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The 2000 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 23 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Pennsylvania was won by Vice President Al Gore by a 4.17% margin of victory. However, voter enthusiasm for both candidates was generally low throughout the campaign. Gore failed to capture Clinton's appeal in strongly Democratic regions such as Pittsburgh and Scranton, and thus carried these areas by a smaller number than his predecessor. However, opposition to George W. Bush was particularly strong in the suburban counties of Philadelphia; although these areas at the time were typically Republican leaning, they featured a strong culturally liberal bent, and thus Bush was unable to appeal to voters. Bush support was particularly strong in rural, central Pennsylvania, where the Texas Governor appealed to Evangelical voters and where Gore's connection to gun control policies was strongly rejected. Marginal wins in both of the state's metropolitan areas helped the Vice President to capture the state. [1] This was the first election since 1968 that the candidate who won Pennsylvania did not win the general election, and only the fourth time that has happened since 1916. As of the 2020 presidential election [update] , this is the last election in which Greene County, Mercer County, and Lawrence County voted for the Democratic candidate.
Bush became the first Republican ever to win the White House without carrying Delaware County, the first to win the White House without carrying Montgomery County since Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876, the first to win the White House without carrying Bucks County – which he had lost by precisely the same margin he had lost the state as a whole – since Benjamin Harrison in 1888, and the first to win the White House without carrying Lehigh County since William McKinley in 1900.
Pennsylvania was one of ten states that backed George H. W. Bush for president in 1988 that didn't back George W. Bush in either 2000 or 2004.
The Democratic primary was held on April 4. There were 191 delegates at stake, with 160 pledged and 31 unpledged. Vice President Al Gore won 139 pledged and the support of 28 unpledged while U.S. Senator Bill Bradley won 21 pledged.
Candidates | Votes | Percent |
---|---|---|
Al Gore Jr. | 525,306 | 74.60% |
Bill Bradley | 146,797 | 20.85% |
Lyndon LaRouche | 32,047 | 4.55% |
Totals | 704,150 | Turnout: 19.38% |
The Republican primary was held on April 4. There were 78 delegates at stake, with 68 district delegates being decided in the primary and 10 statewide delegates being decided at the state committee meeting in May. While all delegates were technically unbound, Texas Governor George W. Bush won the support of all 78 delegates.
Candidates | Votes | Percent |
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George W. Bush | 472,008 | 73.44% |
John S. McCain III | 145,719 | 22.67% |
Others | 24,967 | 3.88% |
Totals | 642,694 | Turnout: 20.33% |
2000 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania [2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Democratic | Al Gore | 2,485,967 | 50.60% | 23 | |
Republican | George W. Bush | 2,281,127 | 46.43% | 0 | |
Green | Ralph Nader | 103,392 | 2.10% | 0 | |
Reform | Pat Buchanan | 16,023 | 0.33% | 0 | |
Constitution | Howard Phillips | 14,428 | 0.29% | 0 | |
Libertarian | Harry Browne | 11,248 | 0.23% | 0 | |
Write-ins | - | 934 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Totals | 4,913,119 | 100.00% | 23 | ||
Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered) | 53%/63% |
County [3] | Al Gore Democratic | George W. Bush Republican | Ralph Nader Green | Pat Buchanan Reform | Howard Phillips Constitution | Harry E. Browne Libertarian | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 11,682 | 34.93% | 20,848 | 62.34% | 696 | 2.08% | 108 | 0.32% | 27 | 0.08% | 72 | 0.22% | -9,166 | -27.41% | 33,444 |
Allegheny | 329,963 | 56.65% | 235,361 | 40.41% | 10,575 | 1.82% | 2,112 | 0.36% | 3,522 | 0.60% | 945 | 0.16% | 94,602 | 16.24% | 582,478 |
Armstrong | 11,127 | 40.58% | 15,508 | 56.55% | 485 | 1.77% | 242 | 0.88% | 31 | 0.11% | 30 | 0.11% | -4,381 | -15.97% | 27,423 |
Beaver | 38,925 | 52.85% | 32,491 | 44.12% | 1,450 | 1.97% | 470 | 0.64% | 104 | 0.14% | 153 | 0.21% | 6,434 | 8.73% | 73,649 |
Bedford | 5,474 | 28.17% | 13,598 | 69.97% | 265 | 1.36% | 71 | 0.37% | 8 | 0.04% | 19 | 0.10% | -8,124 | -41.80% | 19,435 |
Berks | 59,150 | 43.72% | 71,273 | 52.68% | 3,494 | 2.58% | 439 | 0.32% | 125 | 0.09% | 682 | 0.50% | -12,123 | -8.96% | 135,297 |
Blair | 15,774 | 34.94% | 28,376 | 62.86% | 693 | 1.54% | 147 | 0.33% | 76 | 0.17% | 74 | 0.16% | -12,602 | -27.92% | 45,140 |
Bradford | 7,911 | 33.88% | 14,660 | 62.78% | 600 | 2.57% | 89 | 0.38% | 22 | 0.09% | 48 | 0.21% | -6,749 | -28.90% | 23,352 |
Bucks | 132,914 | 50.46% | 121,927 | 46.29% | 6,294 | 2.39% | 601 | 0.23% | 669 | 0.25% | 1,017 | 0.39% | 10,987 | 4.17% | 263,422 |
Butler | 25,037 | 35.34% | 44,009 | 62.12% | 1,287 | 1.82% | 316 | 0.45% | 50 | 0.07% | 125 | 0.18% | -18,972 | -26.78% | 70,849 |
Cambria | 30,308 | 50.27% | 28,001 | 46.45% | 1,369 | 2.27% | 350 | 0.58% | 170 | 0.28% | 88 | 0.15% | 2,307 | 3.82% | 60,286 |
Cameron | 779 | 34.68% | 1,383 | 61.58% | 50 | 2.23% | 26 | 1.16% | 5 | 0.22% | 3 | 0.13% | -604 | -26.90% | 2,246 |
Carbon | 10,668 | 50.14% | 9,717 | 45.67% | 574 | 2.70% | 90 | 0.42% | 187 | 0.88% | 41 | 0.19% | 951 | 4.47% | 21,277 |
Centre | 21,409 | 43.19% | 26,172 | 52.79% | 1,623 | 3.27% | 147 | 0.30% | 39 | 0.08% | 148 | 0.30% | -4,763 | -9.60% | 49,575 |
Chester | 82,047 | 43.72% | 100,080 | 53.33% | 4,302 | 2.29% | 314 | 0.17% | 103 | 0.05% | 716 | 0.38% | -18,033 | -9.61% | 187,676 |
Clarion | 5,605 | 35.37% | 9,796 | 61.81% | 293 | 1.85% | 102 | 0.64% | 16 | 0.10% | 31 | 0.20% | -4,191 | -26.44% | 15,849 |
Clearfield | 11,718 | 38.25% | 18,019 | 58.82% | 570 | 1.86% | 233 | 0.76% | 26 | 0.08% | 43 | 0.14% | -6,301 | -20.57% | 30,633 |
Clinton | 5,521 | 46.03% | 6,064 | 50.56% | 307 | 2.56% | 43 | 0.36% | 46 | 0.38% | 13 | 0.11% | -543 | -4.53% | 11,994 |
Columbia | 8,975 | 40.96% | 12,095 | 55.20% | 663 | 3.03% | 91 | 0.42% | 21 | 0.10% | 49 | 0.22% | -3,120 | -14.24% | 21,911 |
Crawford | 13,250 | 39.76% | 18,858 | 56.58% | 854 | 2.56% | 130 | 0.39% | 155 | 0.47% | 74 | 0.22% | -5,608 | -16.82% | 33,328 |
Cumberland | 31,053 | 35.23% | 54,802 | 62.17% | 1,749 | 1.98% | 189 | 0.21% | 47 | 0.05% | 222 | 0.25% | -23,749 | -26.94% | 88,144 |
Dauphin | 44,390 | 44.10% | 53,631 | 53.28% | 2,059 | 2.05% | 255 | 0.25% | 102 | 0.10% | 221 | 0.22% | -9,241 | -9.18% | 100,658 |
Delaware | 134,861 | 54.36% | 105,836 | 42.66% | 5,348 | 2.16% | 587 | 0.24% | 702 | 0.28% | 743 | 0.30% | 29,025 | 11.70% | 248,077 |
Elk | 5,754 | 42.37% | 7,347 | 54.10% | 352 | 2.59% | 90 | 0.66% | 18 | 0.13% | 17 | 0.13% | -1,593 | -11.73% | 13,580 |
Erie | 59,399 | 52.88% | 49,027 | 43.64% | 2,980 | 2.65% | 238 | 0.21% | 449 | 0.40% | 242 | 0.22% | 10,372 | 9.24% | 112,335 |
Fayette | 28,152 | 56.84% | 20,013 | 40.40% | 798 | 1.61% | 286 | 0.58% | 225 | 0.45% | 58 | 0.12% | 8,139 | 16.44% | 49,532 |
Forest | 843 | 36.93% | 1,371 | 60.05% | 57 | 2.50% | 9 | 0.39% | 1 | 0.04% | 2 | 0.09% | -528 | -23.12% | 2,283 |
Franklin | 14,922 | 30.44% | 33,042 | 67.41% | 761 | 1.55% | 132 | 0.27% | 43 | 0.09% | 69 | 0.14% | -18,120 | -36.97% | 49,019 |
Fulton | 1,425 | 26.96% | 3,753 | 71.01% | 77 | 1.46% | 20 | 0.38% | 1 | 0.02% | 9 | 0.17% | -2,328 | -44.05% | 5,285 |
Greene | 7,230 | 52.96% | 5,890 | 43.14% | 337 | 2.47% | 120 | 0.88% | 18 | 0.13% | 39 | 0.29% | 1,340 | 9.82% | 13,653 |
Huntingdon | 5,073 | 31.78% | 10,408 | 65.21% | 340 | 2.13% | 103 | 0.65% | 12 | 0.08% | 21 | 0.13% | -5,335 | -33.43% | 15,961 |
Indiana | 13,667 | 43.52% | 16,799 | 53.50% | 711 | 2.26% | 161 | 0.51% | 17 | 0.05% | 46 | 0.15% | -3,132 | -9.98% | 31,401 |
Jefferson | 5,566 | 31.65% | 11,473 | 65.24% | 339 | 1.93% | 120 | 0.68% | 29 | 0.17% | 47 | 0.27% | -5,907 | -33.59% | 17,586 |
Juniata | 2,656 | 30.64% | 5,795 | 66.86% | 158 | 1.82% | 28 | 0.32% | 9 | 0.10% | 21 | 0.24% | -3,139 | -36.22% | 8,667 |
Lackawanna | 57,471 | 59.63% | 35,096 | 36.41% | 2,134 | 2.21% | 264 | 0.27% | 1,341 | 1.39% | 75 | 0.08% | 22,375 | 23.22% | 96,381 |
Lancaster | 54,968 | 31.34% | 115,900 | 66.09% | 3,341 | 1.91% | 389 | 0.22% | 379 | 0.22% | 340 | 0.19% | -60,932 | -34.75% | 175,367 |
Lawrence | 20,593 | 51.95% | 18,060 | 45.56% | 653 | 1.65% | 257 | 0.65% | 27 | 0.07% | 50 | 0.13% | 2,533 | 6.39% | 39,640 |
Lebanon | 16,093 | 35.06% | 28,534 | 62.17% | 873 | 1.90% | 135 | 0.29% | 143 | 0.31% | 102 | 0.22% | -12,441 | -27.11% | 45,897 |
Lehigh | 56,667 | 48.72% | 55,492 | 47.71% | 3,278 | 2.82% | 307 | 0.26% | 214 | 0.18% | 322 | 0.28% | 1,175 | 1.01% | 116,307 |
Luzerne | 62,199 | 52.01% | 52,328 | 43.76% | 3,456 | 2.89% | 474 | 0.40% | 981 | 0.82% | 148 | 0.12% | 9,871 | 8.25% | 119,586 |
Lycoming | 14,663 | 33.95% | 27,137 | 62.83% | 965 | 2.23% | 139 | 0.32% | 217 | 0.50% | 62 | 0.14% | -12,474 | -28.88% | 43,193 |
McKean | 5,510 | 34.86% | 9,661 | 61.12% | 403 | 2.55% | 64 | 0.40% | 129 | 0.82% | 37 | 0.23% | -4,151 | -26.26% | 15,806 |
Mercer | 23,817 | 48.87% | 23,132 | 47.47% | 1,073 | 2.20% | 285 | 0.58% | 348 | 0.71% | 70 | 0.14% | 685 | 1.40% | 48,732 |
Mifflin | 4,835 | 33.08% | 9,400 | 64.32% | 264 | 1.81% | 41 | 0.28% | 49 | 0.34% | 25 | 0.17% | -4,565 | -31.24% | 14,614 |
Monroe | 21,939 | 46.80% | 23,265 | 49.63% | 1,319 | 2.81% | 123 | 0.26% | 116 | 0.25% | 116 | 0.25% | -1,326 | -2.83% | 46,878 |
Montgomery | 177,990 | 53.54% | 145,623 | 43.81% | 6,816 | 2.05% | 562 | 0.17% | 200 | 0.06% | 1,231 | 0.37% | 32,367 | 9.73% | 332,422 |
Montour | 2,356 | 36.27% | 3,960 | 60.97% | 132 | 2.03% | 26 | 0.40% | 8 | 0.12% | 10 | 0.15% | -1,604 | -24.70% | 6,495 |
Northampton | 53,097 | 50.72% | 47,396 | 45.27% | 3,012 | 2.88% | 324 | 0.31% | 592 | 0.57% | 269 | 0.26% | 5,701 | 5.45% | 104,690 |
Northumberland | 13,670 | 41.11% | 18,142 | 54.56% | 956 | 2.88% | 329 | 0.99% | 109 | 0.33% | 45 | 0.14% | -4,472 | -13.45% | 33,254 |
Perry | 4,459 | 27.73% | 11,184 | 69.56% | 309 | 1.92% | 65 | 0.40% | 15 | 0.09% | 39 | 0.24% | -6,725 | -41.83% | 16,079 |
Philadelphia | 449,182 | 80.04% | 100,959 | 17.99% | 8,206 | 1.46% | 822 | 0.15% | 1,032 | 0.18% | 979 | 0.17% | 348,223 | 62.05% | 561,180 |
Pike | 7,330 | 42.21% | 9,339 | 53.78% | 498 | 2.87% | 57 | 0.33% | 99 | 0.57% | 41 | 0.24% | -2,009 | -11.57% | 17,364 |
Potter | 2,037 | 28.71% | 4,858 | 68.48% | 146 | 2.06% | 24 | 0.34% | 7 | 0.10% | 18 | 0.25% | -2,821 | -39.77% | 7,094 |
Schuylkill | 26,215 | 44.97% | 29,841 | 51.19% | 1,713 | 2.94% | 399 | 0.68% | 40 | 0.07% | 92 | 0.16% | -3,626 | -6.22% | 58,300 |
Snyder | 3,536 | 27.54% | 8,963 | 69.80% | 271 | 2.11% | 46 | 0.36% | 10 | 0.08% | 15 | 0.12% | -5,427 | -42.26% | 12,841 |
Somerset | 12,028 | 36.47% | 20,218 | 61.29% | 487 | 1.48% | 181 | 0.55% | 24 | 0.07% | 47 | 0.14% | -8,190 | -24.82% | 32,985 |
Sullivan | 1,066 | 34.33% | 1,928 | 62.09% | 91 | 2.93% | 10 | 0.32% | 4 | 0.13% | 6 | 0.19% | -862 | -27.76% | 3,105 |
Susquehanna | 6,481 | 37.53% | 10,226 | 59.21% | 459 | 2.66% | 61 | 0.35% | 12 | 0.07% | 32 | 0.19% | -3,745 | -21.68% | 17,271 |
Tioga | 4,617 | 31.26% | 9,635 | 65.22% | 404 | 2.73% | 52 | 0.35% | 24 | 0.16% | 40 | 0.27% | -5,018 | -33.96% | 14,772 |
Union | 4,209 | 31.95% | 8,523 | 64.69% | 373 | 2.83% | 33 | 0.25% | 17 | 0.13% | 20 | 0.15% | -4,314 | -32.74% | 13,175 |
Venango | 8,196 | 39.90% | 11,642 | 56.68% | 467 | 2.28% | 121 | 0.59% | 55 | 0.27% | 42 | 0.20% | -3,446 | -16.78% | 20,541 |
Warren | 7,537 | 42.94% | 9,290 | 52.93% | 466 | 2.66% | 87 | 0.50% | 129 | 0.74% | 32 | 0.18% | -1,753 | -9.99% | 17,552 |
Washington | 44,961 | 53.25% | 37,339 | 44.22% | 1,442 | 1.71% | 528 | 0.63% | 60 | 0.07% | 111 | 0.13% | 7,622 | 9.03% | 84,441 |
Wayne | 6,904 | 36.50% | 11,201 | 59.21% | 625 | 3.30% | 88 | 0.47% | 63 | 0.33% | 33 | 0.17% | -4,297 | -22.71% | 18,916 |
Westmoreland | 71,792 | 45.81% | 80,858 | 51.60% | 2,601 | 1.66% | 908 | 0.58% | 323 | 0.21% | 227 | 0.14% | -9,066 | -5.79% | 156,709 |
Wyoming | 4,363 | 37.26% | 6,922 | 59.12% | 344 | 2.94% | 32 | 0.27% | 6 | 0.05% | 26 | 0.22% | -2,559 | -21.86% | 11,709 |
York | 51,958 | 36.01% | 87,652 | 60.75% | 3,305 | 2.29% | 331 | 0.23% | 580 | 0.40% | 418 | 0.29% | -35,694 | -24.74% | 144,286 |
Totals | 2,485,967 | 50.60% | 2,281,127 | 46.43% | 103,392 | 2.10% | 16,023 | 0.33% | 14,428 | 0.29% | 11,248 | 0.23% | 204,840 | 4.17% | 4,913,119 |
Gore won 11 of 21 congressional districts. Gore won three that elected Republicans while Bush won two that elected Democrats. [4]
District | Bush | Gore | Representative |
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1st | 13% | 85% | Bob Brady |
2nd | 11% | 88% | Chaka Fattah |
3rd | 31% | 66% | Robert Borski |
4th | 51% | 47% | Ron Klink |
Melissa Hart | |||
5th | 59% | 38% | John E. Peterson |
6th | 53% | 44% | Tim Holden |
7th | 47% | 50% | Curt Weldon |
8th | 47% | 50% | James C. Greenwood |
9th | 65% | 32% | Bud Shuster |
10th | 50% | 47% | Don Sherwood |
11th | 47% | 49% | Paul Kanjorski |
12th | 52% | 45% | John Murtha |
13th | 43% | 54% | Joe Hoeffel |
14th | 35% | 62% | William J. Coyne |
15th | 47% | 49% | Pat Toomey |
16th | 58% | 39% | Joe Pitts |
17th | 60% | 37% | George Gekas |
18th | 41% | 57% | Mike Doyle |
19th | 61% | 36% | William F. Goodling |
Todd Platts | |||
20th | 46% | 51% | Frank Mascara |
21st | 49% | 48% | Phil English |
The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 18, 2000 [5] 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 Al Gore and Joe Lieberman: [6]
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