Moran, WY Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Moran

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Moran leans slightly Democratic by roughly 14 points: about 57% of voters vote Democratic and 43% Republican.

 

About 64% of adults in Moran typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Moran, ~36% vote Democratic, ~28% Republican, and ~36% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Moran compares

Moran sits in a sparsely populated area with few comparable cities nearby.

Moran runs about 60 points more Democratic than Wyoming as a whole. Wyoming leans Republican overall, while Moran is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Moran. The east side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+20) and the west side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+5), a spread of about 15 points.

Why Moran 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 Moran, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 57% of adults in Moran hold a bachelor's degree, about 29 points above the U.S. average of 28%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 44% of adults in Moran have never been married, above 96% of cities. Moran runs against the grain of Wyoming, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Moran, WY sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.

Why turnout in Moran looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Moran is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 70%, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and more than 99% of adults in Moran have completed high school, in the top fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.