UTAH | 6 Electoral Votes |
Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, State of Utah Elections Division)
Utah has: 29 counties. Largest counties (100,000+): Salt Lake, Utah, Davis, Weber, Washington, Cache. Largest cities (100,000+: Salt Lake City, West Valley City, Provo, West Jordan. Government
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Voting Eligible
Population*: 1,995,987. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 56.7%. Voter registration deadline: by mail Oct. 11, 2016 in-person and on-line Nov. 1, 2016. Early voting: Oct. 25-Nov. 4, 2016. |
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Overview: Utah has been a solidly
Republican state and has not gone Democratic since LBJ ran in
1964. However, Donald Trump was not
popular in this conservative state, and an interesting four-way race
developed. On Aug.
23 the Clinton campaign opened a field office in Salt Lake City, and in
the latter part of October it added paid staffers.1
Independent
candidate
Evan
McMullin
had
his
national headquarters in Salt
Lake City and made Utah the central focus of his campaign.
Libertarian nominee former Gov.
Gary Johnson also had his national headquarters here. Neither of the Democratic candidates visited. Mike Pence did events in Salt Lake City on Sept. 1 and a rally in Salt Lake City on Oct. 26. Donald Trump Jr. did a fundraiser in Salt Lake City on Sept. 21. Johnson and Weld rallied at University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Aug. 6, and Johnson rallied at American International School of Utah in Murray on the evening of Nov. 1. McMullin visits started with his launch event on Aug. 10 in Salt Lake City and continued to a Nov. 5 town hall at Dixie Convention Center in St. George, an election eve (Nov. 7) rally with Mindy Finn at the Utah Valley Convention Center in Provo, and his Election Night party in Salt Lake City. Trump obtained less than half of the vote but prevailed by a margin of 204,555 votes (18.08 percentage points) over Clinton. Clinton's 27.46% was her third worst showing after Wyoming and West Virginia; the best showing by any statewide Democratic candidate in Utah was just 31.7% 1. See McKay Coppins. "The Clinton Campaign Is Making A Play For Utah," Buzzfeed, Oct. 21, 2016. Clinton | Trump | McMullin BALLOT [PDF] |
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Democrats 37 Delegates: 22 District, 7 At-Large, 4 PLEO, 4 Unpledged. details |
Republicans 40 Delegates: 3 RNC; 25 at-large; 12 by CD (3 x 4 CDs). |
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1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 |
Bush* 43.36% |
Dole 54.37% |
Bush 66.83% |
Bush 71.54% |
McCain 62.58% |
Romney 72.79% |
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Voting Eligible
Population*:
1,835,666. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 55.4%. Voter registration deadline: by mail Oct. 9, 2012; in-person and on-line Oct. 22, 2012 (15 days before the election). Early voting: Oct. 23-Nov. 2, 2012. |
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2012
Overview Strongly conservative Utah, headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church), threw solid support behind Mitt Romney, providing him with a plurality of 488,787 votes (48.04 percentage points--his widest percentage margin of any state). Romney also gained a boost from Utah volunteers mobilized to help in battleground states, particularly Nevada, and from $9.2 million in contributions (FEC). There were a few visits: Romney (June 8; major donor retreat June 22-24; Sept. 18), Ryan (Sept. 5) and Biden (July 10-11). Utah is also the base of Justice Party presidential candidate Rocky Anderson, the former mayor of Salt Lake City, and the headquarters of former Gov. Gary Johnson's campaign. Obama | Romney BALLOT [PDF] |
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Voting Eligible Population*: 1,787,350. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 53.3%. Early Voting: Oct. 21 through Oct. 31, 2008. |
Number Voting: 971,185 |
2008
Overview McCain-Palin won Utah by a solid plurality of 268,360 votes (28.17 percentage points). McCain carried 26 counties. In Salt Lake County, Obama edged McCain by 176,988 votes to 176,692; Obama also carried Summit and Grand Counties. None of the major party candidates visited in the Fall. Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin achieved his highest percentage of any state at 1.26%. Obama/Allies | McCain/Allies | Nader |
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Voting Eligible Population*: 1,574,463. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 58.9%. |
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2004
Overview As expected Bush-Cheney easily carried Utah amassing a plurality of 422,543 votes (45.54 percentage points) and carrying all 29 counties. General Election Details |
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Voting Eligible Population*: 1,431,668. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 53.8%. |
Number Voting: 784,582 |
2000
Overview Solidly Republican Utah went solidly for Bush-Cheney, producing a plurality of 312,043 votes (40.49 percentage points). Bush carried all 29 counties. Democrats did, however, pick up a House seat in the 2nd district. |
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Number Voting: 779,988 |
1996
Number Voting: 691,016 |
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