2000 United States presidential election in Mississippi

2000 United States presidential election in Mississippi
	November 7, 2000
	November 7, 2000
Bush 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%	Gore 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%
President before election; Bill Clinton; Democratic	Elected President ; George W. Bush; Republican

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

Mississippi 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. Bush dominated the east part of the state. Gore did well in the western part of the state, where he won the 2nd district. As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last election in which Jasper County voted for the Republican candidate and the last election in which Yalobusha County voted for the Democratic candidate.

Results

2000 United States presidential election in Mississippi[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	George W. Bush	573,230	57.6%	7
	Democratic	Al Gore	404,964	40.7%	0
	Green	Ralph Nader	8,126	0.8%	0
	Constitution	Howard Phillips	3,267	0.3%	0
	Reform	Patrick Buchanan	2,267	0.2%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	2,009	0.2%	0
	Socialist Workers	James Harris	613	0.1%	0
	Natural Law	John Hagelin	450	0.1%	0
Totals			-	100.00%	7
Voter turnout (Voting age/registered)					48%/57%

By county

County	Gore%	Gore#	Bush%	Bush#	Others%	Others#	Total
Adams	54.20%	8,065	44.97%	6,691	0.83%	123	14,879
Alcorn	40.03%	5,059	57.40%	7,254	2.57%	325	12,638
Amite	41.71%	2,673	57.38%	3,677	0.91%	58	6,408
Attala	40.74%	2,922	58.64%	4,206	0.63%	45	7,173
Benton	54.18%	1,886	44.84%	1,561	0.98%	34	3,481
Bolivar	61.61%	8,509	36.54%	5,047	1.85%	255	13,811
Calhoun	39.09%	2,251	59.88%	3,448	1.02%	59	5,758
Carroll	35.07%	1,726	64.30%	3,165	0.63%	31	4,922
Chickasaw	49.05%	3,519	49.46%	3,549	1.49%	107	7,175
Choctaw	34.36%	1,278	64.48%	2,398	1.16%	43	3,719
Claiborne	79.52%	3,670	19.13%	883	1.34%	62	4,615
Clarke	34.22%	2,368	65.08%	4,503	0.69%	48	6,919
Clay	55.51%	4,554	43.52%	3,570	0.98%	80	8,204
Coahoma	59.27%	5,662	38.68%	3,695	2.05%	196	9,553
Copiah	45.76%	4,845	53.30%	5,643	0.94%	99	10,587
Covington	38.05%	2,615	60.82%	4,180	1.13%	78	6,873
DeSoto	27.43%	9,586	71.19%	24,874	1.38%	481	34,941
Forrest	38.21%	8,502	59.68%	13,281	2.11%	470	22,253
Franklin	37.45%	1,486	61.16%	2,427	1.39%	55	3,968
George	27.14%	1,977	70.61%	5,143	2.25%	164	7,284
Greene	29.89%	1,317	69.27%	3,052	0.84%	37	4,406
Grenada	44.12%	3,813	54.88%	4,743	1.01%	87	8,643
Hancock	32.96%	4,791	64.15%	9,326	2.90%	421	14,538
Harrison	36.46%	18,022	61.21%	30,255	2.32%	1,149	49,426
Hinds	53.31%	46,789	43.01%	37,753	3.68%	3,228	87,770
Holmes	72.91%	4,414	26.58%	1,609	0.51%	31	6,054
Humphreys	58.01%	2,288	41.28%	1,628	0.71%	28	3,944
Issaquena	58.98%	555	38.89%	366	2.13%	20	941
Itawamba	34.96%	2,994	63.33%	5,424	1.70%	146	8,564
Jackson	31.46%	14,193	66.65%	30,068	1.89%	851	45,112
Jasper	48.19%	3,104	51.05%	3,288	0.76%	49	6,441
Jefferson	81.75%	2,786	17.61%	600	0.65%	22	3,408
Jefferson Davis	53.32%	2,835	45.83%	2,437	0.85%	45	5,317
Jones	31.69%	7,713	67.14%	16,340	1.18%	286	24,339
Kemper	54.44%	2,329	44.74%	1,914	0.82%	35	4,278
Lafayette	40.53%	5,139	55.85%	7,081	3.61%	458	12,678
Lamar	20.95%	3,478	77.07%	12,795	1.98%	329	16,602
Lauderdale	32.39%	8,412	66.67%	17,315	0.94%	243	25,970
Lawrence	50.61%	3,839	48.44%	3,674	0.95%	72	7,585
Leake	40.19%	2,795	59.16%	4,114	0.65%	45	6,954
Lee	36.14%	8,786	62.25%	15,136	1.61%	392	24,314
Leflore	56.76%	6,395	41.03%	4,622	2.21%	249	11,266
Lincoln	33.52%	4,358	65.69%	8,540	0.78%	102	13,000
Lowndes	41.24%	7,422	57.18%	10,289	1.58%	284	17,995
Madison	34.89%	10,416	64.03%	19,115	1.09%	324	29,855
Marion	37.41%	4,114	61.79%	6,796	0.80%	88	10,998
Marshall	61.43%	7,735	37.51%	4,723	1.06%	134	12,592
Monroe	43.27%	5,783	55.35%	7,397	1.38%	184	13,364
Montgomery	45.10%	2,187	54.24%	2,630	0.66%	32	4,849
Neshoba	28.27%	2,563	70.69%	6,409	1.04%	94	9,066
Newton	27.75%	2,147	71.59%	5,540	0.66%	51	7,738
Noxubee	68.29%	3,383	30.88%	1,530	0.83%	41	4,954
Oktibbeha	43.56%	6,298	53.70%	7,764	2.74%	396	14,458
Panola	52.06%	5,875	47.18%	5,324	0.75%	85	11,284
Pearl River	27.98%	4,611	70.25%	11,575	1.77%	291	16,477
Perry	29.48%	1,285	69.42%	3,026	1.10%	48	4,359
Pike	46.42%	6,544	52.45%	7,394	1.12%	158	14,096
Pontotoc	29.14%	2,771	69.41%	6,601	1.45%	138	9,510
Prentiss	38.79%	3,282	60.10%	5,085	1.11%	94	8,461
Quitman	61.62%	2,103	37.50%	1,280	0.88%	30	3,413
Rankin	19.43%	8,050	79.60%	32,983	0.97%	402	41,435
Scott	38.54%	3,548	60.85%	5,601	0.61%	56	9,205
Sharkey	58.77%	1,706	37.00%	1,074	4.24%	123	2,903
Simpson	33.29%	3,167	65.73%	6,254	0.98%	93	9,514
Smith	24.82%	1,620	74.11%	4,838	1.07%	70	6,528
Stone	30.36%	1,677	67.03%	3,702	2.61%	144	5,523
Sunflower	59.20%	4,981	40.04%	3,369	0.76%	64	8,414
Tallahatchie	55.06%	3,041	43.96%	2,428	0.98%	54	5,523
Tate	39.59%	3,441	59.22%	5,147	1.20%	104	8,692
Tippah	34.61%	2,908	64.04%	5,381	1.36%	114	8,403
Tishomingo	39.29%	2,747	58.95%	4,122	1.76%	123	6,992
Tunica	65.05%	1,539	33.47%	792	1.48%	35	2,366
Union	33.23%	3,094	65.38%	6,087	1.39%	129	9,310
Walthall	39.97%	2,356	58.97%	3,476	1.07%	63	5,895
Warren	40.19%	7,485	58.49%	10,892	1.32%	246	18,623
Washington	56.76%	10,405	40.20%	7,369	3.03%	556	18,330
Wayne	38.67%	2,979	60.17%	4,635	1.16%	89	7,703
Webster	31.38%	1,426	67.52%	3,069	1.10%	50	4,545
Wilkinson	62.25%	2,551	34.72%	1,423	3.03%	124	4,098
Winston	43.98%	3,691	55.41%	4,650	0.61%	51	8,392
Yalobusha	51.15%	2,674	47.25%	2,470	1.61%	84	5,228
Yazoo	47.52%	4,997	49.96%	5,254	2.52%	265	10,516

By congressional district

Bush won 4 of 5 congressional districts.

District	Bush	Gore	Representative
1st	60%	38%	Roger Wicker
2nd	39%	59%	Bennie G. Thompson
3rd	67%	32%	Chip Pickering
4th	54%	44%	Ronnie Shows
5th	66%	32%	Gene Taylor

Electors

Technically the voters of Mississippi cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Mississippi is allocated 7 electors because it has 5 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 7 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 7 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[2] 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:[3]

Bob Anthony
Miki Cassidy
Thomas Colbert
Delbert Hosemann
Ellen Reineke
John Junkin
Kent Nicaud

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References

"2000 Presidential General Election Results - Mississippi".
http://www.uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/ARTICLES/pe2000timeline.php
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2009-10-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)