- Lead
- 6,873
- Total
- 22,294
- vs nation
- R+29.4
Utah 47th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 7,073
- Total
- 21,793
- vs nation
- R+36.9
- Lead
- 2,636
- Total
- 16,567
- vs nation
- R+28.8
- Lead
- 9,893
- Total
- 16,318
- vs nation
- R+64.5
- Lead
- 6,615
- Total
- 14,187
- vs nation
- R+53.9
- Lead
- 9,627
- Total
- 15,465
- vs nation
- R+59.8
- Lead
- 7,681
- Total
- 13,226
- vs nation
- R+58.6
- Lead
- 4,979
- Total
- 11,269
- vs nation
- R+52.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+30.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 43,2562024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,544 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 17 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $113,9462024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 82.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+32.1 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+73.3 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 15, UT · twin score 98.6
presidential history
Party record book
Utah 47th 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
66.1%
362 votes · D+32.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 47.2%
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
86.0%
10,465 votes · R+73.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 83.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
7,306votes
32.8% of the vote · R+30.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 6,914 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
14,179votes
63.6% of the vote · R+30.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 13,987 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
+38.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+32.1 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · −22.8 pts
Republican
Gerald Ford1976
+65.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+63.1 · U.S. D+2.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · +64.5 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 | D | 51.0%8,694 | 49.0%8,349 | 17,043 |
With a 30.8-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, this rural Utah district ranks among the most heavily one-sided legislative seats in the state, reflecting a constituency where statewide contests are rarely competitive.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 32.1 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 73.3 points in 1984. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.6 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 30.8 points.
A population of 43,256, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $113,946 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 15 and State House District 49.
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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Utah 47th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/49047/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.