2000 United States presidential election in North Dakota

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2000 United States presidential election in North Dakota
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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–NPL
Home state Texas Tennessee
Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman
Electoral vote30
Popular vote174,85295,284
Percentage60.66%33.06%

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County Results

President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic-NPL

Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

The 2000 United States presidential election in North Dakota took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

North Dakota was won by Governor George W. Bush with a double-digit margin of victory of 27.6%. Bush won most of the counties of the state. He won all but two counties: Rolette County, which Gore won with 61% of the vote and Sioux County, which Gore won with 70% of the vote. North Dakota gave Pat Buchanan his best performance in the nation with 2.5% of the vote, [1] whilst third-party candidates performed very well overall, obtaining a total of 6.6% of the vote. [2]

Winning 60.66% of the popular vote, North Dakota proved to be Bush's fifth strongest state in the 2000 election after Wyoming, Idaho, Utah and Nebraska. [3]

Results

2000 United States presidential election in North Dakota [4]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican George W. Bush 174,85260.66%3
Democratic-NPL Al Gore 95,28433.06%0
Independent Ralph Nader 9,4863.29%0
Reform Patrick Buchanan 7,2882.53%0
Libertarian Harry Browne 6600.23%0
Independent Howard Phillips 3730.13%0
Independent John Hagelin 3130.11%0
Totals288,256100.00%3
Voter turnout60%

Results by county

County [5] George W. Bush
Republican
Al Gore
Democratic-NPL
Ralph Nader
Independent
Pat Buchanan
Reform
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%#%#%
Adams 82671.21%28624.66%231.98%211.81%40.34%54046.55%1,160
Barnes 3,45260.06%1,93333.63%1602.78%1813.15%220.38%1,51926.43%5,748
Benson 1,05548.98%95244.20%502.32%904.18%70.32%1034.78%2,154
Billings 39475.05%8215.62%152.86%326.10%20.38%31259.43%525
Bottineau 2,34963.66%1,17331.79%952.57%671.82%60.16%1,17631.87%3,690
Bowman 1,08073.42%33022.43%402.72%191.29%20.14%75050.99%1,471
Burke 69867.18%29628.49%201.92%242.31%10.10%40238.69%1,039
Burleigh 22,46765.16%9,84228.54%1,1423.31%8752.54%1560.45%12,62536.62%34,482
Cass 33,53656.85%21,45136.36%2,5604.34%1,1001.86%3480.59%12,08520.49%58,995
Cavalier 1,51363.81%61826.06%733.08%1546.50%130.55%89537.75%2,371
Dickey 1,85366.51%80628.93%521.87%582.08%170.61%1,04737.58%2,786
Divide 44355.79%30638.54%243.02%151.89%60.76%13717.25%794
Dunn 1,12465.05%47427.43%543.13%633.65%130.75%65037.62%1,728
Eddy 70355.44%45836.12%362.84%715.60%00.00%24519.32%1,268
Emmons 1,43071.79%40520.33%422.11%1035.17%120.60%1,02551.46%1,992
Foster 1,17267.24%47427.19%462.64%402.29%110.63%69840.05%1,743
Golden Valley 61175.25%15619.21%263.20%172.09%20.25%45556.04%812
Grand Forks 15,87555.93%10,59337.32%1,3674.82%4161.47%1340.47%5,28218.61%28,385
Grant 1,07775.47%23516.47%271.89%805.61%80.56%84259.00%1,427
Griggs 92062.63%48432.95%191.29%432.93%30.20%43629.68%1,469
Hettinger 1,05769.59%35323.24%442.90%573.75%80.53%70446.35%1,519
Kidder 83765.60%28322.18%292.27%1209.40%70.55%55443.42%1,276
LaMoure 1,59064.42%68927.92%502.03%1255.06%140.57%90136.50%2,468
Logan 81270.92%22319.48%141.22%877.60%90.79%58951.44%1,145
McHenry 1,68261.45%88832.44%792.89%682.48%200.73%79429.01%2,737
McIntosh 1,17871.96%35021.38%362.20%643.91%90.55%82850.58%1,637
McKenzie 1,63469.12%65327.62%451.90%241.02%80.34%98141.50%2,364
McLean 2,89162.23%1,46531.53%1172.52%1543.31%190.41%1,42630.70%4,646
Mercer 2,98468.55%1,01123.23%1573.61%1683.86%330.76%1,97345.32%4,353
Morton 6,99362.31%3,43930.64%3413.04%4183.72%320.29%3,55431.67%11,223
Mountrail 1,46650.62%1,25643.37%1053.63%582.00%110.38%2107.25%2,896
Nelson 1,03156.03%68737.34%492.66%633.42%100.54%34418.69%1,840
Oliver 70967.46%24423.22%363.43%444.19%181.71%46544.24%1,051
Pembina 2,43064.30%1,09328.92%1102.91%1343.55%120.32%1,33735.38%3,779
Pierce 1,34868.39%50025.37%542.74%653.30%40.20%84843.02%1,971
Ramsey 3,00560.38%1,65833.31%1613.23%1332.67%200.40%1,34727.07%4,977
Ransom 1,48854.73%1,08039.72%672.46%752.76%90.33%40815.01%2,719
Renville 82061.56%44333.26%372.78%261.95%60.45%37728.30%1,332
Richland 4,99962.37%2,49031.07%2402.99%2583.22%280.35%2,50931.30%8,015
Rolette 1,41632.20%2,68160.96%1373.12%1343.05%300.68%-1,265-28.76%4,398
Sargent 1,10350.50%95943.91%482.20%683.11%60.27%1446.59%2,184
Sheridan 70776.19%16117.35%131.40%414.42%60.65%54658.84%928
Sioux 26925.84%72469.55%161.54%252.40%70.67%-455-43.71%1,041
Slope 31671.49%8519.23%173.85%224.98%20.45%23152.26%442
Stark 6,38765.33%2,78428.47%3013.08%2652.71%400.41%3,60336.86%9,777
Steele 65554.13%47539.26%282.31%494.05%30.25%18014.87%1,210
Stutsman 5,48860.19%3,06733.64%2562.81%2702.96%370.41%2,42126.55%9,118
Towner 69458.37%41034.48%312.61%524.37%20.17%28423.89%1,189
Traill 2,39258.17%1,51236.77%952.31%922.24%210.51%88021.40%4,112
Walsh 3,09959.80%1,74333.64%1072.06%2114.07%220.42%1,35626.16%5,182
Ward 13,99762.26%7,53333.51%5982.66%2801.25%740.33%6,46428.75%22,482
Wells 1,61066.80%66127.43%512.12%783.24%100.41%94939.37%2,410
Williams 5,18766.44%2,33029.85%1572.01%911.17%420.54%2,85736.59%7,807
Totals174,85260.66%95,28433.05%9,4973.29%7,2882.53%1,3460.47%79,56827.60%288,267

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Due to the state's low population, only one congressional district is allocated. This district is called the At-Large district, because it covers the entire state, and thus is equivalent to the statewide election results.

DistrictBushGoreRepresentative
At-large 60.7%33.1% Earl Pomeroy

Electors

Technically the voters of North Dakota cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. North Dakota is allocated 3 electors because it has 1 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 3 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 3 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 [6] 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: [7]

  1. Rosemarie Myrdal
  2. Edward T. Schafer
  3. Bryce Streibel

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