United States presidential election in Kansas, 2000

United States presidential election in Kansas, 2000
November 7, 2000

 
Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Texas Tennessee
Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman
Electoral vote 6 0
Popular vote 622,332 399,276
Percentage 58.0% 37.2%
County Results
President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

 Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

The 2000 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 6 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Kansas was won by Governor George W. Bush. He won all of the congressional districts and counties in the state, except for Douglas County and Wyandotte County. Gore won Douglas with just 45.8% of the vote. Nader also had his best performance by far in Douglas, where he got over 10% of the vote. Bush performed very well in the first district, which is the western and most rural part of the state.

Results

United States presidential election in Kansas, 2000
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican George W. Bush 622,332 58.0% 6
Democratic Al Gore 399,276 37.2% 0
Green Party Ralph Nader 36,086 3.4% 0
Reform Patrick Buchanan 7,370 0.7% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne 4,525 0.4% 0
Natural Law John Hagelin 1,373 0.1% 0
Independent Howard Phillips 1,254 0.1% 0
Totals — 100.00% 6
Voter turnout (Voting age/registered) 54%/66%

By congressional district

Bush won all four congressional districts.[1]

District Bush Gore Representative
1st 67% 29% Jerry Moran
2nd 54% 41% Jim Ryun
3rd 53% 42% Dennis Moore
4th 59% 37% Todd Tiahrt

By county

County Gore% Gore# Bush% Bush# Others% Others# Total
Allen County36.98%2,13258.60%3,3794.42%2555,766
Anderson County38.15%1,32757.04%1,9844.80%1673,478
Atchison County45.96%3,17148.96%3,3785.09%3516,900
Barber County25.50%63770.26%1,7554.24%1062,498
Barton County29.56%3,23866.65%7,3023.79%41510,955
Bourbon County35.05%2,21161.07%3,8523.88%2456,308
Brown County32.23%1,51263.63%2,9854.14%1944,691
Butler County32.16%6,75563.69%13,3774.14%87021,002
Chase County29.69%39164.39%8485.92%781,317
Chautauqua County23.56%44371.65%1,3474.79%901,880
Cherokee County41.43%3,78354.92%5,0143.65%3339,130
Cheyenne County20.27%35075.97%1,3123.76%651,727
Clark County23.16%29273.43%9263.41%431,261
Clay County23.26%95173.34%2,9983.40%1394,088
Cloud County29.18%1,31464.80%2,9186.02%2714,503
Coffey County29.60%1,19666.83%2,7003.56%1444,040
Comanche County20.97%21175.55%7603.48%351,006
Cowley County38.95%5,53556.86%8,0804.19%59514,210
Crawford County47.07%7,07647.63%7,1605.31%79815,034
Decatur County24.10%42471.35%1,2554.55%801,759
Dickinson County29.82%2,41364.79%5,2435.39%4368,092
Doniphan County31.08%1,13464.40%2,3504.52%1653,649
Douglas County45.81%18,24942.83%17,06211.36%4,52739,838
Edwards County28.60%44767.95%1,0623.45%541,563
Elk County25.94%40269.68%1,0804.39%681,550
Ellis County35.18%3,92658.39%6,5166.43%71811,160
Ellsworth County29.06%82564.99%1,8455.95%1692,839
Finney County26.57%2,43170.40%6,4423.03%2779,150
Ford County28.78%2,56667.85%6,0503.38%3018,917
Franklin County34.39%3,32161.35%5,9254.27%4129,658
Geary County38.74%2,66057.92%3,9773.34%2296,866
Gove County19.80%29675.05%1,1225.15%771,495
Graham County23.47%34671.78%1,0584.75%701,474
Grant County23.91%68374.44%2,1261.65%472,856
Gray County22.31%48275.51%1,6312.18%472,160
Greeley County17.81%14378.21%6283.99%32803
Greenwood County28.84%1,02767.17%2,3923.99%1423,561
Hamilton County22.15%26475.59%9012.27%271,192
Harper County28.45%86967.95%2,0763.60%1103,055
Harvey County33.55%4,59160.44%8,2716.01%82213,684
Haskell County16.27%26381.87%1,3231.86%301,616
Hodgeman County19.94%21776.75%8353.31%361,088
Jackson County37.90%1,99057.16%3,0014.93%2595,250
Jefferson County38.09%3,00056.15%4,4235.76%4547,877
Jewell County20.25%38074.59%1,4005.17%971,877
Johnson County36.37%79,11859.74%129,9653.89%8,453217,536
Kearny County22.30%32075.54%1,0842.16%311,435
Kingman County26.02%99170.17%2,6723.81%1453,808
Kiowa County18.28%29478.48%1,2623.23%521,608
Labette County43.86%3,74552.41%4,4753.72%3188,538
Lane County22.24%25274.67%8463.09%351,133
Leavenworth County41.82%9,73354.07%12,5834.10%95523,271
Lincoln County24.81%46968.52%1,2956.67%1261,890
Linn County37.26%1,58759.00%2,5133.73%1594,259
Logan County16.54%23177.88%1,0885.58%781,397
Lyon County41.67%5,19053.41%6,6524.92%61312,455
Marion County24.99%1,47570.40%4,1564.61%2725,903
Marshall County35.80%1,83159.94%3,0664.26%2185,115
McPherson County26.26%3,27268.22%8,5015.52%68812,461
Meade County19.48%40078.13%1,6042.39%492,053
Miami County39.23%4,55456.96%6,6113.81%44211,607
Mitchell County22.99%75171.95%2,3505.05%1653,266
Montgomery County34.70%4,77061.81%8,4963.48%47913,745
Morris County33.40%88260.55%1,5996.06%1602,641
Morton County20.62%32177.26%1,2032.12%331,557
Nemaha County28.24%1,49467.64%3,5784.12%2185,290
Neosho County37.58%2,58858.29%4,0144.12%2846,886
Ness County20.42%38375.69%1,4203.89%731,876
Norton County24.40%59871.15%1,7444.45%1092,451
Osage County38.26%2,53057.01%3,7704.73%3136,613
Osborne County23.84%48470.54%1,4325.62%1142,030
Ottawa County22.61%63170.83%1,9776.56%1832,791
Pawnee County32.93%96862.93%1,8504.15%1222,940
Phillips County21.88%61173.67%2,0574.44%1242,792
Pottawatomie County26.35%2,03764.48%4,9859.17%7097,731
Pratt County29.76%1,31465.33%2,8854.91%2174,416
Rawlins County17.59%30677.53%1,3494.89%851,740
Reno County35.49%9,02559.69%15,1794.82%1,22625,430
Republic County20.23%60475.01%2,2394.76%1422,985
Rice County31.46%1,42264.23%2,9034.31%1954,520
Riley County33.90%6,18858.47%10,6727.63%1,39318,253
Rooks County21.51%59772.65%2,0165.84%1622,775
Rush County27.24%50566.61%1,2356.15%1141,854
Russell County25.45%88669.90%2,4344.65%1623,482
Saline County34.78%7,48757.66%12,4127.56%1,62821,527
Scott County18.15%41878.64%1,8113.21%742,303
Sedgwick County38.28%62,56157.35%93,7244.36%7,132163,417
Seward County22.10%1,12675.92%3,8691.98%1015,096
Shawnee County46.82%34,81848.26%35,8944.92%3,66174,373
Sheridan County18.87%28176.02%1,1325.10%761,489
Sherman County25.39%68170.62%1,8943.99%1072,682
Smith County24.45%53470.24%1,5345.31%1162,184
Stafford County25.77%56770.27%1,5463.95%872,200
Stanton County20.89%21576.29%7852.82%291,029
Stevens County16.34%34581.19%1,7142.46%522,111
Sumner County34.69%3,54960.36%6,1764.96%50710,232
Thomas County21.35%80774.66%2,8223.99%1513,780
Trego County28.09%51666.41%1,2205.50%1011,837
Wabaunsee County29.97%1,02563.80%2,1826.23%2133,420
Wallace County11.96%10385.60%7372.44%21861
Washington County21.03%68774.87%2,4464.10%1343,267
Wichita County18.99%20778.81%8592.20%241,090
Wilson County28.96%1,18667.11%2,7483.93%1614,095
Woodson County32.66%52161.07%9746.27%1001,595
Wyandotte County67.14%32,41129.05%14,0243.81%1,83748,272

Electors

Technically the voters of Kansas cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Kansas is allocated 6 electors because it has 4 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 6 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 6 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[2] 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:[3]

  1. Shari Caywood
  2. Gene Eastin
  3. Richard Eckert
  4. Susan Estes
  5. Mark Heitz
  6. Charles Hostetler

References

  1. ↑ http://www.swingstateproject.com/diary/4161/
  2. ↑ http://www.uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/ARTICLES/pe2000timeline.php
  3. ↑ http://presidentelect.org/e2000.html
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