2000 United States presidential election in Oregon

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2000 United States presidential election in Oregon

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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 vote 7 0 0 Popular vote 720,342 713,577 77,357 Percentage 46.96% 46.52% 5.04%

County results Gore   40–50%   50–60%   60–70% Bush   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%

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.

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. Gore's performance 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 candidate 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
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Al Gore	720,342	46.96%	7
	Republican	George W. Bush	713,577	46.52%	0
	Pacific Green	Ralph Nader	77,357	5.04%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	7,447	0.49%	0
	Reform	Pat Buchanan	7,063	0.46%	0
	Write-ins	Write-ins	3,419	0.22%	0
	Natural Law	John Hagelin	2,574	0.17%	0
	Constitution	Howard Phillips	2,189	0.14%	0
Totals			1,533,968	100.00%	7
Voter turnout (Voting age population)					64.7%

Results by county

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

County	Al Gore Democratic		George W. Bush Republican		Ralph Nader Pacific Green		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Baker	2,195	26.58%	5,618	68.03%	289	3.50%	156	1.89%	-3,423	-41.45%	8,258
Benton	19,444	50.87%	15,825	41.40%	2,463	6.44%	494	1.29%	3,619	9.47%	38,226
Clackamas	76,421	47.10%	77,539	47.79%	6,357	3.92%	1,945	1.20%	-1,118	-0.69%	162,262
Clatsop	8,296	50.36%	6,950	42.19%	939	5.70%	289	1.75%	1,346	8.17%	16,474
Columbia	10,331	48.74%	9,369	44.20%	970	4.58%	525	2.48%	962	4.54%	21,195
Coos	11,610	39.52%	15,626	53.19%	1,410	4.80%	733	2.49%	-4,016	-13.67%	29,379
Crook	2,474	29.89%	5,363	64.79%	258	3.12%	182	2.20%	-2,889	-34.90%	8,277
Curry	4,090	35.53%	6,551	56.90%	603	5.24%	269	2.34%	-2,461	-21.37%	11,513
Deschutes	22,061	38.11%	32,132	55.51%	2,799	4.84%	893	1.54%	-10,071	-17.40%	57,885
Douglas	14,193	30.06%	30,294	64.16%	1,768	3.74%	965	2.04%	-16,101	-34.10%	47,220
Gilliam	359	32.94%	679	62.29%	37	3.39%	15	1.38%	-320	-29.35%	1,090
Grant	589	15.31%	3,078	80.03%	98	2.55%	81	2.11%	-2,489	-64.72%	3,846
Harney	766	20.51%	2,799	74.96%	84	2.25%	85	2.28%	-2,033	-54.45%	3,734
Hood River	4,072	47.63%	3,721	43.53%	645	7.54%	111	1.30%	351	4.10%	8,549
Jackson	33,153	39.10%	46,052	54.31%	4,207	4.96%	1,384	1.63%	-12,899	-15.21%	84,796
Jefferson	2,681	38.87%	3,838	55.65%	247	3.58%	131	1.90%	-1,157	-16.78%	6,897
Josephine	11,864	32.30%	22,186	60.40%	1,783	4.85%	900	2.45%	-10,322	-28.10%	36,733
Klamath	7,541	27.08%	18,855	67.72%	867	3.11%	581	2.09%	-11,314	-40.64%	27,844
Lake	707	18.96%	2,830	75.89%	108	2.90%	84	2.25%	-2,123	-56.93%	3,729
Lane	78,583	51.64%	61,578	40.46%	10,245	6.73%	1,782	1.17%	17,005	11.18%	152,188
Lincoln	10,861	51.43%	8,446	39.99%	1,435	6.80%	376	1.78%	2,415	11.44%	21,118
Linn	16,682	37.58%	25,359	57.13%	1,617	3.64%	730	1.64%	-8,677	-19.55%	44,388
Malheur	2,336	22.45%	7,624	73.28%	248	2.38%	196	1.88%	-5,288	-50.83%	10,404
Marion	49,430	43.61%	57,443	50.68%	4,679	4.13%	1,782	1.57%	-8,013	-7.07%	113,334
Morrow	1,197	33.17%	2,224	61.62%	87	2.41%	101	2.80%	-1,027	-28.45%	3,609
Multnomah	188,441	63.52%	83,677	28.20%	21,048	7.09%	3,519	1.19%	104,764	35.32%	296,685
Polk	11,921	41.90%	14,988	52.68%	1,201	4.22%	339	1.19%	-3,067	-10.78%	28,449
Sherman	326	30.70%	679	63.94%	36	3.39%	21	1.98%	-353	-33.24%	1,062
Tillamook	5,762	46.56%	5,775	46.66%	613	4.95%	226	1.83%	-13	-0.10%	12,376
Umatilla	7,809	33.86%	14,140	61.32%	655	2.84%	456	1.98%	-6,331	-27.46%	23,060
Union	3,577	29.62%	7,836	64.89%	436	3.61%	227	1.88%	-4,259	-35.27%	12,076
Wallowa	836	19.47%	3,279	76.36%	114	2.65%	65	1.51%	-2,443	-56.89%	4,294
Wasco	4,616	43.29%	5,356	50.23%	513	4.81%	179	1.68%	-740	-6.94%	10,664
Washington	90,662	48.75%	86,091	46.29%	6,985	3.76%	2,236	1.20%	4,571	2.46%	185,974
Wheeler	202	24.02%	584	69.44%	27	3.21%	28	3.33%	-382	-45.42%	841
Yamhill	14,254	40.11%	19,193	54.01%	1,486	4.18%	606	1.71%	-4,939	-13.90%	35,539
Total	720,342	46.96%	713,577	46.52%	77,357	5.04%	22,692	1.48%	6,765	0.44%	1,533,968

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Clackamas (Largest city: Lake Oswego)
• Coos (Largest city: Coos Bay)
• Gilliam (Largest city: Condon)
• Marion (Largest city: Salem)
• Morrow (Largest city: Boardman)
• Tillamook (Largest city: Tillamook)
• Wasco (Largest city: The Dalles)

Results by congressional district

Despite losing the state, Bush won three of five congressional districts, including two held by Democrats. ^[2]

District	Gore	Bush	Representative
1st	51%	44%	David Wu
2nd	34%	59%	Greg Walden
3rd	61%	31%	Earl Blumenauer
4th	44%	49%	Peter DeFazio
5th	46%	48%	Darlene Hooley

See also

• United States presidential elections in Oregon
• Presidency of George W. Bush

References

1. 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 - Congressional District Data".