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1876–2024
Piute County, Utah
Piute County·Utah

Piute County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

One of Utah's least-populated counties, with margins to match its solitude

18762024·38 elections
Piute County, Utah · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+79
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
1,694
2024 ACS
Most similar
Comanche County
KS · similarity 1.00
5 precincts · 963 votes cast
Trump · R+79
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−78.9%
94854963
2020R
−78.6%
86773874
2016R
−79.3%
47626730
2012R
−79.7%
74697782
2008R
−61.9%
141635798
2004R
−67.7%
123646773
2000R
−63.1%
133626781
1996R
−41.7%
176475717
1992R
−34.5%
169429753
1988R
−39.3%
206476687
1984R
−60.1%
151606757
1980R
−54.8%
157551719
1976R
−16.6%
265377675
1972R
−61.9%
102475603
1968R
−38.2%
167411638
1964R
−13.9%
273361634
1960R
−29.4%
247453700
1956R
−50.5%
180548728
1952R
−43.9%
207531738
1948R
−16.4%
315440763
1944R
−4.8%
346381727
1940D
+2.6%
466442910
1936D
+28.6%
611339951
1932R
−3.5%
403433854
1928R
−29.1%
237434676
1924R
−29.3%
208398648
1920R
−30.2%
283538843
1916D
+19.9%
417269742
1912R
−17.3%
110205548
1908R
−29.9%
157333589
1904R
−17.5%
228358744
1900R
−8.1%
280330614
1896D
+88.5%
55534589
1892
No data
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
57.0%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 43.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Piute County's roughly 1,400 residents make it one of the smallest electorates in Utah, and its presidential margins have ranked among the most lopsided in the state across multiple cycles.

The Republican margin in Piute County reached its widest at eighty points in 2012. The margin in 2024 was seventy-nine points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Piute County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $48,393, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 1,694 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Comanche County and Hartley County.