Who won Wyoming in the 1980 presidential election?

Reagan (Republican) carried Wyoming in 1980, winning its 3 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Wyoming have in 1980?

Wyoming cast 3 electoral votes in the 1980 presidential election.

Did Wyoming vote for the national winner in 1980?

Yes. Wyoming backed Ronald Reagan, who won the presidency that year.

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1980

Wyoming: Reagan carries 3 EV.

Wyoming cast its 3 electoral votes for Reagan (Republican). National winner: Ronald Reagan (Republican) — Wyoming voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Wyoming, 1980

In 1980, Wyoming awarded its 3 electoral votes to Reagan of the Republican party. Wyoming ended up on the winning side — Ronald Reagan captured the White House that year.

It marked the 4th consecutive election in which Wyoming backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1968. Wyoming did not move alone — neighboring Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, and Idaho broke the same way in 1980. Across the 34 presidential elections Wyoming has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (24 times). The vote fell within the Cold War Realignment — Nixon, Reagan, and the Republican South.

In the national count, Ronald Reagan took 489 of the 538 electoral votes, against Jimmy Carter's 49. Ronald Reagan led the national popular vote with 50.75% of the ballots cast.

The 1980 national map

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