Wyoming leans heavily Republican by roughly 34 points: about 33% of voters vote Democratic and 67% Republican.
About 74% of adults in Wyoming typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Wyoming, ~24% vote Democratic, ~50% Republican, and ~26% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Wyoming compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Wyoming leans more Republican than 3 of 7 neighbors.
Wyoming runs about 12 points more Democratic than Wyoming State as a whole.
Why Wyoming 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 Wyoming, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 2% of residents in Wyoming live in densely developed areas, about 10 points below the Wyoming average of 12%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Wyoming, WY sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Wyoming looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Wyoming 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 72%, about 12 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 96% of households in Wyoming own their home, about 21 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 99% of adults in Wyoming have completed high school, above 98% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Woods Landing, WY R+33
- West Laramie, WY R+37
- Centennial, WY R+31
- Red Buttes, WY R+36
- Laramie, WY D+16
- Keystone, WY R+37
- Cowdrey, CO R+34
- Red Feather Lakes, CO R+15
Cities with Similar Populations
- Spring Prairie, WI R+27
- Dale, IL R+63
- Buckner, AR R+60
- Broomes Island, MD R+25
- Jakeville, MN R+65
- Frost, MN R+47
- Timblin, PA R+74
- Lakeport, MI R+36
- Protem, MO R+70
- Edwall, WA R+55
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.