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1876–2024
Converse County, Wyoming
Converse County·Wyoming

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

One of Wyoming's most lopsided presidential counties by raw margin

18762024·38 elections
Converse County, Wyoming · Wusel007 · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+73
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
13,762
2024 ACS
Most similar
Rusk County
TX · similarity 1.00
19 precincts · 6,739 votes cast
Trump · R+73
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−72.9%
8455,7566,739
2020R
−72.5%
8615,9176,970
2016R
−72.9%
6685,5206,654
2012R
−62.3%
1,0895,0436,343
2008R
−54.9%
1,3804,9226,451
2004R
−57.0%
1,1844,4475,725
2000R
−54.9%
1,0763,9195,175
1996R
−24.1%
1,5202,7024,911
1992R
−17.9%
1,3072,1594,751
1988R
−37.6%
1,3012,8854,215
1984R
−57.8%
9293,5424,523
1980R
−48.8%
9222,9874,229
1976R
−31.0%
1,1502,1883,347
1972R
−54.3%
6822,3123,000
1968R
−49.0%
4921,6582,382
1964R
−11.0%
1,2501,5592,809
1960R
−35.2%
9261,9332,859
1956R
−42.4%
7511,8552,606
1952R
−41.4%
8502,0562,916
1948R
−14.2%
9961,3272,338
1944R
−24.1%
9791,6012,580
1940R
−15.0%
1,3951,8893,286
1936D
+2.6%
1,6391,5563,251
1932D
+8.4%
1,8601,5693,477
1928R
−41.3%
8452,0402,893
1924R
−34.4%
7251,7583,007
1920R
−39.2%
6791,5612,249
1916D
+6.7%
8797661,680
1912R
−7.5%
4365401,379
1908R
−17.8%
7161,0301,765
1904R
−46.3%
3951,0981,518
1900R
−32.4%
4067951,201
1896R
−11.9%
4595851,057
1892R
−54.2%
0494911
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%
Irish
0.5%
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
10.1%
Catholic & Orthodox
6.6%
Baptist
3.8%
Mainline Protestant
3.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.2%
Methodist
0.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 74.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Converse County's cattle ranches and oil fields anchor an electorate that delivered nearly 73 points to the Republican presidential candidate in 2024, among the widest margins recorded in a state already defined by one-party dominance.

The Republican margin in Converse County reached its widest at seventy-three points in 2016. The margin in 2024 was seventy-three points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Converse County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $81,558, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 13,762 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 Rusk County and Hot Springs County.