Slowly, those conversations yielded results. When they were first starting out, Weaver said, they set up a table at an event where they tried to give away free water in an effort to have those conversations. At first, she said, people at the events refused to take the water on the grounds of it being “Democrat water.” But over the years, Weaver said that has changed.

Sometimes, people will try to start a fight about Nancy Pelosi, and the volunteers will try to instead have a discussion about policies that affect them most directly.

“I’ve noticed the change,” she said. “People will actually speak to us, instead of treating us like we’ll infect them if they come by our booth.”

However, misconceptions about what Democrats actually stand for are still rampant, and something local committee chairs still regularly find themselves combating. On the national stage, Democrats are compartmentalized by Republican leadership as socialists or extremists, and are often depicted as anti-fossil fuel and adamantly pro-choice — issues traditionally out of step with Wyomingites in general.

Wyoming’s Democrats, however, are more moderate and in a conservative state often find themselves having to compromise the ideology of the national platform to adopt to what are commonly considered “Wyoming values.”