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Elections in Arkansas |
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The 2000 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. State voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
In this election, Arkansas was seen as a swing state, as George W. Bush's opposition to abortion and support for the death penalty, issues that resonated with many Arkansans [1] [2] combined with Gore distancing himself from the popularity of Arkansas native and sitting president Bill Clinton created a battleground environment in the state. [3]
In the end, Bush won the state by 5.45%; a hard swing to the right from the 16.94-point Democratic victory four years prior. He won a majority of the popular vote and the state's six electoral votes, marking the first time in history that a Democratic presidential nominee won the national popular vote without carrying Arkansas. As of the 2020 presidential election [update] , this is the last election in which Ashley County, Craighead County, Cross County, Dallas County, Drew County, Greene County, Hot Spring County, Izard County, Lafayette County, Nevada County, and Ouachita County have voted for the Democratic candidate.
2000 United States presidential election in Arkansas | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | George W. Bush | 472,940 | 51.31% | 6 | |
Democratic | Al Gore | 422,768 | 45.86% | 0 | |
Green Party | Ralph Nader | 13,421 | 1.46% | 0 | |
Reform | Patrick Buchanan | 5,192 | 0.80% | 0 | |
Libertarian | Harry Browne | 2,781 | 0.30% | 0 | |
Constitution Party | Howard Phillips | 1,145 | 0.14% | 0 | |
Natural Law | John Hagelin | 1,098 | 0.13% | 0 | |
Totals | 919,345 | 100.00% | 6 | ||
Voter turnout | 46% |
County | George W. Bush Republican | Al Gore Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total | ||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Arkansas | 3,353 | 52.62% | 2,877 | 45.15% | 142 | 2.23% | 476 | 7.47% | 6,372 |
Ashley | 3,876 | 46.86% | 4,253 | 51.42% | 142 | 1.72% | -377 | -4.56% | 8,271 |
Baxter | 9,538 | 57.09% | 6,516 | 39.00% | 654 | 3.91% | 3,022 | 18.09% | 16,708 |
Benton | 34,838 | 64.94% | 17,277 | 32.21% | 1,531 | 2.85% | 17,561 | 32.73% | 53,646 |
Boone | 8,569 | 62.85% | 4,493 | 32.95% | 573 | 4.20% | 4,076 | 29.90% | 13,635 |
Bradley | 1,793 | 45.06% | 2,122 | 53.33% | 64 | 1.61% | -329 | -8.27% | 3,979 |
Calhoun | 1,128 | 51.62% | 1,017 | 46.54% | 40 | 1.83% | 111 | 5.08% | 2,185 |
Carroll | 5,556 | 57.94% | 3,595 | 37.49% | 439 | 4.58% | 1,961 | 20.45% | 9,590 |
Chicot | 1,564 | 35.13% | 2,820 | 63.34% | 68 | 1.53% | -1,256 | -28.21% | 4,452 |
Clark | 3,376 | 43.77% | 4,661 | 54.03% | 189 | 2.19% | -1,285 | -10.26% | 8,626 |
Clay | 2,254 | 38.20% | 3,527 | 59.78% | 119 | 2.02% | -1,273 | -21.58% | 5,900 |
Cleburne | 5,730 | 56.14% | 4,120 | 40.36% | 357 | 3.50% | 1,610 | 15.78% | 10,207 |
Cleveland | 1,678 | 52.75% | 1,414 | 44.45% | 89 | 2.80% | 264 | 8.30% | 3,181 |
Columbia | 5,018 | 53.92% | 4,003 | 43.01% | 286 | 3.07% | 1,015 | 10.91% | 9,307 |
Conway | 3,545 | 49.00% | 3,496 | 48.33% | 193 | 2.67% | 49 | 0.67% | 7,234 |
Craighead | 12,158 | 48.33% | 12,376 | 49.20% | 623 | 2.48% | -218 | -0.87% | 25,157 |
Crawford | 10,804 | 61.30% | 6,288 | 35.68% | 533 | 3.02% | 4,516 | 25.62% | 17,625 |
Crittenden | 5,857 | 44.26% | 7,224 | 54.59% | 153 | 1.15% | -1,367 | -10.33% | 13,234 |
Cross | 3,033 | 48.80% | 3,096 | 49.81% | 86 | 1.38% | -63 | -1.01% | 6,215 |
Dallas | 1,571 | 47.25% | 1,710 | 51.43% | 44 | 1.32% | -139 | -4.18% | 3,325 |
Desha | 1,603 | 35.66% | 2,776 | 61.76% | 116 | 2.58% | -1,173 | -26.10% | 4,495 |
Drew | 2,756 | 46.54% | 3,060 | 51.67% | 106 | 1.79% | -304 | -5.13% | 5,922 |
Faulkner | 16,055 | 54.95% | 11,950 | 40.90% | 1,211 | 4.14% | 4,105 | 14.05% | 29,216 |
Franklin | 3,277 | 53.37% | 2,674 | 43.55% | 189 | 3.08% | 603 | 9.82% | 6,140 |
Fulton | 2,036 | 49.56% | 1,976 | 48.10% | 96 | 2.34% | 60 | 1.46% | 4,108 |
Garland | 19,098 | 53.15% | 15,840 | 44.08% | 997 | 2.77% | 3,258 | 9.07% | 35,935 |
Grant | 3,285 | 54.63% | 2,535 | 42.16% | 193 | 3.21% | 750 | 12.47% | 6,013 |
Greene | 5,831 | 46.71% | 6,319 | 50.62% | 334 | 2.68% | -488 | -3.91% | 12,484 |
Hempstead | 3,257 | 44.68% | 3,937 | 54.01% | 95 | 1.30% | -680 | -9.33% | 7,289 |
Hot Spring | 5,042 | 45.92% | 5,527 | 50.33% | 412 | 3.75% | -485 | -4.41% | 10,981 |
Howard | 2,326 | 52.16% | 2,063 | 46.27% | 70 | 1.57% | 263 | 5.89% | 4,459 |
Independence | 6,145 | 53.00% | 5,146 | 44.39% | 303 | 2.61% | 999 | 8.61% | 11,594 |
Izard | 2,301 | 45.73% | 2,587 | 51.41% | 144 | 2.86% | -286 | -5.68% | 5,032 |
Jackson | 2,280 | 37.55% | 3,651 | 60.13% | 141 | 2.32% | -1,371 | -22.58% | 6,072 |
Jefferson | 8,765 | 32.22% | 17,716 | 65.13% | 720 | 2.65% | -8,951 | -32.91% | 27,201 |
Johnson | 3,657 | 51.07% | 3,270 | 45.66% | 234 | 3.27% | 387 | 5.41% | 7,161 |
Lafayette | 1,538 | 45.46% | 1,806 | 53.38% | 39 | 1.15% | -268 | -7.92% | 3,383 |
Lawrence | 2,626 | 43.48% | 3,255 | 53.89% | 159 | 2.63% | -629 | -10.41% | 6,040 |
Lee | 1,351 | 32.78% | 2,727 | 66.17% | 43 | 1.04% | -1,376 | -33.39% | 4,121 |
Lincoln | 1,526 | 43.03% | 1,957 | 55.19% | 63 | 1.78% | -431 | -12.16% | 3,546 |
Little River | 2,283 | 43.38% | 2,883 | 54.78% | 97 | 1.84% | -600 | -11.40% | 5,263 |
Logan | 4,487 | 55.42% | 3,283 | 40.55% | 326 | 4.03% | 1,204 | 14.87% | 8,096 |
Lonoke | 10,606 | 59.11% | 6,851 | 38.18% | 486 | 2.71% | 3,755 | 20.93% | 17,943 |
Madison | 3,387 | 60.18% | 2,055 | 36.51% | 186 | 3.30% | 1,332 | 23.67% | 5,628 |
Marion | 3,402 | 56.56% | 2,233 | 37.12% | 380 | 6.32% | 1,169 | 19.44% | 6,015 |
Miller | 7,276 | 52.94% | 6,278 | 45.67% | 191 | 1.39% | 998 | 7.27% | 13,745 |
Mississippi | 5,199 | 41.31% | 7,107 | 56.47% | 280 | 2.22% | -1,908 | -15.16% | 12,586 |
Monroe | 1,329 | 40.36% | 1,910 | 58.00% | 54 | 1.64% | -581 | -17.64% | 3,293 |
Montgomery | 2,128 | 56.91% | 1,438 | 38.46% | 173 | 4.63% | 690 | 18.45% | 3,739 |
Nevada | 1,796 | 48.05% | 1,867 | 49.95% | 75 | 2.00% | -71 | -1.90% | 3,738 |
Newton | 2,529 | 64.40% | 1,205 | 30.69% | 193 | 4.91% | 1,324 | 33.71% | 3,927 |
Ouachita | 4,739 | 45.59% | 5,464 | 52.56% | 192 | 1.85% | -725 | -6.97% | 10,395 |
Perry | 2,114 | 52.76% | 1,648 | 41.13% | 245 | 6.11% | 466 | 11.63% | 4,007 |
Phillips | 3,154 | 33.87% | 6,018 | 64.62% | 141 | 1.51% | -2,864 | -30.75% | 9,313 |
Pike | 2,275 | 57.29% | 1,604 | 40.39% | 92 | 2.32% | 671 | 16.90% | 3,971 |
Poinsett | 2,988 | 41.30% | 4,102 | 56.70% | 145 | 2.00% | -1,114 | -15.40% | 7,235 |
Polk | 4,600 | 63.95% | 2,315 | 32.18% | 278 | 3.86% | 2,285 | 31.77% | 7,193 |
Pope | 11,244 | 61.04% | 6,669 | 36.20% | 509 | 2.76% | 4,575 | 24.84% | 18,422 |
Prairie | 1,862 | 53.09% | 1,563 | 44.57% | 82 | 2.34% | 299 | 8.52% | 3,507 |
Pulaski | 55,866 | 43.94% | 68,320 | 53.73% | 2,965 | 2.33% | -12,454 | -9.79% | 127,151 |
Randolph | 2,673 | 45.48% | 3,019 | 51.37% | 185 | 3.15% | -346 | -5.89% | 5,877 |
St. Francis | 3,414 | 40.18% | 4,986 | 58.69% | 96 | 1.13% | -1,572 | -18.51% | 8,496 |
Saline | 18,617 | 57.48% | 12,700 | 39.21% | 1,074 | 3.32% | 5,917 | 18.27% | 32,391 |
Scott | 2,399 | 60.26% | 1,444 | 36.27% | 138 | 3.47% | 955 | 23.99% | 3,981 |
Searcy | 2,610 | 64.32% | 1,229 | 30.29% | 219 | 5.40% | 1,381 | 34.03% | 4,058 |
Sebastian | 23,483 | 58.48% | 15,555 | 38.73% | 1,121 | 2.79% | 7,928 | 19.75% | 40,159 |
Sevier | 2,111 | 49.17% | 2,095 | 48.80% | 87 | 2.03% | 16 | 0.37% | 4,293 |
Sharp | 3,698 | 51.89% | 3,236 | 45.41% | 192 | 2.70% | 462 | 6.48% | 7,126 |
Stone | 2,623 | 53.97% | 2,043 | 42.04% | 194 | 3.99% | 580 | 11.93% | 4,860 |
Union | 8,647 | 55.40% | 6,261 | 40.11% | 701 | 4.49% | 2,386 | 15.29% | 15,609 |
Van Buren | 3,485 | 49.90% | 3,202 | 45.85% | 297 | 4.25% | 283 | 4.05% | 6,984 |
Washington | 28,231 | 54.86% | 21,425 | 41.64% | 1,803 | 3.50% | 6,806 | 13.22% | 51,459 |
White | 13,170 | 59.46% | 8,342 | 37.66% | 638 | 2.88% | 4,828 | 21.80% | 22,150 |
Woodruff | 898 | 33.87% | 1,699 | 64.09% | 54 | 2.04% | -801 | -30.22% | 2,651 |
Yell | 3,223 | 49.75% | 3,062 | 47.26% | 194 | 2.99% | 161 | 2.49% | 6,479 |
Totals | 472,940 | 51.31% | 422,768 | 45.86% | 26,073 | 2.83% | 50,172 | 5.45% | 921,781 |
Bush won 2 of 4 congressional districts, including one held by a Democrat. [4]
District | Bush | Gore | Representative |
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1st | 47% | 50% | Marion Berry |
2nd | 49% | 48% | Vic Snyder |
3rd | 59% | 37% | Asa Hutchinson |
John Boozman | |||
4th | 47% | 50% | Jay Dickey |
Mike Ross |
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