Layton is an affluent city located in Utah’s Davis County. It's located about 25 miles north of Salt Lake City and has a population of around 70,000 people. The city is governed by a mayor-council form of government led by Mayor Kris Nichols who was elected in 2017. Layton also has a five-member city council that serves as the legislative body of the city and works with the mayor to pass ordinances and set local policies. The current council members are Larry Dennison, Mike Bouwhuis, Robert Johnson, Kaye Dalin, and Jeff Stettler. Layton’s politics are focused on improving the quality of life for residents through promoting economic growth and development while maintaining its unique identity. The city strives to provide its citizens with top-notch services such as public safety, parks and recreation, libraries and other amenities that benefit all residents. Additionally, Layton is committed to preserving natural resources while building strong relationships with local businesses to ensure continued economic growth and prosperity.
The political climate in Zip 84040 (Layton, UT) is moderately conservative.
Davis County, UT is strongly conservative. In Davis County, UT 33.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 6.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Davis county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.0% to 33.1%.
Davis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 84040 (Layton, UT) is moderately conservative.
Layton, Utah is moderately conservative.
Davis County, Utah is strongly 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.
Layton, 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 84040 (Layton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 582 contributions totaling $37,405 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 241 contributions totaling $36,674 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)