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United States presidential elections in Wyoming

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Presidential elections in Wyoming
Map of the United States with Wyoming highlighted
Number of elections34
Voted Democratic8
Voted Republican26
Voted other0
Voted for winning candidate24
Voted for losing candidate10
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Since becoming a state on July 10, 1890,[1] Wyoming has been involved in 33 presidential elections in the United States, consistently holding 3 electoral votes. Wyoming granted women the right to vote in 1869, prior to joining the Union, and was the first place in America to do so. This was a significant milestone for women's suffrage and paved the way for other states to follow suit.[2] As a state with a strong Republican tradition, Wyoming tends to favor the Republican Party in presidential elections. It has consistently voted for Republican candidates in recent decades and is considered a reliably red state. When Wyoming participated in its first presidential election in 1892, Republican candidate Benjamin Harrison won the state with 50.52% of the vote. Harrison's Democratic opponent, Grover Cleveland, who went on to win the election, did not even appear on the ballot in Wyoming.[3][4][5]

Since the 1892 presidential election, the Democratic Party has rarely carried Wyoming in presidential elections. The Democrats' best showing in the state was in the 1936 presidential election, when President Franklin Roosevelt won a decisive victory nationwide.[6][7] The last time the Democratic Party won Wyoming in a presidential election was in 1964, when Lyndon B. Johnson won a landslide victory across the country.[8]

While much of Wyoming is a stronghold for the Republican Party, Teton County is an exception. In presidential elections since 1988, the county has only supported a Republican candidate once, in 2000, and is considered to be the most Democratic-leaning county in the state.[9]

Presidential elections

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Key for parties
  American Independent Party – (AI)
  Democratic Party – (D)
  Farmer-Labor Party – (FL)
  Green Party – (G)
  Independent candidate – (I)
  Libertarian Party – (LI)
  People's Party – (PO)
  Progressive Party (1912) – (PR-1912)
  Progressive Party (1924) – (PR-1924)
  Progressive Party (1948) – (PR-1948)
  Prohibition Party – (PRO)
  Reform Party – (RE)
  Republican Party – (R)
  Socialist Party of America – (S)
  Social Democratic Party of America – (SD)
  Union Party – (U)
Note – A double dagger (‡) indicates the national winner.
Presidential elections in Utah from 1896 to present
Year Winner Runner-up Third-place candidate EV Refs.
Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes %
1892
 Benjamin Harrison (R) 8,454 50.52% James B. Weaver (PO) 7,722 46.14% John Bidwell (PRO) 530 3.17% 3
[a][10][3][4][5]
1896
 William Jennings Bryan (D) 10,861 51.49% William McKinley (R) ‡ 10,072 47.75% Joshua Levering (PRO) 159 0.75% 3
[11][12][13]
1900
 William McKinley (R) ‡ 14,482 58.66% William Jennings Bryan (D) 10,164 41.17% Eugene V. Debs (SD) 21 0.09% 3
[14][15][16]
1904
 Theodore Roosevelt (R) ‡ 20,489 66.93% Alton B. Parker (D) 8,930 29.17% Eugene V. Debs (S) 987 3.22% 3
[17][18][19]
1908
 William Howard Taft (R) ‡ 20,846 55.43% William Jennings Bryan (D) 14,918 39.67% Eugene V. Debs (S) 1,715 4.56% 3
[20][21][22]
1912
 Woodrow Wilson (D) ‡ 15,310 36.2% William Howard Taft (R) 14,560 34.42% Theodore Roosevelt (PR-1912) 9,232 21.83% 3
[b][24][23][25]
1916
 Woodrow Wilson (D) ‡ 28,316 54.62% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 21,698 41.86% Allan Benson (S) 1,453 2.8% 3
[26][27][28]
1920
 Warren G. Harding (R) ‡ 35,091 64.15% James M. Cox (D) 17,429 31.86% Parley P. Christensen (FL) 2,180 3.99% 3
[29][30][31]
1924
 Calvin Coolidge (R) ‡ 41,858 52.39% Robert M. La Follette (PR-1924) 25,174 31.51% John W. Davis (D) 12,868 16.11% 3
[32][33][34]
1928
 Herbert Hoover (R) ‡ 52,748 63.68% Al Smith (D) 29,299 35.37% Norman Thomas (S) 788 0.95% 3
[35][36][37]
1932
 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) ‡ 54,370 56.07% Herbert Hoover (R) 39,583 40.82% Norman Thomas (S) 2,829 2.92% 3
[38][39][40]
1936
 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) ‡ 62,624 64.59% Alf Landon (R) 38,739 39.95% William Lemke (U) 1,653 1.7% 3
[41][6][42]
1940
 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) ‡ 59,287 52.82% Wendell Willkie (R) 52,633 46.89% Roger W. Babson (U) 172 0.15% 3
[43][44][45]
1944
 Thomas E. Dewey (R) 51,921 51.23% Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) ‡ 49,419 48.77%
–
–
–
 3
[46][47][48]
1948
 Harry S. Truman (D) ‡ 52,354 51.62% Thomas E. Dewey (R) 47,947 47.27% Henry A. Wallace (PR-1948) 931 0.92% 3
[49][50][51]
1952
 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) ‡ 81,049 62.71% Adlai Stevenson II (D) 47,934 37.09% Stuart Hamblen (PRO) 194 0.15% 3
[52][53][54]
1956
 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) ‡ 74,573 60.08% Adlai Stevenson II (D) 49,554 39.92%
–
–
–
 3
[55][56][57]
1960
 Richard Nixon (R) 77,451 55.01% John F. Kennedy (D) ‡ 63,331 44.99%
–
–
–
 3
[58][59][60]
1964
 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) ‡ 80,718 56.56% Barry Goldwater (R) 61,998 43.44%
–
–
–
 3
[61][62][63]
1968
 Richard Nixon (R) ‡ 70,927 55.76% Hubert Humphrey (D) 45,173 35.51% George Wallace (AI) 11,105 8.73% 3
[64][65][66]
1972
 Richard Nixon (R) ‡ 100,464 69.01% George McGovern (D) 44,358 30.47% John G. Schmitz (Write-in) 748 0.51% 3
[67][68][69]
1976
 Gerald Ford (R) 92,717 59.3% Jimmy Carter (D) ‡ 62,239 39.81% Eugene McCarthy (Write-in) 624 0.4% 3
[70][71][72]
1980
 Ronald Reagan (R) ‡ 110,700 62.64% Jimmy Carter (D) 49,427 27.97% John B. Anderson (I) 12,072 6.83% 3
[73][74][75]
1984
 Ronald Reagan (R) ‡ 133,241 70.51% Walter Mondale (D) 53,370 28.24% David Bergland (LI) 2,357 1.25% 3
[76][77][78]
1988
 George H. W. Bush (R) ‡ 106,867 60.53% Michael Dukakis (D) 67,113 38.01% Ron Paul (LI) 2,026 1.15% 3
[79][80][81]
1992
 George H. W. Bush (R) 79,347 39.7% Bill Clinton (D) ‡ 68,160 34.1% Ross Perot (I) 51,263 25.65% 3
[82][83][84]
1996
 Bob Dole (R) 105,388 49.7% Bill Clinton (D) ‡ 77,934 36.75% Ross Perot (RE) 25,928 12.23% 3
[85][86][87]
2000
 George W. Bush[c] (R) ‡ 147,947 67.76% Al Gore (D) 60,481 27.7% Ralph Nader (G) 4,625 2.12% 3
[88][89]
2004
 George W. Bush[c] (R) ‡ 167,629 68.86% John Kerry (D) 70,776 29.07% Ralph Nader (RE) 2,741 1.13% 3
[90][91]
2008
 John McCain (R) 164,958 64.78% Barack Obama (D) ‡ 82,868 32.54% Ralph Nader (I) 2,525 0.99% 3
[92][93]
2012
 Mitt Romney (R) 170,962 68.64% Barack Obama (D) ‡ 69,286 27.82% Gary Johnson (LI) 5,326 2.14% 3
[94][95]
2016
 Donald Trump (R) ‡ 174,419 68.17% Hillary Clinton (D) 55,973 21.88% Gary Johnson (LI) 13,287 5.19% 3
[96][97]
2020
 Donald Trump (R) 193,559 69.94% Joe Biden (D) ‡ 73,491 26.55% Jo Jorgensen (LI) 5,768 2.08% 3
[98][99]
2024
 Donald Trump (R) ‡ 192,633 71.6% Kamala Harris (D) 69,527 25.84% Chase Oliver (LI) 4,193 1.56% 3
[100]

Notes

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  1. ^ National winner Grover Cleveland was not on the ballot.
  2. ^ The American Socialist Party's candidate Eugene Debs received 2,760 votes (6.53%).[23]
  3. ^ a b Wyoming was the home state of vice presidential candidate Dick Cheney.

References

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  4. ^ a b Burnham 1955, p. 257.
  5. ^ a b Presidential elections, 1789–1996, p. 101.
  6. ^ a b Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 783.
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  12. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 773.
  13. ^ Presidential elections, 1789–1996, p. 102.
  14. ^ Leip, David. "1900 Presidential General Election Results - Wyoming". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  15. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 774.
  16. ^ Presidential elections, 1789–1996, p. 103.
  17. ^ Leip, David. "1904 Presidential General Election Results - Wyoming". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  18. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 775.
  19. ^ Presidential elections, 1789–1996, p. 104.
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Works cited

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