Utah

House Districts: 3
Voting Age Population
  2002:     1,587,000
  2000:     1,465,000
  1998:
     1,432,000
  1990:     1,095,406
Redistricting, 2001-2002
  Monopoly (R)
Presidential Vote  
  2000:   Gore 26, Bush 67, Nader 5
  1996:   Clinton 33, Dole 54, Perot 10  
  1992:   Clinton 25, Bush 43, Perot 27
U.S. House: 2 GOP, 1 Dem
Seat Changes '02: 0
Facts in Focus:
  Utah 1982 to 2002

 
How Utah Ranked in 2002
Democracy Index: 23rd
Margin of Victory:  6th
Landslide Index: 13th
Seats-to-Votes Distortion: 16th
Representation Index: 43rd
Voter Participation: 32nd
For definitions of terms, please see this report's glossary page.
 


   

2002 2004 2006 2008 2010
 Democracy Index

24.2

��

 

 

 Voter Turnout

35.1%

 

 

 

 

 Representation Index

20.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Wasted Votes

41.9%

 

 

 

 

 % of Wasted R / D Votes

33.9 / 50.0

 

 

 

 

 Drop-Off Voters

-2.2%

 

 

 

 

 Avg. Margin Of Victory

18.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Votes for (R�D�O%)

58-40-2

 

 

 

 

 Seats for (R�D�O%)

66.7-33.3-0

 

 

 

 Seat Changes

0

 

 

 

 

 High % Turnout, District

��

 

 

 

 

 Low % Turnout, District

��

 

 

 

 


1992 1994 1996 1998 2000
 Democracy Index

��

��

24.8

31.1

25.4

 Voter Turnout

66%

40%

50%

33%

51.7%

 Representation Index

38.6%

22.6%

29.2%

21.2%

31.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Wasted Votes

42%

44%

42%

35%

38.7%

 % of Wasted R / D Votes

56 / 21

25 / 58

0 / 100

0 / 100

25.1 / 52.4

 Drop-Off Voters

2.2%

2.9%

.3%

4.9%

1.5%

 Avg. Margin Of Victory

21%

19%

18%

33%

25.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Votes for (R�D�O%)

49�46�5

50�43�7

58�40�2

65�27�9

56.2�40.1�3.5

 Seats for (R�D�O%)

33�67�0

67�33�0

100�0�0

100�0�0

67�33�0

 Seat Changes

��

1

1

0

1

 High % Turnout, District

��

49 (2)

62 (2)

47 (2)

72.5 (1)

 Low % Turnout, District

��

44 (3)

58 (3)

37 (3)

66.7 (3)

Results 2002-2010 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010
 U.S. House (R�D)

2-1

 

 

 

 

 Landslide Index

66.7%

 

 

 

 

 Scale of Competitiveness

 

 

 

 

 

 Tight: < 5

1

 

 

 

 

 Competitive: 5-10

0

 

 

 

 

 Comfortable: 10-20

0

 

 

 

 

 Landslide: 20-40

2

 

 

 

 

 No Contest: 40+

0

 

 

 

 

 Uncontested

0

 

 

 

 

 Incumbents

 

 

 

 

 

 Total Running / Total Seats

2 / 3

 

 

 

 Re-Election / Total Incumbent

2 / 2

 

 

 

 

 Landslide / Total Incumbent

1 / 2

 

 

 

 

 R. Landslide / R. Incumbent

1 / 1

 

 

 

 

 D. Landslide / D. Incumbent

0 / 1

 

 

 

 

 Untouchable Repeat Landslide

1

 

 

 

 

 Uncontested Primary

1

 

 

 

 

 Elected Women

0

 

 

 

 

 Elected Minorities

0

 

 

 

 

Results 1992-2000 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000
 U.S. House (R-D)

1�2

2�1

3�0

3�0

2�1

 Landslide Index

67%

33%

33%

67%

81.8%

 Scale of Competitiveness

 

 

 

 

 

 Tight: < 5

1

0

1

0

0

 Competitive: 5-10

0

1

0

1

0

 Comfortable: 10-20

0

1

1

0

1

 Landslide: 20-40

2

1

1

1

1

 No Contest: 40+

0

0

0

0

1

 Uncontested

0

0

0

1

0

 Incumbents

 

 

 

 

 

 Total Running / Total Seats

2 / 3

3 / 3

2 / 3

3 / 3

2 / 3

 Re-Election / Total Incumbent

2 / 2

2 / 3

1 / 2

3 / 3

2 / 2

 Landslide / Total Incumbent

2 / 2

1 / 3

1 / 2

2 / 3

2 / 2

 R. Landslide / R. Incumbent

1 / 1

1 / 1

1 / 1

2 / 3

2 / 2

 D. Landslide / D. Incumbent

1 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 1

NA

NA

 Untouchable Repeat Landslide

1

1

1

1

2

 Uncontested Primary

2

3

1

2

2

 Elected Women

1

1

0

0

0

 Elected Minorities

0

0

0

0

0


 
 Results 1982-1990 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990
 U.S. House (R-D)

3�0

3�0

2�1

2�1

1�2

 Landslide Index

67%

67%

33%

67%

33%

 Scale of Competitiveness

 

 

 

 

 

 Tight: < 5

0

1

1

0

0

 Competitive: 5-10

1

0

0

0

1

 Comfortable: 10-20

0

0

1

1

1

 Landslide: 20-40

0

0

1

2

1

 No Contest: 40+

2

2

0

0

0

 Uncontested

0

0

0

0

0

 Incumbents

 

 

 

 

 

 Total Running / Total Seats

2 / 3

2 / 3

2 / 3

3 / 3

2 / 3

 Re-Election / Total Incumbent

2 / 2

2 / 2

2 / 2

3 / 3

2 / 2

 Landslide / Total Incumbent

1 / 2

2 / 2

1 / 2

2 / 3

0 / 2

 R. Landslide / R. Incumbent

1 / 2

2 / 2

1 / 2

2 / 2

0 / 1

 D. Landslide / D. Incumbent

NA

NA

NA

0 / 1

0 / 1

 Untouchable Repeat Landslide

0

2

1

1

0

 Uncontested Primary

2

2

2

3

2

 Elected Women

0

0

0

0

0

 Elected Minorities

0

0

0

0

0

 
 
 
Facts in Focus for Utah 1982 to 2002
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