Wyoming

Local government

In 2003 Wyoming was subdivided into 23 counties, 98 municipalities, 55 public school districts, and 546 special districts and authorities.

Counties, which can be geographically vast and include a relatively small population, are run by commissioners. Each county has a clerk, treasurer, assessor, sheriff, attorney, coroner,

Wyoming Presidential Vote by Major Political Parties 1948–2000
Wyoming Presidential Vote by Major Political Parties 1948–2000

Wyoming Presidential Vote by Major Political Parties 1948–2000

  YEAR ELECTORAL VOTE   WYOMING WINNER   DEMOCRAT   REPUBLICAN
* Won US presidential election.
** Independent candidate Ross Perot received 51,263 votes in 1992 and 25,928 votes in 1996.
1948 3 *Truman (D) 52,354 47,947
1952 3 *Eisenhower (R) 47,934 81,049
1956 3 *Eisenhower (R) 49,554 74,573
1960 3 Nixon (R) 63,331 77,451
1964 3 *Johnson (D) 80,718 61,998
1968 3 *Nixon (R) 45,173 70,927
1972 3 *Nixon (R) 44,358 100,464
1976 3 Ford (R) 62,239 92,717
1980 3 *Reagan (R) 49,427 110,700
1984 3 *Reagan (R) 53,370 133,241
1988 3 *Bush (R) 67,113 106,867
1992** 3 Bush (R) 68,160 79,347
1996** 3 Dole (R) 77,934 105,388
2000 3 *Bush, G. W. (R) 60,481 147,947

district court clerk, and from one to five county judges or justices of the peace. Municipalities may decide their own form of government, including mayor-council and council-manager.