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The January 2026 Utah poll examines voter opinions on state-level policy issues, such as licensing, privacy, and housing, along with culture, sports, and politician approval questions.
1,000 registered voters | Margin of Error +/- 3.04% | January 15th – January 20th
Key Toplines:
JANUARY 2026 – UTAH
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Unpopular in Utah
When asked their opinion of the TV series The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, members of the Church of Latter-Day Saints familiar with the show responded with strong disapproval (-71%). Only 6% of Church members favor the series, while 77% have an unfavorable opinion. Out of all Utah voters who had heard or seen the show, 14% have a favorable opinion, while 61% have an unfavorable opinion.
Utah Jazz Rebuild: Voters are Surprisingly Optimistic
The direction of the Utah Jazz franchise draws surprisingly positive reviews with 37% approving while 15% disapprove, but a notable 33% say they don’t follow the Jazz at all.
When asked to name the greatest Utah Jazz player of all time, John Stockton leads at 36% followed closely by Karl Malone at 30%.
Utah leaders have discussed attracting a Major League Baseball team, which could involve using public tax dollars to help fund a stadium. Voters narrowly oppose this idea by 9 points (50% oppose vs 41% support)
When shown the Utah 2034 Winter Olympics logo, Utahns’ reactions are more negative than positive: 58% dislike it versus 35% who like it.
Utah’s new NHL team name “Mammoth” receives majority positive reception with 58% liking the name versus 22% disliking it, though 20% remain unsure
Redistricting, Politician Approval:
When it comes to redistricting, most Utah voters do not believe the state legislature should be solely responsible for the district boundaries because it favors the party in power. Fifty-one percent of voters disapproved of Utah’s system prior to 2020, which allowed the state legislature to set the redistricting map, while just 32% approved of it.
Senator John Curtis is the most popular politician polled (+13%), followed by Governor Spencer Cox (+11%), former Senator Mitt Romney (+7%), and Senator Mike Lee (+4%).
Interestingly, despite Romney being 7 points above water, the former Republican officeholder actually fared better among Democrats (+12%) than he did among Republicans (-2%).
- Poll of 1,000 registered voters in Utah
- Only respondents who passed our data quality checks were included in the final results and compensated for participating
- Sampling was stratified by demographics and geography during allocation to target key subgroups within Utah.
- Results were weighted by demographics, party affiliation, geography, and behavioral measures to properly reflect the profile of the adult population in Utah.
- Estimated Margin of error: +/- 3.04%
- Fieldwork: January 15th to January 20th, 2026
- Due to weighting and rounding, percentages may not always total exactly 100%
- Respondents were recruited from two independent sources: 527 (53%) via online panel sample and 473 (47%) via SMS text message invitations (text-to-web) sent to cellphone numbers matched to records from registered voter files.
