United States presidential election in Wyoming, 2016



The 2016 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election Wyoming voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice-President.

Wyoming was won by incumbent President William C. Rutherford (D-Texas) with 56.56 percent of the popular vote, against Senator Thomas P. Leach (R-Arizona), with 43.44 percent of the popular vote. This was the first time that a Democratic presidential nominee carried Wyoming since Lyndon B. Johnson had done so in 1964, and is the first time since 1984 that a Democrat has obtained more then forty percent of the state's vote. It was also the first time since 1964 that Laramie County, Fremont County, Sheridan County, Park County, Uinta County, Lincoln County, Goshen County, Big Horn County, Platte County, or Hot Springs County voted for a Democratic Presidential nominee.