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Presidential election in Wyoming, 2020
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2020 presidential election  |
Democratic caucus: April 17, 2020[1][2] |
Republican convention: May 7-9, 2020 |
Electoral College: 3 votes |
President Donald Trump (R) won the presidential election in Wyoming on November 3, 2020. Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) won the presidential election with 306 electoral votes to Trump's 232 electoral votes.
The Republican Party held its state convention on May 7-9, 2020.[3] Biden won the Wyoming Democratic caucuses.[4] The party canceled in-person caucus events as a result of the coronavirus outbreak and encouraged voters to participate by mail. The deadline for receiving completed ballots was April 17, 2020.[5]
Between 1900 and 2016, Wyoming voted for Republican presidential candidates 77 percent of the time. Heading into the 2020 election, the last time Wyoming voted for a Democratic presidential candidate was 1964, when Lyndon B. Johnson won the state.[6]
In 2016, Trump won 70.1 percent of Wyoming's vote, Hillary Clinton (D) won 22.5 percent, Gary Johnson (L) won 5.3 percent, and Jill Stein (G) won 1.0 percent.[7]
This page includes the following sections:
- Candidates and election results
- Government response to coronavirus pandemic in Wyominga
- Democratic caucuses
- Republican caucuses
- Candidate filing requirements
- Historical election trends
- Presidential election by state
Election results
General election
Presidential election in Wyoming, 2020
Candidate/Running mate |
% |
Popular votes |
Electoral votes |
||
| ✔ |
 
| Donald Trump/Mike Pence (R) |
69.5
|
193,559 | 3 |
 
| Joe Biden/Kamala D. Harris (D) |
26.4
|
73,491 | 0 | |
 
| Jo Jorgensen/Spike Cohen (L) |
2.1
|
5,768 | 0 | |
 
| Brock Pierce/Karla Ballard (Independent) |
0.8
|
2,208 | 0 | |
| Other write-in votes |
1.2
|
3,477 | 0 | ||
 |
Total votes: 278,503 |
Primary election
Wyoming Democratic presidential caucus on April 17, 2020
Candidate |
% |
Votes |
Pledged delegates |
|
|
| Joe Biden |
72.2
|
10,912 | 10 |
 | Bernie Sanders |
27.8
|
4,206 | 4 |
 | Michael Bloomberg |
0.0
|
0 | 0 |
 | Pete Buttigieg |
0.0
|
0 | 0 |
 | Tulsi Gabbard |
0.0
|
0 | 0 |
 | Amy Klobuchar |
0.0
|
0 | 0 |
 | Thomas Steyer |
0.0
|
0 | 0 |
 | Elizabeth Warren |
0.0
|
0 | 0 |
|
Total votes: 15,118 • Total pledged delegates: 14 |
The Republican Party of Wyoming elected a slate of delegates to the Republican National Convention during its virtual convention in May 2020.[8] They were ratified to support Trump's re-election at the June 2020 convention.[9]
Summary of changes to election dates and procedures
Wyoming did not modify any procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election.
For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.
Frequently asked questions
The 2020 election took place against a backdrop of uncertainty. Our readers had questions about what to expect in elections at all levels of government, from the casting of ballots to the certification of final results. Ballotpedia's 2020 Election Help Desk was designed to answer those questions. Ballotpedia is in the process of compiling and answering frequently asked questions related to the 2020 elections. Questions related to this election will be available soon.
Additional resources
- Documenting Wyoming's path to recovery from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020-2021
- Government responses to and political effects of the coronavirus pandemic, 2020 (Wyoming)
- School responses in Wyoming to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic during the 2020-2021 school year
- Debate in Wyoming over responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020
- Changes to election dates, procedures, and administration in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020
Democratic caucuses
- See also: Democratic presidential nomination, 2020
Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) was formally nominated as the Democratic presidential nominee at the 2020 Democratic National Convention on August 18, 2020.[11] The convention was originally scheduled to take place July 13-16, 2020.[12] Organizers postponed the event in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Prior to the national convention, individual state caucuses and primaries were held to allocate convention delegates. These delegates vote at the convention to select the nominee. In 2020, a Democratic presidential candidate needed support from 1,991 delegates to secure the nomination.
With the plurality of pledged delegates, Biden became the presumptive Democratic nominee on April 8, 2020, after Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) suspended his presidential campaign.[13] Biden crossed the delegate threshold necessary to win the nomination on June 5, 2020.[14]
Biden announced U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris (D) as his running mate on August 11, 2020. Harris is the first Black woman to appear on a major party's ticket in the United States.[15]
Republican caucuses
- See also: Republican presidential nomination, 2020
The Republican Party selected President Donald Trump as its presidential nominee at the 2020 Republican National Convention, which was held from August 24-27, 2020.[16]
Prior to the national convention, individual state caucuses and primaries were held to allocate convention delegates. These delegates vote at the convention to select the nominee. Trump crossed the delegate threshold necessary to win the nomination—1,276 delegates—on March 17, 2020.
George H.W. Bush (R) was the last incumbent to face a serious primary challenge, defeating political commentator Pat Buchanan in 1992. He was also the last president to lose his re-election campaign. Franklin Pierce (D) was the first and only elected president to lose his party's nomination in 1856.[17]
Sixteen U.S. presidents—approximately one-third—have won two consecutive elections.
Candidate filing requirements
The tables below detail filing requirements for presidential candidates in Wyoming in the 2020 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Wyoming, click here.
Presidential primary candidates
Wyoming does not conduct presidential preference primaries.
Independent presidential candidates
| Filing requirements for independent candidates in Wyoming, 2020 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Signatures required | Signature formula | Filing fee | Filing fee formula | Filing deadline | Source |
| Wyoming | 4,025 | 2% of all votes cast for U.S. Representative in the last election | $200.00 | Fixed by statute | 8/25/2020 | Source |
Historical election results
2016
General election
| U.S. presidential election, Wyoming, 2016 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine | 21.9% | 55,973 | 0 | |
| Republican |  Donald Trump/Mike Pence |
68.2% | 174,419 | 3 | |
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson/Bill Weld | 5.2% | 13,287 | 0 | |
| Green | Jill Stein/Ajamu Baraka | 1% | 2,515 | 0 | |
| Constitution | Darrell Lane Castle/Scott Bradley | 0.8% | 2,042 | 0 | |
| Independent | Roque De La Fuente/Michael Steinberg | 0.3% | 709 | 0 | |
| - | Write-in votes | 2.7% | 6,904 | 0 | |
| Total Votes | 255,849 | 3 | |||
| Election results via: Wyoming Secretary of State | |||||
Primary election
| Wyoming Democratic Caucus, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
|
Bernie Sanders |
55.7% | 156 | 7 | |
| Hillary Clinton | 44.3% | 124 | 7 | |
| Totals | 280 | 14 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and CNN. Vote totals reflect the number of state convention delegates won. | ||||
| Wyoming Republican Caucus, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
|
Ted Cruz |
66.3% | 644 | 23 | |
| Marco Rubio | 19.5% | 189 | 1 | |
| Donald Trump | 7.2% | 70 | 1 | |
| John Kasich | 0% | 0 | 0 | |
| Other | 7% | 68 | 1 | |
| Totals | 971 | 26 | ||
| Source: The New York Times. Vote totals are from county conventions. | ||||
2012
| U.S. presidential election, Wyoming, 2012 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan |
68.6% | 170,962 | 3 | |
| Democratic | Barack Obama/Joe Biden Incumbent | 27.8% | 69,286 | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson/Jim Gray | 2.1% | 5,326 | 0 | |
| N/A | Write-ins | 0.8% | 2,035 | 0 | |
| Constitution | Virgil Goode/James Clymer | 0.6% | 1,452 | 0 | |
| Total Votes | 249,061 | 3 | |||
| Election results via: U.S. Election Atlas | |||||
2008
| U.S. presidential election, Wyoming, 2008 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | John McCain/Sarah Palin |
64.8% | 164,958 | 3 | |
| Democratic | Barack Obama/Joe Biden | 32.5% | 82,868 | 0 | |
| Independent | Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez | 1% | 2,525 | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Bob Barr/Wayne Allyn Root | 0.6% | 1,594 | 0 | |
| N/A | Write-ins | 0.6% | 1,521 | 0 | |
| Independent | Chuck Baldwin/Darrell Castle | 0.5% | 1,192 | 0 | |
| Total Votes | 254,658 | 3 | |||
| Election results via: U.S. Election Atlas | |||||
Presidential statewide margins of victory of 5 percentage points or fewer, 1948-2016
The following map shows the number of times, in presidential elections held between 1948 and 2016, that the margin of victory was 5 percentage points or fewer in each state.
- Wisconsin was the state with the most frequently narrow margins during this time period, appearing on the list in 10 presidential elections.
- Five states appeared eight times: Florida, Missouri, Nevada, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
- The state with the narrowest margin of victory was Florida in 2000 at 537 votes or one-hundredth of a percentage point.
Historical election trends
- See also: Presidential voting history by state
Wyoming presidential election results (1900-2024)
- 7 Democratic wins
- 25 Republican wins
| Year | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winning Party | R | R | R | D | D | R | R | R | D | D | D | R | D | R | R | R | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
- See also: Presidential election accuracy
Below is an analysis of Wyoming's voting record in presidential elections. The state's accuracy is based on the number of times a state has voted for a winning presidential candidate. The majority of statistical data is from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration and was compiled, here, by Ballotpedia, unless otherwise noted.
Presidential election voting record in Wyoming, 1900-2016
Between 1900 and 2016:
- Wyoming participated in 30 presidential elections.
- Wyoming voted for the winning presidential candidate 76.67 percent of the time. The average accuracy of voting for winning presidential candidates for all 50 states in this time frame was 72.31 percent.[18]
- Wyoming voted Democratic 23.33 percent of the time and Republican 76.67 percent of the time.
Presidential election voting record in Wyoming, 2000-2016
- Accuracy: 60 percent[19]
- 2000 state winner: George W. Bush (R)*
- 2004 state winner: George W. Bush (R)*
- 2008 state winner: John McCain (R)
- 2012 state winner: Mitt Romney (R)
- 2016 state winner: Donald Trump (R)*
*An asterisk indicates that that candidate also won the national electoral vote in that election.
State profile
- See also: Wyoming and Wyoming elections, 2019
Partisan data
The information in this section was current as of May 7, 2019
Presidential voting pattern
- Wyoming voted Republican in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.
Congressional delegation
- Following the 2018 elections, both U.S. senators from Wyoming were Republicans.
- Wyoming's sole U.S. representatives was a Republican.
State executives
- Republicans held six of Wyoming's 12 state executive offices. The other six offices were nonpartisan.
- Wyoming's governor was Republican Mark Gordon.
State legislature
- Republicans controlled the Wyoming State Senate with a 27-3 majority.
- Republicans controlled the Wyoming House of Representatives with a 50-9 majority.
Wyoming Party Control: 1992-2024
No Democratic trifectas • Twenty-two years of Republican trifectas
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| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Governor | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| Senate | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| House | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
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| Demographic data for Wyoming | ||
|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | U.S. | |
| Total population: | 586,555 | 316,515,021 |
| Land area (sq mi): | 97,093 | 3,531,905 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White: | 91% | 73.6% |
| Black/African American: | 1.1% | 12.6% |
| Asian: | 0.9% | 5.1% |
| Native American: | 2.2% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander: | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Two or more: | 2.7% | 3% |
| Hispanic/Latino: | 9.6% | 17.1% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate: | 92.3% | 86.7% |
| College graduation rate: | 25.7% | 29.8% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income: | $58,840 | $53,889 |
| Persons below poverty level: | 12.7% | 11.3% |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Wyoming. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
Presidential election by state
- See also: Presidential election by state, 2020
Click on a state below to navigate to information about the presidential election in that jurisdiction.
See also
- Presidential candidates, 2020
- Democratic presidential nomination, 2020
- Republican presidential nomination, 2020
- Presidential election by state, 2020
Footnotes
- ↑ This is the date by which mail-in ballots had to be received by the party.
- ↑ Wyoming Democratic Party, "Caucus Information," accessed March 13, 2020
- ↑ Wyoming Republican Party, accessed February 13, 2020
- ↑ The New York Times, "Wyoming Caucus Election Results 2020," April 19, 2020
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Wyoming Democratic Party, "Caucus Information," accessed March 13, 2020
- ↑ King FM, "How Many Times Has Wyoming Voted Democrat in a Presidential Election?" November 1, 2016
- ↑ CNN, "Wyoming results," updated February 16, 2017
- ↑ Wyoming GOP, "Letter from the Chairman - WY GOP State Convention," May 12, 2020
- ↑ Wyoming GOP, "Wyoming Republican Party State Convention a Huge Success," July 2, 2020
- ↑ FairVote, "Where is Ranked Choice Voting Used?" accessed October 8, 2019
- ↑ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "2020 DNC in Milwaukee pushed back to week of August 17 in response to coronavirus pandemic," April 2, 2020
- ↑ The New York Times, "Milwaukee Picked as Site of 2020 Democratic National Convention," March 11, 2019
- ↑ Talking Points Memo, "Bernie Sanders Ends 2020 Bid, Making Biden Presumptive Dem Nominee," April 8, 2020
- ↑ AP, "Biden formally clinches Democratic presidential nomination," June 5, 2020
- ↑ CNBC, "Joe Biden picks Sen. Kamala Harris to be his vice presidential running mate, making her the first black woman on a major ticket," August 11, 2020
- ↑ Charlotte Observer, "Here’s when the 2020 Republican National Convention will be in Charlotte," October 1, 2018
- ↑ NPR, "When Has A President Been Denied His Party's Nomination?" July 22, 2009
- ↑ This average includes states like Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma, which did not participate in all 30 presidential elections between 1900 and 2016. It does not include Washington, D.C., which cast votes for president for the first time in 1964, or Alaska and Hawaii, which cast votes for president for the first time in 1960.
- ↑ This number refers to the number of times that the state voted for the winning presidential candidate between 2000 and 2016.
