Salt Lake City, UT is home to the bustling 84101 zip code. This area of the city is an important center of political activity, with many state and national representatives making up its local government. On a local level, Salt Lake City is governed by a mayor-council system, with a mayor and five council members representing each district in the city. The city also has several representatives in the Utah State Legislature as well as two US Representatives in Congress. In addition to representing their constituents, these representatives work together to ensure that Salt Lake City's interests are well represented on both the state and federal levels. Additionally, Salt Lake City residents can get involved in politics by staying informed about current issues and voting during election seasons. By doing so, they are helping to shape the future of this great city!
The political climate in Zip 84101 (Salt Lake City, UT) is somewhat liberal.
Salt Lake County, UT is somewhat liberal. In Salt Lake County, UT 53.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Salt Lake county remained strongly Democratic, 53.0% to 42.1%.
Salt Lake county voted Democratic in 2020, 2016 and 2008, and voted Republican in 2012, 2004 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 84101 (Salt Lake City, UT) is somewhat liberal.
Salt Lake City, Utah is somewhat liberal.
Salt Lake County, Utah is somewhat liberal.
Salt Lake City Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Salt Lake City, 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 84101 (Salt Lake City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 583 contributions totaling $110,221 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $189 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 87 contributions totaling $51,889 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $596 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)