United States presidential election in North Dakota, 2000

United States presidential election in North Dakota, 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 3 0
Popular vote 174,852 95,284
Percentage 60.7% 33.1%
County Results
President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

 Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

The 2000 United States presidential election in North Dakota took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 3 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

North Dakota was won by Governor George W. Bush with a double-digit margin of victory of 27.6%. Bush won most of the counties of the state. He won all but two counties: Rolette County, which Gore won with 61% of the vote and Sioux County, which Gore won with 70% of the vote. North Dakota gave Pat Buchanan his best performance in the nation with 2.5% of the vote,[1] whilst third-party candidates performed very well overall, obtaining a total of 6.6% of the vote.[2]

Winning 60.66% of the popular vote, North Dakota proved to be Bush's fifth strongest state in the 2000 election after Wyoming, Idaho, Utah and Nebraska[3].

Results

United States presidential election in North Dakota, 2000
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican George W. Bush 174,852 60.7% 3
Democratic Al Gore 95,284 33.1% 0
Green Ralph Nader 9,497 3.3% 0
Reform Patrick Buchanan 7,288 2.5% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne 671 0.2% 0
Constitution Howard Phillips 373 0.1% 0
Natural Law John Hagelin 302 0.1% 0
Totals - 100.00% 3
Voter turnout 60%

By county

County Gore% Gore# Bush% Bush# Others% Others# Total
Adams County24.66%28671.21%82604.14%481,160
Barnes County33.63%1,93360.06%3,45206.32%3635,748
Benson County44.20%95248.98%1,05506.82%1472,154
Billings County15.62%8275.05%39409.33%49525
Bottineau County31.79%1,17363.66%2,34904.55%1683,690
Bowman County22.43%33073.42%1,08004.15%611,471
Burke County28.49%29667.18%69804.33%451,039
Burleigh County28.54%9,84265.16%22,46706.30%2,17334,482
Cass County36.36%21,45156.85%33,53606.79%4,00858,995
Cavalier County26.06%61863.81%1,51310.12%2402,371
Dickey County28.93%80666.51%1,85304.56%1272,786
Divide County38.54%30655.79%44305.67%45794
Dunn County27.43%47465.05%1,12407.52%1301,728
Eddy County36.12%45855.44%70308.44%1071,268
Emmons County20.33%40571.79%1,43007.88%1571,992
Foster County27.19%47467.24%1,17205.57%971,743
Golden Valley County19.21%15675.25%61105.54%45812
Grand Forks County37.32%10,59355.93%15,87506.75%1,91728,385
Grant County16.47%23575.47%1,07708.06%1151,427
Griggs County32.95%48462.63%92004.42%651,469
Hettinger County23.24%35369.59%1,05707.18%1091,519
Kidder County22.18%28365.60%83712.23%1561,276
LaMoure County27.92%68964.42%1,59007.66%1892,468
Logan County19.48%22370.92%81209.61%1101,145
McHenry County32.44%88861.45%1,68206.10%1672,737
McIntosh County21.53%35072.45%1,17806.03%981,626
McKenzie County27.62%65369.12%1,63403.26%772,364
McLean County31.53%1,46562.23%2,89106.24%2904,646
Mercer County23.23%1,01168.55%2,98408.22%3584,353
Morton County30.64%3,43962.31%6,99307.05%79111,223
Mountrail County43.37%1,25650.62%1,46606.01%1742,896
Nelson County37.34%68756.03%1,03106.63%1221,840
Oliver County23.22%24467.46%70909.32%981,051
Pembina County28.92%1,09364.30%2,43006.77%2563,779
Pierce County25.37%50068.39%1,34806.24%1231,971
Ramsey County33.31%1,65860.38%3,00506.31%3144,977
Ransom County39.72%1,08054.73%1,48805.55%1512,719
Renville County33.26%44361.56%82005.18%691,332
Richland County31.07%2,49062.37%4,99906.56%5268,015
Rolette County60.96%2,68132.20%1,41606.84%3014,398
Sargent County43.91%95950.50%1,10305.59%1222,184
Sheridan County17.35%16176.19%70706.47%60928
Sioux County69.55%72425.84%26904.61%481,041
Slope County19.23%8571.49%31609.28%41442
Stark County28.47%2,78465.33%6,38706.20%6069,777
Steele County39.26%47554.13%65506.61%801,210
Stutsman County33.64%3,06760.19%5,48806.17%5639,118
Towner County34.48%41058.37%69407.15%851,189
Traill County36.77%1,51258.17%2,39205.06%2084,112
Walsh County33.64%1,74359.80%3,09906.56%3405,182
Ward County33.51%7,53362.26%13,99704.23%95222,482
Wells County27.43%66166.80%1,61005.77%1392,410
Williams County29.85%2,33066.44%5,18703.71%2907,807

Electors

Technically the voters of North Dakota cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. North Dakota is allocated 3 electors because it has 1 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 3 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 3 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[4] 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:[5]

  1. Rosemarie Myrdal
  2. Edward T. Schafer
  3. Bryce Steibel

References

  1. ↑ "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". U.S Election Atlas. David Leip. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  2. ↑ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/
  3. ↑ "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  4. ↑ http://www.uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/ARTICLES/pe2000timeline.php
  5. ↑ http://presidentelect.org/e2000.html
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