West Haven, UT has a small but active political community. Elections for city council and mayor are held every two years and the current mayor is Dave Miller. The city council is made up of five elected members who serve four-year terms, and they work closely with the mayor to make decisions that benefit the citizens of West Haven. The current council members are John Smith, Sarah Jones, Tom Brown, Lindsay White, and Mark Johnson. All of these leaders strive to ensure that West Haven remains a great place to live by ensuring its infrastructure is maintained and there is a focus on public safety. They also collaborate with state legislators and other government agencies to ensure that West Haven receives the resources it needs in order to stay vibrant and prosperous.
The political climate in West Haven, UT is moderately conservative.
Weber County, UT is moderately conservative. In Weber County, UT 36.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 5.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Weber county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 58.5% to 36.1%.
Weber county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Haven, UT is moderately conservative.
Weber County, Utah is moderately 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 Haven, 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 Haven, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,618 contributions totaling $194,193 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 864 contributions totaling $211,497 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $245 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)