Hanksville, UT is a small town in the heart of the Utah desert. It has a population of just over 390 people and is the home to many historical landmarks. The political scene in Hanksville is fairly quiet as there are no local candidates running for office. However, that doesn't mean residents don't participate in politics. Many residents are involved in state and national elections, attending debates and rallies or making donations to their favorite causes. There is also a local city council which meets regularly to discuss issues important to its citizens. All of this helps to ensure the citizens of Hanksville have a say in what goes on around them and can be involved in the political process no matter where they live.
The political climate in Hanksville, UT is strongly conservative.
Wayne County, UT is very conservative. In Wayne County, UT 22.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.4% to 22.4%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hanksville, UT is strongly conservative.
Wayne County, Utah 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.
Hanksville, 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 Hanksville, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $1,055 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)