The town of La Sal, UT is located in San Juan County, and although small in population, it has a robust political landscape. The county is represented at the state level by two Republican State Representatives and one Democratic Representative, as well as an equally split Senate delegation. On the local level, La Sal residents can cast their ballots for a mayor, four city council members, and three at-large board members who are all elected to two year terms. Residents also have the opportunity to vote on ballot initiatives such as bonds and local taxes. Overall, La Sal provides its citizens with many avenues to participate in their local government and ensure that their voices are heard.
The political climate in La Sal, UT is somewhat conservative.
San Juan County, UT is leaning conservative. In San Juan County, UT 45.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Juan county remained moderately Republican, 51.2% to 45.1%.
San Juan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
La Sal, UT is somewhat conservative.
San Juan County, Utah is leaning 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.
La Sal, 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 La Sal, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 979 contributions totaling $55,165 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 101 contributions totaling $24,490 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $242 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)