I suggest you look up Norm Thurston's letter to the editor in the Daily Herald. Simply put the Utah County Democratic candidates don't believe in their own party. They have gone to great lenghts to avoid being identified as Democrats. Then on the other side of the coin they cry out for a two party system. My question is if Democrats want to be Republicans and don't want to affiliate with the Democratic Party who is the other party going to be?
It is crazy to think voters don't understand this charade - the two party system in Utah is live and well. Short of government mandating an equal split between parties, the voters will continue to decide what the split will be and in my opinion party platforms will continue to be the determining factor.