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1876–2024
Lincoln County, Wyoming
Lincoln County·Wyoming

Lincoln County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

One of Wyoming's most lopsided presidential counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Lincoln County, Wyoming · Kenneth Hynek from Edmonton, Canada · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+68
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
20,486
2024 ACS
Most similar
Minidoka County
ID · similarity 1.00
15 precincts · 10,840 votes cast
Trump · R+68
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−67.7%
1,6238,95710,840
2020R
−68.2%
1,5098,64310,468
2016R
−63.9%
1,1056,7798,875
2012R
−68.0%
1,2877,1448,618
2008R
−54.4%
1,8236,4858,568
2004R
−63.9%
1,3646,4237,914
2000R
−61.8%
1,1845,4156,845
1996R
−30.0%
1,8033,7646,536
1992R
−20.2%
1,4302,5955,757
1988R
−33.6%
1,5923,2374,897
1984R
−57.6%
1,0213,8544,921
1980R
−50.0%
1,0633,4124,694
1976R
−22.5%
1,5552,4644,044
1972R
−40.6%
9692,4593,666
1968R
−22.0%
1,2462,0303,561
1964D
+11.3%
2,2731,8114,084
1960R
−1.6%
1,9482,0103,958
1956R
−18.3%
1,5632,2643,827
1952R
−15.2%
1,7092,3214,030
1948D
+5.2%
1,9251,7303,738
1944D
+13.0%
2,1401,6493,789
1940D
+23.3%
2,8391,7654,605
1936D
+33.0%
2,7471,3764,160
1932D
+15.0%
2,2751,6734,006
1928R
−13.5%
1,6872,2173,919
1924R
−15.1%
1,0251,4933,094
1920R
−26.6%
1,1542,0433,346
1916D
+24.1%
2,3781,4263,956
1912R
−11.9%
1,0281,4303,378
1908
No data
1904
No data
1900
No data
1896
No data
1892
No data
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
58.3%
Catholic & Orthodox
3.6%
Mainline Protestant
1.4%
Baptist
1.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.3%
Non-Christian
0.2%
Methodist
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 34.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Lincoln County's 2024 presidential margin of R+67.7 places it among the most one-sided counties in the state, reflecting a rural, resource-economy electorate that has voted heavily Republican in every recent federal contest.

The Republican margin in Lincoln County reached its widest at sixty-eight points in 2020. The margin in 2024 was sixty-eight points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Lincoln County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $89,330, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 20,486 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Minidoka County and Caribou County.