1980 United States presidential election in Wyoming

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1980 United States presidential election in Wyoming
Flag of Wyoming.svg
  1976 November 4, 1980 1984  
  Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981-cropped.jpg Carter cropped.jpg John B. Anderson in New Jersey (cropped).jpg
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 vote300
Popular vote110,70049,42712,072
Percentage62.64%27.97%6.83%

Wyoming Presidential Election Results 1980.svg
County Results
Reagan
  50–60%
  60–70%
  70–80%

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.

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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]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Ronald Reagan 110,70062.64%3
Democrat Jimmy Carter (incumbent)49,42727.97%0
Independent John Anderson 12,0726.83%0
Independent Edward Clark 4,5142.55%0
Totals176,716100.00%3
Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered voters)53%/81%

Results by county

CountyRonald Reagan
Republican
Jimmy Carter
Democratic
John B. Anderson
Independent
Ed Clark
Independent
MarginTotal
#%#%#%#%#%
Albany 5,83050.58%3,77232.72%1,63014.14%2952.56%2,05817.86%11,527
Big Horn 3,70971.01%1,21223.21%2094.00%931.78%2,49747.80%5,223
Campbell 5,61373.19%1,40018.26%4606.00%1962.56%4,21354.93%7,669
Carbon 4,33759.55%2,27231.20%4936.77%1812.49%2,06528.35%7,283
Converse 2,98770.63%92221.80%2155.08%1052.48%2,06548.83%4,229
Crook 1,90979.01%41317.09%702.90%240.99%1,49661.92%2,416
Fremont 9,07767.72%3,30724.67%7315.45%2882.15%5,77043.05%13,403
Goshen 3,57267.21%1,37325.83%2695.06%1011.90%2,19941.38%5,315
Hot Springs 1,60262.70%74529.16%1365.32%722.82%85733.54%2,555
Johnson 2,29172.78%63520.17%1394.42%832.64%1,65652.61%3,148
Laramie 15,36155.43%9,51234.32%2,2258.03%6152.22%5,84921.11%27,713
Lincoln 3,41272.69%1,06322.65%1202.56%992.11%2,34950.04%4,694
Natrona 16,80162.99%7,11126.66%1,7686.63%9923.72%9,69036.33%26,672
Niobrara 1,07576.13%27019.12%382.69%292.05%80557.01%1,412
Park 6,43573.03%1,71819.50%4965.63%1621.84%4,71753.53%8,811
Platte 2,64257.21%1,55533.67%2625.67%1593.44%1,08723.54%4,618
Sheridan 5,64958.56%3,03431.45%6416.65%3223.34%2,61527.11%9,646
Sublette 1,53873.87%35717.15%1396.68%482.31%1,18156.72%2,082
Sweetwater 6,26551.92%4,72839.18%8266.85%2482.06%1,53712.74%12,067
Teton 3,00457.64%1,36126.11%66412.74%1833.51%1,64331.53%5,212
Uinta 2,73865.96%1,13827.42%1894.55%862.07%1,60038.54%4,151
Washakie 2,63467.59%94524.25%2305.90%882.26%1,68943.34%3,897
Weston 2,21974.71%58419.66%1224.11%451.52%1,63555.05%2,970
Totals110,70062.64%49,42727.97%12,0726.83%4,5142.55%61,27334.67%176,713

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "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.