Riverside, UT is a small town located in the northern region of Utah. It has a mayor-council form of government and is run by an elected mayor and six city council members. The government works to provide essential services such as water, sanitation, public safety, parks and recreation, infrastructure improvements, economic development, and housing assistance. The town also offers a variety of other services such as public transportation options, cultural events, festivals, and classes for all ages. Community involvement is encouraged through the local political scene. Citizens frequently attend city council meetings to stay informed on current issues and to voice their opinions on how the town should be run. Riverside also hosts several campaigns each year which allows its citizens an opportunity to meet with candidates running for office in order to learn about their plans for the future of the town.
The political climate in Riverside, UT is very conservative.
Box Elder County, UT is very conservative. In Box Elder County, UT 16.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Box Elder county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.9% to 16.4%.
Box Elder county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Riverside, UT is very conservative.
Box Elder County, Utah is very conservative.
Ogden-Clearfield Metro Area is strongly 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.
Riverside, 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 Riverside, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $163 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $813 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)