2024 United States presidential election in Utah

The 2024 United States presidential election in Utah took place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Utah voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Utah has six electoral votes in the Electoral College, following reapportionment due to the 2020 United States census in which the state neither gained nor lost a seat.^[2]

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2024 United States presidential election in Utah

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Turnout	85.26% [1] 16.09 pp
Nominee Donald Trump Kamala Harris Party Republican Democratic Home state Florida California Running mate JD Vance Tim Walz Electoral vote 6 0 Popular vote 883,818 562,566 Percentage 59.39% 37.81%
County results Congressional district results Precinct results Trump   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90–100% Harris   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90–100% Tie/No Data
President before election Joe Biden Democratic Elected President Donald Trump Republican

Republican Donald Trump carried Utah by 21.6%, an improvement over his past two statewide victories. Trump's popular vote percentage increased by 1.26% compared to the previous presidential election. Prior to the election, all major news organizations once again considered Utah a state Trump would win, or a red state. Voter turnout was 85.26%.

Despite Harris losing both the state and presidential election, her 37.81% vote share was the highest received by a Democratic presidential nominee in Utah since 1964. Utah was also the only state where Harris received a higher percentage of the vote than Biden, though Utah still swung by about 1% to the right by margin compared to 2020. Utah had the second-smallest swing to the right after Washington (state).

As of 2025, Trump never won over 60% of the vote in Utah in any of his three elections, unlike all other Republican nominees in the 21st century.

Primary elections

Democratic primary

Main article: 2024 Utah Democratic presidential primary

The Utah Democratic primary was held on Super Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Incumbent president Joe Biden easily won the state, facing minor opposition from activist Marianne Williamson and Congressman Dean Phillips.

Popular vote share by county

  Biden

•   70–80%
•   80–90%
•   >90%

Utah Democratic primary, March 5, 2024^[3]

Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Actual delegate count
			Pledged	Unpledged	Total
Joe Biden (incumbent)	58,872	86.9%	30
Marianne Williamson	3,521	5.2%
Dean Phillips	3,024	4.5%
Gabriel Cornejo	1,503	2.2%
Frankie Lozada	859	1.3%
Total:	67,779	100%	34		34

Republican primary

Main article: 2024 Utah Republican presidential caucuses

The Utah Republican caucuses were held on Super Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Former president Donald Trump defeated former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley in one of his weakest performances of the greater Republican primaries. The state GOP returned to organizing a caucus after its use of the primary system in 2020, which significantly lowered turnout.

Popular vote share by county

  Trump

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%
•   80–90%
•   >90%

  Haley

•   50–60%

Utah Republican caucus, March 5, 2024^[4]

Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Actual delegate count
			Bound	Unbound	Total
Donald Trump	48,350	56.35%	40		40
Nikki Haley	36,621	42.68%
Ryan Binkley (withdrawn)	826	0.96%
Total:	85,797	100.00%	40		40

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Cook Political Report[5]	Solid R	December 19, 2023
Inside Elections[6]	Solid R	April 26, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball[7]	Safe R	June 29, 2023
Decision Desk HQ/The Hill[8]	Safe R	December 14, 2023
CNalysis[9]	Solid R	December 30, 2023
CNN[10]	Solid R	January 14, 2024
The Economist[11]	Safe R	June 12, 2024
538[12]	Solid R	June 11, 2024
RCP[13]	Solid R	June 26, 2024
NBC News[14]	Safe R	October 6, 2024

Candidate ballot access

See also: Ballot access in the 2024 United States presidential election

As of August 2024, the following candidates have been designated as "Election Candidates":^[15]

• Kamala Harris / Tim Walz, Democratic
• Claudia De la Cruz / Karina Garcia, unaffiliated^[a]
• Lucifer "Justin Case" Everylove, unaffiliated
• Cornel West / Melina Abdullah, unaffiliated
• Donald Trump / JD Vance, Republican

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lawsuit

On December 5, 2023, independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed a lawsuit against lieutenant governor Deidre Henderson and state elections director Ryan Cowley, arguing that the state's requirement for unaffiliated candidates to attain 1,000 verified signatures before the January 8 deadline is unconstitutional and that it forces Kennedy's campaign to hire professional petition circulators. In the 2020 election, the filing deadline was August 17, and was moved up in a bill passed by the Utah State Legislature in February 2022. Campaign lawyer Paul Rossi argued that the deadline was made "to block any third-party candidates from appearing on Utah's ballot," showing "an absolute contempt for the Constitution."^[16] A court filing was made by state attorney general Sean Reyes on December 7, stating that Henderson and Cowley have agreed to not enforce the deadline until March 5, 2024, per request of senior judge David Nuffer.^[17] Kennedy later qualified to appear on the Utah ballot on December 28, 2023, marking the first state to award him official ballot access.^[18] Kennedy would later withdraw from the ballot in Utah after the suspension of his campaign and endorse Donald Trump for president.^[15]

Polling

Donald Trump vs. Kamala Harris

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[b]	Margin of error	Donald Trump Republican	Kamala Harris Democratic	Other / Undecided
ActiVote[19]	October 7–30, 2024	400 (LV)	± 4.9%	60%	40%	–
Noble Predictive Insights[20]	October 2–7, 2024	600 (RV)	± 4.0%	52%	39%	9%
		539 (LV)	± 4.2%	54%	38%	8%
Public Policy Polling (D)[21][A]	September 27–28, 2024	612 (LV)	± 4.0%	54%	39%	7%

Donald Trump vs. Kamala Harris vs. Cornel West vs. Jill Stein vs. Chase Oliver

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[b]	Margin of error	Donald Trump Republican	Kamala Harris Democratic	Cornel West Independent	Jill Stein Green	Chase Oliver Libertarian	Other / Undecided
Noble Predictive Insights[22]	October 25–28, 2024	695 (LV)	± 3.7%	54%	34%	0%	0%	1%	11%[c]
Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics[23]	October 15–19, 2024	813 (RV)	± 3.4%	61%	30%	2%	1%	–	6%
				63%[d]	31%	4%	2%	–	–
Noble Predictive Insights[20]	October 2–7, 2024	600 (RV)	± 4.0%	51%	37%	2%	1%	1%	8%[e]
		539 (LV)	± 4.2%	54%	36%	2%	0%	2%	6%[e]

Hypothetical polling with Donald Trump and Joe Biden

Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[b]	Margin of error	Donald Trump Republican	Joe Biden Democratic	Other / Undecided
Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics[24]	June 4–7, 2024	857 (RV)	± 3.4%	57%	25%	18%
John Zogby Strategies[25][B]	April 13–21, 2024	414 (LV)	–	46%	43%	11%
Noble Predictive Insights[26]	April 8–16, 2024	600 (RV)	± 4.0%	54%	26%	20%
Mainstreet Research/Florida Atlantic University[27]	February 29 – March 3, 2024	174 (RV)	–	46%	37%	17%[f]
		166 (LV)		46%	38%	16%[f]
Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics[28]	January 16–21, 2024	801 (RV)	± 3.0%	43%	33%	24%[g]
Emerson College[29]	October 25–28, 2022	825 (LV)	± 3.0%	47%	34%	19%

Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[b]	Margin of error	Donald Trump Republican	Joe Biden Democratic	Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Independent	Other / Undecided
Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics[24]	June 4–7, 2024	857 (RV)	± 3.4%	49%	20%	20%	11%

Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vs. Cornel West vs. Jill Stein

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[b]	Margin of error	Donald Trump Republican	Joe Biden Democratic	Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Independent	Cornel West Independent	Jill Stein Green	Other / Undecided
Noble Predictive Insights[26]	April 8–16, 2024	600 (RV)	± 4.0%	47%	23%	13%	1%	1%	15%

Hypothetical polling with other candidates

Donald Trump vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[b]	Margin of error	Donald Trump Republican	Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Independent	Other / Undecided
John Zogby Strategies[25][B]	April 13–21, 2024	414 (LV)	–	40%	44%	16%

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vs. Joe Biden

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[b]	Margin of error	Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Independent	Joe Biden Democratic	Other / Undecided
John Zogby Strategies[25][B]	April 13–21, 2024	414 (LV)	–	54%	36%	10%

Results

2024 United States presidential election in Utah^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Donald Trump JD Vance	883,818	59.39%	1.26%
	Democratic	Kamala Harris Tim Walz	562,566	37.81%	0.14%
	Libertarian	Chase Oliver Mike ter Maat	16,902	1.14%	1.44%
	Constitution	Joel Skousen[h] Rik Combs	8,402	0.56%	0.19%
	Green	Jill Stein Butch Ware	8,222	0.55%	0.21%
	Socialism and Liberation	Claudia De la Cruz[i] Karina Garcia	3,189	0.21%	0.13%
	Independent	Lucifer Everylove N/A	2,653	0.18%	N/A
	Independent	Cornel West Melina Abdullah	2,199	0.15%	N/A
	Write-in		543	0.04%
Total votes			1,488,494	100.00%	N/A

By county

County[31]	Donald Trump Republican		Kamala Harris Democratic		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Beaver	2,781	86.58%	394	12.27%	37	1.15%	2,387	74.32%	3,212
Box Elder	22,853	79.02%	5,274	18.24%	793	2.74%	17,579	60.78%	28,920
Cache	39,457	65.48%	18,718	31.06%	2,083	3.46%	20,739	34.42%	60,258
Carbon	6,719	71.14%	2,525	26.73%	201	2.13%	4,194	44.40%	9,445
Daggett	443	80.55%	101	18.36%	6	1.09%	342	62.18%	550
Davis	101,293	60.81%	59,895	35.96%	5,382	3.23%	41,398	24.85%	166,570
Duchesne	7,815	87.14%	1,009	11.25%	144	1.61%	6,806	75.89%	8,968
Emery	4,341	86.63%	603	12.03%	67	1.34%	3,738	74.60%	5,011
Garfield	2,211	78.66%	541	19.25%	59	2.10%	1,670	59.41%	2,811
Grand	2,327	43.91%	2,828	53.36%	145	2.74%	-501	-9.45%	5,300
Iron	21,571	77.38%	5,683	20.39%	624	2.24%	15,888	56.99%	27,878
Juab	5,671	87.01%	734	11.26%	113	1.73%	4,937	75.74%	6,518
Kane	3,277	73.02%	1,137	25.33%	74	1.65%	2,140	47.68%	4,488
Millard	5,558	87.02%	713	11.16%	116	1.82%	4,845	75.86%	6,387
Morgan	5,300	78.40%	1,256	18.58%	204	3.02%	4,044	59.82%	6,760
Piute	854	88.68%	94	9.76%	15	1.56%	760	78.92%	963
Rich	1,211	83.69%	214	14.79%	22	1.52%	997	68.90%	1,447
Salt Lake	221,555	43.47%	273,658	53.70%	14,424	2.83%	-52,103	-10.22%	509,637
San Juan	3,613	57.09%	2,581	40.78%	135	2.13%	1,032	16.31%	6,329
Sanpete	10,653	82.30%	1,906	14.72%	385	2.97%	8,747	67.58%	12,944
Sevier	9,526	87.19%	1,236	11.31%	164	1.50%	8,290	75.87%	10,926
Summit	10,783	41.67%	14,612	56.47%	481	1.86%	-3,829	-14.80%	25,876
Tooele	23,484	69.06%	9,560	28.11%	962	2.83%	13,924	40.95%	34,006
Uintah	13,599	85.90%	1,952	12.33%	281	1.77%	11,647	73.57%	15,832
Utah	203,476	68.25%	84,937	28.49%	9,730	3.26%	118,539	39.76%	298,143
Wasatch	11,495	62.63%	6,459	35.19%	400	2.18%	5,036	27.44%	18,354
Washington	73,165	75.23%	22,327	22.96%	1,764	1.81%	50,838	52.27%	97,256
Wayne	1,238	74.98%	381	23.08%	32	1.94%	857	51.91%	1,651
Weber	67,549	60.28%	41,238	36.80%	3,267	2.92%	26,311	23.48%	112,054
Totals	883,818	59.38%	562,566	37.79%	42,110	2.83%	321,252	21.58%	1,488,494

Swing by county:

  Democratic — +2.5-5%

  Democratic — +0-2.5%

  Republican — +0-2.5%

  Republican — +2.5-5%

  Republican — +5-7.5%

  Republican — +7.5-10%

  Republican — +10-12.5%

By congressional district

Trump won all four congressional districts.^[32]

District	Trump	Harris	Representative
1st	58.5%	38.4%	Blake Moore
2nd	58.9%	38.6%	Celeste Maloy
3rd	58.3%	38.9%	John Curtis (118th Congress)
			Mike Kennedy (119th Congress)
4th	61.9%	35.2%	Burgess Owens

Analysis

A Mountain West state, Utah has not been won by a Democratic presidential candidate since Lyndon B. Johnson did in his 1964 landslide and is a strongly red state, a trait vastly owed to the state's conservative Mormon base. While the state has voted considerably less Republican in more recent presidential elections than it did during the 1970s, 1980s, 2000s and early 2010s, Utah remains a GOP stronghold at both the federal and state levels.

While Trump won the state handily, Utah wound up having the second smallest shift to the right in the nation in 2024 after Washington state. Trump improved his margin by just over 1%, compared to the national rightward swing of 6%.^[33] Despite Trump's improved margin from 2020, Utah was the only state where Harris won a higher percentage of the vote than Biden in 2020, and was the highest percentage of the vote won by a Democrat in Utah since Lyndon Johnson won the state with 54.9% of the vote in 1964.

Democrat Kamala Harris won the same three counties that Joe Biden did in 2020: Salt Lake, home to the state capital and largest city Salt Lake City; Summit, home to a handful of ski resorts and SLC suburbs; and Grand, home to Moab and nearby Arches National Park. Trump became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Grand County since William McKinley in 1900.

See also

• United States presidential elections in Utah
• 2024 United States presidential election
• 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries
• 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
• 2024 Utah elections
• 2024 United States elections

Notes

1. De la Cruz and Garcia were nominated by the Party for Socialism and Liberation but are listed on the ballot as independents because the party did not have ballot access.
2. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
3. Joel Skousen (C) and Claudia De la Cruz (PSL) with 1% each
4. With voters who lean towards a given candidate
5. Joel Skousen (C) with 0%
6. "Another candidate" with 11%
7. "Another candidate" with 24%
8. Randall Terry was nominated by the national Constitution Party, though the state party nominated Joel Skousen.
9. Listed on the ballot without party affiliation.

Partisan clients

1. Poll sponsored by the campaign of Brian King, the Democratic nominee for Utah's gubernatorial election
2. Poll conducted for Kennedy's campaign