West Jordan, UT is a city located in the Salt Lake County of Utah. It is governed by a mayor-council form of government, and the mayor is elected to a four year term. The current mayor of West Jordan is Kris Nicholl, who has served since 2013. The council members are also elected to serve four year terms. In addition to the mayor and council members, there are several other positions on the city government such as Director of Parks and Public Safety, City Attorney, Chief Financial Officer and others which are appointed by the Mayor. All of these individuals work together to create policies that will best benefit West Jordan citizens. The city engages in many activities that involve its politics such as public meetings for residents to voice their opinions on local issues and initiatives as well as open forums for discussions between community members and local officials. There are also various committees like the Planning Commission which makes recommendations regarding zoning issues in order to ensure community growth and development. Through these measures, West Jordan strives to be a safe and prosperous place for all its residents.
The political climate in West Jordan, UT is leaning liberal.
Salt Lake County, UT is somewhat liberal. In Salt Lake County, UT 53.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Salt Lake county remained strongly Democratic, 53.0% to 42.1%.
Salt Lake county voted Democratic in 2020, 2016 and 2008, and voted Republican in 2012, 2004 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Jordan, UT is leaning liberal.
Salt Lake County, Utah is somewhat liberal.
Salt Lake City Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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 Jordan, Utah: R R d R d D
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 Jordan, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,206 contributions totaling $301,188 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,697 contributions totaling $544,769 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $321 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)