Just in time for the flag-waving July 4 holiday, a new study ranks Utah as America’s fourth most patriotic state. But it likely could have been No. 1 if more Utahns voted — or chose to serve in the military.
Utah ranked No. 1 in four categories: volunteer rate, volunteer hours per resident, share of residents who participate in groups or civic organizations and its civics education requirements. It also ranked No. 2 in AmeriCorps volunteers per capita.
Where it really fell down is a category considered as extra important, which was triple-weighted to award a quarter of all possible points: the share of adults who voted in the 2016 presidential election.