LARAMIE - Most longtime Wyoming Democrats have at one time or another awakened from a bad dream and asked themselves, "Am I the only Democrat in this state?"

That question certainly was not on Albany County Democrats' minds Saturday morning at the Civic Center in Laramie where more than 1,300 Democrats -- the largest turnout in county Democratic party history showed up to voice their preferences for the party's nominee for president.

In the end, Barack Obama racked up nearly three times as many votes as Clinton, rolling to a 969-328 advantage in Albany County as he picked up 19 delegates to the state convention in Jackson. Six Clinton supporters will be going to Jackson as a result of the vote.

State Sen. Mike Massie of Laramie, who introduced Obama at a rally Friday at the Arena-Auditorium on the University of Wyoming campus, said he was not surprised by Obama's landslide victory. "The Obama campaign has been conducting a more extensive grassroots campaign and for a longer time in the county than Hillary's folks have. It quickly became clear from the reactions to the nominating speeches that it would be 2-to-1 or 3-to-1 for Obama."

Phil Roberts, University of Wyoming history professor, said the crowd Saturday may have been 10 times as large as the largest one he remembered from past conventions.

"The biggest previous one was in 1992 when we had a lot of people in the big gym here. They were arrayed in the bleachers for the candidates. There were a large number for (U.S. Sen.) Tom Harkin, a lot of us for (former California governor) Jerry Brown and some for (Bill) Clinton," Roberts said. "The most raucus one I remember was in 1972 in the basement of old Stanton School. The (George) McGovern forces versus the organization. It was chaotic because the gym was much too small for the number of people who showed up."

That was also the case Saturday. The Civic Center auditorium filled up long before everyone had signed in, forcing two rounds of nomination speeches and voting. Albany County Commissioner Pat Gabriel said many people showed up who could participate but were not allowed to vote because they were not registered at all or were registered as independents.

Those lined up to obtain ballots seemed about evenly split between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, and most said the flurry of appearances by both candidates and by Bill and Chelsea Clinton in Wyoming the previous two days had not changed their minds.

Diane Wolverton said she was excited "that Wyoming is making a difference this year." She said she was leaning toward Hillary. "When I was a child and looked at the world around me, I saw that the highest office available to a woman was Miss America. So I say now, 'let it be president.'"

Greg Winn of Laramie said he was concerned about the implications from Clinton's side this week that Republican nominee Sen. John McCain was more qualified than Obama. "If I were on the fence, that would influence me the other way." Ed Paradis of Laramie said he would vote for Obama. "I believe in his theme of change."

Mary Henning said she attended Obama's rally Friday night in Laramie and found his message uplifting. "But I find the rock star atmosphere distasteful for a serious choice. As Democrats we have an extraordinary opportunity to have either a black man or a woman as president, but the time is now to have a woman president. Sen.

Clinton has the vision and experience to get it done. She's tough and a fighter."

Burmma Hardy of Laramie said she has been reading about the campaign all along and would vote for the Illinois senator. "Obama has better judgment. He's intelligent and doesn't have any excess baggage."

Ron Bagby was among several of those interviewed who was unable to get into the Bill Clinton rally Thursday afternoon. He too is an Obama supporter. "He's the completion of Martin Luther King's dream.

When Marc Antony spoke, the general said, 'great speech,' but when Caesar spoke the general said, 'let's march.' I'm ready to march."

Lauren Throop, a University of Wyoming graduate student in zoology said she favors Obama's new thinking and enthusiasm. "But I did like Bill Clinton's talk a lot too," she said.

Laramie resident Jeff Snider favored someone not named Clinton and Nate Maxon, originally of Fort Bridger, said he was leaning toward Obama because Obama hasn't been taking PAC money.

Kirk Weir of Laramie did not attend the Obama appearance but read about it before the convention Saturday morning. "I was leaning toward Obama but I decided to vote for Clinton. Obama said he could have the troops out of Iraq by 2009. I think that's very wishful thinking. It can't happen. It's too big of a mess."