The small town of Fort Laramie, WY (82212) is home to a small political scene. The town only has a population of 420 people, so the municipal government is run by only a few dedicated individuals. The mayor is elected by the community and works together with the four-person Town Council to establish local laws and regulations that benefit the citizens. All members of the council are elected by popular vote, allowing locals to have direct control over their representative's decisions in regards to their day-to-day lives. In addition, Fort Laramie often works with Wyoming's state representatives to ensure its citizens' needs are being met in state legislature as well.
The political climate in Zip 82212 (Fort Laramie, WY) is very conservative.
Goshen County, WY is very conservative. In Goshen County, WY 19.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Goshen county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.2% to 19.3%.
Goshen county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 82212 (Fort Laramie, WY) is very conservative.
Fort Laramie, Wyoming is very conservative.
Goshen County, Wyoming is very conservative.
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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.
Fort Laramie, 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 82212 (Fort Laramie)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $228 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $3,750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)