- Lead
- 3,942
- Total
- 15,721
- vs nation
- R+23.6
Utah 61st State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 4,262
- Total
- 16,688
- vs nation
- R+30.0
- Lead
- 495
- Total
- 13,317
- vs nation
- R+26.4
- Lead
- 7,265
- Total
- 10,484
- vs nation
- R+73.2
- Lead
- 4,234
- Total
- 9,787
- vs nation
- R+50.5
- Lead
- 5,671
- Total
- 8,900
- vs nation
- R+61.3
- Lead
- 4,078
- Total
- 7,272
- vs nation
- R+56.6
- Lead
- 2,285
- Total
- 6,138
- vs nation
- R+45.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+25.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 43,2292024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,807 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 15.4 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $80,3992024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 65.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 24.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+70.8 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+69.3 in 2012MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 57, UT · twin score 99.6
presidential history
Party record book
Utah 61st 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
85.4%
662 votes · D+70.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 78.7%
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
83.3%
8,730 votes · R+69.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 80.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
5,706votes
34.2% of the vote · R+25.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 5,407 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
9,968votes
59.7% of the vote · R+25.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 9,349 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
+76.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+70.8 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +41.4 pts
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
+73.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+69.3 · U.S. D+3.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · +61.3 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%4,030 | 76.8%13,376 | 17,406 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+25.1, this district ranks among Utah's more decisively one-sided legislative seats, reflecting the heavily LDS, fast-growing suburban character common to Utah County's expanding communities.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 70.8 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 69.3 points in 2012. The 2024 margin was 25.1 points.
A population of 43,229, a 66% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $80,399 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 57 and State House District 56.
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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