Wyoming

Congressional Race

Senatorial Race

Population (1994): 475,000 (up 4.9% from 1990), 0.2% of U.S. total

Voting-age population: 343,000; 1994 turnout, 59%

Median age: 32.0

Median household income: $33,140 ($876 above U.S. median)

Unemployment: 4.7% (0.9% lower than U.S. average, March 1996)

Last presidential election:

Clinton (D): 34%

Bush (R): 40%

Perot (I): 26%

Congressional delegation: No Democrats, three Republicans

Wyoming is conservative, and any Democrat running here must overcome historical precedent to win: the Equality State has not supported a Democratic presidential candidate since Lyndon Johnson in 1964, and has not had a Democrat in either house of Congress since 1976. Wyoming has the smallest population of any state and is the leading coal producer in the U.S. Despite the fact that Democrat Bill Clinton has twice vacationed in the Grand Tetons near Jackson Hole and that 18-year veteran Alan Simpson is retiring, Wyoming residents are considered likely to send Republicans back to Congress this year.

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