United States presidential election in North Carolina, 2000

United States presidential election in North Carolina, 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 14 0
Popular vote 1,631,163 1,257,692
Percentage 56.0% 43.2%
County Results
President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

 Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

The 2000 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 14 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

North Carolina was won by Governor George W. Bush with a double-digit margin of victory. Bush won most of the counties and congressional districts of the state. He won 9 of the 12 districts. He also won the most populated counties of the state including Forsyth County with 56%, Wake County with 53%, Guilford County with 51%, and Mecklenburg County with 51% of the vote.[1] As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last election in which Guilford County and Mecklenburg County voted for the Republican candidate and the last election in which Columbus County, Chowan County, and Tyrrell County voted for the Democratic candidate.

Results

United States presidential election in NC, 2000
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican George W. Bush 1,631,163 56.03% 14
Democratic Al Gore 1,257,692 43.20% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne 12,307 0.42% 0
Reform Patrick Buchanan 8,874 0.30% 0
Write-In David McReynolds 1,226 0.04% 0
Totals - 100.00% 14
Voter turnout (Voting age/registered) 48%/57%

By county

County Gore% Gore# Bush% Bush# Others% Others# Total
Alamance County37.08%17,45962.23%29,30500.69%32747,091
Alexander County30.88%4,16668.50%9,24200.62%8413,492
Alleghany County39.76%1,71558.68%2,53101.55%674,313
Anson County60.01%4,79239.59%3,16100.40%327,985
Ashe County38.88%4,01160.35%6,22600.77%7910,316
Avery County25.19%1,68674.04%4,95600.78%526,694
Beaufort County38.32%6,63460.83%10,53100.85%14817,313
Bertie County64.94%4,66034.67%2,48800.39%287,176
Bladen County53.99%5,88945.63%4,97700.39%4210,908
Brunswick County45.49%13,11853.49%15,42701.02%29428,839
Buncombe County45.09%38,54553.93%46,10100.97%83085,476
Burke County38.89%11,92460.23%18,46600.87%26830,658
Cabarrus County32.89%16,28466.05%32,70401.07%52949,517
Caldwell County32.89%8,58866.39%17,33700.73%19026,115
Camden County41.93%1,18757.51%1,62800.57%162,831
Carteret County33.25%8,83965.39%17,38101.35%36026,580
Caswell County48.58%4,09150.70%4,27000.72%618,422
Catawba County31.95%16,24667.36%34,24400.69%35150,841
Chatham County49.98%10,46148.96%10,24801.06%22220,931
Cherokee County33.48%3,23965.17%6,30501.34%1309,674
Chowan County49.69%2,43049.39%2,41500.92%454,890
Clay County35.33%1,36162.72%2,41601.95%753,852
Cleveland County41.09%13,45558.22%19,06400.69%22732,746
Columbus County54.20%9,98645.28%8,34200.53%9718,425
Craven County38.18%12,21360.95%19,49400.87%27831,985
Cumberland County50.07%38,62649.42%38,12900.51%39677,151
Currituck County38.51%2,59560.77%4,09500.73%496,739
Dare County42.99%5,58956.15%7,30100.86%11213,002
Davidson County31.12%16,19967.99%35,38700.89%46152,047
Davie County26.08%3,65172.75%10,18401.16%16313,998
Duplin County45.00%6,47554.48%7,84000.52%7514,390
Durham County63.27%53,90735.39%30,15001.34%1,14485,201
Edgecombe County62.16%11,31537.56%6,83600.28%5118,202
Forsyth County43.37%52,45755.98%67,70000.65%785120,942
Franklin County46.44%7,45452.96%8,50100.60%9616,051
Gaston County32.58%19,28166.67%39,45300.75%44559,179
Gates County56.41%1,94442.95%1,48000.64%223,446
Graham County29.93%1,00668.55%2,30401.52%513,361
Granville County50.90%7,73348.47%7,36400.64%9715,194
Greene County42.21%2,47857.12%3,35300.66%395,870
Guilford County48.59%80,78750.76%84,39400.65%1,083166,264
Halifax County60.24%10,22239.47%6,69800.29%5016,970
Harnett County37.88%9,15561.08%14,76201.03%25024,167
Haywood County41.05%9,79350.79%12,11808.16%1,94623,857
Henderson County32.54%12,56266.54%25,68800.92%35738,607
Hertford County69.44%5,48430.16%2,38200.39%317,897
Hoke County58.46%5,01740.07%3,43901.47%1268,582
Hyde County48.64%1,08850.60%1,13200.76%172,237
Iredell County33.86%15,43465.49%29,85300.66%29945,586
Jackson County47.21%5,72251.46%6,23701.34%16212,121
Johnston County33.30%13,70466.12%27,21200.58%23941,155
Jones County45.96%1,82253.33%2,11400.71%283,964
Lee County41.67%6,78557.77%9,40600.57%9216,283
Lenoir County45.02%9,52754.40%11,51200.59%12421,163
Lincoln County34.29%8,41265.03%15,95100.68%16624,529
Macon County35.39%4,68363.52%8,40601.10%14513,234
Madison County42.10%3,50556.17%4,67601.73%1448,325
Martin County52.63%4,92947.19%4,42000.18%179,366
McDowell County33.88%4,74765.01%9,10901.11%15514,011
Mecklenburg County48.25%126,91150.97%134,06800.78%2,057263,036
Mitchell County23.26%1,53575.52%4,98401.23%816,600
Montgomery County44.34%3,97955.11%4,94600.55%498,974
Moore County35.88%11,23263.52%19,88200.60%18731,301
Nash County40.56%12,37658.97%17,99500.47%14230,513
New Hanover County44.17%29,29255.04%36,50300.79%52466,319
Northampton County67.23%5,51332.52%2,66700.24%208,200
Onslow County33.99%10,26965.06%19,65700.96%28930,215
Orange County62.66%30,92136.34%17,93001.00%49349,344
Pamlico County41.74%2,18857.21%2,99901.05%555,242
Pasquotank County53.88%5,87445.34%4,94300.79%8610,903
Pender County45.32%6,41554.13%7,66100.55%7814,154
Perquimans County47.21%2,03351.79%2,23001.00%434,306
Person County42.61%5,04256.81%6,72200.58%6911,833
Pitt County45.70%19,68553.84%23,19200.46%19843,075
Polk County37.50%3,11461.11%5,07401.39%1158,303
Randolph County26.62%11,36672.51%30,95900.87%37142,696
Richmond County55.61%7,93543.89%6,26300.50%7114,269
Robeson County59.95%17,83439.40%11,72100.65%19229,747
Rockingham County40.76%13,26058.35%18,97900.89%28932,528
Rowan County33.74%14,89165.53%28,92200.73%32044,133
Rutherford County35.44%7,69763.34%13,75501.22%26421,716
Sampson County45.57%8,76854.11%10,41000.32%6119,239
Scotland County59.84%5,62739.77%3,74000.38%369,403
Stanly County30.97%7,06668.14%15,54800.89%20422,818
Stokes County29.27%5,03070.00%12,02800.72%12417,182
Surry County33.21%7,75765.93%15,40100.86%20023,358
Swain County47.99%2,09750.89%2,22401.12%494,370
Transylvania County35.46%5,04463.35%9,01101.20%17014,225
Tyrrell County54.21%84945.08%70600.70%111,566
Union County31.49%14,89067.41%31,87601.10%52247,288
Vance County55.84%7,09243.81%5,56400.35%4512,701
Wake County45.83%123,46652.90%142,49401.27%3,425269,385
Warren County67.34%4,57632.41%2,20200.25%176,795
Washington County55.30%2,70444.36%2,16900.35%174,890
Watauga County42.51%7,95955.75%10,43801.74%32618,723
Wayne County38.38%13,00561.26%20,75800.36%12133,884
Wilkes County29.71%7,22669.18%16,82601.11%27124,323
Wilson County45.38%11,26654.24%13,46600.38%9424,826
Yadkin County22.85%3,12776.27%10,43500.88%12013,682
Yancey County42.38%3,71456.71%4,97000.91%808,764

Electors

Technically the voters of North Carolina cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. North Carolina is allocated 14 electors because it has 12 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 14 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 14 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. Fran Barnhart
  2. Claude Billings
  3. Sam Currin
  4. Tom Dwiggins
  5. A. Dial Gray
  6. Barbara Holt
  7. Marshall Hurley
  8. Margaret King
  9. Jeff Mixon
  10. Joe L. Morgan
  11. Steve Rader
  12. Robert Rector
  13. Dewitt Rhoades
  14. Linda Young

References

  1. ↑ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/
  2. ↑ http://www.uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/ARTICLES/pe2000timeline.php
  3. ↑ http://presidentelect.org/e2000.html
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