2000 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia

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2000 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia
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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 vote2 [a] 00
Popular vote171,92318,07310,576
Percentage85.16%8.95%5.24%

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Gore
  50–60%
  60–70%
  70–80%
  80–90%
  90–100%

The 2000 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia took place on November 7, 2000, as 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.

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The District of Columbia voted by an extremely large margin in favor of the D.C. born, Democratic candidate Al Gore with 85.16% of the vote. Bush got 8.95% with 18,073 votes compared to Nader who got 5.24% with 10,576 votes. [1] A total of 44% of the population came out to vote. [2] The District of Columbia has never voted for a Republican, however, one Democratic elector abstained from casting a vote, bringing the district's electoral vote total down from 3 to 2. The District and neighboring Maryland were the only jurisdictions where Gore improved upon Bill Clinton's performance.

This election is one of three occasions where only two electoral votes were cast by a place in a presidential election: the others were in Mississippi in 1820, as one of the state's three electors died before the Electoral College convened and there was insufficient time to find a replacement; and in Nevada in 1864 due to one of the electors getting snowbound and there being no law to replace him. [3]

Results

2000 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia [4]
PartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Al Gore Joe Lieberman 171,92385.16%2
Republican George W. Bush Dick Cheney 18,0738.95%0
D.C. Statehood Green Ralph Nader Winona LaDuke 10,5765.24%0
Libertarian Harry Browne Art Oliver 6690.33%0
write-ins 5390.27%0
Socialist Workers Party James Harris Margaret Trowe 1140.06%0
Totals201,894100.00%2 [a]
Voter turnout44%

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Footnotes

  1. 1 2 Electors were elected to all 3 of the District of Columbia's apportioned positions; however, one elector pledged to the Gore/Lieberman ticket abstained from casting a vote for President or Vice President, bringing the total number of electoral votes cast to 2.

References

  1. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org.
  2. "District of Columbia Board of Elections - Official Site". dcboe.org.
  3. Rocha, Guy. "Nevada Myths". Nevada State Library and Archives. Archived from the original on September 8, 2022. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  4. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - District of Columbia" . Retrieved August 11, 2024.