2000 United States presidential election in Oregon

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2000 United States presidential election in Oregon
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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 vote700
Popular vote720,342713,57777,357
Percentage46.96%46.52%5.04%

Oregon Presidential Election Results 2000.svg
County Results

President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

The 2000 United States presidential election in Oregon was held on Tuesday, November 7, 2000 as part of the concurrent United States presidential election. Voters chose seven electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, to vote for the next president and vice president of the United States.

Contents

The state of Oregon voted for Democrat Al Gore over Republican George W. Bush by a narrow margin of 0.4 percentage points, or 6,765 votes. Oregon has been considered a blue state in recent years, voting for the Democratic Party in every presidential election since 1988. However, Gore's narrow win was relatively weak considering the state's typical partisan lean. This is the closest that Oregon has come to voting for a Republican for president since Ronald Reagan carried the state in 1984. This also marks the last election in which the margin of victory in Oregon was less than a percentage point, the last time that the Democratic Party failed to win a majority in the state, and the last time that the state would vote more Republican than the nation. Four years later John Kerry would win the state by a larger, yet somewhat modest, margin and from 2008 and onward Oregon would be considered a safely blue state on the presidential level. Almost eighty percent of registered voters came out to vote on election day, the highest in the country.

Bush became the first Republican ever to win the White House without carrying Washington County.

Results

Official state results from the Oregon Secretary of State are as follows: [1]

2000 United States presidential election in Oregon
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Al Gore 720,34246.96%7
Republican George W. Bush 713,57746.52%0
Pacific Green Ralph Nader 77,3575.04%0
Libertarian Harry Browne 7,4470.49%0
Reform Pat Buchanan 7,0630.46%0
Write-insWrite-ins3,4190.22%0
Natural Law John Hagelin 2,5740.17%0
Constitution Howard Phillips 2,1890.14%0
Totals1,533,968100.00%7
Voter turnout (Voting age population)64.7%

Results by county

Official county results from the Oregon Secretary of State are as follows: [1]

CountyAl Gore
Democratic
George W. Bush
Republican
Ralph Nader
Pacific Green
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %
Baker 2,19526.58%5,61868.03%2893.50%1561.89%-3,423-41.45%8,258
Benton 19,44450.87%15,82541.40%2,4636.44%4941.29%3,6199.47%38,226
Clackamas 76,42147.10%77,53947.79%6,3573.92%1,9451.20%-1,118-0.69%162,262
Clatsop 8,29650.36%6,95042.19%9395.70%2891.75%1,3468.17%16,474
Columbia 10,33148.74%9,36944.20%9704.58%5252.48%9624.54%21,195
Coos 11,61039.52%15,62653.19%1,4104.80%7332.49%-4,016-13.67%29,379
Crook 2,47429.89%5,36364.79%2583.12%1822.20%-2,889-34.90%8,277
Curry 4,09035.53%6,55156.90%6035.24%2692.34%-2,461-21.37%11,513
Deschutes 22,06138.11%32,13255.51%2,7994.84%8931.54%-10,071-17.40%57,885
Douglas 14,19330.06%30,29464.16%1,7683.74%9652.04%-16,101-34.10%47,220
Gilliam 35932.94%67962.29%373.39%151.38%-320-29.35%1,090
Grant 58915.31%3,07880.03%982.55%812.11%-2,489-64.72%3,846
Harney 76620.51%2,79974.96%842.25%852.28%-2,033-54.45%3,734
Hood River 4,07247.63%3,72143.53%6457.54%1111.30%3514.10%8,549
Jackson 33,15339.10%46,05254.31%4,2074.96%1,3841.63%-12,899-15.21%84,796
Jefferson 2,68138.87%3,83855.65%2473.58%1311.90%-1,157-16.78%6,897
Josephine 11,86432.30%22,18660.40%1,7834.85%9002.45%-10,322-28.10%36,733
Klamath 7,54127.08%18,85567.72%8673.11%5812.09%-11,314-40.64%27,844
Lake 70718.96%2,83075.89%1082.90%842.25%-2,123-56.93%3,729
Lane 78,58351.64%61,57840.46%10,2456.73%1,7821.17%17,00511.18%152,188
Lincoln 10,86151.43%8,44639.99%1,4356.80%3761.78%2,41511.44%21,118
Linn 16,68237.58%25,35957.13%1,6173.64%7301.64%-8,677-19.55%44,388
Malheur 2,33622.45%7,62473.28%2482.38%1961.88%-5,288-50.83%10,404
Marion 49,43043.61%57,44350.68%4,6794.13%1,7821.57%-8,013-7.07%113,334
Morrow 1,19733.17%2,22461.62%872.41%1012.80%-1,027-28.45%3,609
Multnomah 188,44163.52%83,67728.20%21,0487.09%3,5191.19%104,76435.32%296,685
Polk 11,92141.90%14,98852.68%1,2014.22%3391.19%-3,067-10.78%28,449
Sherman 32630.70%67963.94%363.39%211.98%-353-33.24%1,062
Tillamook 5,76246.56%5,77546.66%6134.95%2261.83%-13-0.10%12,376
Umatilla 7,80933.86%14,14061.32%6552.84%4561.98%-6,331-27.46%23,060
Union 3,57729.62%7,83664.89%4363.61%2271.88%-4,259-35.27%12,076
Wallowa 83619.47%3,27976.36%1142.65%651.51%-2,443-56.89%4,294
Wasco 4,61643.29%5,35650.23%5134.81%1791.68%-740-6.94%10,664
Washington 90,66248.75%86,09146.29%6,9853.76%2,2361.20%4,5712.46%185,974
Wheeler 20224.02%58469.44%273.21%283.33%-382-45.42%841
Yamhill 14,25440.11%19,19354.01%1,4864.18%6061.71%-4,939-13.90%35,539
Total720,34246.96%713,57746.52%77,3575.04%22,6921.48%6,7650.44%1,533,968

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Results by congressional district

Bush won 3 of 5 congressional districts, including two held by Democrats. [2]

DistrictGoreBushRepresentative
1st 51%44% David Wu
2nd 35%60% Greg Walden
3rd 61%31% Earl Blumenauer
4th 44%49% Peter DeFazio
5th 46%48% Darlene Hooley

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References

  1. 1 2 Elections Division (November 2000). "November 7, 2000 General Election - United States President". Oregon Secretary of State . Retrieved June 11, 2012.
  2. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - County Data".