The Laramie, WY Metro Area is home to a diverse range of political beliefs and opinions. In recent years, there have been several local candidates for national and state-level offices. These candidates include Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, Green Party members, and independents. All of these candidates are actively campaigning in the Laramie area in order to promote their particular platforms and bring attention to their respective causes. Each candidate has his or her own unique outlook on how to tackle the issues that affect the Laramie community, ranging from environmentalism to fiscal policy. No matter your political leanings, there’s sure to be a candidate who will represent your views in Laramie’s upcoming elections.
The political climate in Laramie Metro Area is leaning liberal.
In Laramie Metro Area 48.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 5.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Laramie metro area flipped narrowly Democratic, 48.8% to 46.1%.
The Laramie metro area flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Laramie Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Laramie, Wyoming: R R d r r d
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 Laramie Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,697 contributions totaling $251,747 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 537 contributions totaling $104,577 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $195 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)