2000 United States presidential election in Hawaii

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2000 United States presidential election in Hawaii
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  1996 November 7, 2000 2004  
  Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, official portrait 1994.jpg Official Portrait- President George Walker Bush, 43rd President of the United States, Republican - DPLA - 7482eac0e113bf03014d1686a3733f97.jpeg Ralph Nader 1999 (cropped).jpg
Nominee Al Gore George W. Bush Ralph Nader
Party Democratic Republican Green
Home state Tennessee Texas Connecticut
Running mate Joe Lieberman Dick Cheney Winona LaDuke
Electoral vote400
Popular vote205,286137,84521,623
Percentage55.79%37.46%5.88%

Hawaii Presidential Election Results 2000.svg
County Results
Gore
  50-60%
  60-70%

The 2000 United States presidential election in Hawaii was part of the 2000 United States presidential election which took place on November 7, 2000. Voters chose 4 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Hawaii was won by Vice President Al Gore by an 18.3% margin of victory. Gore also was victorious in every county and both congressional districts of the state. Governor George W. Bush received 37.5% of the vote, while Nader obtained almost 6%. [1] Bush's best county result came in Honolulu County where he received 39.6% of the vote. [2] This was the first election since its statehood in which it did not support the same candidate as West Virginia.

Results

2000 United States presidential election in Hawaii
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Al Gore 205,28655.79%4
Republican George W. Bush 137,84537.46%0
Green Ralph Nader 21,6235.88%0
Libertarian Harry Browne 1,4770.40%0
Reform Party Pat Buchanan 1,0710.29%0
Constitution Howard Phillips 3430.09%0
Natural Law John Hagelin 3060.08%0
Totals367,951100.0%4

By county

CountyAl Gore
Democratic
George W. Bush
Republican
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Hawaii 28,67056.37%17,05033.52%5,14010.11%11,62022.85%50,860
Honolulu 139,61854.54%101,31039.58%15,0625.88%38,30814.96%255,990
Kalawao 3066.67%1124.44%48.89%1942.23%45
Kauai 13,47061.87%6,58330.23%1,7207.90%6,88731.64%21,773
Maui 23,48459.83%12,87632.81%2,8887.36%10,60827.02%39,248
Totals205,28655.79%137,84537.46%24,8206.75%67,44118.33%367,951

By congressional district

Gore won both congressional districts. [3]

DistrictGoreBushRepresentative
1st 55%39% Neil Abercrombie
2nd 56%36% Patsy Mink

Electors

Technically the voters of Hawaii cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Hawaii is allocated 4 electors because it has 2 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 4 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 4 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 [4] 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 Al Gore and Joe Lieberman: [5]

  1. Michael Amii
  2. Marsha Joyner
  3. Joy Kobashigawa Lewis
  4. Pedro Racelis

References

  1. "2000 ELECTION STATISTICS". Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
  2. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - Data Graphs". Uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
  3. DavidNYC. "Presidential Results by Congressional District, 2000-2008". Swing State Project. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
  4. "2000 Post-Election Timeline of Events". Uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
  5. "2000". President Elect. Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved September 26, 2011.