Kamas, UT is located in Summit County and is home to a population of around 2,100 people. It has a strong sense of community that can be seen in the local politics. There are many ways for citizens to get involved in their local government including attending city council meetings and voting in local elections. The current mayor of Kamas is Lynn Boughton, who was elected in 2017 and has held office since then. Elections are held every two years and the mayor position is up for election again this year. The council members represent each ward of the city as well as at-large seats for individuals living outside any ward boundary. All candidates must be registered voters living within the city limits and have been a resident of the city for more than one year prior to election day. Local politics play an important role in Kamas, UT and residents take pride in their community by getting involved with their local government through voting and civic engagement.
The political climate in Zip 84036 (Kamas, UT) is leaning liberal.
Summit County, UT is moderately liberal. In Summit County, UT 58.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Summit county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.0% to 39.0%.
Summit county voted Democratic in 2020, 2016 and 2008, and voted Republican in 2012, 2004 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 84036 (Kamas, UT) is leaning liberal.
Kamas, Utah is leaning liberal.
Summit County, Utah is moderately liberal.
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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.
Kamas, 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 84036 (Kamas)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 299 contributions totaling $31,522 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 73 contributions totaling $22,145 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $303 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)