Lincoln County, Wyoming is a rural county located in South Central Wyoming. It is home to large open rangeland and ranching communities as well as the charming mountain towns of Kemmerer and Cokeville. The politics in Lincoln County are focused on local issues that affect the residents of the county, such as economic development, education funding, transportation infrastructure, natural resource management, and public safety. Although there are no formally declared candidates for any local political office at this time, the citizens of Lincoln County are actively engaged in the democratic process through attending local meetings and town hall events to discuss issues important to them. Additionally, citizens have access to various community-based organizations that promote civic engagement and active participation in government. Through these efforts, Lincoln County residents can make their voices heard by advocating for policies that support their interests and values.
The political climate in Lincoln County, WY is very conservative.
In Lincoln County, WY 14.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.6% to 14.4%.
Lincoln county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lincoln 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.
Lincoln, 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 Lincoln County, WY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 194 contributions totaling $16,076 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 452 contributions totaling $104,150 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $230 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)