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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 County Results
Reagan 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%
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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
edit| 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
edit| County | Ronald Reagan Republican |
Jimmy Carter Democratic |
John B. Anderson Independent |
Ed Clark Independent |
Margin | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Albany | 5,830 | 50.58% | 3,772 | 32.72% | 1,630 | 14.14% | 295 | 2.56% | 2,058 | 17.86% | 11,527 |
| Big Horn | 3,709 | 71.01% | 1,212 | 23.21% | 209 | 4.00% | 93 | 1.78% | 2,497 | 47.80% | 5,223 |
| Campbell | 5,613 | 73.19% | 1,400 | 18.26% | 460 | 6.00% | 196 | 2.56% | 4,213 | 54.93% | 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 | 41.38% | 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 | 52.61% | 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 | 53.53% | 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 | 31.53% | 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 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "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 March 5, 2018.