The Avenues, Salt Lake City, UT Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in The Avenues

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

The Avenues is a Democratic stronghold. About 82% of voters here vote Democratic and 18% Republican.

 

About 69% of adults in The Avenues typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in The Avenues, ~56% vote Democratic, ~13% Republican, and ~31% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How The Avenues compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, The Avenues leans more Democratic than 15 of 19 neighbors.

The Avenues runs about 86 points more Democratic than Utah as a whole. Utah leans Republican overall, while The Avenues is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by block within The Avenues. The south side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+69) and the southwest side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+57), a spread of about 12 points.

Why The Avenues 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 The Avenues, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 70% of adults in The Avenues hold a bachelor's degree, about 41 points above the U.S. average of 28%. The Avenues runs against the grain of Utah, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; The Avenues, Salt Lake City, UT sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.

Why turnout in The Avenues looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. The Avenues 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 77%, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in The Avenues have completed high school, above 87% of neighborhoods. 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.