Wyoming is a state located in the western United States. It is home to roughly 580,000 people and has a strong political culture that has been influenced by both its geographic location and the values of its citizens. While Wyoming is heavily Republican-leaning at its federal level, local politics in the state are generally more moderate and pragmatic than those of their neighbors. At the local level, Wyomingites focus on issues such as public education, infrastructure, healthcare, and economic growth. Candidates for office in Wyoming must be knowledgeable and passionate about these issues in order to gain voter trust. With its small population size and rural environment, Wyoming offers a unique opportunity to get involved with local politics at the grassroots level.
The political climate in Wyoming is very conservative.
In Wyoming 26.6% of the people voted for the Democratic Party in the last presidential election, 69.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.5% voted for an Independent Party.
In the last Presidential election, Wyoming remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.9% to 26.6%.
Wyoming voted Republican in the previous six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Wyoming, 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 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 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 Wyoming
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20,381 contributions totaling $4,331,001 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11,225 contributions totaling $18,350,123 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,635 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)