Helper, Utah is a small town of about 3,000 people located in Carbon County. While the town may have a small population, politics still play an important role in deciding how the community functions. At the local level, Helper has both a mayor and a city council who are responsible for governing the area. Together, they make decisions on issues that affect the entire community, such as public safety initiatives, infrastructure projects, and proposed ordinances. They also work with other government bodies such as county government and state legislators to provide resources for their constituents. Each election season brings a new opportunity for citizens to elect their representatives and ensure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Helper, 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
Helper, 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.
Helper, 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 Helper, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $296 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $1,869 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)