Sixty-three percent of Utahns who said they are Republicans believe the country is "strongly" or "somewhat" on the right track.

Republicans outnumber Democrats here 2-to-1, and Democrats and political independents have a very different view.

Jones found that 91 percent of Utah Democrats say the country is on the wrong track — a huge number showing great dissatisfaction by one group.

And 69 percent of political independents say it is on the wrong track.

The partisan split is not as evident concerning how Utah is doing — but it is still there.

Utah Republicans are just ecstatic about our state. Eighty-three percent strongly or somewhat believe Utah is on the right track.

Seventy percent of political independents agree that the state is going the right way. But only 49 percent of Utah Democrats like the direction in which the state is going.

Generally, men are more upbeat about how the state and nation are faring, Jones found.

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