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Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY A majority of Utahns so far approve of Gov. Spencer Cox but a fair amount still haven’t made up their minds about the state’s new governor.
A new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll found that 55% of Utahns approve of Cox’s performance including 23% who strongly approve and 32% who somewhat approve while only 24% say they disapprove. Of those, 14% said they somewhat disapprove and 10% strongly disapprove.
For 20% of Utahns, they’re undecided about Cox, who is headed into his fourth week in office.
Florida-based pollster Scott Rasmussen conducted the survey of 1,000 registered Utah voters on Jan. 12-15, the second week of Cox’s administration. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.
Theo Harvey gets tested for COVID-19 outside of the Maverik Center in West Valley City on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. Beginning Dec. 28, Salt Lake County will offer rapid COVID-19 tests at the center, 2050 W. 3100 South, Monday through Saturday,10 a.m. to 3 p.m. No testing will be conducted Dec. 31 through Jan. 2, and registration is required at SaltLakeHealth.org.
Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
Kortnie Aldous, who lost her father last May after both her parents were hospitalized with COVID-19, struggles to understand why some of her fellow Utahns still have little or no worry about catching the deadly virus.
“It honestly makes me sick to my stomach,” the Holladay resident said of a new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll that found 31% of Utahns are very concerned about contracting COVID-19 and 33% are somewhat concerned, but 18% are not very concerned, and 17% are not at all concerned.
A slight majority of Utahns don’t think much of President Joe Biden, who took the oath of office Wednesday after one of the most turbulent periods in American history.
A slight majority of Utahns don’t think much of President Joe Biden, who took the oath of office Wednesday after one of the most turbulent periods in American history, according to a new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll from Salt Lake City.