The small town of Panguitch, UT in Garfield County is the picture of rural American life. With a population of just 1,520 people, this small community has all the charm of an old-fashioned western town. Despite its small size, Panguitch is an important part of Utah's political landscape and has been for many years. The people of Panguitch are served by a number of local and state representatives who represent their interests in government and in their community. Local elections feature candidates from both major parties vying to serve as mayor or city council member to ensure that the community’s needs and desires are represented at all levels. Through its active civic participation, Panguitch continues to be an important part of Utah's politics today.
The political climate in Zip 84759 (Panguitch, 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 84759 (Panguitch, UT) is strongly conservative.
Panguitch, 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.
Panguitch, 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 84759 (Panguitch)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $90 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27 contributions totaling $1,076 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)