The city of Orem, UT is located in Utah County and is the fifth-largest city in the state. It has a strong history of conservative politics, reflected both in local governments and voter behavior. There have been several notable political figures to come from Orem, most recently Senator Mike Lee, who won his seat in 2010. The current mayor of Orem is Richard Brunst, who was elected in 2018. He represents a more moderate approach to politics that has earned him broad support from many residents. The majority of City Council members are also politically conservative; however, there are a few moderates among them as well. As Orem continues to grow and evolve politically, it will be interesting to see how its political makeup changes over time.
The political climate in Zip 84057 (Orem, UT) is strongly conservative.
Utah County, UT is very conservative. In Utah County, UT 26.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 7.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Utah county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.7% to 26.3%.
Utah county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 84057 (Orem, UT) is strongly conservative.
Orem, Utah is strongly conservative.
Utah County, Utah is very conservative.
Provo-Orem 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.
Orem, 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 84057 (Orem)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 402 contributions totaling $17,486 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 280 contributions totaling $59,223 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $212 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)