- Lead
- 12,971
- Total
- 22,134
- vs nation
- R+57.1
Utah 65th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 12,234
- Total
- 19,549
- vs nation
- R+67.0
- Lead
- 4,233
- Total
- 12,518
- vs nation
- R+53.1
- Lead
- 11,078
- Total
- 12,724
- vs nation
- R+90.9
- Lead
- 7,882
- Total
- 10,725
- vs nation
- R+80.8
- Lead
- 8,794
- Total
- 10,575
- vs nation
- R+80.7
- Lead
- 6,796
- Total
- 8,273
- vs nation
- R+82.7
- Lead
- 4,360
- Total
- 6,603
- vs nation
- R+74.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+58.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 43,6242024 5-year
- Population density
- 393 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 111 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $97,6112024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 82.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 13.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+46.8 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+87.1 in 2012MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 64, UT · twin score 99.5
presidential history
Party record book
Utah 65th 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
73.4%
273 votes · D+46.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 54.7%
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
93.2%
11,863 votes · R+87.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 91.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
4,123votes
18.6% of the vote · R+58.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 3,316 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
17,094votes
77.2% of the vote · R+58.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 15,550 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
+52.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+46.8 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Woodrow Wilson, 1916 · −5.5 pts
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
+90.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+87.1 · U.S. D+3.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2000 · +82.7 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%4,067 | 76.8%13,498 | 17,565 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+58.6, this district ranks among the most heavily one-sided in the state, reflecting the heavily Republican rural or exurban composition typical of Utah's most politically uniform constituencies.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 46.8 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 87.1 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.0 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 58.6 points.
A population of 43,624, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $97,611 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 64 and State House District 63.
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 65th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/49065/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.