Marion, UT is a small town nestled in the Wasatch Mountains. It is heavily influenced by local politics, with decisions being made at the municipal and county level. Local elections are held every two years to elect officials who represent the citizens of Marion. The state's legislature has representatives from each county, including those from Marion. Issues that affect the town are discussed among these representatives and decisions are made by majority vote. The current Mayor of Marion is Robert Browning, who has been in office since 2017. He is supported by several other elected officials who work alongside him to make sure that the best interests of their constituents are taken into consideration when making policy decisions for Marion. Residents also have the opportunity to get involved in local politics by attending city council meetings or volunteering for political campaigns in their area.
The political climate in Marion, UT is leaning conservative.
Summit County, UT is moderately liberal. In Summit County, UT 58.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Summit county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.0% to 39.0%.
Summit county voted Democratic in 2020, 2016 and 2008, and voted Republican in 2012, 2004 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Marion, UT is leaning conservative.
Summit County, Utah is moderately 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.
Marion, Utah: R r D r D 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 Marion, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 299 contributions totaling $31,522 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 73 contributions totaling $22,145 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $303 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)