The small town of Medicine Bow, WY is part of the larger Carbon County. The county's politics are largely conservative, with Republican candidates typically dominating the local elections. Despite its size, Medicine Bow has a strong voice in county politics and works to ensure that its citizens' concerns are heard and addressed at the state and national levels. Healthcare, education, public safety, and economic development are among the most important issues for residents of Medicine Bow. Locals take part in numerous political forums and events throughout the year to stay informed on current topics and debate their own views on important issues. The town also supports a number of initiatives providing funding for community projects such as parks and senior centers. All in all, Medicine Bow is an engaged political community that works hard to ensure that its citizens' needs are taken into consideration when decisions are made at higher levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 82329 (Medicine Bow, WY) is very conservative.
Carbon County, WY is very conservative. In Carbon County, WY 21.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carbon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.2% to 21.4%.
Carbon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 82329 (Medicine Bow, WY) is very conservative.
Medicine Bow, Wyoming is very conservative.
Carbon 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.
Medicine Bow, 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 82329 (Medicine Bow)
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 8 contributions totaling $301 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)