- Lead
- 4,251
- Total
- 21,623
- vs nation
- R+18.2
Utah 48th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,121
- Total
- 15,197
- vs nation
- R+25.0
- Lead
- 1,127
- Total
- 11,984
- vs nation
- R+24.4
- Lead
- 6,320
- Total
- 11,221
- vs nation
- R+60.2
- Lead
- 4,131
- Total
- 9,820
- vs nation
- R+49.3
- Lead
- 6,212
- Total
- 10,626
- vs nation
- R+56.0
- Lead
- 4,960
- Total
- 9,195
- vs nation
- R+54.5
- Lead
- 3,143
- Total
- 7,949
- vs nation
- R+48.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+19.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 43,7272024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,390 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 12.9 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $131,1552024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 76.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 13.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+38.9 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+73.0 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 46, UT · twin score 99.0
presidential history
Party record book
Utah 48th 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
69.4%
250 votes · D+38.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 50.1%
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
84.9%
7,000 votes · R+71.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 82.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
8,250votes
38.2% of the vote · R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 5,666 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
12,501votes
57.8% of the vote · R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 8,787 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
+45.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+38.9 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · −18.2 pts
Republican
Gerald Ford1976
+60.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+58.4 · U.S. D+2.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · +60.2 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%8,789 | 49.0%8,440 | 17,229 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+19.8, this 43,000-resident district reflects the durable conservative lean characteristic of Utah's suburban and exurban communities along the Wasatch Front.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 38.9 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 73.0 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 0.9 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 19.7 points.
A population of 43,727, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $131,155 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 46 and State House District 45.
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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