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2016 United States presidential election in Wyoming

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2016 United States presidential election in Wyoming

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Turnout57.9% Increase[1]
 
Nominee Donald Trump Hillary Clinton Gary Johnson
Party Republican Democratic Libertarian
Home state New York New York New Mexico
Running mate Mike Pence Tim Kaine Bill Weld
Electoral vote 3 0 0
Popular vote 174,419 55,973 13,287
Percentage 68.17% 21.88% 5.19%

County results

President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

Elected President

Donald Trump
Republican

Results by county showing number of votes by size and candidates by color
Treemap of the popular vote by county

The 2016 United States presidential election in Wyoming was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Wyoming voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine.

On March 1 and April 9, 2016, in the presidential primaries, Wyoming voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, and Constitution parties' respective nominees for president. Registered members of each party only voted in their party's primary, while voters who were unaffiliated chose any one primary in which to vote. Prior to the election, Wyoming was considered to be a state Trump would win or a safe red state.

Donald Trump won the election in Wyoming with 67.4% of the vote. Hillary Clinton received 21.6% of the vote. Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party received 5.1%.[2] Wyoming, a solidly Republican state, has not voted for a Democrat in a presidential election since it went for Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. Trump carried every county with the exception of Teton County. His 46.3-point margin over Clinton not only made Wyoming the most Republican state in the 2016 election,[3] but also the largest margin of victory by any presidential candidate in the state's history, besting Ronald Reagan's 42.3-point margin in 1984, though Ronald Reagan won the highest percentage in the state in 1984, winning an astonishing 70.5% of the vote. Clinton's 21.88% vote share was the lowest of any major party presidential nominee in Wyoming history.

Primary elections

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Republican caucuses

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Republican primary results by county.
  Donald Trump
  Ted Cruz
  Marco Rubio
  Uncommitted
Wyoming Republican county conventions, March 12, 2016
Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count
Bound Unbound Total
Ted Cruz 1,128 70.94% 9 0 9
Marco Rubio 231 14.53% 1 0 1
Donald Trump 112 7.04% 1 0 1
John Kasich 42 2.64% 0 0 0
Others 2 0.13% 0 0 0
Undeclared 75 4.72% 1 0 1
Unprojected delegates: 0 0 0
Total: 1,590 100% 12 0 12
Source: The Green Papers and Wyoming Republican Party
Wyoming Republican state convention, April 14-16, 2016
Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count
Bound Unbound Total
Ted Cruz 14 1 15
(available) 0 2 2
Unprojected delegates: 0 0 0
Total: 14 3 17
Source: The Green Papers and Wyoming Republican Party

Democratic caucuses

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Wyoming Democratic caucuses, April 9, 2016
Candidate County delegates Estimated
national delegates
Count Percentage Pledged Unpledged Total
Bernie Sanders 156 55.7% 7 0 7
Hillary Clinton 124 44.3% 7 4 11
Uncommitted
Total 100% 14 4 18
Source: The Green Papers

General election

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Voting history

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Wyoming is the least populous of all 50 U.S. states. With almost 60% of the population identifying with or leaning towards the Republican Party, compared to less than 30% identifying with or leaning towards the Democrats, it is also the most solid Republican state, ahead of Idaho and Utah.[4] In the 2012 presidential election, incumbent President Barack Obama received less than 28% of the votes, trailing Mitt Romney by more than 40 points.

Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
Los Angeles Times[5] Safe R November 6, 2016
CNN[6] Safe R November 4, 2016
Cook Political Report[7] Safe R November 7, 2016
Electoral-vote.com[8] Safe R November 8, 2016
Rothenberg Political Report[9] Safe R November 7, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball[10] Safe R November 7, 2016
RealClearPolitics[11] Safe R November 8, 2016
Fox News[12] Safe R November 7, 2016

Results

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Chart of popular vote

  Trump (68.17%)
  Clinton (21.88%)
  Johnson (5.19%)
  Write-ins (2.70%)
  Stein (0.98%)
  Others (1.08%)
2016 United States presidential election in Wyoming
Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Donald Trump Mike Pence 174,419 68.17% 3
Democratic Hillary Clinton Tim Kaine 55,973 21.88% 0
Libertarian Gary Johnson William Weld 13,287 5.19% 0
Write-in Various candidates Various candidates 6,904 2.70% 0
Green Jill Stein Ajamu Baraka 2,515 0.98% 0
Constitution Darrell Castle Scott Bradley 2,042 0.80% 0
Reform/ADP Rocky De La Fuente Micheal Steinberg 709 0.28% 0
Totals 255,849 100.00% 3

By county

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County Donald Trump
Republican
Hillary Clinton
Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Albany 7,602 44.56% 6,890 40.39% 2,568 15.05% 712 4.17% 17,060
Big Horn 4,067 76.49% 604 11.36% 646 12.15% 3,463 65.13% 5,317
Campbell 15,778 86.70% 1,324 7.28% 1,097 6.03% 14,454 79.42% 18,199
Carbon 4,409 69.17% 1,279 20.07% 686 10.76% 3,130 49.10% 6,374
Converse 5,520 82.96% 668 10.04% 466 7.00% 4,852 72.92% 6,654
Crook 3,348 87.51% 273 7.14% 205 5.36% 3,075 80.37% 3,826
Fremont 11,167 65.60% 4,200 24.67% 1,656 9.73% 6,967 40.93% 17,023
Goshen 4,418 76.22% 924 15.94% 454 7.83% 3,494 60.28% 5,796
Hot Springs 1,939 74.98% 400 15.47% 247 9.55% 1,539 59.51% 2,586
Johnson 3,477 78.72% 638 14.44% 302 6.84% 2,839 64.28% 4,417
Laramie 24,847 60.65% 11,573 28.25% 4,549 11.10% 13,274 32.40% 40,969
Lincoln 6,779 76.38% 1,105 12.45% 991 11.17% 5,674 63.93% 8,875
Natrona 23,552 70.62% 6,577 19.72% 3,219 9.65% 16,975 50.90% 33,348
Niobrara 1,116 84.93% 115 8.75% 83 6.32% 1,001 76.18% 1,314
Park 11,115 73.63% 2,535 16.79% 1,445 9.57% 8,580 56.84% 15,095
Platte 3,437 75.89% 719 15.88% 373 8.24% 2,718 60.01% 4,529
Sheridan 10,266 70.75% 2,927 20.17% 1,317 9.08% 7,339 50.58% 14,510
Sublette 3,409 77.65% 644 14.67% 337 7.68% 2,765 62.98% 4,390
Sweetwater 12,154 70.95% 3,231 18.86% 1,745 10.19% 8,923 52.09% 17,130
Teton 3,921 31.05% 7,314 57.92% 1,392 11.02% -3,393 -26.87% 12,627
Uinta 6,154 72.66% 1,202 14.19% 1,114 13.15% 4,952 58.47% 8,470
Washakie 2,911 76.32% 532 13.95% 371 9.73% 2,379 62.37% 3,814
Weston 3,033 86.02% 299 8.48% 194 5.50% 2,734 77.54% 3,526
Total 174,419 68.17% 55,973 21.88% 25,457 9.95% 118,446 46.29% 255,849

By congressional district

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Wyoming had only one congressional district, the at-large congressional district, which covered the entire state. The results in this district were equivalent to the statewide election results.

District Trump Clinton Representative
At-large 68.17% 21.88% Liz Cheney

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Wyoming voter registration and voter turnout statistics" (PDF). Wyoming Election Division. December 11, 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 11, 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
  2. ^ "Wyoming Official Election Results 2016 General Election – Wyoming Secretary of State" (PDF). State of Wyoming. 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 18, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
  3. ^ "2016 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on January 8, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  4. ^ Jeffrey M. Jones (February 3, 2016). "Red States Outnumber Blue for First Time in Gallup Tracking". Gallup. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  5. ^ "Our final map has Clinton winning with 352 electoral votes. Compare your picks with ours". Los Angeles Times. November 6, 2016. Archived from the original on November 7, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
  6. ^ Chalian, David (November 4, 2016). "Road to 270: CNN's new election map". CNN. Archived from the original on November 5, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  7. ^ "2016 Electoral Scorecard". The Cook Political Report. November 7, 2016. Archived from the original on February 16, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  8. ^ "2016 Electoral Map Prediction". Electoral-vote.com. November 8, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  9. ^ "Presidential Ratings". The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  10. ^ Sabato, Larry J. (November 7, 2016). "2016 President". University of Virginia Center for Politics. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  11. ^ "2016 Election Maps - Battle for White House". RealClearPolitics. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
  12. ^ "Electoral Scorecard: Map shifts again in Trump's favor, as Clinton holds edge". Fox News. November 7, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
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