The politics of Gillette, WY Metro Area are heavily influenced by the local community. With a population of just over 30,000 people, the city is represented in the state legislature and Congress alike. Local politicians focus their efforts on improving economic growth, creating jobs, raising wages, and preserving natural resources. They also work to ensure that public services such as fire protection, police protection and health care are available for everyone in the Gillette area. These elected officials strive to make Gillette an even better place to live and work by looking out for the interests of its citizens. As a locally focused political force, these representatives of Gillette are dedicated to making sure that all residents have access to quality education, employment opportunities, safe neighborhoods and a thriving economy.
The political climate in Gillette Metro Area is very conservative.
In Gillette Metro Area 9.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Gillette metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.8% to 9.9%.
The Gillette metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gillette 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.
Gillette, 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 Gillette Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 490 contributions totaling $34,870 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 517 contributions totaling $95,873 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)