2000 United States presidential election in Oregon

The 2000 United States presidential election in Oregon was held on Tuesday, November, 7, 2000 as part of the concurrent United States presidential election. Voters chose seven electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice-President.

Main article: 2000 United States presidential election
2000 United States presidential election in Oregon
November 7, 2000
 
Nominee Al Gore George W. Bush Ralph Nader
Party Democratic Republican Green
Home state Tennessee Texas Connecticut
Running mate Joe Lieberman Dick Cheney Winona LaDuke
Electoral vote 7 0 0
Popular vote 720,342 713,577 77,357
Percentage 46.96% 46.52% 5.04%
County Results
President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

 Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

Elections in Oregon

Oregon has been a blue state over recent years as it has voted for the Democratic Party in every presidential election since 1988 and Democrats have won every statewide election held after 2002. However, in 2000, Gore won by a small margin, partly because of a strong showing by Ralph Nader. Over the next two election cycles, the state would trend Democratic. Almost eighty percent of registered voters came out to vote on election day, the highest in the country. This marks the last time in which the margin of victory in Oregon was within a fraction of a percent, as Democrats would win the state by decent margins since. This is also the last time as of 2016 that the Democrats failed to win a majority in Oregon, while the state would also vote more Republican than the nation as a whole.

Results

Official state results from the Oregon Secretary of State are as follows:[1]

2000 United States presidential election in Oregon
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Al Gore 720,342 46.96% 7
Republican George W. Bush 713,577 46.52% 0
Pacific Green Ralph Nader 77,357 5.04% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne 7,447 0.49% 0
Reform Pat Buchanan 7,063 0.46% 0
Write-ins Write-ins 3,419 0.22% 0
Natural Law John Hagelin 2,574 0.17% 0
Constitution Howard Phillips 2,189 0.14% 0
Totals 1,533,968 100.00% 7
Voter turnout (Voting age population) 64.7%

Results by county

Official county results from the Oregon Secretary of State are as follows:[1]

County Albert Arnold Gore Jr.
Democratic		 George Walker Bush
Republican		 Ralph Nader
Pacific Green		 Various candidates
Other parties		 Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Baker 2,195 26.58% 5,618 68.03% 289 3.50% 156 1.89% -3,423 -41.45% 8,258
Benton 19,444 50.87% 15,825 41.40% 2,463 6.44% 494 1.29% 3,619 9.47% 38,226
Clackamas 76,421 47.10% 77,539 47.79% 6,357 3.92% 1,945 1.20% -1,118 -0.69% 162,262
Clatsop 8,296 50.36% 6,950 42.19% 939 5.70% 289 1.75% 1,346 8.17% 16,474
Columbia 10,331 48.74% 9,369 44.20% 970 4.58% 525 2.48% 962 4.54% 21,195
Coos 11,610 39.52% 15,626 53.19% 1,410 4.80% 733 2.49% -4,016 -13.67% 29,379
Crook 2,474 29.89% 5,363 64.79% 258 3.12% 182 2.20% -2,889 -34.90% 8,277
Curry 4,090 35.53% 6,551 56.90% 603 5.24% 269 2.34% -2,461 -21.38% 11,513
Deschutes 22,061 38.11% 32,132 55.51% 2,799 4.84% 893 1.54% -10,071 -17.40% 57,885
Douglas 14,193 30.06% 30,294 64.16% 1,768 3.74% 965 2.04% -16,101 -34.10% 47,220
Gilliam 359 32.94% 679 62.29% 37 3.39% 15 1.38% -320 -29.36% 1,090
Grant 589 15.31% 3,078 80.03% 98 2.55% 81 2.11% -2,489 -64.72% 3,846
Harney 766 20.51% 2,799 74.96% 84 2.25% 85 2.28% -2,033 -54.45% 3,734
Hood River 4,072 47.63% 3,721 43.53% 645 7.54% 111 1.30% 351 4.11% 8,549
Jackson 33,153 39.10% 46,052 54.31% 4,207 4.96% 1,384 1.63% -12,899 -15.21% 84,796
Jefferson 2,681 38.87% 3,838 55.65% 247 3.58% 131 1.90% -1,157 -16.78% 6,897
Josephine 11,864 32.30% 22,186 60.40% 1,783 4.85% 900 2.45% -10,322 -28.10% 36,733
Klamath 7,541 27.08% 18,855 67.72% 867 3.11% 581 2.09% -11,314 -40.63% 27,844
Lake 707 18.96% 2,830 75.89% 108 2.90% 84 2.25% -2,123 -56.93% 3,729
Lane 78,583 51.64% 61,578 40.46% 10,245 6.73% 1,782 1.17% 17,005 11.17% 152,188
Lincoln 10,861 51.43% 8,446 39.99% 1,435 6.80% 376 1.78% 2,415 11.44% 21,118
Linn 16,682 37.58% 25,359 57.13% 1,617 3.64% 730 1.64% -8,677 -19.55% 44,388
Malheur 2,336 22.45% 7,624 73.27% 248 2.38% 198 1.90% -5,288 -50.82% 10,406
Marion 49,430 43.62% 57,443 50.69% 4,679 4.13% 1,776 1.57% -8,013 -7.07% 113,328
Morrow 1,197 33.17% 2,224 61.62% 87 2.41% 101 2.80% -1,027 -28.46% 3,609
Multnomah 188,441 63.52% 83,677 28.20% 21,048 7.09% 3,519 1.19% 104,764 35.31% 296,685
Polk 11,921 41.90% 14,988 52.68% 1,201 4.22% 339 1.19% -3,067 -10.78% 28,449
Sherman 326 30.70% 679 63.94% 36 3.39% 21 1.98% -353 -33.24% 1,062
Tillamook 5,762 46.56% 5,775 46.66% 613 4.95% 226 1.83% -13 -0.11% 12,376
Umatilla 7,809 33.86% 14,140 61.32% 655 2.84% 456 1.98% -6,331 -27.45% 23,060
Union 3,577 29.62% 7,836 64.89% 436 3.61% 227 1.88% -4,259 -35.27% 12,076
Wallowa 836 19.47% 3,279 76.36% 114 2.65% 65 1.51% -2,443 -56.89% 4,294
Wasco 4,616 43.29% 5,356 50.23% 513 4.81% 179 1.68% -740 -6.94% 10,664
Washington 90,662 48.75% 86,091 46.29% 6,985 3.76% 2,236 1.20% 4,571 2.46% 185,974
Wheeler 202 24.02% 584 69.44% 27 3.21% 28 3.33% -382 -45.42% 841
Yamhill 14,254 40.11% 19,193 54.01% 1,486 4.18% 606 1.71% -4,939 -13.90% 35,539
Total720,34246.96%713,57746.52%77,3575.04%22,6881.48%6,7650.44%1,533,964

Results by congressional district

Bush won three of Oregon’s five congressional districts.[2]

District Gore Bush Representative
1st 51% 44% David Wu
2nd 35% 60% Greg Walden
3rd 61% 31% Earl Blumenauer
4th 44% 49% Peter DeFazio
5th 46% 48% Darlene Hooley

References
  1. Elections Division (November 2000). "November 7, 2000 General Election - United States President". Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
  2. https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/data.php?year=2000&fips=41&f=0&off=0&elect=0&datatype=cd&def=1
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