The city of Laramie, WY, located in Albany County and home to the University of Wyoming, is a vibrant community with an active political and civic landscape. With a population of over 33,000 residents, the people of Laramie have their own unique perspectives on local politics. The Democratic Party is currently dominant in Laramie, with several prominent city council members running on the Democratic ticket. A few current issues the city council is exploring include strengthening ties between the university and community through economic development initiatives, expanding public transportation opportunities for citizens, and increasing green space in Laramie by preserving areas around town for recreation and wildlife. Although citizens of Laramie are divided politically like anywhere else, they remain passionate about making their city a better place to live in through open dialogue and meaningful action within their government.
The political climate in Zip 82072 (Laramie, WY) is leaning liberal.
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 82072 (Laramie, WY) is leaning liberal.
Laramie, Wyoming is leaning liberal.
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.
Laramie, 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 82072 (Laramie)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,007 contributions totaling $75,591 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 176 contributions totaling $27,185 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)