- Lead
- 12,228
- Total
- 21,340
- vs nation
- D+58.8
Utah 22nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 14,105
- Total
- 23,336
- vs nation
- D+56.0
- Lead
- 10,325
- Total
- 19,705
- vs nation
- D+50.6
- Lead
- 6,150
- Total
- 16,640
- vs nation
- D+33.1
- Lead
- 9,644
- Total
- 17,965
- vs nation
- D+46.4
- Lead
- 5,578
- Total
- 15,547
- vs nation
- D+38.3
- Lead
- 4,377
- Total
- 12,909
- vs nation
- D+33.4
- Lead
- 6,168
- Total
- 12,987
- vs nation
- D+39.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+57.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 43,3042024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,080 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 40.1 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $63,1672024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 74.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+95.2 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 24, UT · twin score 96.9
presidential history
Party record book
Utah 22nd 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
97.6%
1,430 votes · D+95.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 89.6%
Republican
Ronald Reagan1980
42.0%
3,776 votes · D+7.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 40.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
18,332votes
78.6% of the vote · D+60.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 16,236 votes
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
5,037votes
30.3% of the vote · D+37.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 4,838 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
+101.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+95.2 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Smith, 1928 · +69.9 pts
Republican
William H. Taft1912
−16.9pts R vs U.S.
Place D+36.5 · U.S. D+19.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1980 · −17.6 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 | D | 51.0%8,704 | 49.0%8,359 | 17,063 |
Anchored in urban Salt Lake City, this district delivered a 57.3-point Democratic presidential margin in 2024, making it one of the most lopsided legislative constituencies in a state that otherwise trends heavily Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 95.2 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 57.3 points.
A population of 43,304, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,167 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 24 and State House District 32.
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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