West Wood, UT is a small town with a population of just over 5,000 people. Despite its size, politics in West Wood are still important. The city council is responsible for making decisions about the local government and services offered to its citizens. Each election cycle, local candidates run for mayor and city council seats in hopes of impacting their community’s future. Candidates typically focus on issues such as education, public safety, economic development and infrastructure when creating their platforms. During election season, debates between candidates often take place to allow the local community to learn more about their potential leaders. Ultimately, it is up to each citizen to decide who they think will best represent them and their interests at the local level.
The political climate in West Wood, 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
West Wood, 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.
West Wood, 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 West Wood, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $1,435 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 110 contributions totaling $13,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)