Torrington, Wyoming is a small town located in Goshen County. It is home to around 4,000 people and offers many amenities including a local library, recreational center, and several community parks. Despite its small size, Torrington has a vibrant political presence with several candidates running for office during elections. Candidates for local offices typically include those who are affiliated with the Republican and Democratic Parties as well as independent candidates. Many of the issues that affect the community such as budgeting decisions, crime rates, public safety initiatives, and economic development plans are handled at the local level and all registered voters have an opportunity to voice their opinion in matters that affect their daily lives. Elections in Torrington are held every two years and local politicians strive to ensure that all citizens have equal access to participate in the electoral process by providing ample voter registration opportunities and educational resources about upcoming ballot initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 82240 (Torrington, WY) is very conservative.
Goshen County, WY is very conservative. In Goshen County, WY 19.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Goshen county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.2% to 19.3%.
Goshen county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 82240 (Torrington, WY) is very conservative.
Torrington, Wyoming is very conservative.
Goshen 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.
Torrington, 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 82240 (Torrington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 100 contributions totaling $12,848 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 143 contributions totaling $32,182 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)