1980 United States presidential election in Wyoming
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] | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| 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 |
gollark: You probably should actually pick your other 4 choices, though.
gollark: You have ridiculous infighting and politicking and poor pay.
gollark: Academia *is* a job, and a fairly bad one, though?
gollark: I'm mostly going because, well, social expectations to some extent, but also I can learn cool things, avoid having to actually get a job for some time (and presumably attain more money when I am to), and do fun university things of some kind™.
gollark: Not really, I'm just really easily distracted.
References
- "1980 Presidential General Election Results – Wyoming". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
- "1980 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
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