2000 United States presidential election in Illinois

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2000 United States presidential election in Illinois
Flag of Illinois.svg
  1996 November 7, 2000 2004  
Turnout66.52%
  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
Nominee Al Gore George W. Bush
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Tennessee Texas
Running mate Joe Lieberman Dick Cheney
Electoral vote220
Popular vote2,589,0262,019,421
Percentage54.60%42.58%

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2000 Illinois presidental election by Congressional District.svg

President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

The 2000 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 22 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Illinois was easily won by sitting Vice President Al Gore of the State of Tennessee, unlike other states in the Midwest, such as nearby Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin, which Gore won, albeit by much smaller margins. George W. Bush, Republican of Texas, did not perform terribly at the county level, as he obtained less than forty percent of the vote in only three counties. Gore's key to victory was Cook County, home of Chicago, by far the most populous county in the state and one of the most populated counties in the nation. Gore won that county with almost seventy percent of the vote, his best performance in any county in the state. [1]

The election marked the first time since 1976 that Illinois did not vote for the winning presidential nominee and marked an end to Illinois’ status as a bellwhether state, as it had voted for the winning candidate all but two times in the 20th-century, making it tied with Missouri as having the most consistent streak of backing the winner in that century. Bush became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Illinois; he also became the first Republican ever to win the White House without carrying Champaign, Peoria, or Whiteside Counties. [2] This was also the first time since 1848 that a Democrat would carry Illinois without winning the presidency. Illinois was one of ten states that George H. W. Bush carried in his presidential win in 1988 that George W. Bush failed to carry in either of his runs for president.

Primaries

The primaries and general elections coincided with those for congress and those for state offices.

Turnout

For the state-run primaries (Democratic and Republican), turnout was 22.92%, with 1,546,588 votes cast. [3] [4] For the general election, turnout was 66.52%, with 4,742,123 votes cast. [3] [4]

Democratic

2000 Illinois Democratic presidential primary
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  1996 March 21, 2000 (2000-03-21) 2004  

190 Democratic National Convention delegates (161 pledged, 29 unpledged)
The number of pledged delegates received is determined by the popular vote
  Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, official portrait 1994 (1).jpg Senator Bill Bradley (D-NJ) (1).jpg
Candidate Al Gore Bill Bradley
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Home state Tennessee New Jersey
Delegate count14912
Popular vote682,932115,320
Percentage84.35%14.24%

The 2000 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on March 21, 2000 in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 2000 presidential election. [5]

161 of the state's 190 delegates were pledged delegates elected in the primary (the remaining 29 delegates were superdelegates). [5] Of the 161 pledged delegates, 35 were elected based upon the statewide popular vote, with the remaining 126 being elected based upon congressional district popular votes. [5] In order to receive delegates from either the popular vote of either the state at-large of the popular vote of a congressional district, a candidate needed to reach the threshold of 15% or more of said vote. [5]

2000 Illinois Democratic presidential primary [4] [5]
CandidateVotes%Delegates
Al Gore 682,93284.35149
Bill Bradley withdrew115,32014.2412
Lyndon LaRouche 11,4151.410
Total809,667100%161

Republican

2000 Illinois Republican presidential primary
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  1996 March 21, 2000 (2000-03-21) 2004  

74 Republican National Convention delegates (64 pledged, 10 unpledged)
Pledged delegates directly-elected in vote separate from statewide presidential preference vote
  GeorgeWBush (1).jpg John McCain (1).jpg Alan Keyes (1).jpg
Candidate George W. Bush John McCain
withdrawn
Alan Keyes
Home state Texas Arizona Maryland
Delegate count6400
Popular vote496,685158,76866,066
Percentage67.40%21.54%8.97%

The 2000 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on March 21, 2000 in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 2000 presidential election. [6]

Illinois assigned 60 directly-elected delegates (the state had another 10 delegates that were not directly elected by voters). [6] The Illinois primary was a so-called "Loophole" primary. This meant that the statewide presidential preference vote was a "beauty contest", from which no delegates would be assigned. Instead, the delegates were assigned by separate direct-votes on delegate candidates (whose proclaimed presidential preferences were listed beside their names on the ballot). [6] These delegates were noted voted on at-large by a state vote, but rather by congressional district votes. [6] The number of delegates each congressional district would be able to elect had been decided based upon the strength of that district's vote for the Republican nominee (Bob Dole) in the previous 1996 election. [6]

The remaining ten delegates not directly elected by congressional district were selected at the Illinois Republican Party Convention, and were unpledged delegates. [6]

2000 Illinois Republican presidential primary [4] [5]
CandidateVotes%Delegates
George W. Bush 496,68567.4064
John McCain withdrawn158,76821.540
Alan Keyes 66,0668.970
Steve Forbes withdrawn10,3341.400
Gary Bauer withdrawn5,0680.690
Total736,921100%64

Results

2000 United States presidential election in Illinois
PartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Albert Arnold Gore Joseph Isadore Lieberman 2,589,02654.6%22
Republican George Walker Bush Richard Bruce Cheney 2,019,42142.6%0
Green Ralph Nader Winona LaDuke 103,7592.2%0
Reform Pat Buchanan Ezola Foster 16,1060.3%0
Libertarian Harry Browne Wayne Allyn Root 11,6230.3%0
Natural Law John Hagelin Mary Alice Herbert 2,1270.0%0
Constitution Howard Phillips Michael Peroutka 570.0%0
Write In David McReynolds -40.0%0
Totals4,742,123100.00%3
Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered)52%/67%

Results by county

CountyAl Gore
Democratic
George W. Bush
Republican
Ralph Nader
Green
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal
#%#%#%#%#%
Adams 12,19740.51%17,33157.56%3711.23%2100.70%-5,134-17.05%30,109
Alexander 2,35758.60%1,58839.48%280.70%491.22%76919.12%4,022
Bond 3,06043.52%3,80454.10%1131.61%550.78%-744-10.58%7,032
Boone 6,48141.75%8,61755.51%3252.09%1000.64%-2,136-13.76%15,523
Brown 1,07740.49%1,52957.48%291.09%250.94%-452-16.99%2,660
Bureau 7,75446.09%8,52650.68%3632.16%1801.07%-772-4.59%16,823
Calhoun 1,31050.35%1,22947.23%421.61%210.81%813.12%2,602
Carroll 3,11343.37%3,83553.43%1542.15%751.05%-722-10.06%7,177
Cass 2,78947.28%2,96850.31%941.59%480.81%-179-3.03%5,899
Champaign 35,51547.81%34,64546.64%3,5434.77%5820.78%8701.17%74,285
Christian 6,79946.03%7,53751.03%2691.82%1661.12%-738-5.00%14,771
Clark 2,93239.03%4,39858.55%1261.68%560.75%-1,466-19.52%7,512
Clay 2,21236.06%3,78961.76%781.27%560.91%-1,577-25.70%6,135
Clinton 6,43641.72%8,58855.67%2951.91%1080.70%-2,152-13.95%15,427
Coles 8,90444.31%10,49552.23%5072.52%1870.93%-1,591-7.92%20,093
Cook 1,280,54768.63%534,54228.65%42,0682.25%8,7500.47%746,00539.98%1,865,907
Crawford 3,33339.21%4,97458.52%1181.39%750.88%-1,641-19.31%8,500
Cumberland 1,87037.59%2,96459.58%721.45%691.39%-1,094-21.99%4,975
DeKalb 14,79844.53%17,13951.57%1,0323.11%2640.79%-2,341-7.04%33,233
DeWitt 2,87040.70%3,96856.28%1331.89%801.13%-1,098-15.58%7,051
Douglas 3,21539.44%4,73458.07%1321.62%710.87%-1,519-18.63%8,152
DuPage 152,55041.87%201,03755.18%8,7112.39%2,0640.57%-48,487-13.31%364,362
Edgar 3,21639.07%4,83358.71%1131.37%700.85%-1,617-19.64%8,232
Edwards 97830.00%2,21267.85%421.29%280.86%-1,234-37.85%3,260
Effingham 4,22529.17%9,85568.04%2131.47%1921.33%-5,630-38.87%14,485
Fayette 3,88641.61%5,20055.69%1221.31%1301.39%-1,314-14.08%9,338
Ford 2,09033.97%3,88963.20%1161.89%580.94%-1,799-29.23%6,153
Franklin 10,20153.10%8,49044.19%3471.81%1740.91%1,7118.91%19,212
Fulton 8,94054.92%6,93642.61%2761.70%1250.77%2,00412.31%16,277
Gallatin 1,87852.78%1,59144.72%401.12%491.38%2878.06%3,558
Greene 2,49043.18%3,12954.26%931.61%550.95%-639-11.08%5,767
Grundy 7,51645.32%8,70952.51%2571.55%1020.62%-1,193-7.19%16,584
Hamilton 1,94342.36%2,51954.92%751.64%501.09%-576-12.56%4,587
Hancock 4,25643.92%5,13452.98%1611.66%1401.44%-878-9.06%9,691
Hardin 1,18444.90%1,36651.80%411.55%461.74%-182-6.90%2,637
Henderson 2,03052.51%1,70844.18%741.91%541.40%3228.33%3,866
Henry 11,92150.79%10,89646.43%4281.82%2250.96%1,0254.36%23,470
Iroquois 4,39732.75%8,68564.70%2291.71%1130.84%-4,288-31.95%13,424
Jackson 11,77350.99%9,82342.54%1,2285.32%2661.15%1,9508.45%23,090
Jasper 1,81536.15%3,11962.12%501.00%370.74%-1,304-25.97%5,021
Jefferson 6,68543.52%8,36254.44%2111.37%1020.66%-1,677-10.92%15,360
Jersey 4,35546.27%4,69949.92%2312.45%1281.36%-344-3.65%9,413
Jo Daviess 4,58544.42%5,30451.39%3143.04%1191.15%-719-6.97%10,322
Johnson 1,92835.96%3,28561.26%831.55%661.23%-1,357-25.30%5,362
Kane 60,12742.52%76,99654.45%3,2742.32%1,0080.71%-16,869-11.93%141,405
Kankakee 19,18047.73%20,04949.89%7131.77%2410.60%-869-2.16%40,183
Kendall 8,44437.09%13,68860.12%4812.11%1560.69%-5,244-23.03%22,769
Knox 12,57254.25%9,91242.77%4551.96%2351.01%2,66011.48%23,174
Lake 115,05847.51%120,98849.96%4,8432.00%1,2750.53%-5,930-2.45%242,164
LaSalle 23,35550.76%21,27646.25%9922.16%3840.83%2,0794.51%46,007
Lawrence 2,82242.90%3,59454.64%1011.54%610.93%-772-11.74%6,578
Lee 6,11141.80%8,06955.19%3202.19%1200.82%-1,958-13.39%14,620
Livingston 5,82937.80%9,18759.57%2851.85%1200.78%-3,358-21.77%15,421
Logan 4,60035.21%8,14162.31%2081.59%1160.89%-3,541-27.10%13,065
Macon 24,26249.02%23,83048.14%9821.98%4250.86%4320.88%49,499
Macoupin 11,01551.50%9,74945.58%4261.99%1990.93%1,2665.92%21,389
Madison 59,07753.17%48,82143.94%2,3592.12%8470.76%10,2569.23%111,104
Marion 8,06848.42%8,24049.45%2381.43%1170.70%-172-1.03%16,663
Marshall 2,57043.51%3,14553.24%1342.27%580.98%-575-9.73%5,907
Mason 3,19247.14%3,41150.37%1171.73%520.77%-219-3.23%6,772
Massac 2,91243.18%3,67654.51%831.23%731.08%-764-11.33%6,744
McDonough 6,08046.73%6,46549.68%3642.80%1030.79%-385-2.95%13,012
McHenry 40,69838.33%62,11258.49%2,7512.59%6240.59%-21,414-20.16%106,185
McLean 24,93640.95%34,00855.84%1,5462.54%4080.67%-9,072-14.89%60,898
Menard 2,16434.89%3,86262.27%1352.18%410.66%-1,698-27.38%6,202
Mercer 4,40052.90%3,68844.34%1561.88%740.89%7128.56%8,318
Monroe 5,79742.02%7,63255.32%2621.90%1050.76%-1,835-13.30%13,796
Montgomery 6,54249.97%6,22647.55%1911.46%1341.02%3162.42%13,093
Morgan 5,89941.15%8,05856.22%2531.77%1240.87%-2,159-15.07%14,334
Moultrie 2,52944.17%3,05853.41%781.36%601.05%-529-9.24%5,725
Ogle 7,67337.25%12,32559.83%4672.27%1360.66%-4,652-22.58%20,601
Peoria 38,60450.26%36,39847.39%1,3321.73%4780.62%2,2062.87%76,812
Perry 4,86248.90%4,80248.30%1731.74%1051.06%600.60%9,942
Piatt 3,48841.60%4,61955.09%2172.59%610.73%-1,131-13.49%8,385
Pike 3,19839.42%4,70658.01%1151.42%931.15%-1,508-18.59%8,112
Pope 92739.79%1,34657.77%311.33%261.12%-419-17.98%2,330
Pulaski 1,51850.33%1,43047.41%311.03%371.23%882.92%3,016
Putnam 1,65752.12%1,43745.20%581.82%270.85%2206.92%3,179
Randolph 6,79447.55%7,12749.88%2291.60%1370.96%-333-2.33%14,287
Richland 2,49133.54%4,71863.52%1341.80%851.14%-2,227-29.98%7,428
Rock Island 37,95758.31%25,19438.70%1,3642.10%5800.89%12,76319.61%65,095
Saline 5,42746.58%5,93350.93%1811.55%1090.94%-506-4.35%11,650
Sangamon 38,41441.99%50,37455.06%2,0012.19%6960.76%-11,960-13.07%91,485
Schuyler 1,58742.07%2,07755.06%721.91%360.95%-490-12.99%3,772
Scott 95438.64%1,45859.05%311.26%261.05%-504-20.41%2,469
Shelby 4,01839.54%5,85157.57%1621.59%1321.30%-1,833-18.03%10,163
St. Clair 55,96155.74%42,29942.13%1,5691.56%5640.56%13,66213.61%100,393
Stark 1,21140.52%1,69456.67%551.84%290.97%-483-16.15%2,989
Stephenson 8,06241.60%10,71555.29%4762.46%1250.65%-2,653-13.69%19,378
Tazewell 25,37943.50%31,53754.05%1,0221.75%4100.70%-6,158-10.55%58,348
Union 3,98245.98%4,39750.77%1892.18%921.06%-415-4.79%8,660
Vermilion 15,40647.99%15,78349.17%6051.88%3060.95%-377-1.18%32,100
Wabash 1,98736.07%3,40661.84%751.36%400.73%-1,419-25.77%5,508
Warren 3,52446.18%3,89951.09%1301.70%781.02%-375-4.91%7,631
Washington 2,63836.96%4,35360.98%961.34%510.71%-1,715-24.02%7,138
Wayne 2,20928.71%5,34769.50%771.00%600.78%-3,138-40.79%7,693
White 2,95838.73%4,52159.20%1131.48%450.59%-1,563-20.47%7,637
Whiteside 12,88651.88%11,25245.30%5152.07%1840.74%1,6346.58%24,837
Will 90,90247.43%95,82850.00%3,7691.97%1,1710.61%-4,926-2.57%191,670
Williamson 12,19245.26%14,01252.01%4761.77%2590.96%-1,820-6.75%26,939
Winnebago 51,98147.56%53,81649.24%2,6372.41%8630.79%-1,835-1.68%109,297
Woodford 5,52932.92%10,90564.94%2631.57%960.57%-5,376-32.02%16,793
Totals2,589,02654.60%2,019,42142.58%103,7592.19%29,9170.63%569,60512.01%4,742,123

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Gore won 11 of 20 congressional districts, including two that elected Republicans. [7]

DistrictGoreBushRepresentative
1st 87%11% Bobby Rush
2nd 88%11% Jesse Jackson Jr.
3rd 55%41% Bill Lipinski
4th 78%18% Luis Gutierrez
5th 63%33% Rod Blagojevich
6th 45%52% Henry Hyde
7th 83%15% Danny K. Davis
8th 42%56% Phil Crane
9th 70%26% Jan Schakowsky
10th 53%45% John Porter
Mark Kirk
11th 53%45% Jerry Weller
12th 55%43% Jerry Costello
13th 42%55% Judy Biggert
14th 42%55% Dennis Hastert
15th 44%52% Thomas W. Ewing
Timothy V. Johnson
16th 43%54% Donald Manzullo
17th 51%46% Lane Evans
18th 43%55% Ray LaHood
19th 43%54% David D. Phelps
20th 46%52% John Shimkus

Analysis

Vice President Al Gore easily defeated Texas Governor George W. Bush in the “Land of Lincoln”. Illinois was once reckoned as a swing state or slightly Republican-leaning, but, since Bill Clinton's election in 1992, it swung heavily for the Democrats at the presidential level, remaining heavily Democratic in 1996. The blue trend can chiefly be traced to the explosive increase in the Democratic margins in Cook County, which encompasses Chicago and its inner suburbs and is the second-largest county in the country. In 1996, Bill Clinton reached 66.8% of the vote in Cook County, a level exceeding any nominee's in the county since Warren G. Harding in 1920, and Gore improved on Clinton's vote share in the county still further.

Secondarily, although Bush still retained the famously Republican Chicago collar counties, he underperformed recent competitive Republicans in them. He won DuPage County, the largest collar county, by only 13.3%, as compared to Gerald Ford's 40.5% margin in the county in 1976, and his father's 39.4% margin in 1988 (in both of which cases DuPage County provided the Republican's entire statewide margin).

Bush did do well in much of rural Illinois, although Gore retained a number of counties in the Forgottonia region that had begun going Democratic in 1988. Gore also did well in Metro East, whereas Bush held moderately-populated Sangamon County (Springfield) and McLean County (Bloomington). Ultimately, Gore's overwhelming strength in Cook County was decisive in handing Gore a more than five hundred thousand vote (or 12%) advantage in the state, which was among the first Midwestern states to be called on election night.

As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last election in which Franklin County and Perry County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. [8]

Electors

Technically the voters of Illinois cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. For this election, Illinois is allocated 22 electors because it has 20 congressional districts and two senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 22 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 22 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 [9] 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 Gore and Lieberman: [10]

  1. Joan Brennan
  2. Dave Bybee
  3. Vilma Colom
  4. Barbara Flynn Currie
  5. John P. Daley
  6. Vera Davis
  7. James DeLeo
  8. Marge Friedman
  9. Charles A. Hartke
  10. Tinker Harvey
  11. Carolyn Brown Hodge
  12. Constance A. Howard
  13. Mary Lou Kearns
  14. Michael J. Madigan
  15. William Marovitz
  16. Shirley McCombs
  17. Molly McKenzie
  18. Victory McNamara
  19. John Nelson
  20. Donald Pedro
  21. Dan Pierce
  22. Jerry Sinclair

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The 2000 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2000 United States presidential election in New Hampshire</span> Election in New Hampshire

The 2000 United States presidential election in New Hampshire took place on Election Day on November 7, 2000 as part of the 2000 United States presidential election. The two major candidates were Texas Governor George W. Bush of the Republican Party and Vice President Al Gore of the Democratic Party. When all votes were tallied, Bush was declared the winner with a plurality of the vote over Gore, receiving 48% of the vote to Gore's 47%, while Green Party candidate Ralph Nader received almost 4% of the vote in the state. Bush went on to win the election nationwide. Had incumbent Gore come out victorious in New Hampshire with its four electoral votes, he would have won the presidency, regardless of the outcome of Bush v. Gore.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2000 United States presidential election in New Mexico</span> Election in New Mexico

The 2000 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose five electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. New Mexico was won by Vice President Al Gore by a 0.06 percent margin. It was the closest state in the entire presidential election by raw vote margin, closer than Florida. News outlets called New Mexico for Gore at approximately 10:21 p.m. (EST), but later retracted the call when it was determined to be too close to call.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2000 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania</span> Election in Pennsylvania

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2000 United States presidential election in South Carolina</span> Election in South Carolina

The 2000 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 8 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2000 United States presidential election in Tennessee</span> Election in Tennessee

The 2000 United States presidential election in Tennessee was held on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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