- Lead
- 6,039
- Total
- 18,504
- vs nation
- R+31.2
Utah 28th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 5,461
- Total
- 17,639
- vs nation
- R+35.4
- Lead
- 2,494
- Total
- 13,141
- vs nation
- R+25.7
- Lead
- 4,878
- Total
- 11,410
- vs nation
- R+46.6
- Lead
- 2,150
- Total
- 10,535
- vs nation
- R+27.7
- Lead
- 4,023
- Total
- 9,827
- vs nation
- R+38.5
- Lead
- 1,643
- Total
- 7,460
- vs nation
- R+22.5
- Lead
- 536
- Total
- 5,723
- vs nation
- D+0.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+32.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,3722024 5-year
- Population density
- 402 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 105 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $102,9382024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 77.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 14.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+78.7 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+42.8 in 2012MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 29, UT · twin score 96.2
presidential history
Party record book
Utah 28th 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
89.3%
1,173 votes · D+78.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 73.9%
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
69.9%
7,978 votes · R+42.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 69.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
5,875votes
31.7% of the vote · R+32.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 5,630 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
11,914votes
64.4% of the vote · R+32.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 11,091 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
+84.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+78.7 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · +25.1 pts
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
+46.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+42.8 · U.S. D+3.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · +38.5 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 | 26.4%4,246 | 73.6%11,862 | 16,108 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+33, this district sits well above the state's already conservative baseline, suggesting a homogeneous electorate where competitive general elections are rare and primary outcomes often decisive.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 78.7 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 42.8 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 32.6 points.
A population of 42,372, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $102,938 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 29 and State House District 12.
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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