Rose Park leans Democratic by roughly 30 points: about 65% of voters vote Democratic and 35% Republican.
About 41% of adults in Rose Park typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Rose Park, ~27% vote Democratic, ~14% Republican, and ~59% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Rose Park compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Rose Park leans more Democratic than 3 of 14 neighbors.
Rose Park runs about 52 points more Democratic than Utah as a whole. Utah leans Republican overall, while Rose Park is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Rose Park. The southeast side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+38) and the northeast side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+21), a spread of about 17 points.
Why Rose Park leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Rose Park, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rose Park votes against the grain of Utah. Utah leans Republican overall, while Rose Park runs about 52 points more Democratic.
High-school completion, uninsured rate, and voter turnout
Places that combine low high-school-completion share and a high uninsured rate tend to turn out at a lower rate, as Rose Park, Salt Lake City, UT does.
Why turnout in Rose Park looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Rose Park is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Rose Park sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Fairpark, Salt Lake City, UT D+40
- Westpointe, Salt Lake City, UT D+22
- Jordan Meadows, Salt Lake City, UT D+30
- Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City, UT D+52
- Poplar Grove, Salt Lake City, UT D+34
- Downtown, Salt Lake City, UT D+48
- The Avenues, Salt Lake City, UT D+64
- Central City, Salt Lake City, UT D+60
- Glendale, Salt Lake City, UT D+24
- People's Freeway, Salt Lake City, UT D+47
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- College Glen, Sacramento, CA D+31
- Downtown Elizabeth, Elizabeth, NJ D+27
- Merle Hay, Des Moines, IA D+24
- Lincoln Village, Milwaukee, WI D+42
- Annandale-on-Hudson, Staten Island, NY R+55
- East Raleigh, Raleigh, NC D+64
- Aggasiz-Harvard, Cambridge, MA D+78
- Riverside, Baltimore, MD D+64
- Downtown Brownsville, Brownsville, TX D+15
- Indiana University, Bloomington, IN D+60
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.