2000 United States presidential election in Kentucky

The 2000 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 7, 2000, as part of the 2000 United States presidential election, which included elections in all 50 states and D.C.. Voters chose 8 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 Kentucky, 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 8 0 Popular vote 872,492 638,898 Percentage 56.50% 41.37%

County Results Bush   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90% Gore   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%

President before election Bill Clinton Democratic Elected President George W. Bush Republican

Kentucky was won by Governor George W. Bush. He won most of the counties and congressional districts in the state. Bush dominated among the rural areas of the state. The only congressional district Gore won was the third district, which is a part of Jefferson County, Kentucky, the highest populated county in the state. The only other region where Gore performed strongly was in the coal dependent counties in the southeastern part of the state. As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last election in which Boyd County, Muhlenberg County, Harlan County, Perry County, Letcher County, Ballard County, and Fulton County voted for the Democratic candidate, and also the first in which Wolfe County ever voted for a Republican.[1]

Results

United States presidential election in Kentucky, 2000[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	George W. Bush	872,492	56.50%	8
	Democratic	Al Gore	638,898	41.37%	0
	Green Party	Ralph Nader	23,192	1.50%	0
	Reform	Patrick Buchanan	4,173	0.27%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	2,896	0.19%	0
	Natural Law	John Hagelin	1,533	0.10%	0
	Independent	Howard Phillips	1,145	0.07%	0
Totals			1,544,329	100.00%	6
Voter turnout (Voting age/registered)					51%/60%

By county

County	Gore%	Gore#	Bush%	Bush#	Others%	Others#	Total
Adair	24.28%	1,779	74.51%	5,460	1.21%	89	7,328
Allen	30.33%	1,950	68.67%	4,415	1.00%	64	6,429
Anderson	36.43%	2,902	61.62%	4,909	1.96%	156	7,967
Ballard	49.88%	1,880	48.39%	1,824	1.72%	65	3,769
Barren	35.61%	4,930	63.14%	8,741	1.25%	173	13,844
Bath	46.66%	2,087	51.49%	2,303	1.86%	83	4,473
Bell	45.11%	4,787	52.63%	5,585	2.25%	239	10,611
Boone	28.91%	9,248	68.83%	22,016	2.25%	720	31,984
Bourbon	42.92%	3,048	54.65%	3,881	2.44%	173	7,102
Boyd	49.74%	9,541	48.21%	9,247	2.05%	394	19,182
Boyle	38.38%	3,963	59.33%	6,126	2.30%	237	10,326
Bracken	29.41%	888	68.40%	2,065	2.19%	66	3,019
Breathitt	57.20%	2,902	41.08%	2,084	1.71%	87	5,073
Breckinridge	34.82%	2,595	63.91%	4,763	1.27%	95	7,453
Bullitt	36.13%	8,195	61.97%	14,054	1.90%	430	22,679
Butler	25.93%	1,299	72.93%	3,654	1.14%	57	5,010
Caldwell	40.55%	2,223	57.66%	3,161	1.79%	98	5,482
Calloway	41.21%	5,635	56.35%	7,705	2.44%	333	13,673
Campbell	35.61%	12,040	61.49%	20,789	2.90%	980	33,809
Carlisle	44.31%	1,149	54.18%	1,405	1.50%	39	2,593
Carroll	45.76%	1,601	51.96%	1,818	2.29%	80	3,499
Carter	46.68%	4,182	51.53%	4,617	1.79%	160	8,959
Casey	20.52%	1,122	78.33%	4,284	1.15%	63	5,469
Christian	38.14%	6,778	60.69%	10,787	1.17%	208	17,773
Clark	39.52%	4,918	58.64%	7,297	1.83%	228	12,443
Clay	25.64%	1,723	73.31%	4,926	1.04%	70	6,719
Clinton	23.97%	1,032	74.89%	3,224	1.14%	49	4,305
Crittenden	38.76%	1,610	59.44%	2,469	1.81%	75	4,154
Cumberland	24.48%	736	73.85%	2,220	1.66%	50	3,006
Daviess	38.98%	14,126	58.94%	21,361	2.08%	753	36,240
Edmonson	34.23%	1,710	65.07%	3,250	0.70%	35	4,995
Elliott	64.05%	1,525	34.73%	827	1.22%	29	2,381
Estill	33.78%	1,591	64.39%	3,033	1.83%	86	4,710
Fayette	44.82%	47,277	51.67%	54,495	3.51%	3,703	105,475
Fleming	35.01%	1,813	63.37%	3,282	1.62%	84	5,179
Floyd	65.53%	10,088	32.92%	5,068	1.55%	238	15,394
Franklin	50.12%	10,853	47.15%	10,209	2.73%	592	21,654
Fulton	52.08%	1,452	46.38%	1,293	1.54%	43	2,788
Gallatin	42.66%	1,049	54.70%	1,345	2.64%	65	2,459
Garrard	29.42%	1,713	69.43%	4,043	1.15%	67	5,823
Grant	36.15%	2,568	62.02%	4,405	1.83%	130	7,103
Graves	42.84%	6,097	55.15%	7,849	2.00%	285	14,231
Grayson	30.45%	2,604	68.33%	5,843	1.22%	104	8,551
Green	22.81%	1,085	76.01%	3,615	1.18%	56	4,756
Greenup	48.86%	7,164	49.33%	7,233	1.81%	266	14,663
Hancock	41.77%	1,508	56.29%	2,032	1.94%	70	3,610
Hardin	36.15%	11,095	61.79%	18,964	2.06%	631	30,690
Harlan	50.93%	5,365	47.27%	4,980	1.80%	190	10,535
Harrison	40.21%	2,658	57.37%	3,793	2.42%	160	6,611
Hart	36.57%	2,201	61.89%	3,725	1.55%	93	6,019
Henderson	50.22%	8,054	48.00%	7,698	1.79%	287	16,039
Henry	38.68%	2,117	59.27%	3,244	2.05%	112	5,473
Hickman	44.26%	940	54.19%	1,151	1.55%	33	2,124
Hopkins	40.84%	6,734	57.55%	9,490	1.61%	265	16,489
Jackson	14.44%	701	84.02%	4,079	1.54%	75	4,855
Jefferson	49.58%	149,901	47.97%	145,052	2.45%	7,408	302,361
Jessamine	30.76%	4,633	66.89%	10,074	2.35%	354	15,061
Johnson	39.74%	3,251	58.47%	4,783	1.78%	146	8,180
Kenton	33.97%	19,100	62.90%	35,363	3.13%	1,760	56,223
Knott	67.34%	4,349	31.42%	2,029	1.24%	80	6,458
Knox	37.24%	3,690	61.13%	6,058	1.63%	162	9,910
LaRue	33.35%	1,727	65.34%	3,384	1.31%	68	5,179
Laurel	26.80%	4,856	71.90%	13,029	1.30%	235	18,120
Lawrence	42.55%	2,258	55.94%	2,969	1.51%	80	5,307
Lee	30.25%	836	68.49%	1,893	1.27%	35	2,764
Leslie	27.29%	1,210	71.24%	3,159	1.47%	65	4,434
Letcher	52.29%	4,698	45.54%	4,092	2.17%	195	8,985
Lewis	28.31%	1,293	70.42%	3,217	1.27%	58	4,568
Lincoln	35.25%	2,678	63.12%	4,795	1.63%	124	7,597
Livingston	47.80%	2,022	50.07%	2,118	2.13%	90	4,230
Logan	41.63%	3,885	57.27%	5,344	1.10%	103	9,332
Lyon	49.12%	1,680	49.36%	1,688	1.52%	52	3,420
McCracken	42.76%	11,412	55.25%	14,745	1.99%	532	26,689
McCreary	29.55%	1,418	69.20%	3,321	1.25%	60	4,799
McLean	43.44%	1,747	55.17%	2,219	1.39%	56	4,022
Madison	39.33%	9,309	57.81%	13,682	2.85%	675	23,666
Magoffin	47.74%	2,603	51.07%	2,785	1.19%	65	5,453
Marion	44.98%	2,778	52.77%	3,259	2.25%	139	6,176
Marshall	45.08%	6,203	53.00%	7,294	1.92%	264	13,761
Martin	38.46%	1,714	59.85%	2,667	1.68%	75	4,456
Mason	37.08%	2,178	60.82%	3,572	2.09%	123	5,873
Meade	39.64%	3,596	58.64%	5,319	1.72%	156	9,071
Menifee	46.15%	1,038	52.02%	1,170	1.82%	41	2,249
Mercer	35.82%	3,092	62.12%	5,362	2.06%	178	8,632
Metcalfe	34.24%	1,318	64.33%	2,476	1.43%	55	3,849
Monroe	20.79%	1,158	78.60%	4,377	0.61%	34	5,569
Montgomery	44.99%	3,833	53.22%	4,534	1.78%	152	8,519
Morgan	44.22%	1,875	54.13%	2,295	1.65%	70	4,240
Muhlenberg	52.65%	6,295	46.15%	5,518	1.20%	143	11,956
Nelson	40.64%	5,481	57.19%	7,714	2.17%	293	13,488
Nicholas	37.19%	994	60.34%	1,613	2.47%	66	2,673
Ohio	37.19%	3,303	60.94%	5,413	1.87%	166	8,882
Oldham	30.77%	6,236	67.00%	13,580	2.23%	452	20,268
Owen	34.25%	1,394	63.44%	2,582	2.31%	94	4,070
Owsley	18.57%	339	80.28%	1,466	1.15%	21	1,826
Pendleton	34.77%	1,670	63.38%	3,044	1.85%	89	4,803
Perry	50.15%	5,514	48.20%	5,300	1.66%	182	10,996
Pike	54.59%	13,611	44.13%	11,005	1.28%	319	24,935
Powell	46.17%	2,008	51.92%	2,258	1.91%	83	4,349
Pulaski	25.14%	5,415	73.56%	15,845	1.30%	281	21,541
Robertson	34.17%	341	63.13%	630	2.71%	27	998
Rockcastle	22.37%	1,174	76.08%	3,992	1.54%	81	5,247
Rowan	48.51%	3,505	49.07%	3,546	2.42%	175	7,226
Russell	24.17%	1,710	74.47%	5,268	1.36%	96	7,074
Scott	39.69%	5,472	57.68%	7,952	2.63%	362	13,786
Shelby	34.82%	4,435	63.34%	8,068	1.84%	235	12,738
Simpson	44.35%	2,583	54.41%	3,169	1.24%	72	5,824
Spencer	32.56%	1,554	66.01%	3,150	1.42%	68	4,772
Taylor	30.83%	2,790	67.96%	6,151	1.22%	110	9,051
Todd	35.73%	1,496	63.20%	2,646	1.07%	45	4,187
Trigg	39.48%	2,110	58.57%	3,130	1.95%	104	5,344
Trimble	38.33%	1,181	59.62%	1,837	2.04%	63	3,081
Union	47.45%	2,547	51.21%	2,749	1.34%	72	5,368
Warren	36.94%	12,180	61.36%	20,235	1.70%	560	32,975
Washington	31.78%	1,458	66.35%	3,044	1.87%	86	4,588
Wayne	35.71%	2,312	62.85%	4,069	1.44%	93	6,474
Webster	47.08%	2,388	51.24%	2,599	1.68%	85	5,072
Whitley	34.83%	4,101	63.72%	7,502	1.45%	171	11,774
Wolfe	46.85%	1,136	52.25%	1,267	0.91%	22	2,425
Woodford	39.41%	3,995	58.10%	5,890	2.49%	252	10,137

By congressional district

Bush won 5 of 6 congressional districts.

District	Bush	Gore	Representative
1st	58%	41%	Ed Whitfield
2nd	62%	36%	Ron Lewis
3rd	46%	51%	Anne Northup
4th	61%	37%	Ken Lucas
5th	57%	42%	Hal Rogers
6th	56%	42%	Ernie Fletcher

Electors

Main article: List of 2000 United States presidential electors

Technically the voters of Kentucky cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Kentucky is allocated 8 electors because it has 6 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 8 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 8 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. George S. Beard
2. William S. Farish Jr
3. Robert B. Fearing
4. Connie S. Hayes
5. G. Richard Noss Jr.
6. A. Douglas Reece
7. Michael A. Shea
8. Larry Joe Walden

References

1. "The Political Graveyard: Wolfe County, Ky". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
2. "2000 Presidential General Election Results - Kentucky".
3. http://www.uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/ARTICLES/pe2000timeline.php
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2009-10-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)