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1980 United States presidential election in Wyoming

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United States presidential election in Wyoming, 1980

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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 vote 3 0 0
Popular vote 110,700 49,427 12,072
Percentage 62.6% 31.7% 6.8%

President before election

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

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. Wyoming voters chose 3 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Wyoming was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R) by a 24-point landslide.[1] Wyoming is a reliably Republican state, and the last Democratic presidential candidate to carry the state was Lyndon Johnson in 1964.

References

  1. ^ "1980 Presidential General Election Results - Wyoming". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved May 21, 2015.