Draper, Utah is a city located in the Salt Lake County area and is known for its beautiful scenery and growing economy. The city has a council-manager style of government, which means that the city’s elected officials are responsible for setting policy while a professional manager appointed by the City Council handles administrative duties. Currently, Mayor Troy Walker oversees City Council meetings with Vice Mayor Jeff Stenquist, along with four other elected Council Members - Michele Weeks, Jeff Hartley, Bill Colbert, and Tasha Lowery. Together they make up the governing body of Draper and have been focusing on many initiatives such as economic development and transportation improvements to improve residents’ quality of life.
The political climate in Draper, UT is leaning conservative.
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
Draper, UT is leaning conservative.
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.
Draper, 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 Draper, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,336 contributions totaling $1,918,420 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $360 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,380 contributions totaling $1,111,923 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $329 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)