The politics of Sunset, UT are deeply rooted in its community values. The city is home to a variety of individuals and organizations that strive to make the city a better place while also working together on various projects to improve the area. Residents take an active role in shaping the political landscape of the region by advocating for issues that affect them such as taxes, economic development, and social justice initiatives. Additionally, local representatives take part in decision-making at the state level, ensuring their constituents’ voices are heard. While there may not be any specific names of local politicians listed above, it is clear that the people of Sunset are actively engaged in the political discourse of their community.
The political climate in Sunset, UT is somewhat conservative.
Davis County, UT is strongly conservative. In Davis County, UT 33.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 6.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Davis county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.0% to 33.1%.
Davis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sunset, UT is somewhat conservative.
Davis County, Utah is strongly 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.
Sunset, 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 Sunset, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 862 contributions totaling $24,051 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 229 contributions totaling $20,451 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)