South Jordan, UT is a thriving city located just outside of Salt Lake City and is home to some of the best schools in the state. Politically, South Jordan leans conservative and traditionally votes Republican. Over the past few years, there has been an increase in political activism among South Jordan residents with many volunteers getting involved in local campaigns and projects. Some of the recent topics that have been discussed are gun control, health care reform and environmental issues. The community works together to ensure that their voices are heard when it comes to important local decisions. There are also several organizations that work to educate citizens on the importance of voting and attending political events. Residents can find out more about local elections by attending town hall meetings or visiting their local polling place on Election Day.
The political climate in South Jordan, UT is leaning conservative.
Salt Lake County, UT is somewhat liberal. In Salt Lake County, UT 53.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Salt Lake county remained strongly Democratic, 53.0% to 42.1%.
Salt Lake county voted Democratic in 2020, 2016 and 2008, and voted Republican in 2012, 2004 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
South Jordan, UT is leaning conservative.
Salt Lake County, Utah is somewhat liberal.
Salt Lake City Metro Area 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.
South Jordan, Utah: R R d R d 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 South Jordan, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,702 contributions totaling $177,556 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,533 contributions totaling $551,812 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $360 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)