Weston County, Wyoming has a long history of political engagement. Political activists have been engaged in local and state level politics since Wyoming's establishment as the 44th state in 1890. With local control over most government decisions, Weston County citizens are passionate about their representation in the government and ensuring that their voices are heard. Local elections often generate high voter turnout as citizens take part in selecting the leaders who will represent them at both the state and county level. Some of Weston County's greatest successes have come through bipartisan efforts to address pressing issues such as infrastructure needs and public safety. Residents are proud of their community's commitment to civic responsibility and actively participate in debates over local policies, initiatives, and amendments so that they can properly voice their opinions on issues that affect them.
The political climate in Weston County, WY is very conservative.
In Weston County, WY 10.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 87.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Weston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 87.7% to 10.2%.
Weston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Weston 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.
Weston, 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 Weston County, WY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $355 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 123 contributions totaling $41,237 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $335 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)