Reports & Polling
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ReportReligious Contributions to Serving the Vulnerable: Social Benefits of Religion, Volume 1
Read More: Religious Contributions to Serving the Vulnerable: Social Benefits of Religion, Volume 1Policymakers can benefit from understanding the unique social benefits of religious belief and practice. The valuable social and economic contributions of religion-based organizations can easily be undermined by regulatory burdens.
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PollingSupport for Curriculum Transparency: Overview of survey data showing Utahns’ support for different approaches to curriculum transparency
Read More: Support for Curriculum Transparency: Overview of survey data showing Utahns’ support for different approaches to curriculum transparencyThis issue brief provides an overview of likely voter sentiment toward different approaches to public school curriculum transparency.
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PollingUtah Voter Priorities for 2024 Election: Overview of New Survey Data of Likely Voter Sentiment
Read More: Utah Voter Priorities for 2024 Election: Overview of New Survey Data of Likely Voter SentimentThis issue brief provides an overview of likely voter sentiment toward various issues that impact how they will vote in the 2024 election.
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PollingUtahns’ views on ranked choice voting: Overview of New Survey Data of Likely Voter Sentiment
Read More: Utahns’ views on ranked choice voting: Overview of New Survey Data of Likely Voter SentimentAs Utah continues working to refine and improve how residents participate in elections, sound analysis of new voting methods based on experiential data of the voters is essential.
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PollingSupport for the Success Sequence: Overview of new survey data showing Utahns’ level of support for the principles of the success sequence
Read More: Support for the Success Sequence: Overview of new survey data showing Utahns’ level of support for the principles of the success sequenceResearch shows that young people who finish high school, work full time, and wait until marriage to have children avoid poverty as adults 97% of the time.
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ReportThe Utah Family Miracle: Five Policy Ideas to Keep Utah Families Strong and Stable
Read More: The Utah Family Miracle: Five Policy Ideas to Keep Utah Families Strong and StableWhat could be called the “Utah Family Miracle” matters because social science tells us that one of the strongest predictors of state economic success is strong families.
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ReportProtecting Religious Freedom in the 21st Century
Read More: Protecting Religious Freedom in the 21st CenturyWith increasing polarization around nearly every issue, perhaps it is not surprising that religious freedom, once a unifying aspiration for the nation, has become contested.
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ReportThe Benefits and Drawbacks of Ranked-Choice Voting in Utah
Read More: The Benefits and Drawbacks of Ranked-Choice Voting in UtahThe potential benefits of ranked-choice voting (RCV) suggest there is merit in continuing the Municipal Alternate Voting Methods Pilot Project. However, the potential drawbacks of RCV should not be ignored:…
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ReportExamining the Evidence on Vote by Mail
Read More: Examining the Evidence on Vote by MailThe evidence of history, politics, and scholarly research about vote by mail means we are not limited by anecdotes and hypotheticals.
