Fort Washakie, Wyoming is a small town located in the heart of the Wind River Indian Reservation. Although the town is small, it plays an important role as a hub for both local politics and policy making. The Wind River Reservation is home to the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes, both of whom have governing bodies within Fort Washakie that play a major role in shaping the policies that affect their respective communities. These tribal governments are responsible for making decisions on issues such as education, economic development, health care access, and other important matters for their people. Additionally, residents of Fort Washakie also vote in local government elections to choose representatives from both major political parties who are tasked with representing their interests at the state level. Ultimately, politics in Fort Washakie is critical to ensuring that its citizens receive fair representation and equal access to resources.
The political climate in Fort Washakie, WY is moderately conservative.
Fremont County, WY is very conservative. In Fremont County, WY 30.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fremont county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.3% to 30.5%.
Fremont county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fort Washakie, WY is moderately conservative.
Fremont County, Wyoming is very conservative.
Riverton 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.
Fort Washakie, 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 Fort Washakie, WY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 713 contributions totaling $66,665 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 233 contributions totaling $27,147 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)