Minersville, UT is a small town located in the south-western region of Utah. It is a historically blue-collar town that has long been fueled by its coal mining industry. It is currently home to just over 1,000 people and is governed by a local government composed of an elected mayor, city council, and other necessary municipal offices. All local elections in Minersville are non-partisan so all candidates run for office without any political affiliation. Since it is such a small town, the elections often focus on issues that affect the everyday lives of its citizens such as budgeting for public services, maintaining infrastructure, promoting economic development, and voicing concerns about environmental protection. As a result, the politics in Minersville are quite unique and emphasize the importance of taking care of their citizens first before anything else.
The political climate in Minersville, UT is strongly conservative.
Beaver County, UT is very conservative. In Beaver County, UT 11.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Beaver county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.9% to 11.5%.
Beaver county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Minersville, UT is strongly conservative.
Beaver County, Utah 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.
Minersville, 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 Minersville, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)