Wellsville, UT is a small rural town located in northern Utah. It is known for its tight-knit community and friendly atmosphere. Although the town is quite small, politics are still important to the citizens of Wellsville. The local government consists of a city council which oversees the daily operations and decision-making for the town. Every two years, citizens of Wellsville go to the polls to elect the mayor and four city council members who represent their interests in local matters. These elected officials work together to make decisions that affect everyone in Wellsville, from taxes to public services and infrastructure improvements. There is also an active community presence when it comes to political issues, as many residents take part in public forums and meetings related to local politics. In this way, Wellsville remains an engaged and informed community that takes its civic responsibilities seriously.
The political climate in Wellsville, UT is very conservative.
Cache County, UT is very conservative. In Cache County, UT 28.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 6.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cache county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.2% to 28.5%.
Cache county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wellsville, UT is very conservative.
Cache County, Utah is very conservative.
Logan 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.
Wellsville, 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 Wellsville, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,041 contributions totaling $89,693 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 291 contributions totaling $65,444 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)