Page last updated: Wednesday, 01-Mar-2023 06:26:39 ESTSalt Lake County Election Statistics
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Why is there such a disparity between what happens at convention and what happens at primary? These disparities were not entirely due to distortions created by signature-gathering candidates.
Example #1: US Congressional District 1. Andrew Badger Blake Moore Race, 2022
SLCo GOP 2022 Nominating
Convention
Candidate Votes Percent Andrew Badger 540 59.3% Blake Moore 371 40.7% Tina Cannon eliminated SLCo GOP 2022 Primary
Candidate Votes Percent Andrew Badger 1754 16.7% Blake Moore 6624 63.1% Tina Cannon 2116 20.2% Totals 10494 100% Example #2: US Congressional District 3. Chris Herrod John Curtis Race, 2022
SLCo GOP 2022 Nominating
Convention
Candidate Votes Percent Chris Herrod 558 54.7% John Curtis 462 45.3% SLCo GOP 2022 Primary
Candidate Votes Percent Chris Herrod 9856 27% John Curtis 26577 73% Totals 36433 100% Example #3: US Senate. Mike Kennedy Mitt Romney Race, 2018
Convention results are approximate since the exact data is not available.
SLCo GOP 2018 Nominating
Convention
Candidate Votes Percent Mitt Romney 55% Mike Kennedy 45% SLCo GOP 2018 Primary
Candidate Votes Percent Mitt Romney 97866 75.6% Mike Kennedy 23858 24.4% Totals 36433 100%