The small city of Santaquin, UT (zip code 84655) is located in Utah County and its politics are largely shaped by the values of the local community. The town has a strong focus on fiscal responsibility, so they rely heavily on limited taxation and carefully consider any new spending proposals. Residents enjoy a wide variety of services including police and fire protection, public works, parks and recreation, library services, and more. Leadership is provided by the Mayor and City Council who serve four-year terms; however, there are no plans to hold any elections for local political candidates. Santaquin remains focused on being an active member of the community while providing quality services to all residents.
The political climate in Zip 84655 (Santaquin, UT) is very conservative.
Utah County, UT is very conservative. In Utah County, UT 26.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 7.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Utah county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.7% to 26.3%.
Utah county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 84655 (Santaquin, UT) is very conservative.
Santaquin, Utah is very conservative.
Utah County, Utah is very conservative.
Provo-Orem Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Santaquin, Utah: R R R R R R
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 84655 (Santaquin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 35 contributions totaling $804 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $3,514 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)