2000 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

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2000 United States presidential election in Massachusetts
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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 vote1200
Popular vote1,616,487878,502173,564
Percentage59.80%32.50%6.42%

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President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

The 2000 United States presidential election in Massachusetts 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.

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Massachusetts is one of the most reliable blue states in the nation: no Republican has won the state since Ronald Reagan in 1984. The 2000 presidential election featured Democratic United States Vice President Al Gore versus Republican Texas Governor George W. Bush. Despite Bush's tight victory nationwide, Gore handily won Massachusetts, with a 27% margin of victory against George W. Bush who did not actively campaign there. Gore didn't campaign in Massachusetts as well although his wife Tipper and the wife of his running mate Joe Lieberman, Hadassah, held a rally in Lieberman's hometown of Gardner. [1] Gore won every county and congressional district. Massachusetts had been a Democratic-leaning state since 1928, and a Democratic stronghold since 1960, and has kept up its intense level of the sizable Democratic margins since 1996.

Bush became the first Republican ever to win the White House without carrying Barnstable County. As of 2020, this is the last time that a Democratic presidential nominee has failed to reach 60 percent of the vote in Massachusetts. This is also the last time that the towns of Ashby, Charlton, Douglas, East Bridgewater, Middleborough, Middleton, Lakeville, and North Brookfield voted Democratic in a presidential election and the last time that the towns of Chatham, Chesterfield, Orleans, Otis, and Rowe voted Republican.

With 6.42% of the popular vote, Massachusetts proved to be Ralph Nader's third best state in the 2000 election after Alaska and neighboring Vermont. Nader received 36.2% of the vote in the town of Wendell.

Results

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2000 United States presidential election in Massachusetts
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Albert A. Gore Jr. and Joseph I. Lieberman 1,616,48759.80%12
Republican George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney 878,50232.50%0
Green Ralph Nader and Winona LaDuke 173,5646.42%0
Libertarian Harry Browne 16,3660.61%0
Reform Pat Buchanan 11,1490.41%0
Independent Others (Write-In)3,9900.15%0
Independent (a) John Hagelin 2,8840.11%0
Socialist David McReynolds (Write-In)420.15%0
Totals2,702,984100.0%12

(a) John Hagelin was the candidate of the Natural Law Party nationally.

By county

CountyAl Gore
Democratic
George W. Bush
Republican
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Barnstable 62,36351.50%49,68641.03%9,0377.46%12,67710.47%121,086
Berkshire 37,93463.85%15,80526.60%5,6729.55%22,12937.25%59,411
Bristol 136,32564.51%62,84829.74%12,1645.76%73,47734.77%211,337
Dukes 5,47461.81%2,31526.14%1,06712.05%3,15935.67%8,856
Essex 178,40057.49%110,01035.45%21,9237.06%68,39022.04%310,333
Franklin 17,94553.78%10,17630.50%5,24515.72%7,76923.28%33,366
Hampden 100,10358.17%59,55834.61%12,4327.22%40,54523.56%172,093
Hampshire 38,54356.16%19,20227.98%10,88115.86%19,34128.18%68,626
Middlesex 404,04361.49%198,91430.27%54,0918.23%205,12931.22%657,048
Nantucket 2,87458.34%1,62432.97%4288.69%1,25025.37%4,926
Norfolk 188,45059.41%107,03333.75%21,6946.84%81,41725.66%317,177
Plymouth 115,37654.53%82,75139.11%13,4506.36%32,62515.42%211,577
Suffolk 154,88871.38%44,44120.48%17,6718.14%110,44750.90%217,000
Worcester 173,76956.03%114,13936.80%22,2407.17%59,63019.23%310,148
Totals1,616,48759.80%878,50232.50%207,9957.70%737,98527.30%2,702,984

Results by Congressional district

Gore won all 10 Congressional districts.

DistrictBushGoreNaderRepresentative
1st 33%57%9% John Olver
2nd 34%58%7% Richard Neal
3rd 35%58%6% Jim McGovern
4th 30%63%5% Barney Frank
5th 36%56%6% Marty Meehan
6th 36%57%6% John F. Tierney
7th 29%63%6% Ed Markey
8th 17%72%10% Mike Capuano
9th 31%62%6% Joe Moakley
Stephen F. Lynch
10th 38%55%6% Bill Delahunt

Results by municipality

Results by town
Gore - 80-90%
Gore - 70-80%
Gore - 60-70%
Gore - 50-60%
Gore - <50%
Bush - <50%
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Results by town
  Gore – 80–90%
  Gore – 70–80%
  Gore – 60–70%
  Gore – 50–60%
  Gore – <50%
  Bush – <50%
  Bush – 50–60%

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