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The race to replace Salt Lake Mayor Rocky Anderson features four strong candidates elbowing each other in today's primary for two spots in the November general election, and the contest is so close that every vote just might matter.
It's exactly the type of local election that economists and political scientists believe should spur high voter turnout. Instead, pollster Dan Jones estimates that fewer than one-third of Salt Lake City's registered voters will bother to show up.See the full content of this document
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Low Voter Turnout Is Likely
And that makes the Salt Lake City mayoral primary -- like other mayoral and city council primaries around the state -- a study in voter apathy.
Utah clearly is not immune to a phenomenon that has been spreading across America for four decades. The 2004 presidential election managed to create the largest national turnout since 1968, accordin...See the full content of this document
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