Wyoming

WYOMING

3 Electoral Votes

Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Wyoming Secretary of State)

Total Population, April 1, 2000	493,782
Voting Age Population, Nov. 2000	358,000	% change from '96 +3.2
Total Registration, Nov. 2000	220,012

Wyoming has: 23 counties.

Government
Governor: Jim Geringer (R) re-elected 1998.
State Legislature: Wyoming State Legislature House: 17D, 43R Senate: 10D, 20R
Local: Communities... NACO Counties
U.S. House: 1R - 1. B.Cubin (R)
U.S. Senate: Craig Thomas (R) up for re-election in 2000, Mike Enzi (R) up for re-election in 2002.

Changes as of the November 2000 Elections
State Legislature: All 60 House seats and 15 Senate seats were up. Republicans gained three seats in the House, further solidifying their majority. House: 14D, 46R Senate: 10D, 20R.
U.S. House: Barbara Cubin (R) re-elected.
U.S. Senate: Craig Thomas (R) re-elected.

The Cowboy State

State of Wyoming
Secretary of State

Constitution Party-WY
Natural Law Party-WY
Reform Party of WY
Republican Party of WY
WY Democratic Party
WY Green Party
WY Libertarian Party

WY Tribune-Eagle
Casper Star-Tribune
Media (TV)

Politics1-WY

General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000

Past Results
1996

Dole (Rep.)...........105,388	(49.81)
Clinton (Dem.)........77,934	(36.84)
Perot (Ind.).............25,928	(12.26)
Others (2)................2,321	(0.91)
Total........211,571

Note: The 12%-plus for Perot marked his fourth strongest showing.

1992

Bush (Rep.)............79,347 (39.56)

Clinton (Dem.)........68,160 (33.98)

Perot (Ind.).............51,263 (25.56)

Others (2+w/ins).......1,817
(1.10)

Total........200,587

Results
2000

Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)	60,481	(27.70)
Phillips/Frazier (Ind.)	720	(0.33)
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)	1,443	(0.66)
Hagelin/Goldhaber (NLP)	411	(0.19)
Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)	2,724	(1.25)
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)	147,947	(67.76)
Nader/LaDuke (w/in)^*	4,625	(2.12)
Total........218,351

Total Ballots Cast: 221,685

*The state canvass does not include the Nader write in votes. The state canvassing board did not canvass those votes because they did not affect the outcome of the race. However, Nader requested that his write-in votes be counted according to W.S. 22-16-103(b).

Overview
The Bush-Cheney ticket easily won Wyoming's 3 electoral votes, carrying all 23 counties and securing a plurality of 87,466 votes (40.06 percentage points) in Cheney's home state.

Notes: Third parties on the ballot: The Libertarian Party qualified as minor party, having won support from more than 5% of the electors in the last general election. The Natural Law Party and the Reform Party qualified as provisional parties (June 1, 2000 deadline). Howard Phillips qualified as an independent candidate by meeting the signature requirement. (An independent candidate needed to submit signatures of 3,484 certified voters (2 percent of the voting population) by the Aug. 28, 2000 deadline). A Nader petition effort fell short.

State primary election August 22, 2000.

County Conventions -- Friday, March 10, 2000
Reps. State Convention May 6, 2000 in Cheyenne.
Dems. State Convention May 20, 2000 in Lander.

Gov. Jim Geringer certified that Wyoming would participate in the March 10th Joint Rocky Mountain Presidential Preference Primary. Wyoming is a caucus state. Republicans selected 12 delegates to their national convention at county caucuses on March 10, and the remaining 10 delegates at the state convention in May.

Republican ........
Total Delegates 22 of 2,066 (1.1%).

Democratic .......
Total Pledged Delegates 13 of 3,537 (0.4%).
Total Delegates 18 of 4,335 (0.4%).