American Fork, Utah is a small city located in Utah County. It has a vibrant local community with many people involved in politics at the local level. The city is currently represented by the Mayor of American Fork and four City Council members. These officials work to ensure the needs of the city's residents are met and strive to make American Fork an even better place to live. Citizens have a say in how their government operates through attending public meetings, participating in local elections, and voicing their concerns on local issues that affect them. Additionally, there are numerous political action groups and organizations that engage citizens in understanding complex issues and advocating for policies that will benefit everyone. Through this involvement, American Fork citizens are helping to shape their city's future for a brighter tomorrow.
The political climate in American Fork, UT is strongly conservative.
Utah County, UT is very conservative. In Utah County, UT 26.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 7.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Utah county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.7% to 26.3%.
Utah county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
American Fork, UT is strongly conservative.
Utah County, Utah is very conservative.
Provo-Orem Metro Area is very 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.
American Fork, 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 American Fork, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,102 contributions totaling $94,632 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,247 contributions totaling $602,647 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $268 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)