West Bountiful, UT is a small city located in the Davis County of Utah. It is known for its friendly neighborhoods and quaint downtown area. While West Bountiful has its own city council, it is part of the larger Davis County political system. Local politics in West Bountiful are mainly concerned with day-to-day issues such as road maintenance, zoning regulations, public safety, and recreation. Recently, the city council has been focusing on financial issues such as budgeting and taxation. The council members are elected by local residents and work to represent their interests in the county government. West Bountiful also works closely with neighboring cities to create an effective regional government that benefits all of them.
The political climate in West Bountiful, UT is moderately 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
West Bountiful, UT is moderately 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.
West Bountiful, 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 Bountiful, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,773 contributions totaling $188,087 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 948 contributions totaling $449,382 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $474 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)