Before the 2014 compromise legislation (SB 54), which remains quite controversial, a candidate winning 60 percent of delegates’ votes would avoid a primary and proceed directly to the general election. A signature-gathering path now allows candidates to appeal to delegates, or directly to voters, or both.
But some still decry the influence of party delegates. A report of the Utah Foundation released Thursday said Democratic delegates are more liberal, and Republican delegates more conservative, than their respective party members. “This mismatch seems to warrant continued conversation regarding how well the convention system represents Utahns,” the report concludes.
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