Salt Lake City, UT is located in Salt Lake County and is the state capital of Utah. The city of Salt Lake City has a strong local government and political system dedicated to serving the community. The Mayor of Salt Lake City is currently Jackie Biskupski, who was first elected in 2016. Salt Lake City has 7 city council members who are elected from each of the seven districts within the city. These council members pass legislation that affects all residents living within the city limits. Additionally, there are several local political candidates running in 84111 this year for various positions, including mayor and district council members. All candidates have their own goals and visions for making positive change in our community, and it is important for residents to be informed about their options when voting on election day.
The political climate in Zip 84111 (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 84111 (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 84111 (Salt Lake City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,870 contributions totaling $467,596 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 124 contributions totaling $156,295 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,260 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)