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1876–2024
Sanpete County, Utah
Sanpete County·Utah

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

One of Utah's most lopsided presidential counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Sanpete County, Utah · Flickr user Ken Lund · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+68
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
29,719
2024 ACS
Most similar
Uintah County
UT · similarity 1.00
28 precincts · 12,944 votes cast
Trump · R+68
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−67.6%
1,90610,65312,944
2020R
−68.1%
1,79410,45912,725
2016R
−54.8%
1,0616,67310,247
2012R
−77.8%
9808,4069,547
2008R
−57.4%
1,6316,6648,771
2004R
−68.4%
1,1897,0048,507
2000R
−61.5%
1,2115,7817,430
1996R
−33.4%
1,5683,6316,177
1992R
−25.3%
1,3022,9956,685
1988R
−42.3%
1,8224,5796,517
1984R
−63.2%
1,2275,5076,777
1980R
−58.7%
1,2605,1436,614
1976R
−29.6%
1,9253,6835,935
1972R
−49.1%
1,2203,9955,652
1968R
−30.3%
1,6963,3045,312
1964R
−1.4%
2,5472,6205,167
1960R
−20.7%
2,1803,3225,505
1956R
−37.2%
1,7783,8835,661
1952R
−30.2%
2,2214,1466,367
1948R
−4.6%
3,0413,3366,413
1944R
−2.0%
3,0713,1966,267
1940R
−2.7%
3,5243,7227,250
1936D
+18.1%
3,9592,7386,748
1932D
+6.6%
3,6003,1476,833
1928R
−19.6%
2,4823,6946,195
1924R
−19.2%
2,2283,3745,983
1920R
−21.5%
2,4063,7416,219
1916D
+7.2%
3,3822,9186,462
1912R
−8.5%
1,9842,4885,927
1908R
−17.8%
2,3073,3345,772
1904R
−36.3%
1,7413,8295,745
1900R
−18.8%
2,4413,5756,047
1896D
+30.3%
3,3871,8135,200
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
64.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
0.4%
Baptist
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 34.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Sanpete County, a rural stretch of central Utah anchored by small LDS-majority towns, recorded an R+66.7 margin in 2024 — placing it among the state's most one-sided jurisdictions and reflecting the deep Republican lean of agrarian Intermountain West communities.

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

Sanpete County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $70,083, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 29,719 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 Uintah County and Franklin County.