The politics of 82058 Garrett, WY are heavily influenced by the state and local government. Local politicians focus on issues such as taxes, economic development, infrastructure investment, and other policies that directly affect the citizens of Garrett. The town is part of Teton County which has a Republican majority in the state legislature. Overall, Garrett is a strong Republican stronghold and consistently votes for candidates from that party in local elections. In 2020, all three members of the Teton County Commission were Republicans who were re-elected to their positions. Additionally, the county’s sheriff and county clerk are both Republicans as well. While there may not be much diversity in political views within Garrett itself, many citizens believe it is important to have elected officials that represent their values.
The political climate in Zip 82058 (Garrett, WY) is leaning conservative.
Albany County, WY is leaning liberal. In Albany County, WY 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, Albany county flipped Democratic, 48.8% to 46.1%.
Albany county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 82058 (Garrett, WY) is leaning conservative.
Garrett, Wyoming is leaning conservative.
Albany County, Wyoming is leaning liberal.
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.
Garrett, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 82058 (Garrett)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)