Midway, UT is a small city located in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah. The city has a population of just over 4,000 people and is an increasingly popular tourist destination due to its close proximity to Park City and Salt Lake City. Midway is governed by a Mayor and five-member City Council, each serving four-year terms. The current Mayor is David E. Taylor and the current City Council members are Mike Bracken, Steve Christiansen, Jana McNeil, Bill Thomas and Raylene Ireland. All positions are nonpartisan and rely heavily on public input from residents before making any decisions that affect the community. In addition, Midway allows citizens to participate in local politics through various committees including Land Use Plans Advisory Committee (LUPAC), Planning Commission and Parks & Recreation Advisory Board to name a few. These committees provide invaluable input on issues ranging from land use to parks & recreation which can be instrumental in determining how the town moves forward.
The political climate in Midway, UT is moderately conservative.
Wasatch County, UT is strongly conservative. In Wasatch County, UT 34.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wasatch county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.7% to 34.8%.
Wasatch county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Midway, UT is moderately conservative.
Wasatch County, Utah is strongly conservative.
Heber Metro Area is strongly 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.
Midway, 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 Midway, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 364 contributions totaling $25,178 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 140 contributions totaling $67,262 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $480 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)