Rock Springs, WY 82901 is a small town located in southwestern Wyoming. The town is home to a diverse population and has strong ties to its local community. Politically, the area leans more conservative than most of the state but still values the importance of federal government. The town elects its representatives for statewide and national offices every two years and generally votes in favor of Republican candidates. Local politics are active as well with several city council members advocating for the needs of their constituents. The current mayor is a long-time resident of Rock Springs who is committed to continuing economic growth and development within the city as well as preserving its unique cultural heritage.
The political climate in Zip 82901 (Rock Springs, 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 82901 (Rock Springs, WY) is strongly conservative.
Rock Springs, 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.
Rock Springs, 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 82901 (Rock Springs)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 476 contributions totaling $66,387 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 367 contributions totaling $72,765 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $198 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)