Poll: Wyoming voters say Cheney isn't one of them

Catalina Camia | USA TODAY

Note: This has been updated to correctly reflect the year Cheney's ancestors arrived in Wyoming.

Senate candidate Liz Cheney may need to work on the perception she's a carpetbagger.

A new poll shows only 31% of Wyoming voters believe Cheney is a Wyomingite, according to a tweet from Public Policy Polling.

That finding follows a poll last week by Harper Polling showing Republican Sen. Mike Enzi leading Cheney by 34 percentage points. Cheney, who went to high school in Virginia and moved to Wyoming last year, is the daughter of Dick Cheney, the former vice president and Wyoming congressman.

"I am a fourth-generation Wyomingite," she told The Hill last week. "My family first came here in 1852, walking the Mormon Trail in search of religious freedom. My great-grandfather settled here in 1907. Wyoming has always been home."

She made similar comments during an appearance in Casper, Wyo., last week after declaring her candidacy. "This is my hometown," Cheney said in Casper, according to the Star-Tribune.

Public Policy Polling, a Democratic-leaning firm based in North Carolina, said it will post full results from its Wyoming poll on Tuesday. In anticipation of pushback, the firm sent out another tweet that 22% of respondents to the Wyoming poll are Democrats and 62% are Republican.

Cheney's entry into the 2014 Senate race has sparked strong responses from her fellow Republicans, particularly those who are close to Enzi, who is seeking a fourth term. Rep. Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming's lone House member, has said Cheney "should run from Virginia."

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