Fort Bridger is a Republican stronghold. About 11% of voters here vote Democratic and 89% Republican.
About 68% of adults in Fort Bridger typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Fort Bridger, ~7% vote Democratic, ~61% Republican, and ~32% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Fort Bridger compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Fort Bridger leans more Republican than 3 of 6 neighbors.
Fort Bridger runs about 31 points more Republican than Wyoming as a whole.
Why Fort Bridger leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Fort Bridger, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 2% of residents in Fort Bridger live in densely developed areas, about 10 points below the Wyoming average of 12%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 78% of households in Fort Bridger are family households, above 83% of cities.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Fort Bridger, WY sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Fort Bridger looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 99% of adults in Fort Bridger have completed high school, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 90%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Urie, WY R+77
- Mountain View, WY R+77
- Lyman, WY R+72
- Millburne, WY R+77
- Robertson, WY R+74
- Altamont, WY R+65
- Verne, WY R+69
- Elkol, WY R+78
Cities with Similar Populations
- Kaneville, IL R+33
- Tivoli, TX R+34
- Sunday Lake, WA R+20
- Crosby, MS R+32
- Bowen, IL R+58
- Matthews, GA R+43
- Fentress, TX R+28
- Diamond, AL R+71
- Dixon, MS R+62
- Gratton, VA R+59
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Wyoming Secretary of State, Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.