Green River, WY 82935 is a small town located in Sweetwater County with a population of just over 12,000 people. It is a rural community that relies heavily on agriculture and energy production for its livelihood. The town has historically been politically conservative, though recent elections have shown more of a mix of Republican and Democratic candidates within the local politics. The current Mayor is Gary Davey, who was elected in 2018 on the Republican ticket, and the Town Council consists of five members from both major parties. Locally there are several organizations that advocate for changes to policies and regulations within the town, such as the Green River Social Justice Alliance or the Green River Chamber of Commerce. These groups strive to make positive changes within their respective areas and work with elected officials to ensure that everyone’s voices are heard when it comes to making decisions about how the town is run.
The political climate in Zip 82935 (Green River, WY) is strongly conservative.
Sweetwater County, WY is very conservative. In Sweetwater County, WY 23.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sweetwater county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.7% to 23.0%.
Sweetwater county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 82935 (Green River, WY) is strongly conservative.
Green River, Wyoming is strongly conservative.
Sweetwater County, Wyoming is very conservative.
Rock Springs Metro Area is very 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.
Green River, 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 82935 (Green River)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 396 contributions totaling $19,121 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 63 contributions totaling $9,751 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)