Scofield, UT is a small town with a population of just over 3,000 people. The politics in Scofield are largely conservative and the local government is run by an elected mayor and five members of the City Council. Each member of the City Council is responsible for different departments such as public safety, finance, public works, parks and recreation, etc. The local community is actively involved in local politics through attending city council meetings and engaging with their representatives. Community members are also encouraged to run for office in the local elections which take place every two years. Local political candidates vary from year to year but have always been committed to improving the lives of those living in Scofield.
The political climate in Scofield, UT is strongly conservative.
Carbon County, UT is very conservative. In Carbon County, UT 25.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carbon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.4% to 25.5%.
Carbon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Scofield, UT is strongly conservative.
Carbon County, Utah is very conservative.
Price 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.
Scofield, 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 Scofield, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $296 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $1,869 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)