United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 2000

United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 2000

November 7, 2000

 
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 vote 12 0 0
Popular vote 1,616,487 878,502 173,564
Percentage 59.80% 32.50% 6.42%

County Results

Gore

  50–60%
  60–70%
  70–80%

President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

The 2000 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Massachusetts is one of the most reliable blue states in the nation: no Republican has won the state since Ronald Reagan in 1984. The 2000 Presidential election featured Democratic United States Vice President Al Gore versus Republican Texas Governor George W. Bush. Despite Bush's tight victory nationwide, Gore handily won Massachusetts, with a 27% margin of victory against George W. Bush who did not actively campaign there. Gore won every county and congressional district.

Results

Vice President Al Gore easily defeated Texas Governor George W. Bush in Massachusetts. Massachusetts is one of the most reliable Democratic States in the union. Gore won every single county in Massachusetts.

With 6.42% of the popular vote, Massachusetts proved to be Ralph Nader's third strongest victory in the 2000 election after Alaska and neighboring Vermont[1].

United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 2004
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Al Gore 1,616,487 59.80% 12
Republican George W. Bush 878,502 32.50% 0
Green Ralph Nader 173,564 6.42% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne 16,366 0.61% 0
Reform Pat Buchanan 11,149 0.41% 0
Independent Others (Write-In) 3,990 0.15% 0
Independent (a) John Hagelin 2,884 0.11% 0
Socialist David McReynolds (Write-In) 42 0.15% 0
Totals 2,702,984 100.0% 12

|} (a) John Hagelin was the candidate of the Natural Law Party nationally.

Results breakdown

By county

County Gore% Gore# Bush% Bush# Others% Others# Total
Barnstable County51.50%62,36341.03%49,6867.46%9,037121,086
Berkshire County63.85%37,93426.60%15,8059.55%5,67259,411
Bristol County64.51%136,32529.74%62,8485.76%12,164211,337
Dukes County61.81%5,47426.14%2,31512.05%1,0678,856
Essex County57.49%178,40035.45%110,0107.06%21,923310,333
Franklin County53.78%17,94530.50%10,17615.72%5,24533,366
Hampden County58.17%100,10334.61%59,5587.22%12,432172,093
Hampshire County56.16%38,54327.98%19,20215.86%10,88168,626
Middlesex County61.49%404,04330.27%198,9148.23%54,091657,048
Nantucket County58.34%2,87432.97%1,6248.69%4284,926
Norfolk County59.41%188,45033.75%107,0336.84%21,694317,177
Plymouth County54.53%115,37639.11%82,7516.36%13,450211,577
Suffolk County71.38%154,88820.48%44,4418.14%17,671217,000
Worcester County56.02%173,67936.81%114,1397.17%22,240310,058

Results by municipality

Results by town
  Gore – 80–90%
  Gore – 70–80%
  Gore – 60–70%
  Gore – 50–60%
  Gore – <50%
  Bush – <50%
  Bush – 50–60%

References

  1. "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.

See also

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