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The 2000 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Indiana was won by Texas Governor George W. Bush. He won a majority of the counties and congressional districts in the state. Gore only won two congressional districts and six counties. However, Gore won five of the six counties by very small margins. Lake County, part of the Chicago metropolitan area and the state's second most-populous county, [1] was Gore's best performance, winning with over 60%. Bush ran up the margins in more conservative rural areas to help him win the state. Bush won Vigo County with 49.7% of the vote, which is considered the most reliable bellwether county in the nation.
This would be the last time that Marion County (containing the state's largest city, Indianapolis) and Monroe County voted for the Republican nominee, as they would end up shifting to Democratic strongholds in future elections. Conversely, this is also the last time that Scott County voted for the Democratic candidate. Bush became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying LaPorte County since Benjamin Harrison in 1888.
2000 United States presidential election in Indiana [2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | George Walker Bush and Richard Bruce Cheney | 1,245,836 | 56.65% | 12 | |
Democratic | Albert Arnold Gore Jr. and Joseph Isadore Lieberman | 901,980 | 41.01% | 0 | |
Write In | Ralph Nader and Winona LaDuke | 18,531 | 0.8% | 0 | |
Reform | Patrick Buchanan | 16,959 | 0.8% | 0 | |
Libertarian | Harry Browne | 15,530 | 0.7% | 0 | |
Write In | Howard Phillips | 200 | 0.0% | 0 | |
Write In | John Hagelin | 167 | 0.0% | 0 | |
Totals | 2,199,203 | 100.00% | 12 | ||
Voter turnout (Voting age/registered) | 49%/55% |
County | George W. Bush Republican | Al Gore Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total | ||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 8,555 | 67.95% | 3,775 | 29.98% | 260 | 2.07% | 4,780 | 37.97% | 12,590 |
Allen | 70,426 | 61.60% | 41,636 | 36.42% | 2,258 | 1.98% | 28,790 | 25.18% | 114,320 |
Bartholomew | 16,200 | 62.87% | 9,015 | 34.98% | 554 | 2.15% | 7,185 | 27.89% | 25,769 |
Benton | 2,441 | 63.01% | 1,328 | 34.28% | 105 | 2.71% | 1,113 | 28.73% | 3,874 |
Blackford | 2,699 | 55.16% | 2,103 | 42.98% | 91 | 1.86% | 596 | 12.18% | 4,893 |
Boone | 13,161 | 71.54% | 4,763 | 25.89% | 472 | 2.57% | 8,398 | 45.65% | 18,396 |
Brown | 3,871 | 56.78% | 2,608 | 38.26% | 338 | 4.96% | 1,263 | 18.52% | 6,817 |
Carroll | 5,102 | 61.71% | 2,965 | 35.86% | 201 | 2.43% | 2,137 | 25.85% | 8,268 |
Cass | 9,305 | 61.60% | 5,412 | 35.83% | 389 | 2.58% | 3,893 | 25.77% | 15,106 |
Clark | 19,417 | 52.01% | 17,360 | 46.50% | 559 | 1.50% | 2,057 | 5.51% | 37,336 |
Clay | 6,393 | 62.94% | 3,605 | 35.49% | 160 | 1.58% | 2,788 | 27.45% | 10,158 |
Clinton | 7,141 | 64.97% | 3,643 | 33.15% | 207 | 1.88% | 3,498 | 31.82% | 10,991 |
Crawford | 2,327 | 55.29% | 1,817 | 43.17% | 65 | 1.54% | 510 | 12.12% | 4,209 |
Daviess | 6,872 | 70.40% | 2,697 | 27.63% | 192 | 1.97% | 4,175 | 42.77% | 9,761 |
Dearborn | 11,452 | 64.88% | 6,020 | 34.11% | 178 | 1.01% | 5,432 | 30.77% | 17,650 |
Decatur | 6,115 | 66.68% | 2,889 | 31.50% | 167 | 1.82% | 3,226 | 35.18% | 9,171 |
DeKalb | 8,701 | 63.12% | 4,776 | 34.65% | 308 | 2.23% | 3,925 | 28.47% | 13,785 |
Delaware | 22,105 | 50.07% | 20,876 | 47.29% | 1,166 | 2.64% | 1,229 | 2.78% | 44,147 |
Dubois | 10,134 | 65.36% | 5,090 | 32.83% | 280 | 1.81% | 5,044 | 32.53% | 15,504 |
Elkhart | 36,756 | 67.46% | 16,402 | 30.11% | 1,324 | 2.43% | 20,354 | 37.35% | 54,482 |
Fayette | 5,060 | 58.52% | 3,415 | 39.49% | 172 | 1.99% | 1,645 | 19.03% | 8,647 |
Floyd | 16,486 | 54.90% | 13,209 | 43.99% | 335 | 1.12% | 3,277 | 10.91% | 30,030 |
Fountain | 4,408 | 60.54% | 2,717 | 37.32% | 156 | 2.14% | 1,691 | 23.22% | 7,281 |
Franklin | 5,587 | 67.00% | 2,591 | 31.07% | 161 | 1.93% | 2,996 | 35.93% | 8,339 |
Fulton | 5,218 | 62.66% | 2,960 | 35.55% | 149 | 1.79% | 2,258 | 27.11% | 8,327 |
Gibson | 7,734 | 56.16% | 5,802 | 42.13% | 236 | 1.71% | 1,932 | 14.03% | 13,772 |
Grant | 16,153 | 61.22% | 9,712 | 36.81% | 521 | 1.97% | 6,441 | 24.41% | 26,386 |
Greene | 7,452 | 59.05% | 4,898 | 38.81% | 269 | 2.13% | 2,554 | 20.24% | 12,619 |
Hamilton | 56,372 | 74.25% | 18,002 | 23.71% | 1,552 | 2.04% | 38,370 | 50.54% | 75,926 |
Hancock | 15,943 | 69.47% | 6,503 | 28.34% | 504 | 2.20% | 9,440 | 41.13% | 22,950 |
Harrison | 8,711 | 58.48% | 5,870 | 39.41% | 315 | 2.11% | 2,841 | 19.07% | 14,896 |
Hendricks | 28,651 | 71.23% | 10,786 | 26.82% | 784 | 1.95% | 17,865 | 44.41% | 40,221 |
Henry | 10,321 | 56.35% | 7,647 | 41.75% | 347 | 1.89% | 2,674 | 14.60% | 18,315 |
Howard | 20,331 | 59.63% | 12,899 | 37.83% | 865 | 2.54% | 7,432 | 21.80% | 34,095 |
Huntington | 10,113 | 69.17% | 4,119 | 28.17% | 388 | 2.65% | 5,994 | 41.00% | 14,620 |
Jackson | 9,054 | 62.01% | 5,330 | 36.50% | 218 | 1.49% | 3,724 | 25.51% | 14,602 |
Jasper | 7,212 | 64.58% | 3,744 | 33.53% | 211 | 1.89% | 3,468 | 31.05% | 11,167 |
Jay | 4,687 | 58.37% | 3,167 | 39.44% | 176 | 2.19% | 1,520 | 18.93% | 8,030 |
Jefferson | 6,582 | 55.17% | 5,117 | 42.89% | 232 | 1.94% | 1,465 | 12.28% | 11,931 |
Jennings | 5,732 | 60.37% | 3,549 | 37.38% | 213 | 2.24% | 2,183 | 22.99% | 9,494 |
Johnson | 29,404 | 69.54% | 11,952 | 28.27% | 928 | 2.19% | 17,452 | 41.27% | 42,284 |
Knox | 8,485 | 56.36% | 6,300 | 41.85% | 269 | 1.79% | 2,185 | 14.51% | 15,054 |
Kosciusko | 19,040 | 75.30% | 5,785 | 22.88% | 459 | 1.82% | 13,255 | 52.42% | 25,284 |
LaGrange | 5,437 | 65.25% | 2,733 | 32.80% | 163 | 1.96% | 2,704 | 32.45% | 8,333 |
Lake | 63,389 | 36.02% | 109,078 | 61.98% | 3,527 | 2.00% | -45,689 | -25.96% | 175,994 |
LaPorte | 18,994 | 47.79% | 19,736 | 49.65% | 1,017 | 2.56% | -742 | -1.86% | 39,747 |
Lawrence | 10,677 | 66.14% | 5,071 | 31.41% | 394 | 2.44% | 5,606 | 34.73% | 16,142 |
Madison | 27,956 | 53.54% | 23,403 | 44.82% | 857 | 1.64% | 4,553 | 8.72% | 52,216 |
Marion | 137,810 | 49.23% | 134,189 | 47.94% | 7,904 | 2.82% | 3,621 | 1.29% | 279,903 |
Marshall | 10,266 | 63.57% | 5,541 | 34.31% | 343 | 2.12% | 4,725 | 29.26% | 16,150 |
Martin | 3,008 | 65.26% | 1,518 | 32.94% | 83 | 1.80% | 1,490 | 32.32% | 4,609 |
Miami | 8,401 | 64.98% | 4,155 | 32.14% | 372 | 2.88% | 4,246 | 32.84% | 12,928 |
Monroe | 19,147 | 47.61% | 17,523 | 43.57% | 3,550 | 8.83% | 1,624 | 4.04% | 40,220 |
Montgomery | 8,891 | 67.87% | 3,899 | 29.76% | 311 | 2.37% | 4,992 | 38.11% | 13,101 |
Morgan | 15,286 | 69.37% | 6,228 | 28.26% | 522 | 2.37% | 9,058 | 41.11% | 22,036 |
Newton | 3,250 | 58.98% | 2,101 | 38.13% | 159 | 2.89% | 1,149 | 20.85% | 5,510 |
Noble | 9,103 | 64.03% | 4,822 | 33.92% | 291 | 2.05% | 4,281 | 30.11% | 14,216 |
Ohio | 1,515 | 60.79% | 951 | 38.16% | 26 | 1.04% | 564 | 22.63% | 2,492 |
Orange | 4,687 | 62.85% | 2,601 | 34.88% | 170 | 2.28% | 2,086 | 27.97% | 7,458 |
Owen | 4,019 | 61.80% | 2,253 | 34.65% | 231 | 3.55% | 1,766 | 27.15% | 6,503 |
Parke | 3,841 | 59.58% | 2,481 | 38.48% | 125 | 1.94% | 1,360 | 21.10% | 6,447 |
Perry | 3,461 | 46.85% | 3,823 | 51.75% | 103 | 1.39% | -362 | -4.90% | 7,387 |
Pike | 3,566 | 56.59% | 2,605 | 41.34% | 131 | 2.08% | 961 | 15.25% | 6,302 |
Porter | 31,157 | 52.47% | 26,790 | 45.12% | 1,431 | 2.41% | 4,367 | 7.35% | 59,378 |
Posey | 6,498 | 58.49% | 4,430 | 39.87% | 182 | 1.64% | 2,068 | 18.62% | 11,110 |
Pulaski | 3,497 | 63.37% | 1,919 | 34.78% | 102 | 1.85% | 1,578 | 28.59% | 5,518 |
Putnam | 7,352 | 61.93% | 4,123 | 34.73% | 396 | 3.34% | 3,229 | 27.20% | 11,871 |
Randolph | 6,020 | 59.42% | 3,906 | 38.55% | 206 | 2.03% | 2,114 | 20.87% | 10,132 |
Ripley | 6,988 | 65.46% | 3,498 | 32.77% | 189 | 1.77% | 3,490 | 32.69% | 10,675 |
Rush | 4,749 | 65.20% | 2,370 | 32.54% | 165 | 2.27% | 2,379 | 32.66% | 7,284 |
Scott | 3,761 | 47.94% | 3,915 | 49.90% | 170 | 2.17% | -154 | -1.96% | 7,846 |
Shelby | 9,590 | 62.64% | 5,374 | 35.10% | 346 | 2.26% | 4,216 | 27.54% | 15,310 |
Spencer | 5,096 | 56.70% | 3,752 | 41.75% | 139 | 1.55% | 1,344 | 14.95% | 8,987 |
St. Joseph | 47,581 | 48.81% | 47,703 | 48.94% | 2,190 | 2.25% | -122 | -0.13% | 97,474 |
Starke | 4,349 | 49.98% | 4,136 | 47.53% | 216 | 2.48% | 213 | 2.45% | 8,701 |
Steuben | 6,953 | 61.66% | 4,103 | 36.38% | 221 | 1.96% | 2,850 | 25.28% | 11,277 |
Sullivan | 4,319 | 52.28% | 3,833 | 46.39% | 110 | 1.33% | 486 | 5.89% | 8,262 |
Switzerland | 1,831 | 56.53% | 1,336 | 41.25% | 72 | 2.22% | 495 | 15.28% | 3,239 |
Tippecanoe | 26,106 | 56.39% | 18,220 | 39.36% | 1,969 | 4.25% | 7,886 | 17.03% | 46,295 |
Tipton | 4,784 | 65.39% | 2,392 | 32.70% | 140 | 1.91% | 2,392 | 32.69% | 7,316 |
Union | 1,838 | 64.99% | 927 | 32.78% | 63 | 2.23% | 911 | 32.21% | 2,828 |
Vanderburgh | 35,846 | 54.13% | 29,222 | 44.13% | 1,153 | 1.74% | 6,624 | 10.00% | 66,221 |
Vermillion | 3,130 | 47.19% | 3,370 | 50.81% | 133 | 2.01% | -240 | -3.62% | 6,633 |
Vigo | 18,021 | 49.74% | 17,570 | 48.50% | 637 | 1.76% | 451 | 1.24% | 36,228 |
Wabash | 8,321 | 64.59% | 4,277 | 33.20% | 285 | 2.21% | 4,044 | 31.39% | 12,883 |
Warren | 2,218 | 58.86% | 1,471 | 39.04% | 79 | 2.10% | 747 | 19.82% | 3,768 |
Warrick | 13,205 | 59.19% | 8,749 | 39.22% | 355 | 1.59% | 4,456 | 19.97% | 22,309 |
Washington | 5,868 | 59.87% | 3,675 | 37.50% | 258 | 2.63% | 2,193 | 22.37% | 9,801 |
Wayne | 14,273 | 56.75% | 10,273 | 40.85% | 605 | 2.41% | 4,000 | 15.90% | 25,151 |
Wells | 7,755 | 68.74% | 3,319 | 29.42% | 207 | 1.83% | 4,436 | 39.32% | 11,281 |
White | 6,037 | 60.96% | 3,655 | 36.90% | 212 | 2.14% | 2,382 | 24.06% | 9,904 |
Whitley | 8,080 | 64.99% | 4,107 | 33.04% | 245 | 1.97% | 3,973 | 31.95% | 12,432 |
Totals | 1,245,836 | 56.65% | 901,980 | 41.01% | 51,486 | 2.34% | 343,856 | 15.63% | 2,199,302 |
Bush won 8 of 10 congressional districts, including two held by Democrats. [4]
District | Bush | Gore | Representative |
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1st | 38% | 58% | Pete Visclosky |
2nd | 56% | 41% | David M. McIntosh |
Mike Pence | |||
3rd | 55% | 42% | Tim Roemer |
4th | 62% | 34% | Mark Souder |
5th | 60% | 36% | Steve Buyer |
6th | 67% | 28% | Dan Burton |
7th | 61% | 35% | Edward A. Pease |
Brian D. Kerns | |||
8th | 55% | 40% | John Hostettler |
9th | 57% | 39% | Baron Hill |
10th | 38% | 59% | Julia Carson |
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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.
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