Support has grown for a ballot initiative seeking to fully expand Medicaid and provide health care to roughly 150,000 low-income Utahns, according to a new Salt Lake Tribune-Hinckley Institute of Politics poll.
The poll shows 59 percent of Utah voters in support of Proposition 3, up from 54 percent in a similar survey conducted in June. The share of voters opposing the initiative fell slightly from 35 percent to 33 percent between the two polls.
“This is fantastic,” Prop 3 campaign manager RyLee Curtis said. “We’re reaching the people we need to reach and our message is resonating with them.