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
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.