Plain City, UT is an idyllic community located in the Wasatch foothills of Northern Utah. It has a strong sense of civic pride and engagement among its citizens. As such, its local politics are often a source of great interest to many residents. Elections for city council members are held every two years with local candidates vigorously campaigning to represent the interests of Plain City’s diverse population. Though the city council meetings typically don't draw large crowds, they are nonetheless an important reflection of how the citizens view their own form of government. The town's elected officials take their roles seriously and strive to enact policies that protect and improve the quality of life in Plain City.
The political climate in Plain City, UT is moderately 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
Plain City, UT is moderately 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.
Plain City, 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 Plain City, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 549 contributions totaling $23,397 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 254 contributions totaling $32,006 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)