Many of these voters since reconciled themselves to Trump, however, and while Utah once again saw the highest third-party vote share in the country, it only amounted to 5% overall. As a result, Trump's total shot up to 58%, but Joe Biden's 38% was in fact the highest percentage of the vote for any Democratic presidential candidate since Lyndon Johnson won the state in 1964.
Trump again won all four of the state’s seats (you can find a larger version of our map here), including the 4th District, where Republican Burgess Owens ousted freshman Democratic Rep. Ben McAdams after a very expensive race; the 4th, which includes southern Salt Lake County and rural areas to the south, went for Trump 52-43 this time after supporting him only 39-32 in 2016, with McMullin taking 22%. McAdams ran well ahead of the Democratic ticket, but Owens prevailed 48-47.
Trump took the other three seats by double digits, and Republicans had no trouble hanging on to any of them. The closest of the trio was Rep. Chris Stewart’s 2nd District in Salt Lake City and southwestern Utah, which backed Trump 56-40 four years after going for him 46-32. Trump scored more than 60% of the vote in 1st and 3rd District, both seats where McMullin had edged out Clinton for second place four years ago.
Utah Republicans had full control over redistricting after the 2010 census, and they’ll once again play a dominant role. While voters approved an independent redistricting commission in 2018, Republicans in the legislature passed a measure largely gutting it and allowing them to pass their own maps if they don't like what the commission proposes. Lawmakers would still be bound by a limited set of nonpartisan criteria that wasn't in place 10 years ago, but enforcement would depend on how state courts rule.