- Lead
- 1,293
- Total
- 53,605
- vs nation
- D+3.9
Utah 8th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 211
- Total
- 56,162
- vs nation
- R+4.8
- Lead
- 1,634
- Total
- 48,418
- vs nation
- R+5.7
- Lead
- 14,802
- Total
- 40,082
- vs nation
- R+40.8
- Lead
- 5,417
- Total
- 38,706
- vs nation
- R+21.3
- Lead
- 12,633
- Total
- 36,515
- vs nation
- R+32.1
- Lead
- 8,327
- Total
- 29,754
- vs nation
- R+28.5
- Lead
- 1,812
- Total
- 25,631
- vs nation
- R+15.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+2.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 110,6932024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,283 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 86.3 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $103,6062024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 77.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 12.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+84.0 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+43.0 in 1980MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 16, UT · twin score 97.2
presidential history
Party record book
Utah 8th State Senate 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
92.0%
1,251 votes · D+84.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 82.6%
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
68.5%
14,645 votes · R+37.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1980 · 68.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
26,662votes
47.5% of the vote · R+0.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 25,916 votes
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
27,009votes
67.4% of the vote · R+36.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 26,873 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
+90.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+84.0 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Smith, 1928 · +49.4 pts
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
+40.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+36.9 · U.S. D+3.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1980 · +33.2 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 | R | 33.7%15,256 | 66.3%30,027 | 45,283 |
Utah 8th State Senate District sits in the Mountain West. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 84.0 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 43.0 points in 1980. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.8 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 2.4 points.
A population of 110,693, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $103,606 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 16 and State Senate District 17.
The state-senate 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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