1984 United States presidential election in Wyoming

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1984 United States presidential election in Wyoming

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Nominee Ronald Reagan Walter Mondale
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California Minnesota
Running mate George H. W. Bush Geraldine Ferraro
Electoral vote 3 0
Popular vote 133,241 53,370
Percentage 70.51% 28.24%

County Results
Reagan
  60–70%
  70–80%
  80–90%


President before election

Ronald Reagan
Republican

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

The 1984 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 6, 1984. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. State voters chose three electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States.

Wyoming was won by incumbent United States President Ronald Reagan of California, who was running against former Vice President Walter Mondale of Minnesota. Reagan ran for a second time with incumbent Vice President and former C.I.A. Director George H. W. Bush of Texas, and Mondale ran with Representative Geraldine Ferraro of New York, the first major female candidate for the vice presidency.

The presidential election of 1984 was a very partisan election for Wyoming, with just under 99 percent of the electorate voting for either the Democratic or Republican parties, and only three parties appearing on the ballot.[1] Every county in Wyoming voted in majority for the Republican candidate, a particularly strong turn out even in this typically conservative leaning state. The Republican turnout is softest in the middle Southern part of the State, inclusive and extending West of Laramie, but is ubiquitous.

Wyoming weighed in for this election as 12 points more Republican than the national average and with 70.51% of the popular vote, the state proved to be Reagan's fourth strongest state in the 1984 election after Utah, Idaho and Nebraska.[2] Reagan won the election in Wyoming with a 42-point landslide. No Republican candidate has received as strong of support in the American West at large as Reagan did.

Reagan's performance in this election remains the strongest-ever performance by any presidential nominee in Wyoming, and the only time that a nominee has won more than 70% of the popular vote. This election was the only time that a Republican won consecutive presidential elections by carrying all counties in Wyoming in both instances.

Results[edit]

1984 United States presidential election in Wyoming
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Ronald Reagan (incumbent) 133,241 70.51% 3
Democratic Walter Mondale 53,370 28.24% 0
Libertarian David Bergland 2,357 1.25% 0
Totals 188,968 100.00% 3

Results by county[edit]

County Ronald Reagan
Republican
Walter Mondale
Democratic
David Bergland
Libertarian
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Albany 7,452 60.36% 4,708 38.13% 186 1.51% 2,744 22.23% 12,346
Big Horn 4,019 76.51% 1,175 22.37% 59 1.12% 2,844 54.14% 5,253
Campbell 8,387 83.91% 1,525 15.26% 83 0.83% 6,862 68.65% 9,995
Carbon 4,557 65.55% 2,295 33.01% 100 1.44% 2,262 32.54% 6,952
Converse 3,542 78.31% 929 20.54% 52 1.15% 2,613 57.77% 4,523
Crook 2,286 83.01% 450 16.34% 18 0.65% 1,836 66.67% 2,754
Fremont 9,885 70.61% 3,969 28.35% 145 1.04% 5,916 42.26% 13,999
Goshen 3,776 72.84% 1,364 26.31% 44 0.85% 2,412 46.53% 5,184
Hot Springs 1,943 73.43% 672 25.40% 31 1.17% 1,271 48.03% 2,646
Johnson 2,634 81.27% 558 17.22% 49 1.51% 2,076 64.05% 3,241
Laramie 19,348 64.93% 10,110 33.93% 341 1.14% 9,238 31.00% 29,799
Lincoln 3,854 78.32% 1,021 20.75% 46 0.93% 2,833 57.57% 4,921
Natrona 18,488 69.86% 7,598 28.71% 378 1.43% 10,890 41.15% 26,464
Niobrara 1,098 80.79% 239 17.59% 22 1.62% 859 63.21% 1,359
Park 7,994 79.19% 1,965 19.47% 136 1.35% 6,029 59.72% 10,095
Platte 2,813 68.28% 1,232 29.90% 75 1.82% 1,581 38.37% 4,120
Sheridan 7,460 66.14% 3,648 32.34% 171 1.52% 3,812 33.80% 11,279
Sublette 1,976 82.47% 389 16.24% 31 1.29% 1,587 66.24% 2,396
Sweetwater 8,308 60.59% 5,230 38.14% 174 1.27% 3,078 22.45% 13,712
Teton 3,487 67.85% 1,565 30.45% 87 1.69% 1,922 37.40% 5,139
Uinta 4,075 75.31% 1,276 23.58% 60 1.11% 2,799 51.73% 5,411
Washakie 3,245 76.30% 970 22.81% 38 0.89% 2,275 53.49% 4,253
Weston 2,614 83.59% 482 15.41% 31 0.99% 2,132 68.18% 3,127
Totals 133,241 70.51% 53,370 28.24% 2,357 1.25% 79,871 42.27% 188,968

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". Uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
  2. ^ "1984 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.