Salt Lake City, UT has a population of approximately 200,818 people and is the capital and most populous city in the state of Utah. The city has a rich political history, with local politics being primarily dominated by the Democratic and Republican parties. In recent years, the city has seen a number of prominent local politicians come to prominence at both the state and federal levels. This includes Senators Mike Lee and Mitt Romney, as well as Representatives Ben McAdams, Chris Stewart and John Curtis. Furthermore, Salt Lake City is home to a number of locally elected officials at both the city and county level. These include Mayor Erin Mendenhall, County Mayor Jenny Wilson, City Council Members Erin Mendenhall, Amy Fowler and Chris Wharton as well as Salt Lake County Council Members Max Burdick, Aimee Winder Newton and Richard Snelgrove. All these individuals are dedicated to serving their constituents’ needs while advocating for policies that will benefit all Utahans.
The political climate in Zip 84180 (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 84180 (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 84180 (Salt Lake City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)