The city of Price, UT is located in the heart of Carbon County and serves as a hub for the region’s economy. The city is led by a mayor and four-member City Council, all of whom are elected by local residents every two years. The current mayor, Joe Piccolo, was first elected to the office in 2008 and has been reelected twice. Along with Mayor Piccolo, the other members of the council are Tyler Dastrup, Joseph P. Bellamy, Richard H. Ferreira Jr., and Sean D. Smith. The city government focuses on providing essential services such as public safety, water supply and sewer maintenance, economic development initiatives, parks and recreation programs, community events, and more. Price also works closely with Carbon County to ensure that all areas have access to vital resources like healthcare, education opportunities and job creation programs. Additionally, Price has a robust Chamber of Commerce dedicated to promoting business growth within the city limits while encouraging a sense of community for its citizens through events such as art festivals and annual parades.
The political climate in Zip 84501 (Price, UT) is strongly conservative.
Carbon County, UT is very conservative. In Carbon County, UT 25.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carbon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.4% to 25.5%.
Carbon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 84501 (Price, UT) is strongly conservative.
Price, Utah is strongly conservative.
Carbon County, Utah is very conservative.
Price 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.
Price, 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 84501 (Price)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $1,435 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 110 contributions totaling $13,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)