RACHEL OSTERLOCH'S face falls when she is asked about the general election. “I feel really discouraged with the candidates” says the 22-year-old student at Brigham Young University (BYU), a Mormon college in Provo, Utah. She is put off by Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server and how she handled Benghazi and Donald Trump’s bluster and braggadocio. So Ms Osterloh will vote instead for Evan McMullin, a former CIA agent who graduated from BYU himself and entered the race as an independent in August. “He probably won’t win the country, but he could win the state and that would be a good sign to send,” Ms Osterloch says.
Many Utah voters seem to be making similar calculations. A poll released on October 17th by Rasmussen Reports shows Mr McMullin locked in a three-way tie with Mr Trump and Mrs Clinton.This is a remarkable departure from Utah’s reliably Republican voting pattern; the state has supported only Republicans for president since 1964 when Lyndon Johnson ran against Barry Goldwater.
If Mr McMullin prevails in Utah, it will be more a commentary on voters’ distaste for Mr Trump than an indication of...Continue reading
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