1980 United States presidential election in Wyoming
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Nominee Ronald Reagan Jimmy Carter John B. Anderson
Party Republican Democratic Independent
Home state California Georgia Illinois
Running mate George H. W. Bush Walter Mondale Patrick Lucey
Electoral vote 3 0 0
Popular vote 110,700 49,427 12,072
Percentage 62.64% 27.97% 6.83%
County Results
Reagan
  50-60%
  60-70%
  70-80%

President before election

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

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The 1980 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. State voters chose three electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Wyoming was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R) by a 34-point landslide.[1] Wyoming is a reliably Republican state, and the last Democratic presidential candidate to carry the state was Lyndon Johnson in 1964.

With 62.64% of the popular vote, Wyoming would prove to be Reagan's fifth strongest state in the 1980 election after Utah, Idaho, Nebraska and North Dakota.[2]

Results

1980 United States presidential election in Wyoming[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Ronald Reagan 110,700 62.64% 3
Democrat Jimmy Carter (incumbent) 49,427 27.97% 0
Independent John Anderson 12,072 6.83% 0
Independent Edward Clark 4,514 2.55% 0
Totals 176,716 100.00% 3
Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered voters) 53%/81%

Results by county

County Ronald Wilson Reagan
Republican 		James Earl Carter
Democratic 		John Bayard Anderson
Independent 		Edward E. Clark
Independent
 Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Albany 5,830 50.58% 3,772 32.72% 1,630 14.14% 295 2.56% 2,058 17.85% 11,527
Big Horn 3,709 71.01% 1,212 23.21% 209 4.00% 93 1.78% 2,497 47.81% 5,223
Campbell 5,613 73.19% 1,400 18.26% 460 6.00% 196 2.56% 4,213 54.94% 7,669
Carbon 4,337 59.55% 2,272 31.20% 493 6.77% 181 2.49% 2,065 28.35% 7,283
Converse 2,987 70.63% 922 21.80% 215 5.08% 105 2.48% 2,065 48.83% 4,229
Crook 1,909 79.01% 413 17.09% 70 2.90% 24 0.99% 1,496 61.92% 2,416
Fremont 9,077 67.72% 3,307 24.67% 731 5.45% 288 2.15% 5,770 43.05% 13,403
Goshen 3,572 67.21% 1,373 25.83% 269 5.06% 101 1.90% 2,199 41.37% 5,315
Hot Springs 1,602 62.70% 745 29.16% 136 5.32% 72 2.82% 857 33.54% 2,555
Johnson 2,291 72.78% 635 20.17% 139 4.42% 83 2.64% 1,656 52.60% 3,148
Laramie 15,361 55.43% 9,512 34.32% 2,225 8.03% 615 2.22% 5,849 21.11% 27,713
Lincoln 3,412 72.69% 1,063 22.65% 120 2.56% 99 2.11% 2,349 50.04% 4,694
Natrona 16,801 62.99% 7,111 26.66% 1,768 6.63% 992 3.72% 9,690 36.33% 26,672
Niobrara 1,075 76.13% 270 19.12% 38 2.69% 29 2.05% 805 57.01% 1,412
Park 6,435 73.03% 1,718 19.50% 496 5.63% 162 1.84% 4,717 53.54% 8,811
Platte 2,642 57.21% 1,555 33.67% 262 5.67% 159 3.44% 1,087 23.54% 4,618
Sheridan 5,649 58.56% 3,034 31.45% 641 6.65% 322 3.34% 2,615 27.11% 9,646
Sublette 1,538 73.87% 357 17.15% 139 6.68% 48 2.31% 1,181 56.72% 2,082
Sweetwater 6,265 51.92% 4,728 39.18% 826 6.85% 248 2.06% 1,537 12.74% 12,067
Teton 3,004 57.64% 1,361 26.11% 664 12.74% 183 3.51% 1,643 31.52% 5,212
Uinta 2,738 65.96% 1,138 27.42% 189 4.55% 86 2.07% 1,600 38.54% 4,151
Washakie 2,634 67.59% 945 24.25% 230 5.90% 88 2.26% 1,689 43.34% 3,897
Weston 2,219 74.71% 584 19.66% 122 4.11% 45 1.52% 1,635 55.05% 2,970
Totals 110,700 62.64% 49,427 27.97% 12,072 6.83% 4,514 2.55% 61,273 34.67% 176,713
Wyoming county flips from 1976:
Republican
  Hold
  Gain from Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "1980 Presidential General Election Results – Wyoming". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  2. ^ "1980 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
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