The Casper, WY Metro Area is politically moderate with no major partisan leanings. In local elections, both Republicans and Democrats have a strong presence. Candidates typically focus on issues such as boosting economic development, improving education, and keeping taxes low. Many of the recent political initiatives in the area have been aimed at creating an attractive environment for businesses to thrive while also providing adequate funding for schools and other public services. The Metro Area also has a active citizen participation in local government, ensuring that citizens have a voice in their community's decision-making process.
The political climate in Casper Metro Area is very conservative.
In Casper Metro Area 24.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Casper metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.8% to 24.2%.
The Casper metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Casper Metro Area 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.
Casper, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Casper Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,863 contributions totaling $107,038 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,455 contributions totaling $371,221 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $255 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)