Buffalo, WY is a small community located in the northeast corner of Wyoming. The city has a population of just over 4,000 people and is the county seat of Johnson County. Buffalo is governed by a Mayor-Council form of government and the current mayor is Roger Miller. The City Council consists of six members who are elected to serve staggered four year terms. The City Council works closely with the Mayor to ensure that all aspects of municipal services are managed efficiently and effectively for the residents of Buffalo. In addition to local politics, the citizens of Buffalo participate in state and federal elections as well as county-wide issues that affect their lives and community.
The political climate in Buffalo, WY is strongly conservative.
Johnson County, WY is very conservative. In Johnson County, WY 18.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Johnson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.0% to 18.3%.
Johnson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Buffalo, WY is strongly conservative.
Johnson County, Wyoming 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.
Buffalo, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Buffalo, WY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 191 contributions totaling $28,242 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 154 contributions totaling $45,979 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $299 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)