United States presidential election in West Virginia, 2000

United States presidential election in West Virginia, 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 336,475 295,497
Percentage 51.9% 45.6%
County Results
President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

 Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

The 2000 United States presidential election in West Virginia 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.

West Virginia gave its 5 electoral votes to Governor George W. Bush, the first time a Republican carried this state since 1984 and only the fourth time since 1932. Bush won the statewide results by a margin of 6.3%. As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last election in which the Democratic candidate won Kanawha County, Harrison County, Lincoln County, and Wyoming County. This is the 1st time since 1928 that a republican candidate, who was not the incumbent president, won West Virginia.

Primaries

  • West Virginia Democratic primary, 2000
  • West Virginia Republican primary, 2000

Results

United States presidential election in West Virginia, 2000
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican George W. Bush 336,475 51.92% 5
Democratic Al Gore 295,497 45.59% 0
Green Ralph Nader 10,680 1.65% 0
Reform Patrick Buchanan 3,169 0.49% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne 1,912 0.30% 0
Natural Law John Hagelin 367 0.06% 0
Write Ins - 24 <0.01% 0
Totals 648,124 100.00% 5
Voter turnout % —

By congressional district

Bush won two of the three congressional districts.[1]

District Bush Gore Representative
1st 54% 43% Alan Mollohan
2nd 54% 44% Bob Wise
Shelley Moore Capito
3rd 47% 51% Nick Rahall

By county

County Gore% Gore# Bush% Bush# Others% Others# Total
Barbour County41.37%2,50356.37%3,4112.26%1376,051
Berkeley County38.23%8,79759.19%13,6192.58%59423,010
Boone County61.88%5,65636.68%3,3531.44%1329,141
Braxton County51.03%2,71947.47%2,5291.50%805,328
Brooke County49.74%4,67844.60%4,1955.66%5329,405
Cabell County46.24%14,89651.03%16,4402.73%88032,216
Calhoun County42.52%1,11254.49%1,4252.98%782,615
Clay County45.14%1,61752.68%1,8872.18%783,582
Doddridge County27.45%77369.42%1,9553.13%882,816
Fayette County57.26%8,37140.34%5,8972.40%35114,619
Gilmer County39.85%1,09256.93%1,5603.21%882,740
Grant County19.65%89178.76%3,5711.59%724,534
Greenbrier County43.93%5,62753.61%6,8662.46%31512,808
Hampshire County33.93%2,06963.62%3,8792.44%1496,097
Hancock County46.39%6,24947.94%6,4585.68%76513,472
Hardy County35.91%1,62162.38%2,8161.71%774,514
Harrison County48.95%13,00948.72%12,9482.34%62126,578
Jackson County42.86%4,93755.05%6,3412.08%24011,518
Jefferson County47.71%6,86049.00%7,0453.29%47314,378
Kanawha County50.25%38,52448.01%36,8091.74%1,33776,670
Lewis County38.39%2,35558.79%3,6062.82%1736,134
Lincoln County52.77%3,93945.40%3,3891.82%1367,464
Logan County61.83%8,92736.94%5,3341.23%17814,439
Marion County53.84%12,31543.60%9,9722.56%58622,873
Marshall County44.45%6,00050.81%6,8594.73%63913,498
Mason County44.22%4,96353.21%5,9722.57%28811,223
McDowell County66.34%4,84532.15%2,3481.51%1107,303
Mercer County44.22%8,34754.07%10,2061.71%32218,875
Mineral County34.15%3,34163.18%6,1802.67%2619,782
Mingo County60.23%6,04938.49%3,8661.27%12810,043
Monongalia County46.05%12,60349.68%13,5954.27%1,16927,367
Monroe County40.75%2,09457.21%2,9402.04%1055,139
Morgan County33.59%1,93963.05%3,6393.36%1945,772
Nicholas County47.31%4,05950.81%4,3591.88%1618,579
Ohio County42.60%7,65353.48%9,6073.92%70417,964
Pendleton County36.39%1,17261.97%1,9961.65%533,221
Pleasants County39.50%1,26758.73%1,8841.78%573,208
Pocahontas County40.15%1,39256.82%1,9703.03%1053,467
Preston County33.67%3,51563.29%6,6073.04%31710,439
Putnam County38.63%7,89159.60%12,1731.77%36220,426
Raleigh County45.91%11,04752.31%12,5871.77%42724,061
Randolph County42.21%4,02855.00%5,2482.79%2669,542
Ritchie County26.86%1,02471.27%2,7171.86%713,812
Roane County41.46%2,33256.39%3,1722.15%1215,625
Summers County48.78%2,29948.89%2,3042.33%1104,713
Taylor County43.29%2,47354.69%3,1242.01%1155,712
Tucker County39.42%1,31957.83%1,9352.75%923,346
Tyler County30.91%1,21465.73%2,5823.36%1323,928
Upshur County34.10%2,77063.58%5,1652.31%1888,123
Wayne County48.89%7,94049.21%7,9931.90%30816,241
Webster County53.33%1,76444.86%1,4841.81%603,308
Wetzel County45.31%2,84951.51%3,2393.18%2006,288
Wirt County34.34%81863.73%1,5181.93%462,382
Wood County37.40%12,66460.34%20,4282.26%76533,857
Wyoming County54.44%4,28944.08%3,4731.47%1167,878

References

  1. ↑ https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=54&year=2000&f=0&off=0&elect=0

See also

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