2000 United States presidential election in Utah

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2000 United States presidential election in Utah
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  1996 November 7, 2000 2004  
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Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Texas Tennessee
Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman
Electoral vote50
Popular vote515,096203,053
Percentage66.83%26.34%

Utah Presidential Election Results 2000.svg
County results
Bush
  50–60%
  60–70%
  70–80%
  80–90%

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

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Utah was won by Texas Governor George W. Bush by a 40.49 percent margin of victory. With 66.83 percent of the popular vote, the state proved to be Bush's third strongest state in the 2000 election after neighboring Wyoming and Idaho. [1] In contrast, Gore performed worse in Utah than in any other state, receiving barely a quarter of the vote.

Results

2000 United States presidential election in Utah [2]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican George W. Bush 515,09666.83%5
Democratic Al Gore 203,05326.34%0
Green Party Ralph Nader 35,8504.65%0
Reform Patrick Buchanan 9,3191.21%0
Libertarian Harry Browne 3,6160.47%0
Independent Howard Phillips 2,7090.35%0
Natural Law John Hagelin 7630.10%0
Socialist Workers James Harris 1860.02%0
Independent Louie Youngkeit 1610.02%0
Write Ins-10.00%0
Totals770,754100.00%5
Voter turnout (Voting age population)

Results by county

CountyGeorge W. Bush
Republican
Al Gore
Democratic
Ralph Nader
Green
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%#%
Beaver 1,65373.40%54124.02%381.69%200.89%1,11249.38%2,252
Box Elder 12,28879.36%2,55516.50%3262.11%3142.03%9,73362.86%15,483
Cache 25,92078.21%5,17015.60%1,5114.56%5411.63%20,75062.61%33,142
Carbon 3,75850.89%3,29844.66%2132.88%1151.56%4606.23%7,384
Daggett 31772.87%10423.91%92.07%51.15%21348.96%435
Davis 64,37573.27%18,84521.45%2,8913.29%1,7441.99%45,53051.82%87,855
Duchesne 3,62279.67%77917.14%761.67%691.52%2,84362.53%4,546
Emery 3,24373.74%95821.78%811.84%1162.64%2,28551.96%4,398
Garfield 1,71987.35%1789.04%432.18%281.42%1,54178.31%1,968
Grand 1,82250.42%1,15832.04%54014.94%942.60%66418.38%3,614
Iron 10,10680.24%1,78914.21%3412.71%3582.84%8,31766.03%12,594
Juab 2,02372.64%61922.23%602.15%832.98%1,40450.41%2,785
Kane 2,25480.44%38713.81%1023.64%592.11%1,86766.63%2,802
Millard 3,85080.63%69614.58%731.53%1563.27%3,15466.05%4,775
Morgan 2,46477.70%55317.44%802.52%742.33%1,91160.26%3,171
Piute 62680.15%13317.03%101.28%121.54%49363.12%781
Rich 73681.51%15216.83%101.11%50.55%58464.68%903
Salt Lake 171,58555.84%107,57635.01%21,2526.92%6,8452.23%64,00920.83%307,258
San Juan 2,72157.36%1,83838.74%1072.26%781.64%88318.62%4,744
Sanpete 5,78177.81%1,21116.30%1532.06%2853.84%4,57061.51%7,430
Sevier 5,76381.43%1,04614.78%1251.77%1432.02%4,71766.65%7,077
Summit 6,16850.89%4,60137.96%1,1569.54%1961.62%1,56712.93%12,121
Tooele 7,80762.56%4,00132.06%3873.10%2852.28%3,80630.50%12,480
Uintah 6,73380.18%1,38716.52%1321.57%1451.73%5,34663.66%8,397
Utah 98,25581.70%16,44513.67%2,7322.27%2,8242.35%81,81068.03%120,256
Wasatch 3,81967.30%1,47626.01%2594.56%1212.13%2,34341.29%5,675
Washington 25,48178.50%5,46516.84%7142.20%8012.47%20,01661.66%32,461
Wayne 95377.80%20216.49%584.73%120.98%75161.31%1,225
Weber 39,25462.56%19,89031.70%2,3713.78%1,2271.96%19,36430.86%62,742
Totals515,09666.83%203,05326.34%35,8504.65%16,7552.17%312,04340.49%770,754

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Bush won all three congressional districts, including one held by a Democrat. [3]

DistrictBushGoreRepresentative
1st 72%22% James V. Hansen
2nd 57%34% Merrill Cook
Jim Matheson
3rd 72%23% Chris Cannon

Electors

Technically the voters of Utah cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Utah is allocated five electors because it has three congressional districts and two senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of five 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 five 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 [4] 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: [5]

  1. Michael Leavitt
  2. Olene Walker
  3. Lewis Billings
  4. Arlene Ellis
  5. Ron Fox

See also

References

  1. "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  2. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 2000 Presidential General Election Results – Utah
  3. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - County Data".
  4. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 2000 Events Timeline
  5. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 2000 Presidential electors – Utah