Murray, UT is a city located in the Salt Lake Valley and is home to approximately 48,000 people. The City of Murray has an elected mayor-council form of government composed of five council members and one mayor. Each member is elected to a four-year term and works together with the Mayor to set policy for the City. Currently, the Mayor of Murray is Ted Eyre who was first elected in 2017. Other current members on the Council are Paul O’Neill, Mike McKellar, Kim Struthers, and Johanna Welch. These local officials help shape the politics of Murray through their decisions on various policies including fiscal responsibility, public safety, and economic development.
The political climate in Murray, UT is leaning liberal.
Salt Lake County, UT is somewhat liberal. In Salt Lake County, UT 53.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Salt Lake county remained strongly Democratic, 53.0% to 42.1%.
Salt Lake county voted Democratic in 2020, 2016 and 2008, and voted Republican in 2012, 2004 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Murray, UT is leaning liberal.
Salt Lake County, Utah is somewhat liberal.
Salt Lake City Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Murray, Utah: R R d R d D
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 Murray, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,598 contributions totaling $1,038,493 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,276 contributions totaling $1,192,477 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $524 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)