United States presidential elections in Wyoming explained

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.

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[5]

Presidential elections

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Winner	Runner-up				Third-place candidate
Candidate		Votes	%	Candidate		Votes	%	Candidate			Votes	%
			8,454				7,722				530		3
			10,861				10,072				159		3
			14,482				10,164				21		3
			20,489				8,930				987		3
			20,846				14,918				1,715		3
			15,310				14,560				9,232		3
			28,316				21,698				1,453		3
			35,091				17,429				2,180		3
			41,858				25,174				12,868		3
			52,748				29,299				788		3
			54,370				39,583				2,829		3
			62,624				38,739				1,653		3
			59,287				52,633				172		3
			51,921				49,419						3
			52,354				47,947				931		3
			81,049				47,934				194		3
			74,573				49,554						3
			77,451				63,331						3
			80,718				61,998						3
			70,927				45,173				11,105		3
			100,464				44,358		(Write-in)		748		3
			92,717				62,239		(Write-in)		624		3
			110,700				49,427				12,072		3
			133,241				53,370				2,357		3
			106,867				67,113				2,026		3
			79,347				68,160				51,263		3
			105,388				77,934				25,928		3
			147,947				60,481				4,625		3
			167,629				70,776				2,741		3
			164,958				82,868				2,525		3
			170,962				69,286				5,326		3
			174,419				55,973				13,287		3
			193,559				73,491				5,768		3

Works cited

• Book: Guide to U.S. Elections. SAGE Publications. 2010. 978-1-60426-536-1. 2009033938. OL24461757M. .
• Book: Burnham, Walter Dean. Walter Dean Burnham. Presidential ballots, 1836–1892. Johns Hopkins University Press. 1955. 55008428. 6176796M.
• Book: Presidential elections, 1789–1996. Congressional Quarterly. 1997. 978-1-56802-065-5. 97019084. 673017M. .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wyoming Facts and Symbols. State of Wyoming. 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160920053220/http://www.wyo.gov/about-wyoming/wyoming-facts-and-symbols. September 20, 2016. dead. October 12, 2016.
2. Web site: Timeline and Map of Woman Suffrage Legislation. Mapping American Social Movements Project. University of Washington. 25 September 2022.
3. Web site: U.S. presidential election of 1936 Results & Facts Britannica . www.britannica.com . 20 February 2023 . en.
4. Web site: How the red and blue map evolved over the past century . America Magazine . 20 February 2023 . en . 29 June 2016.
5. Web site: Wyoming Democrats Back Liz Cheney In Her Home County . HuffPost . 20 February 2023 . en . 16 August 2022.