Please attribute this information to: Monmouth University Poll West Long Branch, NJ 07764 www.monmouth.edu/polling Follow on Twitter: @MonmouthPoll Released: Thursday, 3, Contact: PATRICK MURRAY 732-979-6769 (cell); 732-263-5858 (office) pdmurray@monmouth.edu Follow on Twitter: @PollsterPatrick UTAH: TRUMP MAINTAINS LEAD; CLINTON 2 nd, McMULLIN 3 rd West Long Branch, NJ Donald remains ahead in the race for Utah s electoral votes matching the 6 point lead he had in last month s Monmouth University Poll. While independent candidate Evan McMullin continues to claim a significant share of support from ublican voters, he still trails in third place behind Hillary. Most Beehive State voters believe is going to win the presidency, but very few would change their vote if they thought the race was closer. Among Utah voters who have already cast their ballots or are likely to vote in next week s presidential election, 3 currently support, 3 back, and 2 back McMullin. Another support Libertarian Gary Johnson and back Green Party candidate Jill Stein. The race has changed little since early October, when voter support stood at 3 for, for, and 2 for McMullin. It s been nearly 50 years since a third party candidate won any state s electoral votes. That streak should remain intact. While McMullin has cut into s partisan support, the independent candidate has not broken out of third place, said Patrick Murray, director of the non-partisan Monmouth University Polling Institute. Self-identified ublicans support over McMullin by a 5 to 3 margin, with supporting. Among independent voters, 3 support, 3 back, and 2 support McMullin. Nearly all self-identified ocrats (8) are voting for. McMullin gets more support from voters under 50 years old 3 compared with 3 for and 2 for than he does with those age 50 and older 18% compared with 4 for and 3 for. McMullin s primary appeal has been to values-minded Mormon voters who make up 6 of Utah s electorate. The independent candidate (3) barely trails (4) among Mormon voters, with garnering 1 of this group s vote. In October, led McMullin by a similar margin of 1
Monmouth University Polling Institute 11/3/16 38% to 3, with at 1. has a sizable lead among the 4-in-10 voters with another religious affiliation or no religious identity at all, earning 5 of this group s vote compared with 29% for and just for McMullin. This dynamic is basically unchanged from the October poll s result of 5 for, 29% for, and for McMullin among non-mormon voters. The Monmouth University Poll finds that Utah voters have an overwhelmingly negative opinion of both major party nominees 2 favorable to 6 unfavorable for and 2 favorable to 6 unfavorable for. Both candidates ratings have barely budged in the past month. ependent candidate McMullin does better than the other candidates with a net positive 3 favorable and 1 unfavorable rating. However, nearly half (49%) of Utah voters feel they still don t know enough about him to give a rating. More than one-third of likely Utah voters in this election have already cast their ballots. holds a lead of 4 to 3 over among these early voters, with McMullin at 1. Among those who have not yet voted, 39% intend to vote for, 29% intend to vote for McMullin, and 2 intend to vote for. Despite what may happen with Utah s electoral votes, most Beehive State voters (5) believe that will probably be elected president. Only 2 think will emerge victorious. Even if they thought and were running neck and neck, though, only 1 say they would be likely to change who they are voting for, including about 3-in-10 McMullin supporters (29%). These movable voters would split almost evenly between and, however, and would not have any significant impact on the state of the race in Utah. As a further sign of stability in the vote here, only say they changed their mind about who they would vote for after the FBI email investigation news broke on Friday. The presidential race aside, ublicans continue to enjoy a typically large advantage in other statewide contests. In the election for U.S. Senate, first-term incumbent Mike Lee has a 6 to lead over challenger Misty Snow. In the race for governor, incumbent Gary Herbert has a 6 to 3 lead over challenger Mike Weinholtz. These results are basically unchanged from last month s poll, with more than 8-in-10 voters and McMullin voters alike giving their support to down-ballot ublicans, while more than 7-in-10 voters back the ocratic candidates for U.S. Senate and governor. The Monmouth University Poll was conducted by telephone from October 30 to 2, with 402 Utah residents likely to vote in the election. This sample has a margin of error of + 4.9 percent. The poll was conducted by the Monmouth University Polling Institute in West Long Branch, NJ. 2
Monmouth University Polling Institute 11/3/16 QUESTIONS AND RESULTS (* Some columns may not add to 10 due to rounding.) 1/2. If the election for President was today, would you vote for Donald the ublican, Hillary the ocrat, Gary Johnson the Libertarian, Jill Stein of the Green Party, or independent candidate Evan McMullin? [IF UNDECIDED: If you had to vote for one of the following candidates at this moment, who do you lean toward Donald, Hillary, or Evan McMullin?] [NAMES WERE ROTATED] October (with leaners) * Donald 3 3 Hillary 3 Gary Johnson 9% Jill Stein Evan McMullin 2 2 (VOL) idate (VOL) [NOTE: Evan McMullin was not included in the leaner question for October.] 3. If the election for U.S. Senate was today, would you vote for Mike Lee the ublican, Misty Snow the ocrat, or some other candidate? [IF UNDECIDED: If you had to vote for one of the following candidates at this moment, who do you lean toward Mike Lee or Misty Snow?] [NAMES WERE ROTATED] October (with leaners) Mike Lee 6 6 Misty Snow 3 idate (VOL) 4. If the election for governor was today, would you vote for Gary Herbert the ublican, Mike Weinholtz the ocrat, or some other candidate? [IF UNDECIDED: If you had to vote for one of the following candidates at this moment, who do you lean toward Gary Herbert or Mike Weinholtz?] [NAMES WERE ROTATED] October (with leaners) Gary Herbert 6 6 Mike Weinholtz 3 3 idate (VOL) Regardless of who you may support [QUESTIONS 5 THROUGH 7 WERE ROTATED] 5. Is your general impression of Donald favorable or unfavorable, or do you have no opinion of him? October Favorable 2 19% Unfavorable 6 7 No opinion 1 1 3
Monmouth University Polling Institute 11/3/16 6. Is your general impression of Hillary favorable or unfavorable, or do you have no opinion of her? October Favorable 2 2 Unfavorable 6 69% No opinion 1 7. Is your general impression of Evan McMullin favorable or unfavorable, or do you have no opinion of him? October Favorable 3 Unfavorable 1 No opinion 49% 6 8. Who do you think will probably win the national election for president, Donald or Hillary? 2 5 (VOL) Neither/someone else (VOL) Don t know 1 (n) (402) 9. How likely would you be to change your vote if you thought and were running neck and neck in the presidential race nationally very likely, somewhat likely, or not likely? Very likely Somewhat likely Not likely 8 (VOL) Don t know (n) (402) 10. Who would you vote for in that scenario? [RECALCULATED VOTE including changed votes plus original candidate choice of voters who say they would not change their minds if the race had been tighter.] Donald 4 Hillary 3 Gary Johnson Jill Stein Evan McMullin 19% idate Not sure (n) (402) 4
Monmouth University Polling Institute 11/3/16 11. Have you read or heard about Friday s news that the FBI is now looking into newly discovered emails from Hillary s time as Secretary of State, or have you not heard about this recent news? Yes, heard 9 Not heard (n) (402) 12. Has this recent news changed your mind about who you will vote for in the presidential election, or has it not really changed your vote choice? Changed mind about vote Not really changed vote choice 9 (VOL) Don t know Not heard (n) (402) METHODOLOGY The Monmouth University Poll was sponsored and conducted by the Monmouth University Polling Institute from October 30 to 2, with a random sample of 402 likely Utah voters. Interviews were conducted by a live caller in English, including 351 drawn from a list of registered voters (201 landline / 150 cell phone) and a random digit dial supplement of 51 cell phone interviews. Monmouth is responsible for all aspects of the survey design, data weighting and analysis. The final sample is weighted for age, gender, race and partisanship based on voter list and U.S. Census information. Data collection support provided by Braun Research (field), Aristotle (voter list sample), and SSI (RDD sample). For results based on this sample, one can say with 9 confidence that the error attributable to sampling has a maximum margin of plus or minus 4.9 percentage points (unadjusted for sample design). Sampling error can be larger for sub-groups (see table below). In addition to sampling error, one should bear in mind that question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of opinion polls. DEMOGRAPHICS (weighted) Self-orted 39% ublican 4 ependent 18% ocrat 49% Male 5 Female 2 18-34 3 35-49 2 50-64 2 65+ 9 White Black Hispanic Other 5
Monmouth University Polling Institute 11/3/16 MARGIN OF ERROR unweighted sample moe (+/-) LIKELY VOTER Total 402 4.9% SELF-REPORTED ublican 167 7. ependent 165 7. ocrat 66 12. IDEOLOGY Conservative 196 7. Moderate 131 8. Liberal 65 12. Male 188 7. Female 214 6. AGE 18-49 188 7. 50+ 211 6.8% No 190 7. Yes 208 6.8% Mormon 242 6. Other/None 150 8. ### 6
Monmouth University Poll -- UTAH -- 11/3/16 Q1-2. PREZ VOTE WITH LEANERS Johnson Stein McMullin [VOL] 3 3 2 5 3 3 3 2 8 5 2 4 8 3 2 4 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 Q1-2. PREZ VOTE WITH LEANERS Johnson Stein McMullin [VOL] 4 3 18% 4 29% 1 3 3 3 4 29% 1 5 3 Q3. SEN VOTE WITH LEANERS Lee Snow 6 9 5 8% 9% 1 8 8 49% 1 3 78% 9% 6 2 6 3 6 2 Q3. SEN VOTE WITH LEANERS Lee Snow 6 3 6 6 8 3 1 5 1 Page 1
Monmouth University Poll -- UTAH -- 11/3/16 Q4. GOV VOTE WITH LEANERS Herbert Weinholtz 6 3 89% 6 3 1 89% 8 6 1 8% 3 8 8% 6 6 3 59% 3 8% Q4. GOV VOTE WITH LEANERS Herbert Weinholtz 6 3 6 3 6 3 8 3 1 6 Con Mod Lib Q5. Is your general impression of Favorable 2 3 2 3 9% 8% 2 2 18% Donald favorable or unfavorable, or do you have no Unfavorable 6 48% 7 9 48% 8 9 6 69% 7 opinion of him? No opinion 1 19% 8% 1 9% 1 1 1 Mormon Other, none Q5. Is your general impression of Favorable 2 2 1 2 2 Donald favorable or unfavorable, or do you have no Unfavorable 6 5 7 6 7 opinion of him? No opinion 1 1 1 Con Mod Lib Q6. Is your general impression of Favorable 2 2 7 3 68% 18% 18% Hillary favorable or unfavorable, or do you have no Unfavorable 6 9 6 1 9 5 18% 68% 6 7 opinion of her? No opinion 1 1 1 1 1 1 8% 1 Mormon Other, none Q6. Is your general impression of Favorable 3 2 2 9% 4 Hillary favorable or unfavorable, or do you have no Unfavorable 6 6 6 8 4 opinion of her? No opinion 9% 1 9% 1 9% Page 2
Monmouth University Poll -- UTAH -- 11/3/16 Con Mod Lib Q7. Is your general impression of Favorable 3 4 3 2 4 38% 18% 3 3 4 Evan McMullin favorable or unfavorable, or do you have no Unfavorable 1 1 1 18% 1 1 1 19% 1 1 opinion of him? No opinion 49% 4 5 6 4 49% 6 4 5 4 Mormon Other, none Q7. Is your general impression of Favorable 3 2 4 4 2 Evan McMullin favorable or unfavorable, or do you have no Unfavorable 1 18% 1 1 19% opinion of him? No opinion 5 5 4 4 6 Q8. Who do you think will probably win the national election for president, Donald or Hillary? (VOL) Neither_someone else (VOL) Dont know_refused 2 5 1 4 39% 18% 2 6 1 8 3 2 4 6 88% 2 1 Male Female 29% 2 58% 5 1 19% Q8. Who do you think will probably win the national election for president, Donald or Hillary? (VOL) Neither_someone else (VOL) Dont know_refused 18-49 2 6 1 2 5 2 3 48% 1 19% 6 1 2 5 6 1 1 Con Q9. How likely would you be to Very likely change your vote if you thought and were running Somewhat likely 8% 9% neck and neck in the presidential race nationally - very likely, Not likely 8 8 8 9 8 88% 9 8 8 somewhat likely, or not likely? (VOL) Dont know_refused Mod Lib Male Female Page 3
Monmouth University Poll -- UTAH -- 11/3/16 18-49 Mormon Other, none Q9. How likely would you be to Very likely change your vote if you thought and were running Somewhat likely neck and neck in the presidential race nationally - very likely, Not likely 88% 8 89% 8 8 9 somewhat likely, or not likely? (VOL) Dont know_refused Q10_FULL. PREZ VOTE IF CLOSER RACE Johnson Stein McMullin Not sure 4 3 19% 6 2 3 3 19% 9 6 2 48% 8 2 1 4 29% 19% 3 3 18% 3 29% 2 Q10_FULL. PREZ VOTE IF CLOSER RACE Johnson Stein McMullin Not sure 4 3 1 4 3 1 3 3 2 49% 3 1 5 E1. Have you read or heard about Fridays news that the FBI is now looking into newly discovered emails from Hillary s time as Secretary of State, or have you not heard about this recent news? Yes, heard Not heard 9 9 9 98% 9 9 98% 9 9 9 Page 4
Monmouth University Poll -- UTAH -- 11/3/16 E1. Have you read or heard about Fridays news that the FBI is now looking into newly discovered emails from Hillary s time as Secretary of State, or have you not heard about this recent news? Yes, heard Not heard 9 9 98% 9 9 E2. Has this recent news changed your mind about who you will vote for in the presidential election, or has it not really changed your vote choice? Changed mind about vote Not really changed vote choice (VOL) Dont know_refused Have not heard 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 Male Female 9 9 E2. Has this recent news changed your mind about who you will vote for in the presidential election, or has it not really changed your vote choice? Changed mind about vote Not really changed vote choice (VOL) Dont know_refused Have not heard 18-49 9 9 9 9 9 9 Page 5