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Wyoming presidential election results 2000

George W. Bush carried Wyoming by 40.06 points (87,466 votes), winning 3 electoral votes.

Electoral votes
3
Votes counted
218,351
WY result
R+40.1
Compared with the nation
40.6 pts more Republican
Swing since 1996
27.1 pts to R

Statewide result

CandidatePartyVotesShareBarElectoral votes
George W. BushRepublican147,94767.80%3
Albert Gore, Jr.Democratic60,48127.70%—
Ralph NaderGreen4,6252.10%—
Total votes218,351

Sources: 2000

County resultsMIT Election Lab

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MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)
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County Albert Gore, Jr.George W. BushOthers TotalMargin
Albany 5,0697,8141,268 14,151 19.4
Big Horn 1,0043,720194 4,918 55.2
Campbell 1,96710,203370 12,540 65.7
Carbon 2,2064,498264 6,968 32.9
Converse 1,0763,919180 5,175 54.9
Crook 3612,28988 2,738 70.4
Fremont 4,17210,560712 15,444 41.4
Goshen 1,4393,922159 5,520 45.0
Hot Springs 5441,73375 2,352 50.6
Johnson 5552,886109 3,550 65.7
Laramie 12,16221,7971,364 35,323 27.3
Lincoln 1,1845,415246 6,845 61.8
Natrona 8,64618,4391,303 28,388 34.5
Niobrara 19088849 1,127 61.9
Park 2,4249,884528 12,836 58.1
Platte 1,2492,925199 4,373 38.3
Sheridan 3,3308,424482 12,236 41.6
Sublette 4582,624134 3,216 67.4
Sweetwater 5,5219,425745 15,691 24.9
Teton 4,0195,454958 10,431 13.8
Uinta 1,6505,469299 7,418 51.5
Washakie 8063,138107 4,051 57.6
Weston 4492,52190 3,060 67.7

Candidate votes as printed in the document. “Total” is the document’s total where it prints one, otherwise the sum of the candidate columns. Margin is the leading ticket’s lead in points over the second.

Notes on how this document was read
  • Secondary source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records).

Method: Machine-readable dataset; county sums checked against the state totals in The American Presidency Project summary (within 0.5% for both main tickets).

Questions and answers

Who won Wyoming in 2000?

George W. Bush won Wyoming by 40.06 percentage points (87,466 votes).

How many electoral votes did Wyoming have in 2000?

Wyoming cast 3 electoral votes in 2000.

How many people voted for president in Wyoming in 2000?

218,351 votes were counted for president.

How many counties did each candidate win in Wyoming in 2000?

George W. Bush 23 (out of 23 counties with results).

How did Wyoming change from 1996 to 2000?

The margin moved 27.1 points toward the Republican ticket, from Republican by 13.0 points to Republican by 40.1 points.

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data