Cottonwood Heights, UT is a city located near Salt Lake City in Utah. The city has a long history of being politically active, with local political candidates running for office every term and residents regularly participating in elections. In recent years, the politics of Cottonwood Heights have focused largely on issues such as the economy, education, health care, and the environment. Local politicians have worked hard to improve the quality of life for all residents while still managing to maintain local taxes at an affordable level. Those in office are also dedicated to preserving natural resources and encouraging new businesses to establish themselves in the area. Residents take pride in their community and look forward to supporting candidates who will work towards making Cottonwood Heights even better.
The political climate in Cottonwood Heights, 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
Cottonwood Heights, 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.
Cottonwood Heights, 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 Cottonwood Heights, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13,318 contributions totaling $2,162,653 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,775 contributions totaling $2,986,416 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $625 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)