Castle Valley, UT is a small town located in the heart of Utah's breathtaking landscape. With a population of just over 1,000 people, it is clear that Castle Valley is a close knit community that relies heavily on each other for support and care. Over the years, local politics has been an important issue in Castle Valley, with residents voting for candidates who they feel will best represent their interests. In recent years elections have been mostly uncontested due to the small population size and lack of viable political candidates. However, while elections may be uncontested in Castle Valley, the citizens remain passionate about their local political conversations and are eager to discuss current events and issues. As well as staying informed about the latest news from their state capital nearby, Castle Valley residents take pride in being involved in their own political discussions and decisions.
The political climate in Castle Valley, UT is leaning conservative.
Grand County, UT is somewhat liberal. In Grand County, UT 53.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grand county flipped strongly Democratic, 53.9% to 43.2%.
Grand county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Castle Valley, UT is leaning conservative.
Grand County, Utah 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.
Castle Valley, Utah: R r d r r 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 Castle Valley, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 974 contributions totaling $54,815 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 81 contributions totaling $23,153 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $286 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)