A new poll suggests that Utah voters are highly concerned about air quality, so much so that many are willing to change the way the commute.
The study found that 41 percent of Utahns are willing to change the way they get to work or school to help clean up the air. Twenty-seven percent said they would not.
In the research, the non-profit, non-partisan Utah Foundation found that voters living along the Wasatch Front consider air quality the top priority when it comes to voting. Statewide, air quality ranks as the second highest priority — behind healthcare — on the research group’s top ten list of issues.
Nine out of 10 of those polled said health was the main reason they were concerned about air quality.
When it came to achieve better air quality, however, there was some disagreement among likely voters.
Forty-one percent agreed with the statement: “Government should act to improve air quality, even if our taxes increase or it puts jobs at risk,” compared to 33 percent who disagreed.
