Salt Lake City, UT is the capital of Utah and home to 84112 residents. Political influence in the city is heavily influenced by the state government as well as the local municipal representatives. The mayor of Salt Lake City is Erin Mendenhall, a Democrat who was elected in 2019. The city also has a seven-member city council that acts as an advisory board to the mayor. These members are responsible for creating policies and making decisions on various issues related to public safety, infrastructure, economic development and more. Additionally, Salt Lake City has two congressional districts which are represented by Democratic Senator Mitt Romney and Republican Representative Burgess Owens respectively. All of these representatives are dedicated to serving their constituents and working towards bettering their respective communities.
The political climate in Zip 84112 (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 84112 (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 84112 (Salt Lake City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 238 contributions totaling $21,632 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)