HarrisDemocratic56.5%14,612TrumpRepublican41.7%10,783OliverLibertarian0.9%233
D+14.8- Lead
- 3,829
- Total
- 25,876
- vs nation
- D+16.3
- Turnout
- 85.4%
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President margin by year
Place winner margin
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the county’s overall result across 1896–2024.
President results by year
2024 turnout 85.4% of 31,004 citizens 18+
BidenDemocratic58.0%15,244TrumpRepublican39.0%10,252JorgensenLibertarian1.4%367
D+19.0- Lead
- 4,992
- Total
- 26,289
- vs nation
- D+14.5
- Turnout
- 91.5%
ClintonDemocratic50.3%10,503TrumpRepublican35.1%7,333McMullinBetter For America8.6%1,786
D+15.2- Lead
- 3,170
- Total
- 20,885
- vs nation
- D+13.1
- Turnout
- 78.8%
ObamaDemocratic45.9%8,072RomneyRepublican50.5%8,884OtherAll other candidates3.6%641
R+4.6- Lead
- 812
- Total
- 17,597
- vs nation
- R+8.5
- Turnout
- —
ObamaDemocratic56.7%9,532McCainRepublican41.4%6,956OtherAll other candidates1.9%321
D+15.3- Lead
- 2,576
- Total
- 16,809
- vs nation
- D+8.1
- Turnout
- —
KerryDemocratic45.6%6,977BushRepublican51.8%7,936OtherAll other candidates2.6%399
R+6.3- Lead
- 959
- Total
- 15,312
- vs nation
- R+3.8
- Turnout
- —
GoreDemocratic38.0%4,601BushRepublican50.9%6,168NaderGreen9.5%1,156
R+12.9- Lead
- 1,567
- Total
- 12,121
- vs nation
- R+13.4
- Turnout
- —
ClintonDemocratic44.8%4,177DoleRepublican41.5%3,867PerotReform10.4%971
D+3.3- Lead
- 310
- Total
- 9,319
- vs nation
- R+5.2
- Turnout
- —
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+14.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,9702024 5-year
- Population density
- 23 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 1,871 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $138,1142024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 82.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 11.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+86.6 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+44.8 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Teton County, WY · twin score 93.4
Midterm durability
Total general-election participants divided by same-year citizen voting-age population. These are total ballots or participating voters—not presidential candidate votes.
- 2024 total turnout
- 85.4%26,482 participants ÷ 31,004 CVAP
- 2020→2022 drop-off
- +23.8 ptsPresidential-dependent
- Drop-off versus state
- -1.5 ptsPositive means a larger decline than the statewide pattern
- Mechanical 2026 scenario
- 61.6%–70.7%Recent-cycle and two-cycle persistence scenarios; not a forecast
| Election | Participants | CVAP | Turnout | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 · Presidential | 20,885 | 26,513 | 78.8% | C/A |
| 2018 · Midterm | 20,471 | 27,943 | 73.3% | A/A |
| 2020 · Presidential | 26,851 | 29,352 | 91.5% | A/A |
| 2022 · Midterm | 20,547 | 30,381 | 67.6% | A/A |
| 2024 · Presidential | 26,482 | 31,004 | 85.4% | A/A |
Sources and methods
- 2016: numerator source 159, denominator source 157; top ticket votes; canonical-complete-contest-floor-v1; allocation share 0.0%; series 148/111.
- 2018: numerator source 158, denominator source 157; total voters participating; eavs-f1a-v1:observed:native; allocation share 0.0%; series 297/138.
- 2020: numerator source 158, denominator source 157; total voters participating; eavs-f1a-v1:observed:native; allocation share 0.0%; series 301/2.
- 2022: numerator source 158, denominator source 157; total voters participating; eavs-f1a-v1:observed:native; allocation share 0.0%; series 306/183.
- 2024: numerator source 158, denominator source 157; total voters participating; eavs-f1a-v1:observed:native; allocation share 0.0%; series 311/228.
Precinct data
Results by precinct
59 precincts · 25,861 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -PARW7:3232 | 576 | 265 | 10 | 851 | 67.7% | 31.1% | D+36.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -DVN1:11 | 528 | 263 | 13 | 804 | 65.7% | 32.7% | D+33.0 |
| Precinct -PRM48:1010 | 432 | 342 | 9 | 783 | 55.2% | 43.7% | D+11.5 |
| Precinct -PKMN35:11 | 469 | 245 | 19 | 733 | 64.0% | 33.4% | D+30.6 |
| Precinct -HEE38:3232 | 514 | 171 | 13 | 698 | 73.6% | 24.5% | D+49.1 |
| Precinct -JERE37:3232 | 472 | 205 | 14 | 691 | 68.3% | 29.7% | D+38.6 |
| Precinct -RPL26:3232 | 484 | 185 | 18 | 687 | 70.5% | 26.9% | D+43.5 |
| Precinct -SUME30:3232 | 547 | 126 | 13 | 686 | 79.7% | 18.4% | D+61.4 |
| Precinct -JERW27:3232 | 397 | 253 | 14 | 664 | 59.8% | 38.1% | D+21.7 |
| Precinct -SLVR16:3232 | 474 | 171 | 7 | 652 | 72.7% | 26.2% | D+46.5 |
| Precinct -MHW40:3232 | 417 | 216 | 13 | 646 | 64.6% | 33.4% | D+31.1 |
| Precinct -FRAW28:1010 | 226 | 398 | 18 | 642 | 35.2% | 62.0% | R+26.8 |
| Precinct -HEW23:3232 | 415 | 194 | 12 | 621 | 66.8% | 31.2% | D+35.6 |
| Precinct -PINN39:3232 | 434 | 173 | 9 | 616 | 70.5% | 28.1% | D+42.4 |
| Precinct -QUAR6:11 | 428 | 180 | 8 | 616 | 69.5% | 29.2% | D+40.3 |
| Precinct -SML42:3232 | 411 | 179 | 7 | 597 | 68.8% | 30.0% | D+38.9 |
| Precinct -DVS31:11 | 395 | 183 | 3 | 581 | 68.0% | 31.5% | D+36.5 |
| Precinct -KAMN12:1010 | 230 | 331 | 15 | 576 | 39.9% | 57.5% | R+17.5 |
| Precinct -HOYT18:1010 | 120 | 416 | 16 | 552 | 21.7% | 75.4% | R+53.6 |
| Precinct -PKMS5:11 | 381 | 122 | 7 | 510 | 74.7% | 23.9% | D+50.8 |
| Precinct -LPNE9:1515 | 353 | 141 | 6 | 500 | 70.6% | 28.2% | D+42.4 |
| Precinct -SCRL44:3131 | 287 | 193 | 8 | 488 | 58.8% | 39.5% | D+19.3 |
| Precinct -SUMW10:3232 | 382 | 92 | 12 | 486 | 78.6% | 18.9% | D+59.7 |
| Precinct -OAKS14:2525 | 167 | 309 | 9 | 485 | 34.4% | 63.7% | R+29.3 |
| Precinct -WANE17:1010 | 174 | 299 | 10 | 483 | 36.0% | 61.9% | R+25.9 |
| Precinct -HEN25:11 | 69 | 398 | 7 | 474 | 14.6% | 84.0% | R+69.4 |
| Precinct -SSE13:2020 | 186 | 278 | 10 | 474 | 39.2% | 58.6% | R+19.4 |
| Precinct -KAMS12:2525 | 161 | 297 | 13 | 471 | 34.2% | 63.1% | R+28.9 |
| Precinct -LPNW9:33 | 326 | 135 | 9 | 470 | 69.4% | 28.7% | D+40.6 |
| Precinct -BTNN34:2525 | 252 | 183 | 8 | 443 | 56.9% | 41.3% | D+15.6 |
| Precinct -THAY4:11 | 294 | 123 | 13 | 430 | 68.4% | 28.6% | D+39.8 |
| Precinct -CLN19:1010 | 114 | 296 | 10 | 420 | 27.1% | 70.5% | R+43.3 |
| Precinct -OAKN14:1010 | 126 | 256 | 4 | 386 | 32.6% | 66.3% | R+33.7 |
| Precinct -SIDE33:11 | 288 | 79 | 5 | 372 | 77.4% | 21.2% | D+56.2 |
| Precinct -FRAE28:2525 | 85 | 277 | 6 | 368 | 23.1% | 75.3% | R+52.2 |
| Precinct -BTNS34:1010 | 253 | 100 | 3 | 356 | 71.1% | 28.1% | D+43.0 |
| Precinct -SSS11:2020 | 106 | 241 | 7 | 354 | 29.9% | 68.1% | R+38.1 |
| Precinct -CLS19:2525 | 58 | 281 | 10 | 349 | 16.6% | 80.5% | R+63.9 |
| Precinct -OLDN32:11 | 250 | 93 | 5 | 348 | 71.8% | 26.7% | D+45.1 |
| Precinct -SSW22:2020 | 91 | 248 | 9 | 348 | 26.1% | 71.3% | R+45.1 |
| Precinct -WNW17:22 | 223 | 111 | 13 | 347 | 64.3% | 32.0% | D+32.3 |
| Precinct -WAGN29:3232 | 245 | 89 | 5 | 339 | 72.3% | 26.3% | D+46.0 |
| Precinct -UPIN41:3232 | 206 | 126 | 5 | 337 | 61.1% | 37.4% | D+23.7 |
| Precinct -PROS3:11 | 225 | 104 | 7 | 336 | 67.0% | 31.0% | D+36.0 |
| Precinct -SCRU8:3131 | 190 | 139 | 5 | 334 | 56.9% | 41.6% | D+15.3 |
| Precinct -PARS7:2525 | 170 | 107 | 8 | 285 | 59.6% | 37.5% | D+22.1 |
| Precinct -CCRK20:1010 | 53 | 227 | 4 | 284 | 18.7% | 79.9% | R+61.3 |
| Precinct -WEBC21:2020 | 113 | 149 | 6 | 268 | 42.2% | 55.6% | R+13.4 |
| Precinct -RANS36:3232 | 163 | 81 | 3 | 247 | 66.0% | 32.8% | D+33.2 |
| Precinct -PRG45:3232 | 102 | 130 | 1 | 233 | 43.8% | 55.8% | R+12.0 |
| Precinct -KCYN43:3232 | 127 | 76 | 5 | 208 | 61.1% | 36.5% | D+24.5 |
| Precinct -PEOA15:2020 | 60 | 141 | 3 | 204 | 29.4% | 69.1% | R+39.7 |
| Precinct -NSN24:1010 | 24 | 171 | 3 | 198 | 12.1% | 86.4% | R+74.2 |
| Precinct -OLDS2:11 | 146 | 35 | 5 | 186 | 78.5% | 18.8% | D+59.7 |
| Precinct -MTRS55:2525 | 111 | 72 | 2 | 185 | 60.0% | 38.9% | D+21.1 |
| Precinct -ROCP54:1010 | 42 | 46 | 0 | 88 | 47.7% | 52.3% | R+4.5 |
| Precinct -PEW51:1010 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 31 | 41.9% | 54.8% | R+12.9 |
| Precinct -SCRU8:NS5NS5 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 25 | 60.0% | 40.0% | D+20.0 |
| Precinct -PRM48:N5AN5A | 4 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 26.7% | 73.3% | R+46.7 |
presidential history
Party record book
Summit County, UT · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1896–2024 · 33 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
William J. Bryan1896
93.3%
3,402 votes · D+86.6
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 61.9%
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
71.8%
4,093 votes · R+44.8
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 69.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
15,244votes
58.0% of the vote · D+19.0
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 14,612 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
10,783votes
41.7% of the vote · D+14.8
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 10,252 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
William J. Bryan1896
+92.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+86.6 · U.S. R+6.1
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · +16.3 pts
Republican
Ronald Reagan1980
+32.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+42.1 · U.S. R+9.7
Runner-up · William H. Taft, 1912 · +30.0 pts
U.S. House elections · 2 House
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row shows U.S. House votes counted inside this Place. “Vote lead” is the local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D | 52.8%12,952 | 47.2%11,586 | 24,538 |
| 2020 | D | 55.4%13,546 | 44.6%10,893 | 24,439 |
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+13.0
Presidential vote · 2024D+14.8
Summit County, UT registers Republican but votes Democratic — a 28-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
29,368 registered voters · 2026
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−445 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +725 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $272,166 in average income, against $325,105 for residents who stayed — 16% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean D+5.4 on average — 9.4 points more Republican-leaning than Summit County, UT itself (D+14.8).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Salt Lake County, UT375D+10.2
- Wasatch County, UT174R+27.4
- Los Angeles County, CA66D+32.9
- Utah County, UT57R+39.8
- Orange County, CA39D+2.7
- Davis County, UT35R+24.9
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Salt Lake County, UT514
- Wasatch County, UT258
- Utah County, UT74
- Washington County, UT48
- Davis County, UT32
- Los Angeles County, CA31
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | +540 |
| 2012 | +106 |
| 2013 | +240 |
| 2014 | +312 |
| 2015 | +127 |
| 2016 | +441 |
| 2017 | +360 |
| 2018 | +119 |
| 2019 | −133 |
| 2021 | +448 |
| 2022 | −432 |
| 2023 | −629 |
| 2024 | −329 |
| 2025 | −445 |
Summit County, anchored by Park City's resort economy and a high share of college-educated transplants, has posted double-digit Democratic margins in recent presidential cycles — a consistent outlier in one of the country's most reliably Republican states.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 86.6 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 44.8 points in 1984. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 4.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 14.8 points.
A population of 42,970, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $138,114 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Teton County and Los Alamos County.
Political twins — counties
The counties whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Teton County
Wyoming
93.4twin score
12-yr trendcollege sharemedian income≠ elasticity
Los Alamos County
New Mexico
90.7twin score
median income12-yr trendcollege share≠ elasticity
Broomfield County
Colorado
89.0twin score
12-yr trendcollege sharemedian income≠ % Asian
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Summit County, Utah vote in 2024?
In 2024, Summit County, Utah voted Democratic by 14.8 points (D+14.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 25,876 votes cast, 14,612 went Democratic and 10,783 went Republican.
When did Summit County, Utah last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Summit County, Utah voted Republican was 2012.
How many people live in Summit County, Utah?
Summit County, Utah has a population of 42,970 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Summit County, Utah?
Median household income in Summit County, Utah is $138,114 — above the national median of $80,734. The Utah state median is $95,166.
What is the political history of Summit County, Utah?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Summit County, Utah from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 20 went Republican.