Park City, UT is a city full of political engagement. Every election cycle, Park City residents come out in droves to cast their ballots, making sure their voices are heard. The city prides itself on its vibrant civic life and active citizens who actively engage in the process of governance by expressing their opinions through voting and other forms of participation. From local ballot measures to national races, Park City residents take part in the democratic process year-round. There are numerous local political groups and organizations that aim to inform voters about upcoming elections and how best to make their voices heard. Additionally, Park City has multiple candidates running for office each election cycle, which gives residents the opportunity to get involved in an even more direct way: by selecting the leaders they believe are most capable of representing them.
The political climate in Park City, UT is somewhat liberal.
Summit County, UT is moderately liberal. In Summit County, UT 58.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Summit county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.0% to 39.0%.
Summit county voted Democratic in 2020, 2016 and 2008, and voted Republican in 2012, 2004 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Park City, UT is somewhat liberal.
Summit County, Utah is moderately 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.
Park City, 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 Park City, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,679 contributions totaling $3,046,957 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $397 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,654 contributions totaling $2,087,161 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,262 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)