North Salt Lake, UT Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in North Salt Lake

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

North Salt Lake leans slightly Republican by roughly 6 points: about 47% of voters vote Democratic and 53% Republican.

 

About 68% of adults in North Salt Lake typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in North Salt Lake, ~32% vote Democratic, ~36% Republican, and ~32% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How North Salt Lake compares

Among cities within 25 miles, North Salt Lake leans more Republican than 16 of 58 neighbors.

North Salt Lake runs about 16 points more Democratic than Utah as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within North Salt Lake. The southwest side runs the most Democratic (D+17) and the southeast side runs the most Republican (R+15), a spread of about 32 points.

Why North Salt Lake 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 North Salt Lake, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

North Salt Lake votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 90%, far above the Utah average of 32%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 79% of households in North Salt Lake are family households, above 87% of cities.

Population density and Democratic lean

Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; North Salt Lake, UT sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in North Salt Lake looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. North Salt Lake is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 70%, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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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.