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1892–2024
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Salt Lake City
presidential margin
2008R+29.22012R+48.52016R+20.32020R+22.32024R+23.7
full record · 1892 → 2024
R+23.7
2024
median income$95,309U.S. $80,734 · UT $95,166
median age32.5U.S. 39.1
poverty rate8.6%U.S. 12.5%
bachelor’s+ (25+)37.1%U.S. 35.6%
non-english15.6%U.S. 22.3%
race · ethnicity · ancestry
English27.9%
German10.2%
Irish6.2%
Mexican10.8%
Salvadoran0.5%
Spanish0.4%
Chinese0.4%
Filipino0.3%
Asian Indian0.3%
Navajo0.3%
Tongan0.3%
Samoan0.2%
African American†0.5%
religion
other traditions
Muslim0.7%
Other Christian0.5%
Mainline0.5%
Buddhist0.3%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents, unaffiliated is the unclaimed remainder.

Salt Lake City, Utah

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Salt Lake CityTrumpR+23.7
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2024 presidential margin by county for Salt Lake City, UTA map of the constituent counties of Salt Lake City, UT, each outlined and filled by its 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), seated within the faint outlines of the surrounding states.Wasatch County, UT · R+27.4Sevier County, UT · R+75.9Iron County, UT · R+57.0Morgan County, UT · R+59.9Davis County, UT · R+24.9Sweetwater County, WY · R+52.8Tooele County, UT · R+40.9Cache County, UT · R+34.4Bear Lake County, ID · R+77.1Rich County, UT · R+68.9Oneida County, ID · R+75.9Piute County, UT · R+78.9Millard County, UT · R+75.9Garfield County, UT · R+59.4Grand County, UT · D+9.5San Juan County, UT · R+16.3Beaver County, UT · R+74.3Box Elder County, UT · R+60.8Utah County, UT · R+39.8Elko County, NV · R+56.6Duchesne County, UT · R+75.9Lincoln County, WY · R+67.7Uinta County, WY · R+62.9Kane County, UT · R+47.7Emery County, UT · R+74.6Juab County, UT · R+75.7Sanpete County, UT · R+67.6Eureka County, NV · R+77.8Carbon County, UT · R+44.4Daggett County, UT · R+62.2Franklin County, ID · R+77.6White Pine County, NV · R+57.0Sublette County, WY · R+60.6Salt Lake County, UT · D+10.2Summit County, UT · D+14.8Uintah County, UT · R+73.6Washington County, UT · R+52.3Weber County, UT · R+23.5Wayne County, UT · R+51.9
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican60.4%949,416
Kamala HarrisDemocratic36.8%577,316
Chase OliverLibertarian2.8%44,106
D+60
R+60
39 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
County-level results (39 counties) — table
2024 presidential result by county for Salt Lake City, UT — winner and D-vs-R margin.
CountyWinnerMargin
Bear Lake County, IDRepublicanR+77.1
Beaver County, UTRepublicanR+74.3
Box Elder County, UTRepublicanR+60.8
Cache County, UTRepublicanR+34.4
Carbon County, UTRepublicanR+44.4
Daggett County, UTRepublicanR+62.2
Davis County, UTRepublicanR+24.9
Duchesne County, UTRepublicanR+75.9
Elko County, NVRepublicanR+56.6
Emery County, UTRepublicanR+74.6
Eureka County, NVRepublicanR+77.8
Franklin County, IDRepublicanR+77.6
Garfield County, UTRepublicanR+59.4
Grand County, UTDemocraticD+9.5
Iron County, UTRepublicanR+57.0
Juab County, UTRepublicanR+75.7
Kane County, UTRepublicanR+47.7
Lincoln County, WYRepublicanR+67.7
Millard County, UTRepublicanR+75.9
Morgan County, UTRepublicanR+59.9
Oneida County, IDRepublicanR+75.9
Piute County, UTRepublicanR+78.9
Rich County, UTRepublicanR+68.9
Salt Lake County, UTDemocraticD+10.2
San Juan County, UTRepublicanR+16.3
Sanpete County, UTRepublicanR+67.6
Sevier County, UTRepublicanR+75.9
Sublette County, WYRepublicanR+60.6
Summit County, UTDemocraticD+14.8
Sweetwater County, WYRepublicanR+52.8
Tooele County, UTRepublicanR+40.9
Uinta County, WYRepublicanR+62.9
Uintah County, UTRepublicanR+73.6
Utah County, UTRepublicanR+39.8
Wasatch County, UTRepublicanR+27.4
Washington County, UTRepublicanR+52.3
Wayne County, UTRepublicanR+51.9
Weber County, UTRepublicanR+23.5
White Pine County, NVRepublicanR+57.0
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
36.8%Harris577,316
60.4%Trump949,416
2.8%Oliver44,106
−23.7%
1,570,838
R
36.2%Biden574,864
58.6%Trump929,411
5.2%Jorgensen82,933
−22.3%
1,587,208
R
26.5%Clinton321,864
46.7%Trump568,359
26.8%McMullin326,055
−20.3%
1,216,278
R
24.4%Obama265,714
72.8%Romney794,059
2.8%Johnson30,525
−48.5%
1,090,298
R
33.9%Obama345,906
63.1%McCain644,274
3.0%Baldwin30,766
−29.2%
1,020,946
R
25.7%Kerry255,846
71.8%Bush713,681
2.4%Nader24,311
−46.1%
993,838
R
26.1%Gore216,964
67.3%Bush559,236
6.6%Nader55,224
−41.2%
831,424
R
33.3%Clinton240,360
54.0%Dole389,900
12.8%Perot92,166
−20.7%
722,426
R
25.0%Clinton199,561
43.1%Bush344,563
31.9%Perot255,206
−18.1%
799,330
R
32.3%Dukakis224,146
65.9%Bush457,813
1.8%Paul12,342
−33.7%
694,301
R
24.8%Mondale167,531
74.3%Reagan502,333
0.9%Bergland5,889
−49.5%
675,753
R
20.9%Carter135,585
72.4%Reagan468,430
6.7%Anderson43,262
−51.4%
647,277
R
34.2%Carter198,208
62.0%Ford359,704
3.8%Anderson22,104
−27.8%
580,016
R
26.7%McGovern137,119
67.6%Nixon347,543
5.8%Schmitz29,666
−40.9%
514,328
R
37.2%Humphrey169,757
56.2%Nixon256,269
6.6%Wallace30,234
−19.0%
456,260
D
55.1%Johnson240,677
44.9%Goldwater195,819
0.0%
+10.3%
436,496
R
45.8%Kennedy187,985
54.2%Nixon222,426
0.0%Byrd100
−8.4%
410,511
R
36.2%Stevenson133,649
63.8%Eisenhower235,890
0.0%
−27.7%
369,539
R
41.3%Stevenson151,957
58.7%Eisenhower215,679
0.0%Hallinan9
−17.3%
367,645
D
54.1%Truman167,376
44.8%Dewey138,502
1.2%Thurmond3,567
+9.3%
309,445
D
60.2%Roosevelt170,290
39.7%Dewey112,162
0.1%Thomas347
+20.6%
282,799
D
62.3%Roosevelt179,051
37.6%Willkie108,066
0.1%Thomas427
+24.7%
287,544
D
69.2%Roosevelt173,962
29.9%Landon75,253
0.8%Lemke2,075
+39.3%
251,290
D
56.9%Roosevelt136,119
40.8%Hoover97,682
2.3%Thomas5,498
+16.1%
239,299
R
45.6%Smith93,449
53.8%Hoover110,198
0.6%Thomas1,164
−8.2%
204,811
R
29.9%Davis54,407
48.9%Coolidge88,934
21.2%La Follette38,561
−19.0%
181,902
R
38.6%Cox64,800
56.4%Harding94,515
5.0%Debs8,399
−17.7%
167,714
D
58.6%Wilson97,808
37.9%Hughes63,263
3.5%Benson5,859
+20.7%
166,930
R
32.9%Wilson42,926
37.9%Taft49,501
29.2%Roosevelt38,097
−5.0%
130,524
R
39.0%Bryan49,165
56.1%Taft70,654
4.9%Debs6,195
−17.1%
126,014
R
32.5%Parker37,704
61.9%Roosevelt71,793
5.5%Debs6,407
−29.4%
115,904
R
48.2%Bryan51,367
50.8%McKinley54,055
1.0%Woolley1,072
−2.5%
106,494
D
81.7%Bryan71,147
18.3%McKinley15,905
0.1%Palmer74
+63.4%
87,126
O
1.0%Cleveland67
35.8%Harrison2,357
63.2%Weaver4,160
Weaver +27.4
6,584
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1892 to 2024. Most recent: −23.7% in 2024.flipped R · 1968−23.7%DR18922024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1892−34.8%
1896+63.4%
1900−2.5%
1904−29.4%
1908−17.1%
1912−5.0%
1916+20.7%
1920−17.7%
1924−19.0%
1928−8.2%
1932+16.1%
1936+39.3%
1940+24.7%
1944+20.6%
1948+9.3%
1952−17.3%
1956−27.7%
1960−8.4%
1964+10.3%
1968−19.0%
1972−40.9%
1976−27.8%
1980−51.4%
1984−49.5%
1988−33.7%
1992−18.1%
1996−20.7%
2000−41.2%
2004−46.1%
2008−29.2%
2012−48.5%
2016−20.3%
2020−22.3%
2024−23.7%
DemocraticRepublican

Salt Lake City's media market spans a heavily LDS Intermountain corridor where rapid population growth and an influx of out-of-state migrants have gradually compressed once-dominant Republican margins in key suburban counties.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 63.4 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 51.4 points in 1980. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 1.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 23.7 points.

A population of 3,574,682, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $95,309 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Idaho Falls-Pocatello (Jackson) and Boise.

Political twins — media markets

The media markets whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

Idaho Falls-Pocatello (Jackson)
Idaho
85.6twin score
2000–2012 trajectory≠ 12-yr trend
Boise
Idaho
76.2twin score
2000–2004 trajectoryelasticity% Black≠ 12-yr trend
Colorado Springs-Pueblo
Colorado
67.8twin score
college share2016 margin% Black≠ 12-yr trend

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 Salt Lake City, Utah vote in 2024?
In 2024, Salt Lake City, Utah voted Republican by 23.7 points (R+23.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,570,838 votes cast, 577,316 went Democratic and 949,416 went Republican.
When did Salt Lake City, Utah last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Salt Lake City, Utah voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Salt Lake City, Utah?
Salt Lake City, Utah has a population of 3,574,682 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Salt Lake City, Utah?
Median household income in Salt Lake City, Utah is $95,309 — above the national median of $80,734. The Utah state median is $95,166.
What is the political history of Salt Lake City, Utah?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Salt Lake City, Utah from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 25 went Republican.