The small city of Gillette, Wyoming, is part of the 82718 zip code area and is home to an estimated population of 32,000 people. It is situated in northeast Wyoming鈥檚 Campbell County, and it serves as its county seat. Politics in Gillette are dominated by the Republican Party, with most local elections having a winner from the GOP slate. With a few exceptions, much of the state follows suit in their political leanings. The last mayor of the city was Louise Carter-King, who identified as a member of the Republican Party during her time in office. While there are no current local political candidates for the 82718 zip code area that have been officially announced at this time, it is likely that any races for public office will be filled primarily by Republicans.
The political climate in Zip 82718 (Gillette, 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
Zip 82718 (Gillette, WY) is strongly conservative.
Gillette, Wyoming 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.
Gillette, 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 82718 (Gillette)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 346 contributions totaling $22,596 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 258 contributions totaling $46,710 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)