Santaquin, UT is a small city located in Utah County with a population of around 8,000 people. The city is relatively young and was founded by Latter-day Saint settlers in 1851. Santaquin has a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor being elected for four-year terms while the seven council members are all elected to two-year terms. The City Council is responsible for making decisions about the local budget, ordinances, land use regulations, and other important matters related to the city. Santaquin also has its own police force as well as volunteer fire protection from surrounding areas throughout Utah County. The local political landscape is largely shaped by Republican candidates that have long been supported by the majority Mormon population in Santaquin and throughout Utah County.
The political climate in Santaquin, UT is strongly conservative.
Utah County, UT is very conservative. In Utah County, UT 26.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 7.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Utah county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.7% to 26.3%.
Utah county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Santaquin, UT is strongly conservative.
Utah County, Utah is very conservative.
Provo-Orem Metro Area is very 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.
Santaquin, 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 Santaquin, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 246 contributions totaling $20,361 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 215 contributions totaling $67,353 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $313 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)