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Salt 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

CandidateVotesPercent
Andrew Badger54059.3%
Blake Moore37140.7%
Tina Cannon eliminated

SLCo GOP 2022 Primary


CandidateVotesPercent
Andrew Badger1754 16.7%
Blake Moore6624 63.1%
Tina Cannon2116 20.2%
Totals10494 100%

Example #2: US Congressional District 3. Chris Herrod John Curtis Race, 2022

SLCo GOP 2022 Nominating
Convention

CandidateVotesPercent
Chris Herrod 558 54.7%
John Curtis 462 45.3%
 

SLCo GOP 2022 Primary


CandidateVotesPercent
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

CandidateVotesPercent
Mitt Romney   55%
Mike Kennedy   45%

SLCo GOP 2018 Primary


CandidateVotesPercent
Mitt Romney 97866 75.6%
Mike Kennedy 23858 24.4%
Totals 36433 100%