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1876–2024
Sheridan, WY·Wyoming

Sheridan, WY has voted Republican in fifteen straight presidential elections — R+49 in 2024.

Wyoming's Powder River Basin anchors one of the nation's most Republican metros

1876 — 2024·38 elections
WY
LatestR+49in 2024
TypologyStable Rural Rightcluster typology
Population32,0552024 ACS

Sheridan, WY, Wyoming: Stable Rural Right metro. In 2024, voted R+49%. Republican peak: R+51 in 2016.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+49MIT Election Lab
Political typology
Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
Population
32,0552024 5-year
Median household income
$71,3882024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
91.2%2024 5-year
Black
0.7%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
5.0%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+26 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+51 in 2016MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Sheridan, WY
TrumpR+49
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How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican73.3%12,041
Kamala HarrisDemocratic23.9%3,920
OtherAll other candidates2.8%464
D+60
R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1876 to 2024. Most recent: −49.4% in 2024.flipped R · 1968−49.4%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892−46.4%
1896+11.4%
1900−1.6%
1904−26.1%
1908−15.8%
1912+18.5%
1916+19.7%
1920−33.2%
1924−4.4%
1928−16.8%
1932+21.3%
1936+26.1%
1940+7.6%
1944+0.8%
1948+2.0%
1952−35.2%
1956−26.8%
1960−20.1%
1964+2.8%
1968−29.7%
1972−38.2%
1976−25.2%
1980−27.1%
1984−33.8%
1988−12.3%
1992−1.4%
1996−10.8%
2000−41.6%
2004−40.1%
2008−38.2%
2012−46.4%
2016−50.6%
2020−47.5%
2024−49.4%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−49.4%
3,92012,04116,425
R
−47.5%
4,04311,84316,428
R
−50.6%
2,92710,26614,510
R
−46.4%
3,61810,26714,322
R
−38.2%
4,45810,17714,981
R
−40.1%
4,0669,68914,029
R
−41.6%
3,3308,42412,236
R
−10.8%
4,5945,89212,046
R
−1.4%
4,1394,30311,565
R
−12.3%
4,6555,98010,778
R
−33.8%
3,6487,46011,279
R
−27.1%
3,0345,6499,646
R
−25.2%
3,2065,3828,652
R
−38.2%
2,8746,4329,318
R
−29.7%
2,6595,1638,434
D
+2.8%
4,7474,4919,238
R
−20.1%
3,7865,6909,476
R
−26.8%
3,2045,5468,750
R
−35.2%
3,1246,5229,655
D
+2.0%
3,8523,6987,601
D
+0.8%
3,8623,8027,664
D
+7.6%
4,4393,8148,268
D
+26.1%
4,7312,7267,680
D
+21.3%
4,2602,7387,142
R
−16.8%
2,5633,6166,250
R
−4.4%
2,2722,5305,917
R
−33.2%
1,1922,6454,377
D
+19.7%
2,9061,9145,048
O
+18.5%
1,6498624,248
R
−15.8%
1,5392,1583,924
R
−26.1%
1,0681,9053,202
R
−1.6%
9851,0182,044
D
+11.4%
1,1048771,992
O
−46.4%
05091,098
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Demographics

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
18.3%
English
12.1%
Irish
9.3%
American
5.2%
Scottish
3.3%
Italian
2.9%
Polish
2.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 42.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.7%
85+
1.4%
3.3%
75–84
3.2%
6.9%
65–74
6.9%
6.9%
55–64
6.7%
5.8%
45–54
5.6%
6.7%
35–44
6.2%
5.3%
25–34
5.8%
3.7%
18–24
3.6%
8.5%
5–17
8.3%
2.3%
<5
2.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$71,388
Sheridan, WY ranks near the middle of US counties.
Sheridan, WY$71,388
Wyoming$76,176
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
10.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.0%
Working age (18–64)9.2%
Seniors (65+)16.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.5%
speak English only
Spanish2.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Other Indo-European0.2%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
11.7%
Other Christian
10.6%
Mainline Protestant
9.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.3%
Baptist
1.5%
Methodist
0.9%
Non-Christian
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 63.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Sheridan's economy ties closely to coal, ranching, and tourism in the Bighorn foothills, producing a voter profile that has backed Republican presidential candidates by 40-plus-point margins in recent cycles.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of twenty-six points in 1936 and a Republican high of fifty-one points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-nine points.

A population of 32,055, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $71,388 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Sheridan, WY, Wyoming vote in 2024?
In 2024, Sheridan, WY, Wyoming voted Republican by 49.4 points (R+49), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 16,425 votes cast, 3,920 went Democratic and 12,041 went Republican.
What is Sheridan, WY, Wyoming's political typology?
Akashic places Sheridan, WY, Wyoming in the "Stable Rural Right" typology. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 8 times, Republican 24 times, and other 2 times.
When did Sheridan, WY, Wyoming last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Sheridan, WY, Wyoming voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Sheridan, WY, Wyoming?
Sheridan, WY, Wyoming has a population of 32,055 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sheridan, WY, Wyoming?
Median household income in Sheridan, WY, Wyoming is $71,388 — below the national median of $80,734. The Wyoming state median is $76,176.
What is the political history of Sheridan, WY, Wyoming?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Sheridan, WY, Wyoming from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 24 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.