The small town of Slater, Wyoming is a rural, agricultural community that is committed to their local politics and making sure their voices are heard. The town has a population of about 1,500 people who all take the time to be informed and involved in the political process. Local elections are held every year where residents can cast their vote for candidates running for mayor or other city council seats. As an agricultural area, many of Slater’s citizens have a strong interest in ensuring that local regulations protect both farmers and other businesses from unnecessary, burdensome regulations. Residents gather regularly at town hall meetings and local events to discuss important issues facing the town such as economic growth, budgeting for public improvements, and education funding. Slater’s local politics are always robust with everyone eager to ensure that their voices are heard and their needs are met by their elected officials.
The political climate in Slater, WY is very conservative.
Platte County, WY is very conservative. In Platte County, WY 18.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Platte county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.2% to 18.1%.
Platte county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Slater, WY is very conservative.
Platte 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.
Slater, 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 Slater, WY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 270 contributions totaling $27,898 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 150 contributions totaling $37,382 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $249 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)