Sanpete County, Utah is located in the central region of the state and is home to a population of approximately 28,000 people. The county has a local government consisting of elected officials who serve on the board of commissioners. These representatives are responsible for making decisions about county-level budgets, taxes, land use laws, and more. The county also has representatives in the Utah House of Representatives and Senate who advocate for Sanpete County on a larger scale. Additionally, local elections are held every two years and voters elect mayors, city council members and other local officials into office. Through these elected representatives, citizens are able to have their voices heard and influence decisions made at all levels of government.
The political climate in Sanpete County, UT is very conservative.
In Sanpete County, UT 14.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sanpete county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.2% to 14.1%.
Sanpete county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sanpete County, UT is very conservative.
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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.
Sanpete, 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 Sanpete County, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 135 contributions totaling $6,609 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 201 contributions totaling $22,471 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)