Uinta County is a county located in the state of Wyoming. It is home to an array of political issues, both local and national. At the local level, Uinta County has a three-member Board of County Commissioners who oversee the day-to-day operations of government services within the county. The commissioners are elected by citizens of Uinta, and they work together to manage finances, land use issues, and other matters related to county government. Additionally, there are various positions on city councils and school boards that are filled by local candidates each election year. These positions involve making decisions about taxes, budgets, infrastructure improvements, education policy and more. On the national scale, federal representatives from Wyoming’s sole congressional district work on behalf of constituents in Uinta County to promote legislation that would be beneficial for both citizens and businesses throughout the county. In recent years these representatives have worked to improve access to rural healthcare facilities throughout the region as well as increase funding for various agricultural programs in order to bolster local economies.
The political climate in Uinta County, WY is very conservative.
In Uinta County, WY 16.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Uinta county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.7% to 16.9%.
Uinta county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Uinta County, WY is very conservative.
Evanston Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Uinta, 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 Uinta County, WY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 347 contributions totaling $12,035 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 155 contributions totaling $18,911 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)