Leaders of several public education groups, including the Utah Education Association and Utah PTA, said voters are not being represented through Utah’s current political process, and endorsed an election reform movement promoted by the Count My Vote group…
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\r\n On education issues in particular, polls conducted for the nonpartisan Utah Foundation in 2010 and 2012 found that Utah voters overwhelmingly said that public education was the most important issue for the state. But Republican state delegates listed it as their 11th priority in 2010 — behind gun control issues, grazing and getting the United States out of the United Nations. In 2012, delegates ranked education as the fifth most important issue.
Referenced Reports
- The 2010 Utah Priorities Survey: The Top Issues and Concerns of Utah Voters for the 2010 Election
- The 2012 Utah Priorities Survey: The Top Issues and Concerns of Utah Voters for the 2012 Election
- The 2012 Utah Priorities Survey of Party Delegates and Voters
- The 2010 Utah Priorities Survey of Party Delegates and Voters