The Heber, UT Metro Area is home to a diverse population of people from all walks of life who are united as part of the same community. Politically, residents in Heber come from both sides of the aisle and are typically engaged in local politics. Local elections often have high voter turnouts and feature candidates with strong ties to the community. The current mayor is Ron McBride, who was elected in 2018 and is running for re-election this year. Throughout his time in office, Mayor McBride has emphasized collaboration between local businesses, organizations, and citizens to ensure that Heber remains a vibrant community full of opportunity for everyone. Residents can look forward to an exciting political season as candidates continue to put their ideas forward for the betterment of their neighbors and constituents.
The political climate in Heber Metro Area is strongly conservative.
In Heber Metro Area 34.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Heber metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.7% to 34.8%.
The Heber metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Heber 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.
Heber, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Heber Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 553 contributions totaling $133,535 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $241 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 304 contributions totaling $84,122 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $277 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)