The politics in Powell, WY are an important part of the community. Every election season, citizens come together to elect officials who will best represent their interests and values. Local elections feature a range of candidates from various backgrounds and experiences that vie for positions such as mayor, city council members, county commissioner and more. During these elections there is a lot of voter engagement as people come together to discuss the issues they care about most. These conversations focus on topics like economic development, public safety, environmental stewardship and transportation infrastructure. Whether it's at the polls or in their own neighborhoods, residents of Powell take an active role in deciding the future of their community.
The political climate in Powell, WY is moderately conservative.
Park County, WY is very conservative. In Park County, WY 20.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Park county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.6% to 20.4%.
Park county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Powell, WY is moderately conservative.
Park 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.
Powell, 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 Powell, WY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 279 contributions totaling $14,667 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 157 contributions totaling $41,054 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $261 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)