The small city of 82301 Rawlins, WY is part of Carbon County and is served by the local government. This local government works to provide resources and services to the city's citizens in order to improve their quality of life. The government provides basic necessities such as water, sewer, and garbage services to its residents. Additionally, it funds various public amenities such as police protection, fire protection, parks and recreation centers. Local politics in 82301 Rawlins include decisions on taxation, zoning, budgets and infrastructure projects. These decisions are made by the mayor and a city council elected by the citizens of the city every two years. The city council consists of seven members who meet regularly to discuss issues pertinent to the city's population. They pass legislation that affects people living in 82301 Rawlins from everyday matters like trash pickup schedules to larger items like redistricting plans for schools and roads. Although candidates for local political offices are not named here, it is important for residents of this community to be informed about who is running for office and what they stand for so that they can make an educated decision when voting in elections.
The political climate in Zip 82301 (Rawlins, WY) is strongly 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 82301 (Rawlins, WY) is strongly conservative.
Rawlins, Wyoming is strongly 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.
Rawlins, 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 82301 (Rawlins)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 105 contributions totaling $3,883 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 236 contributions totaling $24,688 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)