- Lead
- 2,550
- Total
- 20,547
- vs nation
- R+10.9
Utah 8th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,160
- Total
- 20,224
- vs nation
- R+15.1
- Lead
- 1,649
- Total
- 15,853
- vs nation
- R+12.5
- Lead
- 4,763
- Total
- 14,027
- vs nation
- R+37.8
- Lead
- 1,965
- Total
- 14,066
- vs nation
- R+21.2
- Lead
- 4,171
- Total
- 13,377
- vs nation
- R+28.7
- Lead
- 2,138
- Total
- 11,711
- vs nation
- R+18.8
- Lead
- 257
- Total
- 10,686
- vs nation
- R+6.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+12.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,7562024 5-year
- Population density
- 114 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 375 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $87,4092024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 74.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 19.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+73.4 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+34.0 in 2012MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 10, UT · twin score 96.1
presidential history
Party record book
Utah 8th State House District · 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
86.7%
1,504 votes · D+73.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 82.2%
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
65.7%
9,216 votes · R+34.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 64.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
8,540votes
42.2% of the vote · R+10.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 8,447 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
10,997votes
53.5% of the vote · R+12.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 10,700 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
+79.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+73.4 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · +40.6 pts
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
+37.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+34.0 · U.S. D+3.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · +28.7 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 32.0%5,243 | 68.0%11,145 | 16,388 |
Utah 8th State House District sits in the Mountain West. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 73.4 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 34.0 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 12.4 points.
A population of 42,756, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $87,409 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 10 and State House District 9.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
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.
District research tools
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