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City elections in Vineyard, Utah (2019)

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2019 Vineyard elections
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Election dates
Filing deadline: August 20, 2019
General election: November 5, 2019
Election stats
Offices up: City council
Total seats up: 2
Election type: Nonpartisan
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The city of Vineyard, Utah, held general elections for two at-large city council seats on November 5, 2019. The filing deadline for this election was August 20, 2019.

This election was conducted using ranked-choice voting and vote-by-mail.

Elections

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Candidates and results

Two seats were up for election on the Vineyard City Council in Utah. The general election used a ranked-choice voting electoral system in which the seven candidates on the ballot competed for one seat until a winner was elected. The remaining six candidates then competed for the second city council seat until a winner was elected.

Seat 1

General election

General election for Vineyard City Council

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Cristy Welsh in round 6 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.


Total votes: 1,098
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Seat 2

General election

General election for Vineyard City Council

The ranked-choice voting election was won by G. Tyce Flake in round 5 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.


Total votes: 1,073
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Endorsements

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Ballot measures

November 5

See also: Utah County, Utah ballot measures

Vineyard Recreation, Arts, and Parks Tax Approveda

A yes vote was a vote in favor of authorizing the city to enact an additional 0.1 percent sales and use tax to fund recreational, arts, and park facilities.
A no vote was a vote against authorizing the city to enact an additional 0.1 percent sales and use tax to fund recreational, arts, and park facilities.

Additional elections on the ballot

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Survey responses

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State profile

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Partisan data

The information in this section was current as of May 7, 2019

Presidential voting pattern

  • Utah voted Republican in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.

Congressional delegation

State executives

State legislature

Utah Party Control: 1992-2024
No Democratic trifectas  •  Thirty-three years of Republican trifectas
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Utah quick stats
  • Became a state in 1896
  • 45th state admitted to the United States
  • Utah is the only state with a majority population belonging to the same church.
  • Members of the Utah State Senate: 29
  • Members of the Utah House of Representatives: 75
  • U.S. senators: 2
  • U.S. representatives: 4

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Demographic data for Utah
 UtahU.S.
Total population:2,990,632316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):82,1703,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:87.6%73.6%
Black/African American:1.1%12.6%
Asian:2.2%5.1%
Native American:1.1%0.8%
Pacific Islander:0.9%0.2%
Two or more:2.6%3%
Hispanic/Latino:13.4%17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:91.2%86.7%
College graduation rate:31.1%29.8%
Income
Median household income:$60,727$53,889
Persons below poverty level:12.7%11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015)
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**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

There are no Pivot Counties in Utah. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Utah with 45.5 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 27.5 percent. Independent candidate and Utah native Evan McMullin received 21.5 percent of the vote, his strongest showing in a state. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Utah cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 76.7 percent of the time. In that same timeframe, Utah supported Republican candidates more often than Democrats, 73.3 to 23.3 percent. The state favored Republicans in every presidential election between 2000 and 2016.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Utah. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[1][2]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won seven out of 75 state House districts in Utah with an average margin of victory of 20.8 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 19 out of 75 state House districts in Utah with an average margin of victory of 21.9 points. Clinton won six districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 68 out of 75 state House districts in Utah with an average margin of victory of 54.4 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 56 out of 75 state House districts in Utah with an average margin of victory of 30.7 points.


See also

Vineyard, Utah Utah Municipal government Other local coverage
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