Mills, WY is a small rural town located in the southeastern corner of Wyoming. Politically, it is a conservative-leaning community with traditional values and beliefs. The residents are proud of their heritage and are active in local politics. Elections typically have high voter turnout with most residents voting in the Republican primary each year. Issues that are important to the citizens of Mills include education, economic development, water rights, and preserving the environment. The political landscape of Mills is made up of small town ideals and values that remain relevant to this day.
The political climate in Mills, WY is moderately conservative.
Natrona County, WY is very conservative. In Natrona County, WY 24.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Natrona county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.8% to 24.2%.
Natrona county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mills, WY is moderately conservative.
Natrona County, Wyoming is very conservative.
Casper 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.
Mills, 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 Mills, WY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,526 contributions totaling $85,677 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 936 contributions totaling $233,478 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $249 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)