United States presidential election in Nebraska, 2000

United States presidential election in Nebraska, 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 5 0
Popular vote 433,862 231,780
Percentage 62.3% 33.3%
County Results

Bush

  40-50%
  50-60%
  60-70%
  70-80%
  80-90%
President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

 Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

The 2000 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 5 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Nebraska was won by Governor George W. Bush by a 29% margin of victory, winning every county. Also, with 62.25% of the popular vote, the state proved to be his fourth strongest state in the 2000 election after Wyoming, Idaho and Utah[1].

Electors

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 Bush and Dick Cheney:[3]

  1. Mary Johnson
  2. Lee Terry, Sr.
  3. Howard Lamb
  4. Mildred Curtis
  5. John Y. McCollister

Results

United States presidential election in Nebraska, 2000[4]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican George W. Bush 433,862 62.25% 5
Democratic Al Gore 231,780 33.25% 0
Green Ralph Nader 24,540 3.52% 0
Reform Pat Buchanan 3,646 0.52% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne 2,245 0.32% 0

Congressional District

Bush won all three congressional districts.[5]

district Bush Gore Representative
1st 59% 36% Doug Bereuter
2nd 57% 39% Lee Terry
3rd 71% 25% Bill Barrett
Tom Osborne

By county

County Gore% Gore# Bush% Bush# Others% Others# Total
Adams County29.63%3,68665.62%8,1624.74%59012,438
Antelope County20.13%67876.07%2,5623.8%1283,368
Arthur County09.56%2686.40%2354.04%11272
Banner County14.07%6584.42%3901.52%7462
Blaine County12.32%4385.67%2992.01%7349
Boone County20.09%57576.73%2,1963.18%912,862
Box Butte County31.72%1,61463.04%3,2085.25%2675,089
Boyd County21.34%26574.96%9313.7%461,242
Brown County14.85%25081.65%1,3753.5%591,684
Buffalo County23.86%3,92772.48%11,9313.66%60316,461
Burt County36.06%1,22360.61%2,0563.33%1133,392
Butler County26.85%1,02868.91%2,6384.23%1623,828
Cass County35.56%3,65659.77%6,1444.67%48010,280
Cedar County24.88%1,06270.02%2,9895.11%2184,269
Chase County16.32%30680.27%1,5053.41%641,875
Cherry County15.67%44681.56%2,3222.77%792,847
Cheyenne County20.16%84476.61%3,2073.23%1354,186
Clay County24.07%77472.35%2,3263.58%1153,215
Colfax County26.03%86370.53%2,3383.44%1143,315
Cuming County20.33%85776.68%3,2322.99%1264,215
Custer County18.03%97678.41%4,2453.56%1935,414
Dakota County44.46%2,69551.46%3,1194.08%2476,061
Dawes County22.73%82370.39%2,5496.88%2493,621
Dawson County23.18%1,74073.41%5,5113.41%2567,507
Deuel County20.62%21375.80%7833.58%371,033
Dixon County29.37%82065.69%1,8344.94%1382,792
Dodge County34.69%5,02161.30%8,8714.01%58014,472
Douglas County40.05%73,34755.16%101,0254.8%8,784183,156
Dundy County17.71%17979.23%8013.07%311,011
Fillmore County28.29%84867.51%2,0244.2%1262,998
Franklin County25.18%42071.70%1,1963.12%521,668
Frontier County17.52%24479.11%1,1023.37%471,393
Furnas County21.97%53476.06%1,8491.97%482,431
Gage County36.99%3,51658.26%5,5384.75%4529,506
Garden County16.65%20379.00%9634.35%531,219
Garfield County20.98%20274.56%7184.47%43963
Gosper County22.49%22874.65%7572.86%291,014
Grant County12.73%4984.16%3243.12%12385
Greeley County31.76%41664.05%8394.2%551,310
Hall County32.09%5,95263.64%11,8034.27%79118,546
Hamilton County23.74%1,06672.39%3,2513.87%1744,491
Harlan County23.65%43873.33%1,3583.02%561,852
Hayes County11.56%6685.11%4863.33%19571
Hitchcock County21.08%31276.08%1,1262.84%421,480
Holt County17.06%84679.73%3,9543.21%1594,959
Hooker County18.09%7477.51%3174.4%18409
Howard County33.78%95562.26%1,7603.96%1122,827
Jefferson County35.38%1,36161.11%2,3513.51%1353,847
Johnson County37.59%79457.29%1,2105.11%1082,112
Kearney County21.78%68074.73%2,3333.49%1093,122
Keith County20.21%77876.72%2,9533.07%1183,849
Keya Paha County15.20%7882.26%4222.53%13513
Kimball County20.82%37975.77%1,3793.41%621,820
Knox County26.07%1,03769.98%2,7843.95%1573,978
Lancaster County41.68%44,65051.82%55,5146.5%6,968107,132
Lincoln County34.44%5,20561.00%9,2204.56%68915,114
Logan County14.56%6081.55%3363.88%16412
Loup County22.22%8475.13%2842.65%10378
McPherson County21.57%2,77274.97%9,6363.46%44512,853
Madison County15.95%4881.06%2442.99%9301
Merrick County25.39%84871.26%2,3803.35%1123,340
Morrill County21.52%46074.70%1,5973.79%812,138
Nance County29.85%49766.37%1,1053.78%631,665
Nemaha County31.55%1,06364.62%2,1773.83%1293,369
Nuckolls County26.36%64469.63%1,7014.01%982,443
Otoe County33.14%2,20862.71%4,1784.14%2766,662
Pawnee County34.36%52261.69%9373.95%601,519
Perkins County16.74%24380.58%1,1702.69%391,452
Phelps County20.19%93477.26%3,5752.55%1184,627
Pierce County17.77%57078.99%2,5343.24%1043,208
Platte County20.31%2,61276.69%9,8613.%38612,859
Polk County23.34%61073.67%1,9252.99%782,613
Red Willow County23.64%1,18873.23%3,6803.12%1575,025
Richardson County33.30%1,38263.20%2,6233.49%1454,150
Rock County15.77%14181.10%7253.13%28894
Saline County45.11%2,32150.17%2,5814.72%2435,145
Sarpy County32.33%14,63764.00%28,9793.67%1,66245,278
Saunders County31.98%2,85263.77%5,6884.25%3798,919
Scotts Bluff County28.45%3,93767.90%9,3973.65%50513,839
Seward County32.07%2,25063.53%4,4574.4%3097,016
Sheridan County15.22%39281.72%2,1053.07%792,576
Sherman County33.08%56462.87%1,0724.05%691,705
Sioux County13.03%9883.64%6293.32%25752
Stanton County20.11%50076.23%1,8953.66%912,486
Thayer County27.31%82169.73%2,0962.96%893,006
Thomas County13.92%5583.29%3292.78%11395
Thurston County44.38%92449.95%1,0405.67%1182,082
Valley County25.76%58371.14%1,6103.09%702,263
Washington County29.56%2,55066.75%5,7583.69%3188,626
Wayne County25.41%1,00170.41%2,7744.19%1653,940
Webster County30.03%58466.94%1,3023.03%591,945
Wheeler County18.76%8577.48%3513.75%17453
York County21.78%1,40774.55%4,8163.67%2376,460

References

  1. ↑ "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  2. ↑ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2000&fips=42&f=0&off=0&elect=0
  3. ↑ http://presidentelect.org/e2000.html
  4. ↑ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html
  5. ↑ http://www.swingstateproject.com/diary/4161/

See also

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