Salt Lake County, Utah presidential election results

In 2024 Kamala Harris won Salt Lake County by 10.2 points, out of 509,492 votes for president.

Salt Lake County margin: Republican minus Democratic share, in points. Bars above the line lean Republican, below lean Democratic.

2024

Utah 2024

Ticket	Votes	Share
Kamala Harris DEM	273,658	53.7%
Donald J. Trump REP	221,555	43.5%
All other candidates	14,279	2.8%
Total	509,492

Salt Lake County was D+10.2 against R+21.6 statewide, 31.8 points more Democratic than the state.

Source: County results compiled by Tony McGovern from news-media election-night tallies (Fox News, Politico, The New York Times); not a certified state document

2020

Utah 2020

Ticket	Votes	Share
Joseph R. Biden DEM	289,906	53.6%
Donald J. Trump REP	230,174	42.5%
Jo Jorgensen, Jeremy Cohen (LIB)	12,219	2.3%
Kanye West, Michelle Tidball (UNA)	2,590	0.5%
Howie Hawkins, Angela Walker (GRN)	2,203	0.4%
Don Blankenship, William Mohr (CON)	1,570	0.3%
Brock Pierce, Karla Ballard (UNA)	947	0.2%
Joe Mchugh, Elizabeth Storm (UNA)	778	0.1%
Gloria La Riva (UNA)	579	0.1%
Brian Carroll (Write-in)	136	0.0%
Jade Simmons, Claudeliah J. Roze (Write-in)	58	0.0%
Tom Hoefling (Write-in)	13	0.0%
President R. Boddie, Eric C. Stoneham (Write-in)	1	0.0%
Katherine Forbes (Write-in)	1	0.0%
Princess Khadijah M. Jacob-Fambro, Khadijah Maryam Jacob Sr. (Write-in)	0	0.0%
Total	541,175

Salt Lake County was D+11.1 against R+20.5 statewide, 31.6 points more Democratic than the state.

Source: Utah Lieutenant Governor, 2020 General Election official canvass (48-page scan): U.S. President by county, page 3 (nine tickets) and page 4 (six write-in candidates)

2016

Utah 2016

Ticket	Votes	Share
Hillary Clinton DEM	175,863	42.0%
Donald J. Trump REP	138,043	33.0%
Evan McMullin, Nathan Johnson (UNA)	79,880	19.1%
Gary Johnson LIB	16,306	3.9%
Jill Stein, Ajamu Baraka (UNA)	4,965	1.2%
Darrell L. Castle, Scott N. Bradley (CON)	2,047	0.5%
Rocky Giordani, Farley Anderson (IAP)	900	0.2%
"Rocky" Roque de la Fuente, Michael Steinberg (UNA)	353	0.1%
Alyson Kennedy, Osborne Hart (UNA)	250	0.1%
Monica Moorehead, Lamont Lilly (UNA)	246	0.1%
Laurence Kotlikoff, Edward Leamer (write-in)	6	0.0%
Emidio Soltysik, Angela Nicole Walker (write-in)	4	0.0%
Andrew D. Basiago, Karen D. Kinnison (write-in)	2	0.0%
Mike Smith, Daniel White (write-in)	1	0.0%
Tom Hoefling, Steve Schulin (write-in)	1	0.0%
Dustin Baird, Brandon Russell (write-in)	1	0.0%
Stephen Paul Parks (write-in)	0	0.0%
David Limbaugh, Bo Gingrich (write-in)	0	0.0%
Tony Valdivia, Aaron Roy Barriere (write-in)	0	0.0%
Cherunda Fox, Roger Kushner (write-in)	0	0.0%
Sheila "Samm" Tittle, R. Charles Casper-Kacprowicz (write-in)	0	0.0%
Robert L. Buchanan, Jason A. Washington (write-in)	0	0.0%
Marshall Schoenke, James Creighton Mitchell Jr. (write-in)	0	0.0%
Janet Reid, John E. Reid (write-in)	0	0.0%
Jamin Burton, Victor Neves (write-in)	0	0.0%
Total	418,868

Salt Lake County was D+9.0 against R+18.1 statewide, 27.1 points more Democratic than the state.

Source: Utah Lieutenant Governor, 2016 General Election Results, U.S. President & Vice President by county (page 2: ten ballot tickets; page 3: fifteen write-in tickets); 26-page report

2012

Utah 2012

Ticket	Votes	Share
Mitt Romney REP	223,811	58.6%
Barack Obama DEM	146,147	38.3%
All other candidates	11,841	3.1%
Total	381,799

Salt Lake County was R+20.3 against R+48.0 statewide, 27.7 points more Democratic than the state.

Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)

2008

Utah 2008

Ticket	Votes	Share
Barack Obama DEM	176,988	48.7%
John McCain REP	176,692	48.6%
All other candidates	10,069	2.8%
Total	363,749

Salt Lake County was D+0.1 against R+28.2 statewide, 28.3 points more Democratic than the state.

Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)

2004

Utah 2004

Ticket	Votes	Share
George W. Bush REP	215,728	59.6%
John Kerry DEM	135,949	37.5%
All other candidates	10,461	2.9%
Total	362,138

Salt Lake County was R+22.1 against R+45.5 statewide, 23.4 points more Democratic than the state.

Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)

2000

Utah 2000

Ticket	Votes	Share
George W. Bush REP	171,585	55.8%
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM	107,576	35.0%
All other candidates	28,097	9.1%
Total	307,258

Salt Lake County was R+20.8 against R+40.5 statewide, 19.7 points more Democratic than the state.

Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)

Questions and answers

Who won Salt Lake County, Utah in 2024?

Kamala Harris won Salt Lake County by 10.2 points, out of 509,492 votes counted for president.

Is Salt Lake County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Democratic by 10.2 points; 2020: Democratic by 11.1 points; 2016: Democratic by 9.0 points; 2012: Republican by 20.3 points; 2008: Democratic by 0.1 points; 2004: Republican by 22.1 points; 2000: Republican by 20.8 points.

How does Salt Lake County vote compared with the rest of Utah?

In 2024 it was 31.8 points more Democratic than the state as a whole (Democratic by 10.2 points against Republican by 21.6 points statewide).

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data