The small town of Shell, WY is a thriving rural community with a unique political atmosphere. Despite its size, Shell has an active local government that works to ensure that the people of this community have the resources and services they need. The town elects a mayor every four years, who leads the Town Council. The council consists of seven elected members who are responsible for passing laws and making decisions about how the town is run. In addition to these elected officials, there are also several appointed boards and commissions that handle much of the day-to-day business in Shell. These include boards such as Planning & Zoning, Environment & Recreation, and Public Safety. Residents can get involved in their local government by attending meetings and voicing their opinions on issues that affect them or their neighbors.
The political climate in Shell, WY is very conservative.
Big Horn County, WY is very conservative. In Big Horn County, WY 13.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Big Horn county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.6% to 13.7%.
Big Horn county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Shell, WY is very conservative.
Big Horn County, Wyoming 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.
Shell, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Shell, WY
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 52 contributions totaling $3,170 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)