East Carbon, UT is located in the southeastern part of the state and offers a small-town atmosphere with a population of about 2,500 people. The city has its own mayor and city council, along with representatives in both the Utah State House and Senate who help represent local citizens. Political issues that are important to East Carbon residents include education funding, water rights, and economic development initiatives. Local elections involve voter outreach and involvement from candidates running for office. Citizens of East Carbon have the opportunity to participate in a variety of ways such as volunteering at polling locations or attending candidate forums. It is through the participation of its citizens that East Carbon can continue to grow in a positive direction.
The political climate in Zip 84520 (East Carbon, UT) is strongly conservative.
Carbon County, UT is very conservative. In Carbon County, UT 25.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carbon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.4% to 25.5%.
Carbon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 84520 (East Carbon, UT) is strongly conservative.
East Carbon, Utah is strongly conservative.
Carbon County, Utah is very conservative.
Price Metro Area is very 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.
East Carbon, 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 84520 (East Carbon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $5,040 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $560 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)