Who won Wyoming in the 1984 presidential election?

Reagan (Republican) carried Wyoming in 1984, winning its 3 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Wyoming have in 1984?

Wyoming cast 3 electoral votes in the 1984 presidential election.

Did Wyoming vote for the national winner in 1984?

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

Cold War RealignmentWY · 3 EV

1984

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.

Reading the 1984 result in Wyoming

Wyoming backed Reagan (Republican) in the 1984 presidential election, casting 3 electoral votes for the ticket. Wyoming ended up on the winning side — Ronald Reagan captured the White House that year.

It marked the 5th 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 1984. 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 525 of the 538 electoral votes, against Walter Mondale's 13. Ronald Reagan led the national popular vote with 58.77% of the ballots cast.

The 1984 national map

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