Weber County, UT is a diverse county in the northern portion of Utah. It is home to many different types of businesses, as well as numerous cultural and recreational activities. Politically speaking, the county is generally considered to be divided between more conservative and liberal leaning candidates. This creates an interesting dynamic when electing county officials and representatives at all levels of government. The most recent election saw both sides come together to elect new leadership that could bridge both ideologies. This has enabled Weber County to be one of the most progressive counties in the state when it comes to public policy initiatives. Furthermore, the people of Weber County are also very involved in local politics and their voices are heard during every election cycle.
The political climate in Weber County, UT is moderately conservative.
In Weber County, UT 36.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 5.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Weber county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 58.5% to 36.1%.
Weber county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Weber County, UT is moderately 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.
Weber, 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 Weber County, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,508 contributions totaling $312,541 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,944 contributions totaling $434,916 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $224 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)