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The 2016 United States presidential election in Wyoming was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the
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in which all 50 states plus the
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participated.
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voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman
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, and running mate
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Mike Pence against
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nominee, former Secretary of State
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and her running mate, Virginia Senator
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. On March 1 and April 9, 2016, in the
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, Wyoming voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic,
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, Libertarian, and
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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.
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of the
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received 5.1%. Wyoming, a solidly Republican state, has not voted for a Democrat in a presidential election since it went for
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. Trump carried every county with the exception of Teton County. His 45.8-point margin over Clinton in the state not only made it the most Republican in the 2016 presidential election, but it is also the largest margin of victory by any presidential candidate in the state's history, besting Ronald Reagan's 42.3-point margin in
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.


Primary elections

The incumbent
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, a
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and former U.S. Senator of Illinois, was first elected president in the 2008 election, running with former Senator Joe Biden of Delaware. Defeating the
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nominee, Senator John McCain of Arizona, with 52.9% of the popular vote and 68% of the electoral vote, Obama succeeded two-term Republican President
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, the former Governor of Texas. Obama and Biden were reelected in the
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, defeating former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney with 51.1% of the popular vote and 61.7% of electoral votes. Since the end of 2009, polling companies such as Gallup have found Obama's
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to be between 40 and 50 percent. Following his second term, Barack Obama was not eligible for another reelection. In October 2015, Obama's running-mate and two-term
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Joe Biden decided not to enter the race for the Democratic presidential nomination either. With their term expiring on January 20, 2017, the electorate was asked to elect a new president, the 45th president and 48th vice president of the United States, respectively.


Republican caucuses


Democratic caucuses


General election


Voting History

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
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and
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. In the
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, incumbent President
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received less than 28% of the votes, trailing Mitt Romney by more than 40 points.


Predictions


Results


County results

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Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, diplomat, and former lawyer who served as the 67th United States Secretary of State for President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a United States sen ...

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Campbell Campbell may refer to: People Surname * Campbell (surname), includes a list of people with surname Campbell Given name * Campbell Brown (footballer), an Australian rules footballer * Campbell Brown (journalist) (born 1968), American television ne ...
, , 15,778, , 86.70, , 1,324, , 7.28, , 653, , 3.59, , 264, , 1.45, , 66, , 0.36, , 86, , 0.47, , 28, , 0.15, , 14,454, , 79.42, , 18,199 , - , ,
Carbon Carbon () is a chemical element with the symbol C and atomic number 6. It is nonmetallic and tetravalent—its atom making four electrons available to form covalent chemical bonds. It belongs to group 14 of the periodic table. Carbon mak ...
, , 4,409, , 69.17, , 1,279, , 20.07, , 381, , 5.98, , 174, , 2.73, , 49, , 0.77, , 61, , 0.96, , 21, , 0.33, , 3,130, , 49.11, , 6,374 , - , ,
Converse Converse may refer to: Mathematics and logic * Converse (logic), the result of reversing the two parts of a definite or implicational statement ** Converse implication, the converse of a material implication ** Converse nonimplication, a logical c ...
, , 5,520, , 82.96, , 668, , 10.04, , 251, , 3.77, , 102, , 1.53, , 42, , 0.63, , 51, , 0.77, , 20, , 0.30, , 4,852, , 72.92, , 6,654 , - , ,
Crook Crook is another name for criminal. Crook or Crooks may also refer to: Places * Crook, County Durham, England, a town * Crook, Cumbria, England, village and civil parish * Crook Hill, Derbyshire, England * Crook, Colorado, United States, a ...
, , 3,348, , 87.51, , 273, , 7.14, , 118, , 3.08, , 52, , 1.36, , 11, , 0.29, , 18, , 0.47, , 6, , 0.16, , 3,075, , 80.37, , 3,826 , - , , Fremont, , 11,167, , 65.60, , 4,200, , 24.67, , 773, , 4.54, , 480, , 2.82, , 233, , 1.37, , 110, , 0.65, , 60, , 0.35, , 6,967, , 40.93, , 17,023 , - , , Goshen, , 4,418, , 76.22, , 924, , 15.94, , 234, , 4.04, , 88, , 1.52, , 45, , 0.78, , 68, , 1.17, , 19, , 0.33, , 3,494, , 60.28, , 5,796 , - , , Hot Springs, , 1,939, , 74.98, , 400, , 15.47, , 136, , 5.26, , 51, , 1.97, , 35, , 1.35, , 21, , 0.81, , 4, , 0.15, , 1,539, , 59.51, , 2,586 , - , ,
Johnson Johnson is a surname of Anglo-Norman origin meaning "Son of John". It is the second most common in the United States and 154th most common in the world. As a common family name in Scotland, Johnson is occasionally a variation of ''Johnston'', a ...
, , 3,477, , 78.72, , 638, , 14.44, , 174, , 3.94, , 68, , 1.54, , 33, , 0.75, , 19, , 0.43, , 8, , 0.18, , 2,839, , 64.27, , 4,417 , - , , Laramie, , 24,847, , 60.21, , 11,573, , 28.04, , 2,657, , 6.44, , 1,019, , 2.47, , 434, , 1.05, , 324, , 0.79, , 115, , 0.28, , 13,274, , 32.16, , 41,269 , - , ,
Lincoln Lincoln most commonly refers to: * Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the sixteenth president of the United States * Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England * Lincoln, Nebraska, the capital of Nebraska, U.S. * Lincol ...
, , 6,779, , 76.38, , 1,105, , 12.45, , 331, , 3.73, , 477, , 5.37, , 48, , 0.54, , 112, , 1.26, , 23, , 0.26, , 5,674, , 63.93, , 8,875 , - , , Natrona, , 23,552, , 70.62, , 6,577, , 19.72, , 1,791, , 5.37, , 818, , 2.45, , 310, , 0.93, , 226, , 0.68, , 74, , 0.22, , 16,975, , 50.90, , 33,348 , - , , Niobrara, , 1,116, , 84.93, , 115, , 8.75, , 49, , 3.73, , 17, , 1.29, , 7, , 0.53, , 7, , 0.53, , 3, , 0.23, , 1,001, , 76.18, , 1,314 , - , , Park, , 11,115, , 73.63, , 2,535, , 16.79, , 625, , 4.14, , 461, , 3.05, , 151, , 1.00, , 153, , 1.01, , 55, , 0.36, , 8,580, , 56.84, , 15,095 , - , , Platte, , 3,437, , 75.89, , 719, , 15.88, , 180, , 3.97, , 69, , 1.52, , 36, , 0.79, , 82, , 1.81, , 6, , 0.13, , 2,718, , 60.01, , 4,529 , - , , Sheridan, , 10,266, , 70.75, , 2,927, , 20.17, , 729, , 5.02, , 322, , 2.22, , 158, , 1.09, , 76, , 0.52, , 32, , 0.22, , 7,339, , 50.58, , 14,510 , - , , Sublette, , 3,409, , 77.65, , 644, , 14.67, , 169, , 3.85, , 93, , 2.12, , 28, , 0.64, , 34, , 0.77, , 13, , 0.30, , 2,765, , 62.98, , 4,390 , - , , Sweetwater, , 12,154, , 70.95, , 3,231, , 18.86, , 928, , 5.42, , 470, , 2.74, , 152, , 0.89, , 130, , 0.76, , 65, , 0.38, , 8,923, , 52.09, , 17,130 , - , , Teton, , 3,921, , 31.05, , 7,314, , 57.92, , 701, , 5.55, , 449, , 3.56, , 172, , 1.36, , 43, , 0.34, , 27, , 0.21, , −3,393, , −26.87, , 12,627 , - , , Uinta, , 6,154, , 72.66, , 1,202, , 14.19, , 472, , 5.57, , 417, , 4.92, , 79, , 0.93, , 116, , 1.37, , 30, , 0.35, , 4,952, , 58.47, , 8,470 , - , ,
Washakie Washakie (1804/1810 – February 20, 1900) was a prominent leader of the Shoshone people during the mid-19th century. He was first mentioned in 1840 in the written record of the American fur trapper, Osborne Russell. In 1851, at the urging o ...
, , 2,911, , 76.32, , 532, , 13.94, , 194, , 5.09, , 99, , 2.60, , 37, , 0.97, , 31, , 0.81, , 10, , 0.26, , 2,379, , 62.38, , 3,814 , - , ,
Weston Weston may refer to: Places Australia * Weston, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra * Weston, New South Wales * Weston Creek, a residential district of Canberra * Weston Park, Canberra, a park Canada * Weston, Nova Scotia * ...
, , 3,033, , 86.02, , 299, , 8.48, , 108, , 3.06, , 41, , 1.16, , 10, , 0.28, , 29, , 0.82, , 6, , 0.17, , 2,734, , 77.54, , 3,526 , - !State Total, , 174,419, , 68.17, , 55,973, , 21.88, , 13,287, , 5.19, , 6,904, , 2.70, , 2,515, , 0.98, , 2,042, , 0.80, , 709, , 0.28, , 118,446, , 46.30, , 255,849


By congressional district

Due to the state's low population, only one congressional district is allocated. This district is called the At-Large district, because it covers the entire state, and thus is equivalent to the statewide election results. {, class=wikitable ! District ! Trump ! Clinton ! Representative , - align=center ! , At-large , 68.17% , 21.88% , , Liz Cheney


See also

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United States presidential elections in Wyoming Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Wyoming, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1890, Wyoming has participated in every U.S. presidential election. Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refer ...
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References


External links


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