The town of Escalante, UT 84726 is a rural area in south western Utah. It has a small population of just over 800 people and is located in Garfield County. Despite its small size, the residents of Escalante are very active in local politics. They have recently elected a mayor to represent them at the city level and are involved in deciding other local matters such as zoning regulations and public safety initiatives. The people of Escalante also take an active role in supporting their community by participating in events such as the annual Fourth of July parade and participating charity drives that help to benefit those less fortunate. The citizens of Escalante take pride in their town and strive to make it a better place for everyone who lives there.
The political climate in Zip 84726 (Escalante, UT) is strongly conservative.
Garfield County, UT is very conservative. In Garfield County, UT 18.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Garfield county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.0% to 18.8%.
Garfield county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 84726 (Escalante, UT) is strongly conservative.
Escalante, Utah is strongly conservative.
Garfield County, Utah 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.
Escalante, 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 84726 (Escalante)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 106 contributions totaling $4,007 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $3,890 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $389 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)