Goshen County, Wyoming is a rural county located in the south-central region of the state. It is home to a population of approximately 13,000 people. The county seat is Torrington and it has three incorporated towns, including Lingle and Fort Laramie. Politically, Goshen County is largely conservative leaning. At the local level, most of the elected officials are Republicans who serve on the Goshen County Board of Commissioners and represent various districts throughout the county. The current members include: Roger Neiman (Chairman), Chris Nelson (Vice Chairman) Greg Bator, Steve Baxter and Bob Maddy. At the state level, Goshen County is currently represented by two Republican representatives in the Wyoming State Senate and four Republican representatives in the Wyoming State House of Representatives. All eight representatives are focused on advocating for local issues such as public safety, economic development and education reform.
The political climate in Goshen County, WY is very conservative.
In Goshen County, WY 19.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Goshen county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.2% to 19.3%.
Goshen county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Goshen County, WY is very conservative.
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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.
Goshen, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Goshen County, WY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 319 contributions totaling $22,802 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 283 contributions totaling $53,759 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)