2000 United States presidential election in Kentucky

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2000 United States presidential election in Kentucky
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Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Texas Tennessee
Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman
Electoral vote80
Popular vote872,492638,898
Percentage56.50%41.37%
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County Results
President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

The 2000 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 7, 2000, as part of the 2000 United States presidential election, which included elections in all 50 states and D.C. Voters chose 8 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Kentucky was won by Governor George W. Bush. He won most of the counties and congressional districts in the state. Bush dominated among the rural areas of the state. The only congressional district Gore won was the third district, which is a part of Jefferson County, Kentucky, the highest populated county in the state. The only other region where Gore performed strongly was in the coal dependent counties in the southeastern part of the state. As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last election in which Boyd County, Muhlenberg County, Harlan County, Perry County, Letcher County, Ballard County, and Fulton County voted for the Democratic candidate, and also the first in which Wolfe County and Morgan County ever voted for a Republican. [1] This election cemented Kentucky from a major swing state into a Republican stronghold, although the state would not back the loser of a general election until 2008.

Kentucky was 1 of 14 states that Bill Clinton (and, by extension, Gore as Clinton's vice presidential running mate) won at least once and 1 of 9 that backed him twice that Gore lost in this election.Kentucky is also the only state to back Clinton in 1996 which Gore lost by a double digit margin in 2000.

Bush became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Jefferson County since Theodore Roosevelt in 1904.

Results

United States presidential election in Kentucky, 2000 [2]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican George W. Bush 872,49256.50%8
Democratic Al Gore 638,89841.37%0
Green Party Ralph Nader 23,1921.50%0
Reform Patrick Buchanan 4,1730.27%0
Libertarian Harry Browne 2,8960.19%0
Natural Law John Hagelin 1,5330.10%0
Independent Howard Phillips 1,1450.07%0
Totals1,544,329100.00%6
Voter turnout (Voting age/registered)51%/60%

By county

CountyGeorge W. Bush
Republican		Al Gore
Democratic		Various candidates
Other parties		MarginTotal
#%#%#%#%
Adair 5,46074.51%1,77924.28%891.21%3,68150.23%7,328
Allen 4,41568.67%1,95030.33%641.00%2,46538.34%6,429
Anderson 4,90961.62%2,90236.43%1561.96%2,00725.19%7,967
Ballard 1,82448.38%1,88049.87%661.75%-56-1.49%3,770
Barren 8,74163.14%4,93035.61%1731.25%3,81127.53%13,844
Bath 2,30351.49%2,08746.66%831.86%2164.83%4,473
Bell 5,58552.63%4,78745.11%2392.25%7987.52%10,611
Boone 22,01668.83%9,24828.91%7202.25%12,76839.92%31,984
Bourbon 3,88154.65%3,04842.92%1732.44%83311.73%7,102
Boyd 9,24748.21%9,54149.74%3942.05%-294-1.53%19,182
Boyle 6,12659.33%3,96338.38%2372.30%2,16320.95%10,326
Bracken 2,06568.40%88829.41%662.19%1,17738.99%3,019
Breathitt 2,08441.08%2,90257.20%871.71%-818-16.12%5,073
Breckinridge 4,76363.91%2,59534.82%951.27%2,16829.09%7,453
Bullitt 14,05461.91%8,19536.10%4521.99%5,85925.81%22,701
Butler 3,65472.93%1,29925.93%571.14%2,35547.00%5,010
Caldwell 3,16157.66%2,22340.55%981.79%93817.11%5,482
Calloway 7,70556.35%5,63541.21%3332.44%2,07015.14%13,673
Campbell 20,78961.45%12,04035.59%1,0002.96%8,74925.86%33,829
Carlisle 1,40554.18%1,14944.31%391.50%2569.87%2,593
Carroll 1,81851.96%1,60145.76%802.29%2176.20%3,499
Carter 4,61751.53%4,18246.68%1601.79%4354.85%8,959
Casey 4,28478.33%1,12220.52%631.15%3,16257.81%5,469
Christian 10,78760.69%6,77838.14%2081.17%4,00922.55%17,773
Clark 7,29758.50%4,91839.43%2582.07%2,37919.07%12,473
Clay 4,92673.31%1,72325.64%701.04%3,20347.67%6,719
Clinton 3,22474.89%1,03223.97%491.14%2,19250.92%4,305
Crittenden 2,46959.44%1,61038.76%751.81%85920.68%4,154
Cumberland 2,22073.85%73624.48%501.66%1,48449.37%3,006
Daviess 21,36158.94%14,12638.98%7532.08%7,23519.96%36,240
Edmonson 3,25065.07%1,71034.23%350.70%1,54030.84%4,995
Elliott 82734.73%1,52564.05%291.22%-698-29.32%2,381
Estill 3,03364.39%1,59133.78%861.83%1,44230.61%4,710
Fayette 54,49551.67%47,27744.82%3,7053.51%7,2186.85%105,477
Fleming 3,28263.37%1,81335.01%841.62%1,46928.36%5,179
Floyd 5,06832.92%10,08865.53%2381.55%-5,020-32.61%15,394
Franklin 10,20947.15%10,85350.12%5922.73%-644-2.97%21,654
Fulton 1,29346.38%1,45252.08%431.54%-159-5.70%2,788
Gallatin 1,34554.70%1,04942.66%652.64%29612.04%2,459
Garrard 4,04369.43%1,71329.42%671.15%2,33040.01%5,823
Grant 4,40562.02%2,56836.15%1301.83%1,83725.87%7,103
Graves 7,84955.15%6,09742.84%2852.00%1,75212.31%14,231
Grayson 5,84368.28%2,60430.43%1111.30%3,23937.85%8,558
Green 3,61576.01%1,08522.81%561.18%2,53053.20%4,756
Greenup 7,23349.33%7,16448.86%2661.81%690.47%14,663
Hancock 2,03256.29%1,50841.77%701.94%52414.52%3,610
Hardin 18,96461.79%11,09536.15%6312.06%7,86925.64%30,690
Harlan 4,98047.27%5,36550.93%1901.80%-385-3.66%10,535
Harrison 3,79357.37%2,65840.21%1602.42%1,13517.16%6,611
Hart 3,72561.89%2,20136.57%931.55%1,52425.32%6,019
Henderson 7,69848.00%8,05450.22%2871.79%-356-2.22%16,039
Henry 3,24459.27%2,11738.68%1122.05%1,12720.59%5,473
Hickman 1,15154.19%94044.26%331.55%2119.93%2,124
Hopkins 9,49057.55%6,73440.84%2651.61%2,75616.71%16,489
Jackson 4,07984.02%70114.44%751.54%3,37869.58%4,855
Jefferson 145,05247.97%149,90149.58%7,4092.45%-4,849-1.61%302,362
Jessamine 10,07466.89%4,63330.76%3542.35%5,44136.13%15,061
Johnson 4,78358.47%3,25139.74%1461.78%1,53218.73%8,180
Kenton 35,36362.87%19,10033.96%1,7863.18%16,26328.91%56,249
Knott 2,02931.42%4,34967.34%801.24%-2,320-35.92%6,458
Knox 6,05861.13%3,69037.24%1621.63%2,36823.89%9,910
LaRue 3,38465.34%1,72733.35%681.31%1,65731.99%5,179
Laurel 13,02971.90%4,85626.80%2351.30%8,17345.10%18,120
Lawrence 2,96955.94%2,25842.55%801.51%71113.39%5,307
Lee 1,89368.49%83630.25%351.27%1,05738.24%2,764
Leslie 3,15971.24%1,21027.29%651.47%1,94943.95%4,434
Letcher 4,09245.54%4,69852.29%1952.17%-606-6.75%8,985
Lewis 3,21770.42%1,29328.31%581.27%1,92442.11%4,568
Lincoln 4,79563.12%2,67835.25%1241.63%2,11727.87%7,597
Livingston 2,11850.07%2,02247.80%902.13%962.27%4,230
Logan 5,34457.27%3,88541.63%1031.10%1,45915.64%9,332
Lyon 1,68849.36%1,68049.12%521.52%80.24%3,420
McCracken 14,74555.25%11,41242.76%5321.99%3,33312.49%26,689
McCreary 3,32169.20%1,41829.55%601.25%1,90339.65%4,799
McLean 2,21955.17%1,74743.44%561.39%47211.73%4,022
Madison 13,68257.81%9,30939.33%6752.85%4,37318.48%23,666
Magoffin 2,78551.07%2,60347.74%651.19%1823.33%5,453
Marion 3,25952.77%2,77844.98%1392.25%4817.79%6,176
Marshall 7,29453.00%6,20345.08%2641.92%1,0917.92%13,761
Martin 2,66759.85%1,71438.46%751.68%95321.39%4,456
Mason 3,57260.82%2,17837.08%1232.09%1,39423.74%5,873
Meade 5,31958.64%3,59639.64%1561.72%1,72319.00%9,071
Menifee 1,17052.02%1,03846.15%411.82%1325.87%2,249
Mercer 5,36262.12%3,09235.82%1782.06%2,27026.30%8,632
Metcalfe 2,47664.33%1,31834.24%551.43%1,15830.09%3,849
Monroe 4,37778.60%1,15820.79%340.61%3,21957.81%5,569
Montgomery 4,53453.22%3,83344.99%1521.78%7018.23%8,519
Morgan 2,29554.13%1,87544.22%701.65%4209.91%4,240
Muhlenberg 5,51846.15%6,29552.65%1431.20%-777-6.50%11,956
Nelson 7,71457.19%5,48140.64%2932.17%2,23316.55%13,488
Nicholas 1,61360.34%99437.19%662.47%61923.15%2,673
Ohio 5,41360.94%3,30337.19%1661.87%2,11023.75%8,882
Oldham 13,58067.00%6,23630.77%4522.23%7,34436.23%20,268
Owen 2,58263.44%1,39434.25%942.31%1,18829.19%4,070
Owsley 1,46680.28%33918.57%211.15%1,12761.71%1,826
Pendleton 3,04463.38%1,67034.77%891.85%1,37428.61%4,803
Perry 5,30048.18%5,51450.13%1861.69%-214-1.95%11,000
Pike 11,00544.13%13,61154.59%3191.28%-2,606-10.46%24,935
Powell 2,25851.77%2,00846.03%962.20%2505.74%4,362
Pulaski 15,84573.56%5,41525.14%2811.30%10,43048.42%21,541
Robertson 63063.13%34134.17%272.71%28928.96%998
Rockcastle 3,99276.08%1,17422.37%811.54%2,81853.71%5,247
Rowan 3,54649.07%3,50548.51%1752.42%410.56%7,226
Russell 5,26874.47%1,71024.17%961.36%3,55850.30%7,074
Scott 7,95257.68%5,47239.69%3622.63%2,48017.99%13,786
Shelby 8,06863.34%4,43534.82%2351.84%3,63328.52%12,738
Simpson 3,16954.41%2,58344.35%721.24%58610.06%5,824
Spencer 3,15066.01%1,55432.56%681.42%1,59633.45%4,772
Taylor 6,15167.96%2,79030.83%1101.23%3,36137.13%9,051
Todd 2,64663.20%1,49635.73%451.07%1,15027.47%4,187
Trigg 3,13058.57%2,11039.48%1041.95%1,02019.09%5,344
Trimble 1,83759.62%1,18138.33%632.04%65621.29%3,081
Union 2,74951.21%2,54747.45%721.34%2023.76%5,368
Warren 20,23561.36%12,18036.94%5601.70%8,05524.42%32,975
Washington 3,04466.35%1,45831.78%861.87%1,58634.57%4,588
Wayne 4,06962.85%2,31235.71%931.44%1,75727.14%6,474
Webster 2,59951.24%2,38847.08%851.68%2114.16%5,072
Whitley 7,50263.72%4,10134.83%1711.45%3,40128.89%11,774
Wolfe 1,26752.25%1,13646.85%220.91%1315.40%2,425
Woodford 5,89058.10%3,99539.41%2522.49%1,89518.69%10,137
Totals872,49256.50%638,89841.37%32,7972.12%233,59415.13%1,544,187

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Bush won 5 of 6 congressional districts. Each candidate won a district held by the other party.

DistrictBushGoreRepresentative
1st 58%41% Ed Whitfield
2nd 62%36% Ron Lewis
3rd 46%51% Anne Northup
4th 61%37% Ken Lucas
5th 57%42% Hal Rogers
6th 56%42% Ernie Fletcher

Electors

Technically the voters of Kentucky cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Kentucky is allocated 8 electors because it has 6 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 8 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 8 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 [3] 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: [4]

  1. George S. Beard
  2. William S. Farish Jr
  3. Robert B. Fearing
  4. Connie S. Hayes
  5. G. Richard Noss Jr.
  6. A. Douglas Reece
  7. Michael A. Shea
  8. Larry Joe Walden

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References

  1. ↑ "The Political Graveyard: Wolfe County, Ky". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  2. ↑ "2000 Presidential General Election Results - Kentucky".
  3. ↑ "2000 Post-Election Timeline of Events".
  4. ↑ "President Elect - 2000". Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
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