Elk Ridge, UT is a small town located in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains and boasts a population of just over 1,000 people. It has been a tight-knit community for many years, and its politics largely reflect its values of neighborliness and self-reliance. While Elk Ridge is a non-partisan town, it generally leans to the right politically. The current mayor is Don Hooper, who was elected in 2016 after serving for 10 years on the City Council. He ran on a platform of fiscal responsibility and economic development. His top priorities include furthering economic opportunities for incoming businesses while still protecting the unique beauty of Elk Ridge’s natural surroundings. In addition to Mayor Hooper, there are two city council members and two county commissioners who serve as elected representatives for Elk Ridge residents. As members of these bodies work together to ensure that Elk Ridge remains an exceptional place to live, they stand firm in their commitment to examining new solutions to old problems that will benefit all citizens of this great little town.
The political climate in Elk Ridge, UT is strongly conservative.
Utah County, UT is very conservative. In Utah County, UT 26.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 7.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Utah county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.7% to 26.3%.
Utah county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elk Ridge, UT is strongly conservative.
Utah County, Utah is very conservative.
Provo-Orem 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.
Elk Ridge, 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 Elk Ridge, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 177 contributions totaling $20,665 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 260 contributions totaling $71,405 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $275 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)