Carbon County, Utah is an area that has a strong sense of community and local political engagement. With the recent election, many residents are passionate about their local candidates and the issues that affect them. The county is home to several cities, including Price, Helper, Wellington, East Carbon, and Sunnyside. While there are no population statistics available for Carbon County as a whole, the individual towns have populations ranging in size from around 1,000 people to almost 8,000 people. The town of Price has the largest population with nearly 8,000 residents while some of the smaller towns like Helper only have around 1,000 residents. As this area is rural in nature there are few political offices and elections take place every two years or so. Voters take part by electing individuals to represent their respective districts in city council meetings as well as county-wide board meetings. In addition to local officials being elected by residents on a regular basis, many citizens also participate in civic activities such as rallies or marches in order to raise awareness about certain causes or issues. All of these activities serve to keep people engaged in the political process within their own towns and contribute to an overall sense of unity and community throughout Carbon County.
The political climate in 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
Carbon County, UT 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.
Carbon, 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 Carbon County, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $1,906 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 153 contributions totaling $20,754 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)