Hatch, UT is a small rural town located in south-western Utah. With a population of just over 600 people, it is the smallest incorporated city in the state. Despite its small size, Hatch has an active and engaged political climate. In recent years, many local initiatives have been proposed and hotly contested at the ballot box. Local elections have seen two main candidates running for mayor, both of whom are well known within the community and highly involved in local government affairs. The current mayor is Mark Johnson, who was first elected in 2018 on a platform of bringing more economic development to Hatch. During his tenure, he has worked to create greater employment opportunities and attract new businesses to the area. He also works with neighbouring townships to promote economic collaboration between them and Hatch. Other initiatives he has pursued include improving public safety measures and increasing access to recreational amenities in the town so that residents can better enjoy their environment.
The political climate in Zip 84735 (Hatch, UT) is very 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 84735 (Hatch, UT) is very conservative.
Hatch, Utah is very 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.
Hatch, 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 84735 (Hatch)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $250 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $225 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)