Layton, UT is the largest city in Davis county and has a thriving community with plenty of opportunities for growth. It has a strong mayor-council form of government wherein the mayor is elected at large, while six council members are elected from specific districts. The mayor serves as the chief executive officer for the city and works with the council to pass initiatives that will benefit Layton’s citizens. In addition to these roles, Layton also has many local politicians who work hard on behalf of their constituents to ensure that their needs are met. Political issues such as zoning laws, infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives, economic development strategies, and social services programs all depend upon the leadership of these local politicians to make sure they are implemented effectively.
The political climate in Layton, UT is moderately conservative.
Davis County, UT is strongly conservative. In Davis County, UT 33.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 6.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Davis county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.0% to 33.1%.
Davis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Layton, UT is moderately conservative.
Davis County, Utah is strongly 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.
Layton, 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 Layton, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,278 contributions totaling $106,421 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,045 contributions totaling $200,260 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $192 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)