The city of Fairfield, UT is a small rural community located in the northwest corner of Utah. Despite its size, the town has a vibrant political culture that plays an active part in local and state elections. Fairfield has an elected mayor who leads a five-member City Council. The council meets monthly to discuss important issues for the city such as zoning, budgeting, and infrastructure projects. Additionally, Fairfield is part of Utah’s first congressional district which includes many other towns and cities. Every election year, local citizens come together to debate the merits of different candidates in order to decide who will best represent their interests at the state level. Through both their local government representatives and those at the state level, Fairfield residents have a strong voice in politics throughout Utah and beyond.
The political climate in Fairfield, UT is very 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
Fairfield, UT is very 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.
Fairfield, 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 Fairfield, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $90 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 68 contributions totaling $4,827 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)