The politics in 82801 Sheridan, WY are led by a number of local elected officials who work to ensure the needs of its citizens are met. The town is managed by a mayor and city council, which consists of five council members who are voted into office every two years. The city also has many other boards and commissions that look after specific departments within the municipality, such as transportation, zoning, parks and recreation, and economic development. Local elections for elected officials occur regularly with candidates putting forth their ideas regarding how to best serve the community. Each election brings out passionate conversations among those who reside in 82801 Sheridan, WY as they discuss which candidate would be the most beneficial to the town’s overall success.
The political climate in Zip 82801 (Sheridan, WY) is strongly conservative.
Sheridan County, WY is very conservative. In Sheridan County, WY 24.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sheridan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.1% to 24.6%.
Sheridan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 82801 (Sheridan, WY) is strongly conservative.
Sheridan, Wyoming is strongly conservative.
Sheridan County, Wyoming is very conservative.
Sheridan 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.
Sheridan, 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 82801 (Sheridan)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 749 contributions totaling $94,066 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 523 contributions totaling $127,240 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $243 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)