days ago

I don't think that's been updated since Wednesday morning(?) and I don't think NYT was showing the shift unless a county had received a certain percentage of ballots. Looks like the one Calvin shared has more data.

liminal-lds.bsky.social•107 days ago

NYT does have more updated data than the article above, but you have to get into each state (at least that I've been able to see)

saltlakelawyer.bsky.social•107 days ago

All of these are super-rural "Trump Country" counties. And nevertheless, many people in them decided, "nah, I'm good," which as someone from here shocked the hell out of me. I thought we would have been every part of a national red wave, and yet, no.

saltlakelawyer.bsky.social•107 days ago

I know we started from a terrible position, but I am taking just a bit of comfort in this. Many of my fellow Utahns, as messed as they may be, at least didn't fall for him the second time. #SmallVictories

stillmoretosay.bsky.social•106 days ago

I don’t want to burst anyone’s bubble, but those early numbers were a blue mirage. The current numbers from the state indicate that Trump won Utah by 20.5% in 2020 and by 21.1% this year. And, FWIW, my heavily LDS precinct went 73% for Trump, so Trump’s LDS total here had to be way, way over 67%.

looktogod.bsky.social•107 days ago

I was wondering how much of an increase that was. The 1/3 was pretty solid down the board. I think that means something, but I don't know politics well enough to know what.

brndnbean.bsky.social•107 days ago

This is the thing that’s been giving me hope over the last week. Something is changing in Utah and I think there’s still room to keep growing the dem coalition in Utah

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