Kamas, UT is a small rural town located in the Uintah Basin of Utah. It is home to a diverse population of people who are deeply connected to their local community and politics. The city has a mayor-council form of government, with the current Mayor being Alan Bingham and the council members elected from the seven wards within city limits. The council is responsible for enacting local laws, approving budgets, deciding on zoning regulations and setting policies related to economic development. Community members are encouraged to attend city council meetings and provide feedback on proposed policy changes or projects. Additionally, residents can get involved politically by joining local political campaigns or attending events hosted by political candidates or organizations in Kamas. All in all, Kamas is an engaged community with a strong sense of civic responsibility that truly values its citizens’ voices in politics.
The political climate in Kamas, UT is leaning conservative.
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
Kamas, UT is leaning conservative.
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.
Kamas, 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 Kamas, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 299 contributions totaling $31,522 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 73 contributions totaling $22,145 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $303 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)