Moab, Utah is a small city located in Grand County with a total population of approximately 5,000 people. The city is governed by the Moab City Council, which consists of five members who are elected at-large to four-year terms. The Moab City Council is responsible for setting policy, voting on laws, and developing the budget for the city. The Mayor also serves as an ex officio member of the City Council. In addition to the City Council, Moab also has several local boards and commissions that oversee issues such as parks and recreation, zoning and planning, police services, economic development and more. These boards are also appointed by popular election or serve volunteer positions within the community. Overall, politics in Moab are mainly focused on local issues that impact residents' everyday lives.
The political climate in Moab, UT is leaning liberal.
Grand County, UT is somewhat liberal. In Grand County, UT 53.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grand county flipped strongly Democratic, 53.9% to 43.2%.
Grand county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Moab, UT is leaning liberal.
Grand County, Utah is somewhat 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.
Moab, Utah: R r d r r 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 Moab, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 974 contributions totaling $54,815 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 81 contributions totaling $23,153 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $286 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)