Rich County is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.
About 67% of adults in Rich County typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Rich County, ~11% vote Democratic, ~56% Republican, and ~33% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Rich County compares
Among counties within 50 miles, Rich County leans more Republican than 3 of 5 neighbors.
Rich County runs about 45 points more Republican than Utah as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by city within Rich County. The southwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+80) and the north side is the least Republican-leaning (R+57), a spread of about 23 points.
Why Rich County leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per county to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Rich County, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 79% of households in Rich County are family households, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Non-Hispanic white share in Rich County is about 92%, about 20 points above the U.S. average of 72%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Rich County, 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 Rich County looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Rich County 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 69%, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 85% of households in Rich County own their home, above 96% of counties. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Rich County have completed high school, in the top fraction of counties. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Counties
- Cache County, UT R+32
- Bear Lake County, ID R+71
- Franklin County, ID R+77
- Box Elder County, UT R+56
- Uinta County, WY R+62
- Weber County, UT R+21
- Morgan County, UT R+63
- Oneida County, ID R+76
- Davis County, UT R+24
- Caribou County, ID R+73
Counties with Similar Populations
- Hamilton County, KS R+71
- Frontier County, NE R+74
- McIntosh County, ND R+61
- Hettinger County, ND R+69
- Harmon County, OK R+53
- Wayne County, UT R+64
- Elk County, KS R+68
- Pawnee County, NE R+61
- Cochran County, TX R+47
- Potter County, SD R+62
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.