As the center of Mormon culture, Utah County has been referred to as "the most Republican county in the most Republican state in the United States". It has only voted for a Democratic president nine times since statehood, and has not supported a Democrat for president since 1964. Indeed, 1964 is the last time a Democratic presidential candidate has even managed 35 percent of the county's vote, and 1970 was the last time the county elected a Democratic U.S. Senator.
