Carbon, WY County is a rural area in Wyoming that is known for its friendly communities and rich history. Politically, the county has traditionally leaned heavily towards Republican candidates, with the last three presidents all being from the GOP. The local government consists of county commissioners who are elected by the people every four years. Currently, there are five commissioners that make up Carbon County's Board of Commissioners. The board is responsible for managing county services such as public safety, transportation and planning and development. Issues such as taxation, health care and education have been topics of debate between members of the community for many years. Recently, discussions about energy production and environmental regulations have been common in Carbon County due to its proximity to natural resources. With so many issues on the table it will be interesting to see how politics shape the future of Carbon County in the coming years.
The political climate in Carbon County, WY is very conservative.
In Carbon County, WY 21.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carbon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.2% to 21.4%.
Carbon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Carbon County, WY is very conservative.
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Wyoming is very conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Carbon, Wyoming: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Carbon County, WY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 179 contributions totaling $10,454 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 367 contributions totaling $10,117,713 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $27,569 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)