How Utah has voted since 1960

Utah has 6 electoral votes in 2028, and at the current pace of population change it would gain one electoral vote after the 2030 census. Since 1960 it has voted Democratic once and Republican 16 times. It has backed the national winner in 10 of 17 elections. Donald Trump carried it in 2024 by 21.6 points, 20.1 points more Republican than the nation. In 2024, 64.7% of its eligible voters cast a ballot, ranking 26th among the 50 states and DC (nationally, 64.3%). It has voted Republican in every election since 1968. Its closest result was in 1960, when Richard Nixon won it by 9.6 points.

  1. 1960Nixon+9.6
  2. 1964Johnson+9.7
  3. 1968Nixon+19.4
  4. 1972Nixon+41.3
  5. 1976Ford+28.8
  6. 1980Reagan+52.2
  7. 1984Reagan+49.8
  8. 1988Bush+34.2
  9. 1992Bush+18.7
  10. 1996Dole+21.1
  11. 2000Bush+40.5
  12. 2004Bush+45.5
  13. 2008McCain+28.2
  14. 2012Romney+48.0
  15. 2016Trump+18.1
  16. 2020Trump+20.5
  17. 2024Trump+21.6

Each box is one election: the winner in Utah and the margin in points. Darker boxes were won by 10 points or more, lighter by under 5.

Election night

10 p.m. ET

Polls close at 10 p.m. ET (8 p.m. Mountain).

Also closing at 10 p.m. ET: ID, MT, NV.

Times from the 2024 general election; states rarely change them, and they will be confirmed for 2028.

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In Congress

Senate

House: 4 Republicans

All 4 members
  1. 1 Blake D. Moore (R)
  2. 2 Celeste Maloy (R)
  3. 3 Mike Kennedy (R)
  4. 4 Burgess Owens (R)

From Congress.gov, as of Sept. 28, 2026. Vacant seats are not listed.

Margin by election

Utah margin by electionBars show the Democratic or Republican margin in Utah in each election since 1960; the line shows the national popular-vote margin. The table below has every figure.R+60R+40R+20EvenD+20D+40D+601960: R+9.6 (nation D+0.2)'601964: D+9.7 (nation D+22.6)'641968: R+19.4 (nation R+0.7)'681972: R+41.3 (nation R+23.2)'721976: R+28.8 (nation D+2.1)'761980: R+52.2 (nation R+9.7)'801984: R+49.8 (nation R+18.2)'841988: R+34.2 (nation R+7.7)'881992: R+18.7 (nation D+5.6)'921996: R+21.1 (nation D+8.5)'962000: R+40.5 (nation D+0.5)'002004: R+45.5 (nation R+2.5)'042008: R+28.2 (nation D+7.3)'082012: R+48.0 (nation D+3.9)'122016: R+18.1 (nation D+2.1)'162020: R+20.5 (nation D+4.5)'202024: R+21.6 (nation R+1.5)'24

Utah margin National popular vote

By county

Donald Trump won 26 of Utah's 29 counties in 2024; Kamala Harris won 3.

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Largest counties, 2024

CountyVotesMarginShift from 2020
Salt Lake County509,637D+10.2→D 6.6
Utah County298,143R+39.8→D 1.3
Davis County166,570R+24.9→D 2.7
Weber County112,054R+23.5→R 0.8
Washington County97,256R+52.3→R 0.9
Cache County60,258R+34.4→D 2.2
Tooele County34,006R+40.9→R 2.6
Box Elder County28,920R+60.8→D 2.4
Iron County27,878R+57.0→R 0.8
Summit County25,876D+14.8→R 4.3

Biggest shifts from 2020 to 2024: toward the Republican, San Juan County (10.2), Summit County (4.3), Tooele County (2.6); toward the Democrat, Salt Lake County (6.6), Davis County (2.7), Rich County (2.5) — in points of margin.

County returns from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (official state data), 2000–2024. Margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's, of all votes cast.

Results by year

YearWinnerDemocratRepublicanOtherMarginNationTurnoutEV
2024 Donald TrumpTrumpHarris 37.8%562,566Trump 59.4%883,8182.8%R+21.6R+1.564.7%6
2020 Donald TrumpTrump lostBiden 37.7%560,282Trump 58.1%865,1404.2%R+20.5D+4.567.2%6
2016 Donald TrumpTrumpClinton 27.5%310,674Trump 45.5%515,21127.0%R+18.1D+2.158.0%6
2012 Mitt RomneyRomney lostObama 24.8%251,813Romney 72.8%740,6002.5%R+48.0D+3.956.2%6
2008 John McCainMcCain lostObama 34.4%327,670McCain 62.6%596,0303.0%R+28.2D+7.357.1%5
2004 George W. BushBushKerry 26.0%241,199Bush 71.5%663,7422.5%R+45.5R+2.561.0%5
2000 George W. BushBushGore 26.3%203,053Bush 66.8%515,0966.8%R+40.5D+0.554.6%5
1996 Bob DoleDole lostClinton 33.3%221,633Dole 54.4%361,911Perot 10.0%R+21.1D+8.552.1%5
1992 George H.W. BushBush lostClinton 24.7%183,429Bush 43.4%322,632Perot 27.3%R+18.7D+5.667.5%5
1988 George H.W. BushBushDukakis 32.1%207,343Bush 66.2%428,4421.7%R+34.2R+7.763.4%5
1984 Ronald ReaganReaganMondale 24.7%155,369Reagan 74.5%469,1050.8%R+49.8R+18.264.3%5
1980 Ronald ReaganReaganCarter 20.6%124,266Reagan 72.8%439,687Anderson 5.0%R+52.2R+9.766.6%4
1976 Gerald FordFord lostCarter 33.7%182,110Ford 62.4%337,9083.9%R+28.8D+2.1—4
1972 Richard NixonNixonMcGovern 26.4%Nixon 67.6%6.0%R+41.3R+23.2—4
1968 Richard NixonNixonHumphrey 37.1%Nixon 56.5%Wallace 6.4%R+19.4R+0.7—4
1964 Lyndon B. JohnsonJohnsonJohnson 54.9%Goldwater 45.1%0.0%D+9.7D+22.6—4
1960 Richard NixonNixon lostKennedy 45.2%Nixon 54.8%0.0%R+9.6D+0.2—4

Margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's, in percentage points; Nation is the same for the national popular vote. "Other" is everyone else combined, or the leading third-party candidate where one took 5% or more. Vote counts from 1976. Turnout is ballots cast as a share of eligible voters, from 1980 (UF Election Lab; the newest year is preliminary).

Electoral votes

Electoral votes change after each census, when House seats are reapportioned.

  • 419601950 census
  • 41964–19681960 census
  • 41972–19801970 census
  • 51984–19881980 census
  • 51992–20001990 census
  • 52004–20082000 census
  • 62012–20202010 census
  • 62024–20282020 census
  • 72032–2040projected

Projected: Utah's share of House seats after the 2030 census if each state's population keeps changing at its pace since 2020, from the Census Bureau's 2024 American Community Survey population estimates (July 1, 2024). If the count were taken today it would have 6. An estimate, not a forecast.

Before 1960

Utah cast electoral votes in 16 presidential elections before 1960, the first in 1896. It backed the eventual president in 14 of them.

YearCarried byElectorsMarginBacked winner
1956Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican4+29.1✓
1952Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican4+17.9✓
1948Harry S. Truman Democratic4+9.0✓
1944Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic4+21.0✓
1940Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic4+24.7✓
1936Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic4+39.9✓
1932Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic4+15.9✓
1928Herbert Hoover Republican4+7.8✓
1924Calvin Coolidge Republican4+19.3✓
1920Warren G. Harding Republican4+18.0✓
1916Woodrow Wilson Democratic4+21.7✓
1912William Howard Taft Republican4+4.9–
1908William Howard Taft Republican3+17.9✓
1904Theodore Roosevelt Republican3+30.3✓
1900William McKinley Republican3+2.3✓
1896William Jennings Bryan Democratic-Populist3+65.5–

Margin: the winner's lead over the runner-up in the state's popular vote, in points. A dash means the legislature chose the electors (common before the 1830s) or no popular vote is on record. Each year links to that election's map and full results.