Editing Sweetwater County, Wyoming (section)

==Politics and government==
Sweetwater County was a Democratic stronghold in Wyoming until recent years (owing to its unionized mining industry), voting Democratic in eleven consecutive presidential elections between 1928 and 1968, after supporting Progressive [[Robert M. La Follette, Sr|Robert La Follette Sr.]] in 1924. In 1928, 1952, 1956 and 1976 it was the only Wyoming county to support the Democratic presidential nominee.

Nonetheless, no Democratic presidential candidate has won Sweetwater County since [[Bill Clinton]] in 1996. The county has come to mirror neighboring Wyoming counties in its powerful support of Republican candidates; in 2016, [[Hillary Clinton]] won just 18.9 percent of the vote in the county.<ref name=LP/> The 2024 election saw the strongest Republican support in the county since statehood when it cast over 75% of its vote for Donald Trump. At the state level, Sweetwater County is represented by a Republican delegation in the [[Wyoming House of Representatives]],and three Republicans in the [[Wyoming Senate]].

{{PresHead|place=Sweetwater County, Wyoming|whig=no|source1=<ref name="LP">Leip, Dave. US Election Atlas; [https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/statesub.php?year=2000&fips=56037&f=0&off=0&elect=0 2016 Presidential General Election Results – Sweetwater County, WY] (and earlier years)</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|12,541|3,731|426|Wyoming}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|12,229|3,823|551|Wyoming}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|12,154|3,231|1,745|Wyoming}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|11,428|4,774|693|Wyoming}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|10,360|5,762|581|Wyoming}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|10,653|5,208|411|Wyoming}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|9,425|5,521|745|Wyoming}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|5,591|7,088|2,955|Wyoming}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|4,476|6,417|4,017|Wyoming}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|6,780|6,720|205|Wyoming}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|8,308|5,230|174|Wyoming}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|6,265|4,728|1,074|Wyoming}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|4,937|5,575|62|Wyoming}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|5,175|3,713|27|Wyoming}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|2,726|4,086|637|Wyoming}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,944|5,969|0|Wyoming}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|2,545|5,398|0|Wyoming}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|3,355|4,747|0|Wyoming}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|3,567|5,807|0|Wyoming}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|2,538|5,146|401|Wyoming}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|2,623|5,599|0|Wyoming}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|2,439|6,637|18|Wyoming}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|1,797|6,232|68|Wyoming}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|2,043|4,637|303|Wyoming}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|2,528|2,974|97|Wyoming}}
{{PresRow|1924|Progressive|2,119|688|2,219|Wyoming}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|1,744|1,216|261|Wyoming}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|1,287|1,496|156|Wyoming}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|888|916|679|Wyoming}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|1,299|637|285|Wyoming}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|1,473|464|127|Wyoming}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|1,101|740|0|Wyoming}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|754|996|37|Wyoming}}
{{PresFoot|1892|Populist|674|0|759|Wyoming}}

'''County commissioners'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Party
! Term
|- {{party shading/Republican}}
| Keaton West (Chair)
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| 2022-
|- {{party shading/Republican}}
| Island Richards
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| 2022-
|- {{party shading/Republican}}
| Mary Thoman
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| 2020-
|- {{party shading/Republican}}
| Taylor Jones
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| 2021-
|- {{party shading/Republican}}
| Robb Slaughter
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| 2022-
|}
{{Clear}}