Sevier County, Utah is a small rural county located in Central Utah. The county seat is Richfield and the population of the entire county is estimated to be about 20,000 people. Although small in size, Sevier County has an active political environment with many local candidates vying for elected office each election cycle. With several local races to participate in such as county commissioners, mayor of Richfield, and other offices, residents have the opportunity to be involved in their local government and express their views on important issues. The Republican Party has long had a stronghold on the politics of the county but recent years have seen a growth in support for Democratic candidates with some races now being contested by both parties. With elections often coming down to fairly close margins, Sevier County residents can make real differences at the ballot box when it comes time to vote.
The political climate in Sevier County, UT is very conservative.
In Sevier County, UT 10.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 87.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sevier county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 87.3% to 10.5%.
Sevier county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sevier 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.
Sevier, 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 Sevier County, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22 contributions totaling $710 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 159 contributions totaling $15,058 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)