2000 United States presidential election in North Dakota

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

Main article: 2000 United States presidential election
2000 United States presidential election in North Dakota
November 7, 2000
 
Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Texas Tennessee
Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman
Electoral vote 3 0
Popular vote 174,852 95,284
Percentage 60.66% 33.05%
County Results
President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

 Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

Elections in North Dakota

North Dakota was won by Governor George W. Bush with a double-digit margin of victory of 27.6%. Bush won most of the counties of the state. He won all but two counties: Rolette County, which Gore won with 61% of the vote and Sioux County, which Gore won with 70% of the vote. North Dakota gave Pat Buchanan his best performance in the nation with 2.5% of the vote,[1] whilst third-party candidates performed very well overall, obtaining a total of 6.6% of the vote.[2]

Winning 60.66% of the popular vote, North Dakota proved to be Bush's fifth strongest state in the 2000 election after Wyoming, Idaho, Utah and Nebraska.[3]

Results
2000 United States presidential election in North Dakota[4]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican George W. Bush 174,852 60.7% 3
Democratic Al Gore 95,284 33.1% 0
Green Ralph Nader 9,497 3.3% 0
Reform Patrick Buchanan 7,288 2.5% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne 671 0.2% 0
Constitution Howard Phillips 373 0.1% 0
Natural Law John Hagelin 302 0.1% 0
Totals - 100.00% 3
Voter turnout 60%

By county
County Gore% Gore# Bush% Bush# Others% Others# Total
Adams24.66%28671.21%82604.14%481,160
Barnes33.63%1,93360.06%3,45206.32%3635,748
Benson44.20%95248.98%1,05506.82%1472,154
Billings15.62%8275.05%39409.33%49525
Bottineau31.79%1,17363.66%2,34904.55%1683,690
Bowman22.43%33073.42%1,08004.15%611,471
Burke28.49%29667.18%69804.33%451,039
Burleigh28.54%9,84265.16%22,46706.30%2,17334,482
Cass36.36%21,45156.85%33,53606.79%4,00858,995
Cavalier26.06%61863.81%1,51310.12%2402,371
Dickey28.93%80666.51%1,85304.56%1272,786
Divide38.54%30655.79%44305.67%45794
Dunn27.43%47465.05%1,12407.52%1301,728
Eddy36.12%45855.44%70308.44%1071,268
Emmons20.33%40571.79%1,43007.88%1571,992
Foster27.19%47467.24%1,17205.57%971,743
Golden Valley19.21%15675.25%61105.54%45812
Grand Forks37.32%10,59355.93%15,87506.75%1,91728,385
Grant16.47%23575.47%1,07708.06%1151,427
Griggs32.95%48462.63%92004.42%651,469
Hettinger23.24%35369.59%1,05707.18%1091,519
Kidder22.18%28365.60%83712.23%1561,276
LaMoure27.92%68964.42%1,59007.66%1892,468
Logan19.48%22370.92%81209.61%1101,145
McHenry32.44%88861.45%1,68206.10%1672,737
McIntosh21.53%35072.45%1,17806.03%981,626
McKenzie27.62%65369.12%1,63403.26%772,364
McLean31.53%1,46562.23%2,89106.24%2904,646
Mercer23.23%1,01168.55%2,98408.22%3584,353
Morton30.64%3,43962.31%6,99307.05%79111,223
Mountrail43.37%1,25650.62%1,46606.01%1742,896
Nelson37.34%68756.03%1,03106.63%1221,840
Oliver23.22%24467.46%70909.32%981,051
Pembina28.92%1,09364.30%2,43006.77%2563,779
Pierce25.37%50068.39%1,34806.24%1231,971
Ramsey33.31%1,65860.38%3,00506.31%3144,977
Ransom39.72%1,08054.73%1,48805.55%1512,719
Renville33.26%44361.56%82005.18%691,332
Richland31.07%2,49062.37%4,99906.56%5268,015
Rolette60.96%2,68132.20%1,41606.84%3014,398
Sargent43.91%95950.50%1,10305.59%1222,184
Sheridan17.35%16176.19%70706.47%60928
Sioux69.55%72425.84%26904.61%481,041
Slope19.23%8571.49%31609.28%41442
Stark28.47%2,78465.33%6,38706.20%6069,777
Steele39.26%47554.13%65506.61%801,210
Stutsman33.64%3,06760.19%5,48806.17%5639,118
Towner34.48%41058.37%69407.15%851,189
Traill36.77%1,51258.17%2,39205.06%2084,112
Walsh33.64%1,74359.80%3,09906.56%3405,182
Ward33.51%7,53362.26%13,99704.23%95222,482
Wells27.43%66166.80%1,61005.77%1392,410
Williams29.85%2,33066.44%5,18703.71%2907,807

Electors
Main article: List of 2000 United States presidential electors

Technically the voters of North Dakota cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. North Dakota is allocated 3 electors because it has 1 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 3 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 3 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[5] 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:[6]

  1. Rosemarie Myrdal
  2. Edward T. Schafer
  3. Bryce Steibel

References
  1. "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". U.S Election Atlas. David Leip. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  2. http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/
  3. "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  4. "2000 Presidential General Election Results - North Dakota".
  5. http://www.uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/ARTICLES/pe2000timeline.php
  6. "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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