2000 United States presidential election in Alaska

2000 United States presidential election in Alaska
Bush 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%	Gore 40–50%
President before election; Bill Clinton ; Democratic	Elected President; George W. Bush ; Republican

Last updated December 02, 2024

The 2000 United States presidential election in Alaska took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 3 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Results

2000 United States presidential election in Alaska^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	George W. Bush	167,398	58.62%	3
	Democratic	Al Gore	79,004	27.67%	0
	Green	Ralph Nader	28,747	10.07%	0
	Reform	Patrick Buchanan	5,192	1.82%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	2,636	0.92%	0
	Independent	Write Ins	1,068	0.37%	0
	Natural Law	John Hagelin	919	0.32%	0
	Constitution	Howard Phillips	596	0.21%	0
Totals			285,560	100.00%	3
Voter turnout (voting age)					60%

Boroughs and census areas that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Aleutians West Census Area (largest town: Unalaska)
Dillingham Census Area (largest town: Dillingham)
Juneau
Lake and Peninsula Borough (largest town: Port Alsworth)
Nome Census Area (largest town: Nome)
Northwest Arctic Borough (largest town: Kotzebue)
Skagway
Hoonah–Angoon Census Area (largest town: Hoonah)
Kusilvak Census Area (largest town: Hooper Bay)
Yakutat
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (largest town: Fort Yukon)

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By congressional district

Due to the state's low population, Alaska only has only one at-large congressional district, whose results are equivalent to the statewide totals.

District	Bush	Gore	Representative
At-large	58.6%	27.7%	Don Young

Electors

Technically the voters of Alaska cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Alaska is allocated 3 electors because it has 1 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 3 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 3 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.

The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 18, 2000,^[5] to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.

The following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All were pledged to and voted for George W. Bush and Dick Cheney:^[6]

Bill Allen
Susan Fischetti
Lucy Groh

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References

↑ "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
↑ "How close were U.S. Presidential Elections?". Archived from the original on August 25, 2012. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
↑ "Alaska Results by County Equivalent, 1960-2016 – RRH Elections". rrhelections.com. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
↑ "Alaska Pres 1960-2012.zip". Google Docs. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
↑ "2000 Post-Election Timeline of Events".
↑ "President Elect - 2000". Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved October 24, 2009.

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[1] "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.

[2] "How close were U.S. Presidential Elections?". Archived from the original on August 25, 2012. Retrieved November 23, 2015.

[3] "Alaska Results by County Equivalent, 1960-2016 – RRH Elections". rrhelections.com. Retrieved February 17, 2019.

[4] "Alaska Pres 1960-2012.zip". Google Docs. Retrieved February 17, 2019.

[5] "2000 Post-Election Timeline of Events".

[6] "President Elect - 2000". Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved October 24, 2009.

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