Salt Lake City, UT 84105 is the capital of Utah and a major center of politics in the state. The city's current mayor is Jackie Biskupski, who was elected in 2016 with over 80 percent of the popular vote. The city council, which serves as the legislative branch of government for Salt Lake City, consists of nine members who all serve four-year terms. Currently, eight of the nine council members are Democrats and one is an independent; together they set policy goals and pass legislation to benefit the residents of Salt Lake City. On the state level, representation for 84105 Salt Lake City comes from two senators and three representatives in the Utah State Legislature. Together they debate issues pertaining to state-wide policies on education, health care, transportation, and more. In addition to being politically active at both city and state levels, 84105 Salt Lake City also has a large number of non-profit organizations that focus on local issues such as poverty relief and environmental protection.
The political climate in Zip 84105 (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 84105 (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 84105 (Salt Lake City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,042 contributions totaling $484,156 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 213 contributions totaling $67,442 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $317 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)