By nearly a 2-1 margin, Utahns oppose returning to the old way of selecting party nominees through just the caucus-convention system. They want to continue a newer option for candidates to qualify for the ballot by collecting signatures.
Utah voters oppose eliminating the signature-collecting option by a 56-31 percent margin, with 14 percent undecided, according to a new poll by The Salt Lake Tribune and the Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah.
That comes as the Utah Republican Party is appealing a so-far unsuccessful lawsuit to the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to strike down that dual-path system, arguing the state unconstitutionally is interfering with how the party rules itself.