| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 488 | 2,082 | 2,620 | |
| 2020 | R | 482 | 1,999 | 2,577 | |
| 2016 | R | 400 | 1,939 | 2,586 | |
| 2012 | R | 523 | 1,895 | 2,515 | |
| 2008 | R | 619 | 1,834 | 2,546 | |
| 2004 | R | 623 | 1,812 | 2,480 | |
| 2000 | R | 544 | 1,733 | 2,352 | |
| 1996 | R | 779 | 1,348 | 2,436 | |
| 1992 | R | 740 | 978 | 2,399 | |
| 1988 | R | 800 | 1,490 | 2,324 | |
| 1984 | R | 672 | 1,943 | 2,646 | |
| 1980 | R | 745 | 1,602 | 2,555 | |
| 1976 | R | 958 | 1,413 | 2,379 | |
| 1972 | R | 689 | 1,678 | 2,367 | |
| 1968 | R | 705 | 1,273 | 2,144 | |
| 1964 | D | 1,380 | 1,228 | 2,608 | |
| 1960 | R | 1,144 | 1,659 | 2,803 | |
| 1956 | R | 977 | 1,663 | 2,640 | |
| 1952 | R | 856 | 1,573 | 2,432 | |
| 1948 | D | 928 | 791 | 1,764 | |
| 1944 | D | 969 | 877 | 1,846 | |
| 1940 | D | 1,266 | 913 | 2,194 | |
| 1936 | D | 1,419 | 796 | 2,319 | |
| 1932 | D | 1,466 | 742 | 2,353 | |
| 1928 | R | 940 | 1,220 | 2,205 | |
| 1924 | R | 969 | 1,011 | 2,211 | |
| 1920 | R | 529 | 1,212 | 1,876 | |
| 1916 | D | 760 | 523 | 1,401 | |
| 1912 | D | 343 | 273 | 1,006 | |
| 1908 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1892 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1876 | — | — | — | — |
Hot Springs County sits in north-central Wyoming with fewer than 5,000 residents, and its 2024 presidential margin of R+60.8 reflects the lopsided Republican alignment common across the state's rural, energy-dependent basin communities.
The Democratic margin in Hot Springs County peaked at thirty-one points in 1932. By 1968 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was sixty-one points, the most Republican-leaning result in the county's modern history.
The economic context is the key. Hot Springs County's median household income of $61,250 sits well below state and national norms, and 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Converse County and Washakie County.