San Juan County, located in southeastern Utah, is home to a diverse population of around 15,500 people. The county seat is Monticello and its largest city is Blanding. The county is governed by a five-member Board of Commissioners who are elected to four-year terms. The current board includes Kenneth Maryboy from Montezuma Creek/Aneth, Rebecca Benally from Monument Valley/Mexican Hat, Bruce Adams from La Sal/Moab, Phil Lyman from Blanding and Kelly Laws from Monticello. Each Commissioner has distinct duties that are specified in the Utah Code and the San Juan County Charter. Additionally, local government offices for the county include various departments that focus on public safety, infrastructure management and recreational opportunities. Through these departments, San Juan County strives to provide services that meet the needs of its citizens while supporting regional economic growth.
The political climate in 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
San Juan County, UT is leaning conservative.
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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.
San Juan, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 San Juan County, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 61 contributions totaling $898 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $15 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 77 contributions totaling $10,740 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)