Ten Sleep, Wyoming is a small town located in the northern part of the state. Despite its small size, Ten Sleep is an important local political center. The town has two precincts for electing local officials, and both are represented by the Washakie County Commission. The Commissioners are elected at-large by all registered voters of Washakie County, which includes Ten Sleep. Once elected, the Commissioners are responsible for setting county policy, appointing department heads and managing county finances. They also have a role in allocating funds from the state and federal governments to necessary services within Ten Sleep such as road maintenance or public safety projects. Furthermore, they ensure that all policies reflect local interests and values. Residents of Ten Sleep take pride in their local politics and strive to keep their town running smoothly.
The political climate in Ten Sleep, WY is strongly conservative.
Washakie County, WY is very conservative. In Washakie County, WY 16.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washakie county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.9% to 16.2%.
Washakie county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ten Sleep, WY is strongly conservative.
Washakie 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.
Ten Sleep, 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 Ten Sleep, WY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $55 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $11 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $3,086 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)