Box Elder County in Utah is an interesting political area. The county is primarily conservative, with Republicans having a strong hold over the local level politics. In recent years, the Tea Party has grown in popularity and influence in Box Elder County, leading to more emphasis on fiscal conservative views and smaller government. This has led to some heated debates among residents on both sides of the aisle. Despite this tension, Box Elder County remains a vibrant area with many people engaging in the political process and taking part in local elections. Candidates from all political parties have been elected to office here including Republicans, Democrats, and several third party candidates. There are plenty of opportunities for local residents to get involved in politics by volunteering or running for office themselves.
The political climate in Box Elder County, UT is very conservative.
In Box Elder County, UT 16.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Box Elder county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.9% to 16.4%.
Box Elder county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Box Elder County, UT is very 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.
Box Elder, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Box Elder County, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 241 contributions totaling $11,280 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 278 contributions totaling $469,204 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,688 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)