South Salt Lake is a small city in the state of Utah, located just south of Salt Lake City. Despite its small size, South Salt Lake has a vibrant political scene that has been active for many years. The current mayor is Cherie Wood, who was elected in 2017 and has worked to improve the city’s infrastructure and services. Under Mayor Wood's leadership, South Salt Lake has developed several new initiatives to increase economic growth and development, as well as add amenities such as parks and trails. In addition to Mayor Wood, other important local political figures include City Councilmember Shireen Ghorbani and State Representative Marie Poulson. Both of these officials have made significant contributions to the city through their advocacy for improved public services and increased access to resources. With such strong local leaders at the helm, South Salt Lake is sure to continue to see increased progress in coming years.
The political climate in South Salt Lake, UT is somewhat 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
South Salt Lake, UT is somewhat 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.
South Salt Lake, 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 South Salt Lake, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,933 contributions totaling $370,288 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 976 contributions totaling $300,474 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $308 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)