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Utahns’ views on ranked choice voting: Overview of New Survey Data of Likely Voter Sentiment

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As Utah continues working to refine and improve how residents participate in elections, sound analysis of new voting methods based on experiential data of the voters is essential. This new survey data shows that in general, likely voters in Utah support keeping ranked choice voting as an option for municipal elections for those cities and towns that choose to use it. The support is bipartisan but favors only certain types of elections — primarily those for city office.