Stockton, Utah is a small town located in the Tooele county of the state of Utah. Politically, the town of Stockton is part of the larger government systems of Tooele County and the state of Utah. The local government in Stockton is managed by a five-member Town Council, which serves as both the legislative and executive branches of government. In addition to the Town Council, there are various other boards and commissions that help carry out various functions for the community. The political climate in Stockton reflects much of what is seen statewide: conservative values and a commitment to keeping taxes low while maintaining essential services. The main political issues facing Stockton include economic development, public safety, infrastructure improvements, and education reform. As part of Tooele County, all residents in Stockton are eligible to cast their ballots in local elections during each election cycle.
The political climate in Stockton, UT is strongly conservative.
Tooele County, UT is very conservative. In Tooele County, UT 28.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 5.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tooele county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.7% to 28.4%.
Tooele county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stockton, UT is strongly conservative.
Tooele County, Utah is very conservative.
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.
Stockton, 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 Stockton, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $920 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)