The Ogden-Clearfield area of Utah is a thriving and diverse region. It is home to many different political perspectives, as evidenced by the county's voter registration split between Democrats, Republicans, and Independent voters. This diversity makes for an interesting political climate in the region. At the local level, politicians from all three major parties hold seats in the state legislature and county council. These representatives come together to ensure that the needs of their constituents are met and that decisions are made in a way that works for everyone in the Ogden-Clearfield metro area. Issues important to the people of this region include economic development, education reform, transportation infrastructure, and environmental protection. Through close collaboration with citizens and stakeholders throughout the region, local politicians are able to continuously work towards creating a better future for Ogden-Clearfield's residents.
The political climate in Ogden-Clearfield Metro Area is strongly conservative.
In Ogden-Clearfield Metro Area 32.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 6.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Ogden-Clearfield metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.4% to 32.6%.
The Ogden-Clearfield metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ogden-Clearfield Metro Area is strongly 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.
Ogden-Clearfield, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Ogden-Clearfield Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,463 contributions totaling $713,124 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,831 contributions totaling $1,755,640 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $363 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)