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. 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.
Results 1980 United States presidential election in WyomingPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral 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 ReaganRepublican Jimmy Carter Democratic John B. AndersonIndependent Ed ClarkIndependent 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% 2,970Totals110,70062.64%49,42727.97%12,0726.83%4,5142.55%61,27334.67%176,713 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Sweetwater
See also United States presidential elections in Wyoming Presidency of Ronald Reagan
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