The small city of St. George, UT (84790) is part of Washington County and is governed by the Washington County Board of Commissioners. It has a Mayor-Council form of government, with five City Council members being elected at large every four years. The current Mayor is Jon Pike, who was elected to this position in 2015. The City Council members are: Michele Randall, Joe Bowcutt, Ed Baca, Bette Arial and Jimmie Hughes. They work together with the Mayor to develop policies that serve the citizens of St. George and ensure their needs are met while adhering to local laws and regulations. St. George residents also have access to Washington County resources such as the Sheriff’s Office and Emergency Services departments, which seek to keep the community safe and secure. Additionally, there are various state representatives for St.George who can be contacted regarding policy matters on a larger scale in Utah state government.
The political climate in Zip 84790 (St. George, UT) is strongly conservative.
Washington County, UT is very conservative. In Washington County, UT 22.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.8% to 22.5%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 84790 (St. George, UT) is strongly conservative.
St. George, Utah is strongly conservative.
Washington County, Utah is very conservative.
St. George 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.
St. George, 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 84790 (St. George)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,908 contributions totaling $62,104 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 888 contributions totaling $138,696 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)