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2022 election results could shift Salt Lake County from purple to red

A precinct-by-precinct breakdown of Biden and Trump margins in 2020 in Salt Lake County shows a sharp divide from northeast to southwest. Source: Utah Geospatial Resource Center As approaches, we'll be providing rundowns of the most-watched races and issues.We'll look at Congressional elections soon, so put those out of your mind, and peek into your own backyard. Driving the news: This election could signal a conservative shift in Salt Lake County, with several Republican candidates leaning relatively far right in a historically purple county.President defeated former by nearly 11 points in the county in 2020.But the county council is 6-3 in favor of Republicans and if they hold their seats. State of play: Multiple Republican candidates are trying to distance themselves from far-right statements and connections with Nov. 8 approaching.Goud Maragani, a county clerk candidate who of election fraud in 2020, is now saying he the election was "stolen."State school board candidate Christina Boggess stressed in a that she wasn't endorsed by the right-wing Utah Parents United, a group she has previously.District Attorney candidate Danielle Ahn recently told, "I'm not here to defend the Federalist Society" after criticism that she was recently the president of a local student chapter. The other side: Democrats are those ties, describing candidates as introducing "extremism" to a relatively centrist county. Yes, but: It's unclear whether there actually are a lot of centrist voters here.2020 election maps show an geographic divide, with Republican voters clustered in the south and Democrats in the north. Zoom in: In many of the county's — the foothills down to 1300 East and most of the southwest neighborhoods — the favored presidential candidate , while results tended to be closer in lower-turnout precincts.Political segregation with polarization, as like-minded communities effectively create echo chambers, . The bottom line: If Salt Lake's likeliest voters are already as polarized as the maps suggest, extremism by candidates (or allegations of it) may not affect their votes very much in either direction. Get more local stories in your inbox with .Subscribe Support local journalism by becoming a member.

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