2000 United States presidential election in North Carolina

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.

Main article: 2000 United States presidential election
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 56.03% 43.20%
County results
President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

 Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

Elections in North Carolina

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 Albert Arnold Gore jr.

Democratic

 George Walker Bush

Republican

 Various candidates

Other parties

 Total
% # % # % #
Alamance37.08%17,45962.23%29,30500.69%32747,091
Alexander30.88%4,16668.50%9,24200.62%8413,492
Alleghany39.76%1,71558.68%2,53101.55%674,313
Anson60.01%4,79239.59%3,16100.40%327,985
Ashe38.88%4,01160.35%6,22600.77%7910,316
Avery25.19%1,68674.04%4,95600.78%526,694
Beaufort38.32%6,63460.83%10,53100.85%14817,313
Bertie64.94%4,66034.67%2,48800.39%287,176
Bladen53.99%5,88945.63%4,97700.39%4210,908
Brunswick45.49%13,11853.49%15,42701.02%29428,839
Buncombe45.09%38,54553.93%46,10100.97%83085,476
Burke38.89%11,92460.23%18,46600.87%26830,658
Cabarrus32.89%16,28466.05%32,70401.07%52949,517
Caldwell32.89%8,58866.39%17,33700.73%19026,115
Camden41.93%1,18757.51%1,62800.57%162,831
Carteret33.25%8,83965.39%17,38101.35%36026,580
Caswell48.58%4,09150.70%4,27000.72%618,422
Catawba31.95%16,24667.36%34,24400.69%35150,841
Chatham49.98%10,46148.96%10,24801.06%22220,931
Cherokee33.48%3,23965.17%6,30501.34%1309,674
Chowan49.69%2,43049.39%2,41500.92%454,890
Clay35.33%1,36162.72%2,41601.95%753,852
Cleveland41.09%13,45558.22%19,06400.69%22732,746
Columbus54.20%9,98645.28%8,34200.53%9718,425
Craven38.18%12,21360.95%19,49400.87%27831,985
Cumberland50.07%38,62649.42%38,12900.51%39677,151
Currituck38.51%2,59560.77%4,09500.73%496,739
Dare42.99%5,58956.15%7,30100.86%11213,002
Davidson31.12%16,19967.99%35,38700.89%46152,047
Davie26.08%3,65172.75%10,18401.16%16313,998
Duplin45.00%6,47554.48%7,84000.52%7514,390
Durham63.27%53,90735.39%30,15001.34%1,14485,201
Edgecombe62.16%11,31537.56%6,83600.28%5118,202
Forsyth43.37%52,45755.98%67,70000.65%785120,942
Franklin46.44%7,45452.96%8,50100.60%9616,051
Gaston32.58%19,28166.67%39,45300.75%44559,179
Gates56.41%1,94442.95%1,48000.64%223,446
Graham29.93%1,00668.55%2,30401.52%513,361
Granville50.90%7,73348.47%7,36400.64%9715,194
Greene42.21%2,47857.12%3,35300.66%395,870
Guilford48.59%80,78750.76%84,39400.65%1,083166,264
Halifax60.24%10,22239.47%6,69800.29%5016,970
Harnett37.88%9,15561.08%14,76201.03%25024,167
Haywood41.05%9,79350.79%12,11808.16%1,94623,857
Henderson32.54%12,56266.54%25,68800.92%35738,607
Hertford69.44%5,48430.16%2,38200.39%317,897
Hoke58.46%5,01740.07%3,43901.47%1268,582
Hyde48.64%1,08850.60%1,13200.76%172,237
Iredell33.86%15,43465.49%29,85300.66%29945,586
Jackson47.21%5,72251.46%6,23701.34%16212,121
Johnston33.30%13,70466.12%27,21200.58%23941,155
Jones45.96%1,82253.33%2,11400.71%283,964
Lee41.67%6,78557.77%9,40600.57%9216,283
Lenoir45.02%9,52754.40%11,51200.59%12421,163
Lincoln34.29%8,41265.03%15,95100.68%16624,529
Macon35.39%4,68363.52%8,40601.10%14513,234
Madison42.10%3,50556.17%4,67601.73%1448,325
Martin52.63%4,92947.19%4,42000.18%179,366
McDowell33.88%4,74765.01%9,10901.11%15514,011
Mecklenburg48.25%126,91150.97%134,06800.78%2,057263,036
Mitchell23.26%1,53575.52%4,98401.23%816,600
Montgomery44.34%3,97955.11%4,94600.55%498,974
Moore35.88%11,23263.52%19,88200.60%18731,301
Nash40.56%12,37658.97%17,99500.47%14230,513
New Hanover44.17%29,29255.04%36,50300.79%52466,319
Northampton67.23%5,51332.52%2,66700.24%208,200
Onslow33.99%10,26965.06%19,65700.96%28930,215
Orange62.66%30,92136.34%17,93001.00%49349,344
Pamlico41.74%2,18857.21%2,99901.05%555,242
Pasquotank53.88%5,87445.34%4,94300.79%8610,903
Pender45.32%6,41554.13%7,66100.55%7814,154
Perquimans47.21%2,03351.79%2,23001.00%434,306
Person42.61%5,04256.81%6,72200.58%6911,833
Pitt45.70%19,68553.84%23,19200.46%19843,075
Polk37.50%3,11461.11%5,07401.39%1158,303
Randolph26.62%11,36672.51%30,95900.87%37142,696
Richmond55.61%7,93543.89%6,26300.50%7114,269
Robeson59.95%17,83439.40%11,72100.65%19229,747
Rockingham40.76%13,26058.35%18,97900.89%28932,528
Rowan33.74%14,89165.53%28,92200.73%32044,133
Rutherford35.44%7,69763.34%13,75501.22%26421,716
Sampson45.57%8,76854.11%10,41000.32%6119,239
Scotland59.84%5,62739.77%3,74000.38%369,403
Stanly30.97%7,06668.14%15,54800.89%20422,818
Stokes29.27%5,03070.00%12,02800.72%12417,182
Surry33.21%7,75765.93%15,40100.86%20023,358
Swain47.99%2,09750.89%2,22401.12%494,370
Transylvania35.46%5,04463.35%9,01101.20%17014,225
Tyrrell54.21%84945.08%70600.70%111,566
Union31.49%14,89067.41%31,87601.10%52247,288
Vance55.84%7,09243.81%5,56400.35%4512,701
Wake45.83%123,46652.90%142,49401.27%3,425269,385
Warren67.34%4,57632.41%2,20200.25%176,795
Washington55.30%2,70444.36%2,16900.35%174,890
Watauga42.51%7,95955.75%10,43801.74%32618,723
Wayne38.38%13,00561.26%20,75800.36%12133,884
Wilkes29.71%7,22669.18%16,82601.11%27124,323
Wilson45.38%11,26654.24%13,46600.38%9424,826
Yadkin22.85%3,12776.27%10,43500.88%12013,682
Yancey42.38%3,71456.71%4,97000.91%808,764

By congressional district

Bush won 9 of 12 congressional districts.[2]

District Bush Gore Representative
1st 42% 58% Eva Clayton
2nd 56% 44% Bob Etheridge
3rd 62% 38% Walter B. Jones
4th 47% 52% David Price
5th 66% 33% Richard Burr
6th 65% 34% Howard Coble
7th 53% 47% Mike McIntyre
8th 56% 43% Robin Hayes
9th 61% 38% Sue Wilkins Myrick
10th 67% 33% Cass Ballenger
11th 59% 40% Charles H. Taylor
12th 37% 62% Mel Watt

Electors
Main article: List of 2000 United States presidential 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[3] 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:[4]

  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. https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/data.php?year=2000&fips=37&f=0&off=0&elect=0&datatype=cd&def=1
  3. http://www.uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/ARTICLES/pe2000timeline.php
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2009-11-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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