This map fails to keep Salt Lake County, the most populous county in our state with 34% of the entire state population as a single community of interest. This map goes against allowing a single group to choose its own representative. The power of the citizenry is diluted with any division of this county.
Brian Bosworth
A better map than many, I still have concerns that we are dividing suburban communities and counties too much. Park City and Provo folks have little to do with each other, let alone with Moab. People in Daybreak have little in common with people in Dugway. Suburban folks have similar jobs, transportation needs, socio-economic opportunities, and lifestyles and they deserve fair equitable representation. While this maps does an ok job of letting urbanites and rural folks have their way, the county splits will be a logistical nightmare for administrating elections and running counties and cities that are split up like this.
Brianne Hansen
This one is the best I've seen so far on here with way more natural boundary cutoffs. The biggest issue I see is splitting provo and orem, but still definitely better than options A-E.
Julienne Bailey
This is by far the most reasonable of the maps I've seen so far. Allows rural communities to advocate for their interests without representatives also representing 1/4 or 1/3 of more populous areas.
Weston Hutchison
This map is the most fair of any of the ones that I have seen. It keeps counties and communities together as much as possible and gives each region a similar region/lifestyle to a majority of the district.
Madalyn Covey
after reviewing the proposed maps (sept 2025) I wondered if it was even possible to create a sensible map, and was pleasantly surprised by this map created by the independent commission in 2021. The districts are divided intuitively by population density, with urban and rural constituents grouped together. Far preferable to the options we are being presented with.
Jacob Hewitson
Out of all the UIRC maps, I feel this is the most fair out of all of them. While I don't like that the Utah County is divided and half is lumped in with southern Utah, for the most part it keeps communities with common interests together without dividing them along arbitrary lines and does a lot better in that regard than the purple or public recommended maps.
Nathan Strain
I find it amusing that Utah Lake is all District 2. Thankfully those developers didn't get to build islands, otherwise this map would have had a problem with that. Since the development didn't happen, I find this map to be the best option.
Katie Newburn
Please adopt a map created by UIRC. The people voted for prop 4. The legislature needs to honor that.
Brett Loertscher
I think this is the best map among the UIRC and Legislative Committee maps. It keeps cities and counties mostly intact, and the splits that do exist are in sensible locations (e.g. southern Davis county with northern Salt Lake County). Please adopt this map (or really, any of the other UIRC maps).
Angela Rawling
What Rob said.
I can't speak to the rural counties' feelings about being in such large areas together, but it seems like they would have more in common (in terms of their interests being represented) than being lumped in with random city people.
Joel Barber
Thank you UIRC for producing well crafted non-partisan maps just like the *majority* of Utah voters wanted.
Robert Phillips
This and the purple map proposed by the UIRC are the best proposals. Immensely better than any of the Legislature's proposals.
Rob Jeffery
I think this is the best map I have seen yet; the balance of urban and rural is key, especially with regards to the area around Point of the Mountain and Utah county. The regions seem distinct from each other but more or less coherent internally, so those elected will be representing their constituents better than using any other map. I say this having lived and voted in many regions of the state during my life here.
Well done UIRC, let's hope those in power listen to what the people voted for--specifically, you--and that you aren't legislated into nothingness.
Jennifer Lopez
This map is better than some; the size of district 2 seems to lump together a lot of rural populations in a way that may not offer enough representation. I don't love that SLC is split in two districts, but that is far better than splitting it into four districts.
Julie Faure
The advantage of this map is that it keeps Salt Lake County into only two districts, unfortunately, the rest of the State is lumped into mostly one district (2)
Michelle Kushlan
This map represents the fairest districting I have seen.
Kellie Baxter
I feel this map does a good job of keeping 'communities of interest' together.
Katherine Kitterman
I like that this map does a good job of keeping communities together instead of splitting them across multiple districts. This or any of the IRC maps is much preferable to the Legislature's map because they were created through an open transparent process that voters approved a few years ago. I appreciated the IRC's work to listen to Utahns and their concerns and to draw maps without partisan considerations.
Eric Hobday
I like this map the best. It seems to be the most fair and makes the most sense. The boundaries are logical: all of Southern Utah is in one district, all the the NW part of the state is in one district, and the most populated area is divide by a pretty straight line through the middle. There is no need for every district to have both rural and urban voters. This map speaks to this. With this map, rural voices will be heard and urban voices will also be heard. The map could be improved, though. Salt Lake and Davis Counties are each broken into two districts. It would be better if all of Davis County were in District 1 and more or all of Salt Lake County were in District 3, or District 3 could be extended towards park City.
Scott Williams
This map is acceptable to me. It would give me a representative who could spend more time listening to those who share my concerns because we live in similar settings and who could also focus on the issues that are important to us in Congress. The one proposed by the legislators does not provide me with that kind of representation.
Matt Anderson
This appears to be the best map at preserving community input. It keeps northern Utah together. It keeps southern Utah together. It allows Salt Lake and Utah counties to preserve their own respective brands of politics (which often have nothing to do with northern or southern Utah).
Lisa Kelly
Of the maps for Congressional districts, I think this Orange map represents us most fairly. The only maps I want to see considered are those proposed by the UIRC.
Karin L Fenn
This is a much fairer map and well thought out to represent similar communities and similar interests that should be given representation and voice in congress. It separates the urban from the rural in ways that are meaningful and provides much larger rural district areas to offset the lower population density. This is a good map and should be adopted.
Paul Bruno
This map does the best job of providing equal representation of the urban/rural divide in our state. All voices need representation and this map works for my family.
Rusty Smith
This is the best map because it consolidates and isolates voters with similar concerns into the same district. Urban and rural have different needs and this will allow their representative to fight for those needs because they are the will of their entire district. The Purple Map is also good.
Wendy Conrad
Thank you IRC for your work to make the maps fair and representative for all Utah residents!
Sarah L Woolsey
I can align with this map. I support it. I feel this maintains borders of the city where I live and gives me a sense of community. Please consider this above the map suggested as the preferred by the Legislative leadership. Listen to the Independent Redistricting Commission. Thank you.
Marilyn Torres
As a Downtown Salt Lake resident, I feel this map is a fairer representation of districts by keeping urban communities together. The Salt Lake Valley is more diverse and densely populated with completely different needs compared to rural communities in South Utah, and this map clearly acknowledges that fact by not diluting Salt Lake City voters with rural voters hundreds of miles away. Rural voters also have more visibility and accurate representation when they're grouped with similar communities.
Adam Fortuna
Of all the maps, this one most accurately groups the rural vs urban divide in Utah. As someone who lives in SLC, I like that this map would allow both communities to be better represented.
Jon Bertrand
This is another, very workable map that captures the regions of Utah.
Aaron Cornelius
I really like this map! I agree with the other comments made here. Very thoughtful design, with two urban districts and two urban-rural districts. This is a nice way to ensure that rural voters in my southern Utah do not get diluted to far. Our needs and concerns deserve the attention of a single member of Congress.
Carina Alleman
This map makes a lot of sense. It keeps urban communities represented without splitting them up to suppress certain types of voters. It also gives good representation to rural areas. Yes, one district seems to cover more than half the state, but those areas are sparsely populated and land does not need representation in Congress
Paul Cox
This map would keep communities of interest together and not split votes in an attempt to silence certain demographics
Sarah Duensing
Utah's population is 90.6% we deserve AT MINIMUM two urban districts. This map more accurately represents where the people live, while still giving the rural north and south a say.
Spencer Thompson
There is only one representative for what looks like more than 50% of the Sate of Utah. I think that there will be competing needs that they will have a difficult time addressing.
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