Ogden, UT is a vibrant city that offers its citizens a wide range of political opportunities. Ogden has a long history of local politics, with the election of its first mayor in 1851. The city council consists of seven members who are elected every four years and is responsible for making decisions regarding the city's budget, zoning regulations and other important matters. Additionally, Ogden features several local political parties including the Democratic Party, Republican Party, Libertarian Party and Green Party. Every four years, voters in Ogden have the opportunity to choose from a variety of candidates who represent various stances on issues like taxation and social policies. In terms of national politics, Ogden is part of Utah's 2nd Congressional District which is currently represented by Republican Representative Chris Stewart. Overall, Ogden offers residents an array of options when it comes to getting involved in local and national politics.
The political climate in Ogden, UT is somewhat conservative.
Weber County, UT is moderately conservative. In Weber County, UT 36.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 5.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Weber county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 58.5% to 36.1%.
Weber county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ogden, UT is somewhat conservative.
Weber County, Utah is moderately conservative.
Ogden-Clearfield 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.
Ogden, 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 Ogden, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,958 contributions totaling $517,931 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,511 contributions totaling $596,892 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $238 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)