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It’s Official: Utah Republicans Loathe Mitt Romney

February 1, 2021

U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) has a positive approval rating in his state — but it’s largely due to his overwhelming popularity among Democrats.

A recent Deseret News poll showed Romney with an 50 percent approval rating and 44 percent disapproval rating in Utah. The approval, however, largely came from Democratic voters; 84 percent of them approved of his job performance. Meanwhile, the report said that only around one-third of Utah Republicans approve of Romney. That means about two-thirds of Utah Republicans don’t approve of Romney.

The former Massachusetts governor voted to convict President Donald Trump in the U.S. Senate the first time he got impeached and says he didn’t vote for Trump in 2016 or 2020.

Romney has also sounded bullish on Democrats’ efforts to try to finish the January 2021 impeachment process by convicting Trump, which could lead to a vote to try to keep Trump from running for president again.