United States presidential election in Michigan, 2000

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

 
Nominee Al Gore George W. Bush
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Tennessee Texas
Running mate Joe Lieberman Dick Cheney
Electoral vote 18 0
Popular vote 2,170,418 1,953,139
Percentage 51.28% 46.15%
County Results
President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

 Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

The 2000 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 18 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Michigan was won by Vice President Al Gore by a sizable margin of 5.2%. The western part of the state, which is more rural, was overwhelmingly Republican and Bush won most of the congressional districts and counties in that region of the state. His best performance was in Ottawa County, where he won with over 70%. Gore did fairly well in the eastern region of the state. His best performance was in Wayne County, the highest populated county in the state and home of the city of Detroit. He won the county with 69%, with his second best performance in Genesee County, where he got over 62% of the vote.[1]

This election marked the first time since 1976 in which Michigan's electoral votes did not go to the overall winner of the general election, although the state was carried by the candidate who ultimately lead in the popular vote.

Results

United States presidential election in Michigan, 2000
Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Al Gore Joe Lieberman 2,170,418 51.3% 18
Republican George W. Bush Dick Cheney 1,953,139 46.1% 0
Green Ralph Nader Winona LaDuke 84,165 2.0% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne Art Olivier 16,711 0.4% 0
U.S. Taxpayers Howard Phillips Michael Peroutka 3,791 0.1 0
Natural Law John Hagelin Mary Alice Herbert 2,426 0.1% 0
Write In Patrick Buchanan 2,061 0.1% 0
Totals 4,232,711 100.00% 3
Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered) 58%/62%

By congressional district

Gore won 9 of 16 congressional districts. Both candidates won 2 districts won by the opposite party.[2]

District Bush Gore Representative
1st 53% 43% Bart Stupak
2nd 59% 38% Peter Hoekstra
3rd 59% 38% Vern Ehlers
4th 53% 45% Dave Camp
5th 45% 53% James A. Barcia
6th 52% 46% Fred Upton
7th 51% 46% Nick Smith
8th 47% 50% Debbie Stabenow
Mike Rogers
9th 45% 52% Dale Kildee
10th 49% 48% David Bonior
11th 49% 49% Joe Knollenberg
12th 44% 54% Sander Levin
13th 39% 58% Lynn N. Rivers
14th 11% 87% John Conyers Jr.
15th 6% 93% Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick
16th 47% 51% John Dingell

By county

County Gore% Gore# Bush% Bush# Others% Others# Total
Alcona County44.96%2,69652.56%3,15202.48%1495,997
Alger County47.43%2,07149.06%2,14203.50%1534,366
Allegan County34.52%15,49562.81%28,19702.67%1,19944,891
Alpena County49.91%7,05347.90%6,76902.19%31014,132
Antrim County37.62%4,32958.92%6,78003.46%39811,507
Arenac County50.71%3,68547.08%3,42102.22%1617,267
Baraga County41.26%1,40054.11%1,83604.63%1573,393
Barry County37.22%9,76959.88%15,71602.89%75926,244
Bay County54.71%28,25142.90%22,15002.39%1,23551,636
Benzie County43.93%3,54651.68%4,17204.39%3548,072
Berrien County43.15%28,15254.70%35,68902.15%1,40065,241
Branch County42.39%6,69155.40%8,74302.21%34915,783
Calhoun County49.59%27,31247.73%26,29102.68%1,47755,080
Cass County44.43%8,80853.19%10,54502.38%47219,825
Charlevoix County39.71%4,95856.20%7,01804.09%51112,487
Cheboygan County43.47%5,48454.01%6,81502.52%31812,617
Chippewa County44.38%6,37052.43%7,52603.19%45814,354
Clare County49.87%6,28747.09%5,93703.04%38312,607
Clinton County41.60%13,39456.07%18,05402.33%75132,199
Crawford County43.84%2,79052.56%3,34503.60%2296,364
Delta County46.03%7,97051.23%8,87102.74%47517,316
Dickinson County43.12%5,53354.02%6,93202.86%36712,832
Eaton County47.11%23,21150.34%24,80302.55%1,25849,272
Emmet County37.05%5,45158.47%8,60204.47%65814,711
Genesee County62.78%119,83334.92%66,64102.30%4,391190,865
Gladwin County47.92%5,57349.39%5,74302.69%31311,629
Gogebic County48.76%4,06647.12%3,92904.13%3448,339
Grand Traverse County37.59%14,37158.48%22,35803.92%1,50038,229
Gratiot County43.07%6,53854.76%8,31202.17%32915,179
Hillsdale County37.17%6,49560.00%10,48302.83%49517,473
Houghton County40.01%5,68855.54%7,89504.45%63314,216
Huron County42.86%6,89955.37%8,91101.77%28516,095
Ingham County57.41%69,23139.23%47,31403.36%4,050120,595
Ionia County39.55%9,48158.05%13,91502.39%57423,970
Iosco County49.20%6,50547.99%6,34502.81%37213,222
Iron County48.71%3,01447.95%2,96703.35%2076,188
Isabella County48.55%10,22847.71%10,05303.74%78821,069
Jackson County45.46%28,16051.76%32,06602.78%1,72061,946
Kalamazoo County48.49%48,80747.94%48,25403.57%3,595100,656
Kalkaska County40.50%2,77456.10%3,84203.40%2336,849
Kent County38.13%95,44259.37%148,60202.51%6,274250,318
Keweenaw County40.21%54055.10%74004.69%631,343
Lake County55.06%2,58441.79%1,96103.15%1484,693
Lapeer County42.30%15,74954.66%20,35103.05%1,13437,234
Leelanau County38.60%4,63556.96%6,84004.45%53412,009
Lenawee County45.81%18,36551.58%20,68102.61%1,04740,093
Livingston County38.13%28,78059.14%44,63702.73%2,05875,475
Luce County37.70%95658.36%1,48003.94%1002,536
Mackinac County42.43%2,53354.81%3,27202.76%1655,970
Macomb County49.96%172,62547.54%164,26502.51%8,669345,559
Manistee County49.34%5,63947.26%5,40103.40%38811,428
Marquette County53.13%15,50343.10%12,57703.77%1,09929,179
Mason County42.86%5,57954.29%7,06602.85%37113,016
Mecosta County42.70%6,30054.71%8,07202.59%38214,754
Menominee County44.06%4,59752.99%5,52902.95%30810,434
Midland County41.04%15,95956.28%21,88702.68%1,04238,888
Missaukee County31.74%2,06265.79%4,27402.46%1606,496
Monroe County51.06%31,55546.83%28,94002.10%1,30061,795
Montcalm County42.03%9,62755.43%12,69602.54%58122,904
Montmorency County42.70%2,13954.90%2,75002.40%1205,009
Muskegon County54.66%37,86543.35%30,02801.99%1,37769,270
Newaygo County39.25%7,67758.29%11,39902.46%48119,557
Oakland County49.31%281,20148.10%274,31902.59%14,745570,265
Oceana County42.68%4,59754.89%5,91302.43%26210,772
Ogemaw County49.68%4,89647.75%4,70602.57%2539,855
Ontonagon County36.47%1,51459.55%2,47203.97%1654,151
Osceola County40.34%4,00657.20%5,68002.46%2449,930
Oscoda County42.01%1,67755.29%2,20702.71%1083,992
Otsego County38.40%4,03458.14%6,10803.46%36310,505
Ottawa County26.76%29,60071.16%78,70302.08%2,296110,599
Presque Isle County45.79%3,24251.69%3,66002.51%1787,080
Roscommon County49.76%6,43347.88%6,19002.36%30512,928
Saginaw County54.21%50,82543.89%41,15201.90%1,77993,756
St. Clair County48.17%33,00249.00%33,57102.84%1,94368,516
St. Joseph County38.93%8,57458.60%12,90602.47%54422,024
Sanilac County38.53%7,15359.06%10,96602.41%44718,566
Schoolcraft County48.50%2,03649.74%2,08801.76%744,198
Shiawassee County48.17%15,52049.09%15,81602.74%88232,218
Tuscola County43.99%10,84553.60%13,21302.41%59424,652
Van Buren County46.79%13,79650.17%14,79203.03%89429,482
Washtenaw County59.78%86,64736.19%52,45904.03%5,834144,940
Wayne County69.03%530,41429.02%223,02101.95%14,982768,417
Wexford County41.03%5,32655.58%7,21503.40%44112,982


Electors

Technically the voters of Michigan cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Michigan is allocated 18 electors because it has 18 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 18 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 18 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[3] 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:[4]

  • Lana Boldi
  • John Cherry
  • Patty Fedewa
  • Sigrid L. Grace
  • Dona Jean Graham
  • Freman Hendrix
  • Jeff Jenks
  • John Kelly
  • Don Oetman
  • Ken Oke
  • Charles Prather
  • Jim Ramey
  • Iris K. Salters
  • Judith L. Strong
  • David P. Taylor
  • Juli Trudell
  • Mary Warner
  • Marie Weigold

References

  1. ↑ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/
  2. ↑ http://miboecfr.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/cfr/precinct_srch.cgi?elect_year_type=2000GEN&county_code=73&Submit=Search
  3. ↑ http://www.uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/ARTICLES/pe2000timeline.php
  4. ↑ http://presidentelect.org/e2000.html
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