Why is Utah so conservative?
831535
Mental retardation caused by inbreeding.
1058265
Probably the same reason as the US.   Dumb ultra conservative religious based leadership that always believes it is right and enjoys engaging in p!$$ing contests with other nations.
504170
I would say this depends on what you are conservative about.  The issues that conservatives used to identify with the GOP are no longer fundamental to that party especially as concerns fiscal responsibility.  Civil liberty protection, refrain from nation-building, separation of church and state and a well-defined balance of power within the branches of government all USED to be core conservative positions.  Conservatism above all used to be about CIVIL BEHAVIOR (Rush!) HONESTY (W!) and COMMON SENSE (Rummy!)  Neo-conservatives have surrendered moderates to the RELIGIOUS conservatives and THEY now define YOU.  Even Nixon was more honest than this bunch.
906390
The only thing that Republicans inadvertently do, is get caught being their corrupt selves.\n\n\n\nDid you know that Republicans run communes now?\n\nSALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Voting appears to be very popular in Daggett County, Utah.\n\nDaggett County has registered 947 voters for Tuesday's election. According to the most recent Census figures, that's four more than the county's population in 2005.\n\nA spokesman for Attorney General Mark Shurtleff says complaints of vote-stuffing in the county are being investigated. Democrats suspect County Clerk Vickie McKee is letting outsiders swell the Daggett County registration rolls to give Republicans an advantage. The Democrats also say the father of a Republican deputy running for sheriff has 14 adults registered at his household. McKee hasn't responded to messages from The Associated Press.
669477
Comes from the age old bell curve of society. All societies naturally strive for civilization. This is generally where the "5%" rule came in to play. The thinkers, doers, and other leaders generally amounted to about 5% of the over all population. This generates a bell curve, pulled up in the center by the three "C's", Centralist Common sense Conservatism. Half way down the curve on the right would then be the over conservatives as half way down on the left would be the moderates. At the bottom of the curve on the right were the extreme conservatives and at the bottom left, the liberals. Half way out the right wing are the ultra conservatives, (some call them neo-cons) and half way out the left wing, the progressive liberals. The two ends are where you find the fanatics, the religious fanatics on the far right and the atheists on the far left. Over time, in most countries, the conservatives are to the right and the labor party liberals to the left. When the curve slips too far one way or the other, the society generly falls. History shows this with the early Greeks, the Romans and even the Neanderthals.
745219
In America today, and every election in our history, a man cannot win a presidential election without being religious.  Democrat or Republican, they all at least "say" they are religious.  People say theocracy to scare people into thinking social conservatism is trying to legislate the Bible into the constitution and institute a form of government similar to the dictatorships in the middle east.  This, however, is not true.  Pro-life is more than just Bible talk.  If people don't understand this, they don't understand their opposition, they are ignorant of the argument, and not qualified to argue their own position.  Same goes with gay marriage.  Gay marriage is a social concern, not a religious concern.  Same goes with any other social legislation.  Liberal scare tactics at its best, make up inaccurate words that make people think consequences of things will be different than what they actually are.  Theocracy, conservatism (sounds scary, doesn't it?), conspiracy theories and the like.  Its all garbage, and they know it.  Its to be ignored, nothing more
1030259
Conservatives are typically protection-minded, as in typically protective of the country and our way of life. Liberals tend to do a lot of america-bashing, they hate this, they hate that, they have a 'favorite minority of the month' kind of thing, they care more about starving kids somewhere else than starving kids in america, that kind of thing...their focus is more on 'the poor' and some other country than on fixing america....
913300
The south has always been typically more conservative.  The south was actually predominantly Democrat before the civil rights movement, these were called the Dixiecrats.  Now the Republicans are more interested with lessened government interference in economic matters, and many Southerners agree with these statements.  In the north the population is more condensed into cities, which tends to promote more liberal ideals, while in the south things are typically more spread out, which lends itself to more conservative thinking
506146
I honestly don't think they're very compassionate.  As far as being conservatives,  I really don't think they are all that conservative either.  They want votes, and there are a lot of liberal ideas on the table right now.  Basically, they're full of crap
886894
I'm a Goldwater Conservative. In today's political mess with the Republican party hijacked by abominations for the last 4 administrations, that make me a Liberal. Like the political universe rotated while I stayed in one place.\n\nYou are correct, the bush-league is not conservative. No decent conservative would work so hard to undermine the Constitution.\n\n\n\n.
451150
They are not conservatives at all. They call themselves Neo-Conservatives which is not conversative at all. They are pro big spending, pro government, pro intervention, pro pandering to illegals, pro regulation, pro church inside of state.
80629
Small government, fiscal accountability, limited involvement in foreign  wars, slow acceptance of sweeping fiscal, environmental, social, and cultural changes.  I REAL conservative might be someone like ....Theodore Rosevelt or Grover Cleveland, or Hoover, or Coolidge.  The current occupant is NOT a conservative - not with how the Reagan principals have been betrayed and our nation looted.
1022019
Like anywhere, you have racist scumbags all over.  Rural communities and some of the smaller cities in Utah have some racism problems, but SLC (which I live in) is very ethnically diverse and tends to be a lot more open-minded.  I would suggest sticking to downtown, West Valley City, Sugarhouse, Avenues or South Salt Lake areas as those are the most liberal and welcoming areas, as the more suburban areas can lean towards more exclusionary treatment of those not fitting the cultural mold.
416729
It seems as so, mostly in rural towns or towns with America's elite. Though most towns, say college cities lean toward the liberal end. Most major cities in the south also lean towards the left.
939579
Conservative Republican.
268710
liberal conservative?
516175
A marketing ploy to make the president's idiotic theories more appealing to the general public...\n\n"It is conservative to trust the local folks to chart the path to excellence in education. It's conservative to liberate parents. It's conservative to pass power out of Washington, D.C. when it comes to public schools. It is compassionate to make sure not one child gets left behind in America. (Applause.) \n\nIt is conservative to promote private property, and ownership of homes. It is compassionate to understand there is an ownership gap in America, and we must use our resources to close that ownership gap by encouraging minority ownership of homes in America. (Applause.) \n\nIt's conservative to reform welfare and reduce dependence on government. It is compassionate to encourage work and family and values of personal responsibility. It is conservative to understand government can hand out money, but it cannot put hope in people's hearts and, therefore, we should promote the good works of faith-based and community-based programs. (Applause.) \n\nIt is compassionate to understand in the land of plenty there are pockets of despair and hopelessness. There are people who, when you say the American Dream, say, I don't know what that means. And it's compassionate to understand all of us, no matter what your political party is, must do something about it. We must work to make the American Dream reach into every single neighborhood all across America. (Applause.)"