- Lead
- 834
- Total
- 3,036
- vs nation
- R+26.0
Wyoming 61st State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 832
- Total
- 3,490
- vs nation
- R+28.3
- Lead
- 990
- Total
- 3,322
- vs nation
- R+31.9
- Lead
- 706
- Total
- 3,325
- vs nation
- R+25.1
- Lead
- 599
- Total
- 3,497
- vs nation
- R+24.4
- Lead
- 989
- Total
- 3,435
- vs nation
- R+26.3
- Lead
- 748
- Total
- 3,004
- vs nation
- R+25.4
- Lead
- 178
- Total
- 2,817
- vs nation
- R+14.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+27.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 8,9792024 5-year
- Population density
- 4,081 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 2.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $72,1012024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 71.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 18.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+34.1 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+73.0 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 43, WY · twin score 92.7
presidential history
Party record book
Wyoming 61st State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 · 34 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
67.0%
1,475 votes · D+34.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 65.1%
Republican
Benjamin Harrison1892
73.0%
162 votes · R+73.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Theodore Roosevelt, 1904 · 69.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
1,475votes
67.0% of the vote · D+34.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 1,410 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
2,197votes
64.0% of the vote · R+28.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 2,085 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Harry S. Truman1948
+12.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+16.9 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Adlai Stevenson, 1956 · +11.6 pts
Republican
Benjamin Harrison1892
+74.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+73.0 · U.S. D+1.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +31.9 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | R | 33.4%1,232 | 66.6%2,456 | 3,688 |
The district recorded a Republican presidential margin of R+27.5 in 2024, compared with R+17.1 in 2008. About 80 residents lived here as of the 2024 ACS 5-year.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 34.1 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 73.0 points in 1892. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 27.5 points.
A population of 8,979, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $72,101 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 43 and State House District 5.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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