84055 Oakley, UT is a small city located in the southeastern part of the state. The population of Oakley is relatively small with just over 1,400 people living in the area. Despite its size, politics are still important to residents of Oakley. There are several prominent local political figures in the community who work hard to represent the interests of their constituents. One such figure is Mayor Abigail Martinez, who has held office since 2011 and works to ensure that the city’s needs are addressed and its citizens’ rights are protected. Additionally, there are a number of other local politicians in Oakley who have served as council members, school board members, and various other positions within the local government. They work diligently to ensure that all voices are heard in order to make sure that decisions benefit everyone in their community and help create a better future for them all.
The political climate in Zip 84055 (Oakley, UT) is leaning liberal.
Summit County, UT is moderately liberal. In Summit County, UT 58.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Summit county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.0% to 39.0%.
Summit county voted Democratic in 2020, 2016 and 2008, and voted Republican in 2012, 2004 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 84055 (Oakley, UT) is leaning liberal.
Oakley, Utah is leaning liberal.
Summit County, Utah is moderately liberal.
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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.
Oakley, Utah: R r D r D D
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 84055 (Oakley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 41 contributions totaling $5,638 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $3,150 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $788 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)