Wind River, WY Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Wind River

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

Wind River leans heavily Democratic by roughly 38 points: about 69% of voters vote Democratic and 31% Republican.

 

About 57% of adults in Wind River typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Wind River, ~39% vote Democratic, ~18% Republican, and ~43% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Wind River compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Wind River leans more Democratic than 10 of 11 neighbors.

Wind River runs about 84 points more Democratic than Wyoming as a whole. Wyoming leans Republican overall, while Wind River is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Wind River. The southeast side runs the most Democratic (D+47) and the southwest side runs the most Republican (R+15), a spread of about 62 points.

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

Wind River votes against the grain of Wyoming. Wyoming leans Republican overall, while Wind River runs about 84 points more Democratic. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 48% of adults in Wind River have never been married, above 98% of cities.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Wind River, WY sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.

Why turnout in Wind River looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Wind River is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 45%, about 18 points below the Wyoming average of 63%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 28% of households in Wind River rent, above 80% of cities. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Wind River sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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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.