Brigham City, located in Utah’s Box Elder County, is a small town with a population of around 18,000. It has been historically known for its strong focus on its community and its religious background. Brigham City’s politics are no different. The main political parties in the area are the Republicans and the Democrats, who both have their own local candidates running for office. Political views in the city range from Conservative to Liberal on a wide variety of issues including education, taxes, and healthcare. The city council is made up of seven members with five elected at-large and two chosen from within the ward system. Each year they make decisions that affect the lives of people living in Brigham City such as setting tax rates, approving budgets, changing zoning laws, and addressing other issues that arise within the community. In addition to this local governance structure, there are also state representatives who represent Brigham City on Utah’s legislature. At the national level, there is one Congressional representative that represents both Box Elder county and Davis county. Through these various forms of representation it is clear that politics play an important role in Brigham City’s life.
The political climate in Zip 84302 (Brigham City, UT) is strongly conservative.
Box Elder County, UT is very conservative. In Box Elder County, UT 16.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Box Elder county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.9% to 16.4%.
Box Elder county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 84302 (Brigham City, UT) is strongly conservative.
Brigham City, Utah is strongly conservative.
Box Elder County, Utah is very 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.
Brigham City, 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 zip 84302 (Brigham City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 135 contributions totaling $5,279 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 140 contributions totaling $19,451 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)