2016 Wyoming General Story

A head to head comparison of the Wyoming 2016 General Election gives us an idea of the break down of the voters.    

Donald Trump received 174,419 (68%) votes beating Hillary Clinton who gained 55,973 (22%) by 300,577 votes in Wyoming.

Donald Trump won 22 counties whereas Hillary Clinton won 1 countries in the State of Wyoming.

2016 Wyoming (WY) Primary Election vs Presidential General Elections Counties Won              

In the Primary, Sanders won 37 counties in the 3-way match up. Clinton won over 5 counties and Trump won nothing out of the State of Wyoming.

2016 Wyoming (WY) Presidential Primary vs Presidential General Elections w.r.t % Votes and Total Votes Won        

On a head to head count with the total votes between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in the Primary and General Elections, percentage (%) vote shift difference is a 40% increment for Donald Trump in the Presidential Elections as opposed to a 40% decrease for Hillary Clinton. These margins are represented as 174,349 vote increment for Donald Trump and 55,849 vote increment for Hillary Clinton at the General Elections.

2016 General Election Hillary Clinton Popular Vote Count Contributed by Wyoming (WY)

During the 2016 General elections, over 146,434,269 total number of votes were cast.  Hillary Clinton got 65,849,971 (65.8 Million) over Donald Trump's 62,984,405 (62.9 Million). She won the popular vote by 2,865,566 (2.8 Million). Even though she lost to Trump at the Wyoming, her votes represents 0,8% of her popular vote victory. The remaining 49 states contributed to her the remaining 99,1% popular votes victory.

Top 15 Counties in Primary Elections vs General Elections

These 15 counties play an important role in these Primary elections. If a candidate, can get a sizable majority in the larger counties (Laramie, Natrona, Campbell), it becomes very difficult to win majorities in the smaller counties without voter outreach and increased voter participation in them.

Top 15 Counties Comparison in Primary Elections vs General Elections

Teton, one of the larger counties voted in favor of Clinton, giving her over 7k vote advantage. Laramie, another larger countye voted in favor of Trump giving him a 13k voter advantage in that county. However, Trump's steady win in the more dense counties contributed to the 300K marginal vote advantage that helped him gain an upper hand in the State of Wyoming.

Related References: 2016 Wyoming Primary Election Story, 2020 Wyoming Primary Election Story