Wellington, UT is a small city located in the heart of Utah's Wasatch County. It has a population of approximately 1,400 and is known for its small-town feel and charming downtown area. Although it is a relatively small city, Wellington has an active political landscape with candidates vying for local offices each election cycle. In recent years, those running for office have included both local residents as well as candidates from nearby cities like Provo and Orem. These candidates are often focused on topics ranging from economic development to infrastructure improvements and overall quality of life in the community. With such issues at stake, residents of Wellington undoubtedly take their civic duties seriously when it comes time to cast their vote for Mayor, City Councilmembers, or any other elected officials.
The political climate in Wellington, UT is strongly conservative.
Carbon County, UT is very conservative. In Carbon County, UT 25.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carbon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.4% to 25.5%.
Carbon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wellington, UT is strongly conservative.
Carbon County, Utah is very conservative.
Price Metro Area 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.
Wellington, 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 Wellington, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $1,435 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 119 contributions totaling $13,845 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)