Wright, Wyoming is a small town located in the northern part of the state with a population of 1,482. It is politically conservative and predominately Republican with most township-level elections non-partisan. While there is no real party divide in Wright politics, the mayor and five city council members are elected by a majority vote from the citizens. Issues that affect the town include infrastructure improvements, economic development, public safety, and maintaining a quality of life for all residents. The Mayor and City Council have worked together to foster new business opportunities while preserving Wright's small-town atmosphere. They also prioritize addressing public safety concerns to ensure that all residents feel safe in their community. Residents of Wright take pride in their local government and strive to be involved in decisions affecting their town.
The political climate in Wright, WY is strongly conservative.
Campbell County, WY is very conservative. In Campbell County, WY 9.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Campbell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.8% to 9.9%.
Campbell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wright, WY is strongly conservative.
Campbell County, Wyoming is very conservative.
Gillette 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.
Wright, 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 Wright, WY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 355 contributions totaling $23,669 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 315 contributions totaling $55,502 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)