2000 United States presidential election in Arkansas

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2000 United States presidential election in Arkansas
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  1996 November 7, 2000 2004  
  GeorgeWBush.jpg Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, official portrait 1994.jpg
Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Texas Tennessee
Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman
Electoral vote60
Popular vote472,940422,768
Percentage51.31%45.86%

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President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

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.

Contents

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 , 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.

Results

2000 United States presidential election in Arkansas
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican George W. Bush 472,94051.31%6
Democratic Al Gore 422,76845.86%0
Green Party Ralph Nader 13,4211.46%0
Reform Patrick Buchanan 5,1920.80%0
Libertarian Harry Browne 2,7810.30%0
Constitution Party Howard Phillips 1,1450.14%0
Natural Law John Hagelin 1,0980.13%0
Totals919,345100.00%6
Voter turnout46%

By county

CountyGeorge W. Bush
Republican
Al Gore
Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal
#%#%#%#%
Arkansas 3,35352.62%2,87745.15%1422.23%4767.47%6,372
Ashley 3,87646.86%4,25351.42%1421.72%-377-4.56%8,271
Baxter 9,53857.09%6,51639.00%6543.91%3,02218.09%16,708
Benton 34,83864.94%17,27732.21%1,5312.85%17,56132.73%53,646
Boone 8,56962.85%4,49332.95%5734.20%4,07629.90%13,635
Bradley 1,79345.06%2,12253.33%641.61%-329-8.27%3,979
Calhoun 1,12851.62%1,01746.54%401.83%1115.08%2,185
Carroll 5,55657.94%3,59537.49%4394.58%1,96120.45%9,590
Chicot 1,56435.13%2,82063.34%681.53%-1,256-28.21%4,452
Clark 3,37643.77%4,66154.03%1892.19%-1,285-10.26%8,626
Clay 2,25438.20%3,52759.78%1192.02%-1,273-21.58%5,900
Cleburne 5,73056.14%4,12040.36%3573.50%1,61015.78%10,207
Cleveland 1,67852.75%1,41444.45%892.80%2648.30%3,181
Columbia 5,01853.92%4,00343.01%2863.07%1,01510.91%9,307
Conway 3,54549.00%3,49648.33%1932.67%490.67%7,234
Craighead 12,15848.33%12,37649.20%6232.48%-218-0.87%25,157
Crawford 10,80461.30%6,28835.68%5333.02%4,51625.62%17,625
Crittenden 5,85744.26%7,22454.59%1531.15%-1,367-10.33%13,234
Cross 3,03348.80%3,09649.81%861.38%-63-1.01%6,215
Dallas 1,57147.25%1,71051.43%441.32%-139-4.18%3,325
Desha 1,60335.66%2,77661.76%1162.58%-1,173-26.10%4,495
Drew 2,75646.54%3,06051.67%1061.79%-304-5.13%5,922
Faulkner 16,05554.95%11,95040.90%1,2114.14%4,10514.05%29,216
Franklin 3,27753.37%2,67443.55%1893.08%6039.82%6,140
Fulton 2,03649.56%1,97648.10%962.34%601.46%4,108
Garland 19,09853.15%15,84044.08%9972.77%3,2589.07%35,935
Grant 3,28554.63%2,53542.16%1933.21%75012.47%6,013
Greene 5,83146.71%6,31950.62%3342.68%-488-3.91%12,484
Hempstead 3,25744.68%3,93754.01%951.30%-680-9.33%7,289
Hot Spring 5,04245.92%5,52750.33%4123.75%-485-4.41%10,981
Howard 2,32652.16%2,06346.27%701.57%2635.89%4,459
Independence 6,14553.00%5,14644.39%3032.61%9998.61%11,594
Izard 2,30145.73%2,58751.41%1442.86%-286-5.68%5,032
Jackson 2,28037.55%3,65160.13%1412.32%-1,371-22.58%6,072
Jefferson 8,76532.22%17,71665.13%7202.65%-8,951-32.91%27,201
Johnson 3,65751.07%3,27045.66%2343.27%3875.41%7,161
Lafayette 1,53845.46%1,80653.38%391.15%-268-7.92%3,383
Lawrence 2,62643.48%3,25553.89%1592.63%-629-10.41%6,040
Lee 1,35132.78%2,72766.17%431.04%-1,376-33.39%4,121
Lincoln 1,52643.03%1,95755.19%631.78%-431-12.16%3,546
Little River 2,28343.38%2,88354.78%971.84%-600-11.40%5,263
Logan 4,48755.42%3,28340.55%3264.03%1,20414.87%8,096
Lonoke 10,60659.11%6,85138.18%4862.71%3,75520.93%17,943
Madison 3,38760.18%2,05536.51%1863.30%1,33223.67%5,628
Marion 3,40256.56%2,23337.12%3806.32%1,16919.44%6,015
Miller 7,27652.94%6,27845.67%1911.39%9987.27%13,745
Mississippi 5,19941.31%7,10756.47%2802.22%-1,908-15.16%12,586
Monroe 1,32940.36%1,91058.00%541.64%-581-17.64%3,293
Montgomery 2,12856.91%1,43838.46%1734.63%69018.45%3,739
Nevada 1,79648.05%1,86749.95%752.00%-71-1.90%3,738
Newton 2,52964.40%1,20530.69%1934.91%1,32433.71%3,927
Ouachita 4,73945.59%5,46452.56%1921.85%-725-6.97%10,395
Perry 2,11452.76%1,64841.13%2456.11%46611.63%4,007
Phillips 3,15433.87%6,01864.62%1411.51%-2,864-30.75%9,313
Pike 2,27557.29%1,60440.39%922.32%67116.90%3,971
Poinsett 2,98841.30%4,10256.70%1452.00%-1,114-15.40%7,235
Polk 4,60063.95%2,31532.18%2783.86%2,28531.77%7,193
Pope 11,24461.04%6,66936.20%5092.76%4,57524.84%18,422
Prairie 1,86253.09%1,56344.57%822.34%2998.52%3,507
Pulaski 55,86643.94%68,32053.73%2,9652.33%-12,454-9.79%127,151
Randolph 2,67345.48%3,01951.37%1853.15%-346-5.89%5,877
St. Francis 3,41440.18%4,98658.69%961.13%-1,572-18.51%8,496
Saline 18,61757.48%12,70039.21%1,0743.32%5,91718.27%32,391
Scott 2,39960.26%1,44436.27%1383.47%95523.99%3,981
Searcy 2,61064.32%1,22930.29%2195.40%1,38134.03%4,058
Sebastian 23,48358.48%15,55538.73%1,1212.79%7,92819.75%40,159
Sevier 2,11149.17%2,09548.80%872.03%160.37%4,293
Sharp 3,69851.89%3,23645.41%1922.70%4626.48%7,126
Stone 2,62353.97%2,04342.04%1943.99%58011.93%4,860
Union 8,64755.40%6,26140.11%7014.49%2,38615.29%15,609
Van Buren 3,48549.90%3,20245.85%2974.25%2834.05%6,984
Washington 28,23154.86%21,42541.64%1,8033.50%6,80613.22%51,459
White 13,17059.46%8,34237.66%6382.88%4,82821.80%22,150
Woodruff 89833.87%1,69964.09%542.04%-801-30.22%2,651
Yell 3,22349.75%3,06247.26%1942.99%1612.49%6,479
Totals472,94051.31%422,76845.86%26,0732.83%50,1725.45%921,781

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Bush won 2 of 4 congressional districts, including one held by a Democrat. [4]

DistrictBushGoreRepresentative
1st 47%50% Marion Berry
2nd 49%48% Vic Snyder
3rd 59%37% Asa Hutchinson
John Boozman
4th 47%50% Jay Dickey
Mike Ross

Electors

Technically the voters of Arkansas cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Arkansas is allocated 6 electors because it has 4 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 6 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 6 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]

  1. Pat Dodge
  2. Bud Cummins
  3. Mildred Homan
  4. Betsy Thompson
  5. Kim Hendren
  6. Sarah Agee

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