United States presidential election in New York, 2000

United States presidential election in New York, 2000
November 7, 2000
Turnout 60.7%

 
Nominee Al Gore George W. Bush
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Tennessee Texas
Running mate Joe Lieberman Dick Cheney
Electoral vote 33 0
Popular vote 4,113,791 2,405,676
Percentage 60.22% 35.22%
County Results
President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

 Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

The 2000 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 7, 2000. Voters chose 33 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

New York was won by the Incumbent Democratic Vice President of the United States Al Gore in a landslide victory; Gore received 60.22% of the vote to Republican George W. Bush's 35.22%, a Democratic victory margin of 25.00%. This marked the first time since 1964 that a Democratic presidential candidate won more than 60% of the vote in New York State, and only the second time in history, solidifying New York's status as a solid blue state in the 21st century. New York weighed in as about 25% more Democratic than the national average in the 2000 election.

The key to Gore's victory was wide margins of victory in greater New York City and Long Island. He did win some counties in upstate New York, but won with small margins, except for Albany County, which voted almost exactly the same as the statewide results. Since third-party candidates received over 4% of the vote, Bush did very poorly. Although, Bush did win a majority of the counties in upstate New York, including his largest victory in rural Hamilton County. Bush won just four congressional districts, including New York's 22nd congressional district, New York's 23rd congressional district, New York's 27th congressional district, and New York's 31st congressional district. As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last election in which the Democratic candidate won Montgomery County.

Democratic primary

Polling

Source Date Al Gore Bill Bradley
Quinnipiac July 1, 1999 52% 34%
Quinnipiac August 2, 1999 47% 38%
Quinnipiac September 15, 1999 42% 40%
Quinnipiac October 3, 1999 41% 44%
Quinnipiac November 11, 1999 38% 47%
Quinnipiac December 14, 1999 42% 39%
Quinnipiac January 19, 2000 44% 39%
Quinnipiac February 10, 2000 56% 32%
Quinnipiac March 1, 2000 59% 33%
Quinnipiac March 6, 2000 60% 32%

Republican primary

Polling

Source Date Lamar Alexander Gary Bauer Patrick Buchanan George W. Bush Elizabeth Dole Steve Forbes Orrin Hatch John Kasich Alan Keyes John McCain Dan Quayle Bob Smith
Quinnipiac July 1, 1999 6% 1% 1% 56% 13% 3% - 2% - 7% 2% 1%
Quinnipiac November 11, 1999 - 2% - 56% - 8% 2% - 1% 17% - -
Quinnipiac December 14, 1999 - 2% - 49% - 7% 1% - 1% 24% - -
Quinnipiac January 19, 2000 - 1% - 47% - 5% 2% - 2% 28% - -
Quinnipiac February 10, 2000 - - - 44% - 4% - - 4% 37% - -
Quinnipiac March 1, 2000 - - - 40% - - - - 4% 47% - -
Quinnipiac March 6, 2000 - - - 48% - - - - 7% 39% - -

General election

Polling

Source Date Al Gore (D) George W. Bush (R) Patrick Buchanan (Ref) Ralph Nader (G)
Quinnipiac February 24, 1999 49% 40% - -
Quinnipiac March 24, 1999 47% 42% - -
Quinnipiac July 1, 1999 44% 45% - -
Quinnipiac August 2, 1999 45% 43% - -
Quinnipiac September 15, 1999 46% 43% - -
Quinnipiac October 3, 1999 43% 41% - -
Quinnipiac November 11, 1999 47% 43% - -
Quinnipiac December 14, 1999 47% 39% - -
Quinnipiac January 19, 2000 47% 39% - -
Quinnipiac February 10, 2000 53% 37% - -
Quinnipiac March 1, 2000 53% 36% - -
Quinnipiac April 6, 2000 52% 34% 4% -
Quinnipiac May 2, 2000 50% 34% 4% -
Quinnipiac July 13, 2000 45% 35% 2% 7%
Quinnipiac August 10, 2000 42% 38% 1% 6%
Quinnipiac September 13, 2000 56% 29% 2% 6%
Quinnipiac September 28, 2000 54% 34% 1% 6%
Quinnipiac November 6, 2000 55% 34% 1% 6%
Source Date Bill Bradley (D) George W. Bush (R)
Quinnipiac February 24, 1999 41% 38%
Quinnipiac March 24, 1999 45% 39%
Quinnipiac July 1, 1999 43% 44%
Quinnipiac August 2, 1999 46% 39%
Quinnipiac September 15, 1999 47% 37%
Quinnipiac October 3, 1999 51% 32%
Quinnipiac November 11, 1999 52% 35%
Quinnipiac December 14, 1999 50% 35%
Quinnipiac January 19, 2000 52% 35%
Quinnipiac February 10, 2000 53% 34%
Quinnipiac March 1, 2000 51% 35%
Source Date Al Gore (D) Elizabeth Dole (R)
Quinnipiac February 24, 1999 50% 37%
Quinnipiac March 24, 1999 49% 38%
Quinnipiac July 1, 1999 50% 37%
Source Date Bill Bradley (D) Elizabeth Dole (R)
Quinnipiac February 24, 1999 46% 34%
Quinnipiac March 24, 1999 47% 35%
Quinnipiac July 1, 1999 50% 35%
Source Date Al Gore (D) John McCain (R)
Quinnipiac November 11, 1999 49% 35%
Quinnipiac December 14, 1999 45% 39%
Quinnipiac January 19, 2000 47% 38%
Quinnipiac February 10, 2000 46% 42%
Quinnipiac March 1, 2000 44% 43%
Source Date Bill Bradley (D) John McCain (R)
Quinnipiac November 11, 1999 55% 23%
Quinnipiac December 14, 1999 48% 29%
Quinnipiac January 19, 2000 49% 29%
Quinnipiac February 10, 2000 43% 40%
Quinnipiac March 1, 2000 39% 44%

Results

United States presidential election in New York, 2000[1]
Party Candidate Popular votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Al Gore 3,942,215 57.78%
Working Families Al Gore 88,395 1.30%
Liberal Al Gore 77,087 1.13%
Total Al Gore 4,113,791 60.22% 33
Republican George W. Bush 2,258,577 33.10%
Conservative George W. Bush 144,797 2.12%
Total George W. Bush 2,405,676 35.22% 0
Green Ralph Nader 244,398 3.58% 0
Right to Life Pat Buchanan 25,175 0.37%
Reform Pat Buchanan 6,424 0.09%
Total Pat Buchanan 31,659 0.46% 0
Independence (a) John Hagelin 24,369 0.36% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne 7,718 0.11% 0
Constitution Howard Phillips 1,503 0.02% 0
Socialist Workers James Harris 1,450 0.02% 0
Others - 614 0.01% 0
- Totals 6,831,178 100% 33
Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered) 48%/61%

(a) John Hagelin was then nominee of the Natural Law Party nationally.

By county

County Gore% Gore# Bush% Bush# Others% Others# Total
Albany County57.99%82,32531.98%45,40810.03%14,236141,969
Allegany County32.69%6,10958.41%10,9168.90%1,66418,689
Bronx County83.21%256,32210.79%33,2246.01%18,502308,048
Broome County49.53%43,11940.89%35,5989.59%8,34687,063
Cattaraugus County39.63%13,36851.45%17,3558.92%3,01033,733
Cayuga County48.06%16,32941.40%14,06610.55%3,58333,978
Chautauqua County44.35%26,04546.61%27,3699.04%5,30658,720
Chemung County44.76%16,87848.15%18,1587.09%2,67437,710
Chenango County43.24%8,75647.53%9,6259.23%1,86920,250
Clinton County48.67%14,87141.45%12,6649.88%3,02030,555
Columbia County44.82%12,85842.12%12,08413.07%3,74928,691
Cortland County44.57%9,23745.23%9,37410.19%2,11220,723
Delaware County40.01%8,07250.33%10,1549.66%1,94920,175
Dutchess County45.18%50,49944.03%49,21010.78%12,053111,762
Erie County53.68%227,97535.15%149,28011.16%47,399424,654
Essex County42.08%7,54647.27%8,47610.65%1,91017,932
Franklin County48.88%8,52842.23%7,3688.89%1,55117,447
Fulton County41.66%9,02850.59%10,9647.75%1,67921,671
Genesee County37.01%9,64751.71%13,47911.29%2,94326,069
Greene County38.45%8,11149.49%10,43912.06%2,54421,094
Hamilton County28.95%1,06661.62%2,2699.42%3473,682
Herkimer County42.69%11,82648.48%13,4308.84%2,44927,705
Jefferson County44.26%16,11747.78%17,4017.96%2,90036,418
Kings County76.55%472,40214.64%90,3558.81%54,348617,105
Lewis County37.94%4,14453.47%5,8408.60%93910,923
Livingston County36.93%10,05452.76%14,36310.31%2,80627,223
Madison County40.34%11,44449.37%14,00310.29%2,91928,366
Monroe County49.51%157,31441.23%131,0029.27%29,446317,762
Montgomery County47.52%9,88844.26%9,2108.22%1,71120,809
Nassau County56.14%331,05036.29%214,0227.57%44,635589,707
New York County75.94%427,71413.73%77,33110.33%58,187563,232
Niagara County48.40%45,13341.34%38,55410.26%9,57093,257
Oneida County44.02%42,25346.87%44,9939.11%8,75095,996
Onondaga County51.45%104,76638.56%78,5269.99%20,337203,629
Ontario County41.67%19,14748.77%22,4099.56%4,39245,948
Orange County44.70%56,56746.92%59,3718.38%10,611126,549
Orleans County36.31%5,75354.78%8,6798.91%1,41115,843
Oswego County45.12%21,86945.20%21,9119.68%4,69348,473
Otsego County43.28%10,97646.13%11,69710.59%2,68525,358
Putnam County42.01%17,87246.66%19,85211.34%4,82342,547
Queens County72.14%401,06720.42%113,5287.44%41,335555,930
Rensselaer County48.48%33,17839.78%27,22311.74%8,03568,436
Richmond County49.90%70,92241.65%59,1878.45%12,012142,121
Rockland County54.33%66,59636.68%44,9588.99%11,026122,580
Saratoga County43.76%41,59646.60%44,2929.65%9,16995,057
Schenectady County51.16%34,25039.08%26,1619.76%6,53566,946
Schoharie County38.22%5,17851.93%7,0359.85%1,33513,548
Schuyler County38.42%3,13250.95%4,15410.63%8678,153
Seneca County45.89%6,57844.49%6,3779.61%1,37814,333
St. Lawrence County51.95%20,66439.71%15,7978.34%3,31839,779
Steuben County34.55%14,01457.30%23,2448.15%3,30540,563
Suffolk County51.56%295,90239.32%225,6529.12%52,312573,866
Sullivan County48.71%13,89541.57%11,8589.71%2,77128,524
Tioga County39.36%8,83852.65%11,8237.99%1,79322,454
Tompkins County51.01%20,43532.35%12,95716.64%6,66640,058
Ulster County46.43%36,32139.65%31,01513.92%10,88978,225
Warren County40.73%11,65649.81%14,2579.46%2,70828,621
Washington County39.22%9,23850.79%11,9639.99%2,35423,555
Wayne County37.62%14,42152.53%20,1369.84%3,77238,329
Westchester County56.96%211,77135.24%130,9997.80%29,005371,775
Wyoming County32.69%5,76258.12%10,2459.19%1,62017,627
Yates County38.03%3,82352.60%5,2879.37%94210,052

Geographic Breakdown

Al Gore won an overwhelming landslide in fiercely Democratic New York City, taking 1,703,364 votes to George W. Bush's 398,726, a 77.90% - 18.23% victory. Gore carried all 5 boroughs of New York City.

Excluding New York City's votes, Gore still would have carried New York State, but by a smaller margin, receiving 2,404,543 votes to Bush's 2,004,648, giving Gore a 54.53% - 45.47% win.

Electors

Technically the voters of New York cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. New York is allocated 33 electors because it has 31 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 33 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 33 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 Gore and Lieberman:[3]

  1. Susan I. Abramowitz
  2. Leslie Alpert
  3. Martin S. Begun
  4. David L. Cohen
  5. Carolee A. Conklin
  6. Martin Connor
  7. Lorraine Cortez Vasquez
  8. Inez E. Dickens
  9. Cynthia Emmer
  10. Herman D. Farrell Jr.
  11. Emily Giske
  12. Patrick G. Halpin
  13. Raymond B. Harding
  14. Judith Hope
  15. Denis M. Hughes
  16. Virginia Kee
  17. Bertha Lewis
  18. Alberta Madonna
  19. Thomas J. Manton
  20. Deborah Marciano
  21. Helen Marshall
  22. Carl McCall
  23. Elizabeth F. Momrow
  24. Clarence Norman Jr.
  25. Daniel F. Donohue
  26. Shirley O'Connell
  27. G. Steven Pigeon
  28. Roberto Ramirez
  29. Michael Schell
  30. Sheldon Silver
  31. Andrew Spano
  32. Eliot Spitzer
  33. Randi Weingarten

References

  1. ↑ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2000 - New York". Retrieved 2013-01-07.
  2. ↑ "2000 Post-Election Timeline of Events". www.uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "President Elect - 2000". presidentelect.org. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
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