Blanding, UT is a small city located in the southeast corner of Utah with a population of approximately 3,400. The city is governed by a five-member city council, who work to pass laws and establish ordinances for the benefit of the community. These council members are elected by local citizens in regular elections that take place every four years. Every year, different candidates put their name forward for election, and each candidate offers unique ideas on how to improve the quality of life in Blanding. In addition to the local government, Blanding has representatives at both the state and national levels who seek to ensure that its citizens are receiving all their rights and privileges as Americans. All these representatives work together to make sure that the people of Blanding have a voice in their government and can make it stronger through participation in both local and national politics.
The political climate in Blanding, UT is leaning conservative.
San Juan County, UT is leaning conservative. In San Juan County, UT 45.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Juan county remained moderately Republican, 51.2% to 45.1%.
San Juan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Blanding, UT is leaning conservative.
San Juan County, Utah is leaning conservative.
Utah is moderately conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Blanding, Utah: R R r R R r
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Blanding, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $145 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $6 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $9,127 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)