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1876–2024
Weston County, Wyoming
Weston County·Wyoming

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

One of Wyoming's most lopsided presidential counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Weston County, Wyoming · Acroterion · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+77
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
6,826
2024 ACS
Most similar
Campbell County
WY · similarity 1.00
8 precincts · 3,512 votes cast
Trump · R+77
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−76.6%
3783,0693,512
2020R
−77.6%
3603,1073,542
2016R
−77.5%
2993,0333,526
2012R
−71.4%
4222,8213,359
2008R
−57.8%
6582,6183,393
2004R
−63.6%
5802,7393,392
2000R
−67.7%
4492,5213,060
1996R
−28.1%
8711,7633,174
1992R
−24.4%
7271,4653,027
1988R
−47.3%
6991,9882,724
1984R
−68.2%
4822,6143,127
1980R
−55.1%
5842,2192,970
1976R
−30.8%
9341,7702,714
1972R
−58.7%
5202,0632,629
1968R
−37.4%
6101,4972,373
1964R
−1.9%
1,4191,4732,892
1960R
−18.4%
1,2011,7432,944
1956R
−28.1%
1,0311,8372,868
1952R
−39.4%
8391,9312,774
1948R
−7.8%
8229621,788
1944R
−18.5%
7541,0971,851
1940R
−13.4%
9851,2922,284
1936D
+4.7%
1,1931,0842,295
1932D
+26.4%
1,4598402,346
1928R
−23.9%
6881,1271,839
1924R
−8.8%
6407941,751
1920R
−39.0%
4631,0731,563
1916R
−3.6%
7347911,586
1912D
+0.8%
4594491,305
1908R
−19.8%
4787231,237
1904R
−56.5%
2218101,043
1900R
−23.7%
338548886
1896R
−17.0%
319451776
1892R
−57.2%
0294514
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
Catholic & Orthodox
14.5%
Other Christian
13.7%
Methodist
4.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.1%
Baptist
1.0%
Mainline Protestant
0.6%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 63.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

With fewer than 7,000 residents spread across rolling high-plains terrain near the South Dakota border, Weston County delivered an R+76.6 margin in 2024—among the widest in a state already defined by overwhelming Republican preference.

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

Weston County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $89,509, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 6,826 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 Campbell County and Washakie County.