- Lead
- 8,703
- Total
- 21,285
- vs nation
- R+39.4
Utah 55th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 9,460
- Total
- 20,933
- vs nation
- R+49.6
- Lead
- 2,822
- Total
- 15,844
- vs nation
- R+42.7
- Lead
- 11,693
- Total
- 14,260
- vs nation
- R+85.9
- Lead
- 8,015
- Total
- 12,441
- vs nation
- R+71.7
- Lead
- 9,354
- Total
- 11,925
- vs nation
- R+76.0
- Lead
- 6,923
- Total
- 9,576
- vs nation
- R+72.8
- Lead
- 4,457
- Total
- 7,717
- vs nation
- R+66.3
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+40.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 43,3382024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,876 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 23.1 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $105,1152024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 83.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+46.3 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+82.0 in 2012MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 63, UT · twin score 99.5
presidential history
Party record book
Utah 55th 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
73.2%
518 votes · D+46.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 65.6%
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
90.0%
12,836 votes · R+82.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 88.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
5,652votes
26.6% of the vote · R+40.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 5,186 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
14,646votes
70.0% of the vote · R+45.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 14,355 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
+52.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+46.3 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +11.0 pts
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
+85.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+82.0 · U.S. D+3.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · +76.0 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 | 23.2%4,040 | 76.8%13,410 | 17,450 |
Utah 55th State House District sits in the Mountain West. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 46.3 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 82.0 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.3 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 40.9 points.
A population of 43,338, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $105,115 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 63 and State House District 52.
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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