La Sal is a Republican stronghold. About 18% of voters here vote Democratic and 82% Republican.
About 56% of adults in La Sal typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in La Sal, ~10% vote Democratic, ~46% Republican, and ~44% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How La Sal compares
Among cities within 25 miles, La Sal is the most Republican-leaning.
La Sal runs about 43 points more Republican than Utah as a whole.
Why La Sal leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for La Sal, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 87% of households in La Sal are family households, about 21 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Rural areas vote Republican, and La Sal sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 1%, below 98% of cities).
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; La Sal, UT sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in La Sal looks the way it does
Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout. About 15% of homes in La Sal have more than one occupant per room, in the top fraction of cities. Strong routine healthcare access lines up with higher turnout, and La Sal sits in the top quarter on routine-care measures. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Moab, UT R+5
- Castle Valley, UT R+25
- Paradox, CO R+60
- Monticello, UT R+62
- Gateway, CO R+39
- Egnar, CO R+41
- Vancorum, CO R+61
Cities with Similar Populations
- Sawyer, WA R+11
- Pine Ridge, MS D+47
- Exeland, WI R+38
- La Selva Beach, CA D+52
- Spring Gap, MD R+67
- Dayton, WI Even
- Kotlik, AK D+21
- Keystone, IN R+68
- Henrietta, NC R+56
- Danbury, IA R+59
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Utah Lieutenant Governor's Office, Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.