Ralston, Wyoming is a small town located in the western part of the state. It has a population of roughly 82440 people and is governed by local elected officials. The town is led by a Mayor and 6 City Council Members, who are responsible for making decisions on matters like budgets, ordinances, public works projects, and other important issues. Each member of the council is elected to serve a two-year term, with elections held every two years. Ralston also elects representatives to the Wyoming State House and Senate on staggered terms. In recent years, there have been efforts to strengthen civic engagement through initiatives like voter registration drives and education events. This has helped increase turnout at municipal elections so that residents are able to make their voices heard on important issues affecting their community.
The political climate in Zip 82440 (Ralston, WY) is very conservative.
Park County, WY is very conservative. In Park County, WY 20.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Park county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.6% to 20.4%.
Park county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 82440 (Ralston, WY) is very conservative.
Ralston, Wyoming is very conservative.
Park 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.
Ralston, 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 82440 (Ralston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $660 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $2,275 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)