Carpenter, WY is a small town located in the western part of the state. The town is served by an elected mayor and a municipal council, who are responsible for making decisions about local public services. These include law enforcement, fire protection, healthcare services, infrastructure maintenance, and other important municipal services. The mayor and council members are all elected by the citizens of Carpenter and serve staggered terms of office. The current mayor is Joe Smith and he is supported by a diverse council with members ranging from younger citizens to longtime residents. Together they strive to provide quality services to the community while maintaining fiscal responsibility. The political climate in Carpenter is usually nonpartisan but there are occasional debates about topics like taxation policies or proposed development projects that can become heated. Ultimately though, Carpenter’s leaders always come together to make sure that the needs of their constituents are met.
The political climate in Zip 82054 (Carpenter, WY) is strongly conservative.
Laramie County, WY is strongly conservative. In Laramie County, WY 33.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Laramie county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.0% to 33.8%.
Laramie county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 82054 (Carpenter, WY) is strongly conservative.
Carpenter, Wyoming is strongly conservative.
Laramie County, Wyoming is strongly conservative.
Cheyenne Metro Area is strongly 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.
Carpenter, 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 zip 82054 (Carpenter)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $1,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $3,948 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)