Utah feels like one of those slept on states that could go Blue. When I was traveling through SLC, it felt no different to me compared to other big PNW cities.
I’m still half tempted to move there just for how beautiful the towns and views are out there.
for all the wierdness of mormanism they do seem to embrace the actual message of jesus in terms of kindness. I could totally see maga driving them away.
This is very true. By no means are they perfect and they still stick a bit too hard to voting for any Republican candidate but they do dislike Trump’s schtick more than most.
Honestly anyone devout of any religion, even if they are ultraconservative, should be having massive alarm bells as ice not allowing clergy to minister to people being held. Im not sure if that is being done anywhere else besides chicago but its unheard of here and certainly pissing people off.
If progressive policy can just be sold to the people in Mormon Church I could see a swing. It’s not like their own internal policies don’t line up pretty one-to-one with progressive goals for helping each other.
The only issue I see is just that they want their followers to be looking at the Mormon Church as the provider, rather than the state. The state could easily subsidize residents, which would in-turn would free up some of the financial burdens of the Mormon Church, but who knows if they could be convinced that it’s a win-win for everyone.
Utah feels like one of those slept on states that could go Blue. When I was traveling through SLC, it felt no different to me compared to other big PNW cities.
I’m still half tempted to move there just for how beautiful the towns and views are out there.
for all the wierdness of mormanism they do seem to embrace the actual message of jesus in terms of kindness. I could totally see maga driving them away.
This is very true. By no means are they perfect and they still stick a bit too hard to voting for any Republican candidate but they do dislike Trump’s schtick more than most.
Honestly anyone devout of any religion, even if they are ultraconservative, should be having massive alarm bells as ice not allowing clergy to minister to people being held. Im not sure if that is being done anywhere else besides chicago but its unheard of here and certainly pissing people off.
Was this meant to say “not allowing”?
yes. will edit. I don’t like to normally edit my mistakes but in this case its an important distinction.
Very true about the SLC area, but they’ve done a very good job of keeping the rest of the state pointed in a… different direction.
That makes a lot of sense.
If progressive policy can just be sold to the people in Mormon Church I could see a swing. It’s not like their own internal policies don’t line up pretty one-to-one with progressive goals for helping each other.
The only issue I see is just that they want their followers to be looking at the Mormon Church as the provider, rather than the state. The state could easily subsidize residents, which would in-turn would free up some of the financial burdens of the Mormon Church, but who knows if they could be convinced that it’s a win-win for everyone.