2000 United States presidential election in Nebraska
The 2000 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 5 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Nebraska was won by Governor George W. Bush by a 29% margin of victory, winning every county. Also, with 62.25% of the popular vote, the state proved to be his fourth strongest state in the 2000 election after Wyoming, Idaho and Utah.[1] As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last time the Democratic candidate did not win a single county in Nebraska.
Electors
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 Bush and Dick Cheney:[3]
- Mary Johnson
- Lee Terry, Sr.
- Howard Lamb
- Mildred Curtis
- John Y. McCollister
Results
| 2000 United States presidential election in Nebraska[4] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | George W. Bush | 433,862 | 62.25% | 5 | |
| Democratic | Al Gore | 231,780 | 33.25% | 0 | |
| Green | Ralph Nader | 24,540 | 3.52% | 0 | |
| Reform | Pat Buchanan | 3,646 | 0.52% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | 2,245 | 0.32% | 0 | |
Congressional district
Bush won all three congressional districts.[5]
| district | Bush | Gore | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 59% | 36% | Doug Bereuter |
| 2nd | 57% | 39% | Lee Terry |
| 3rd | 71% | 25% | Bill Barrett |
| Tom Osborne | |||
By county
| County | Gore% | Gore# | Bush% | Bush# | Others% | Others# | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 29.63% | 3,686 | 65.62% | 8,162 | 4.74% | 590 | 12,438 |
| Antelope | 20.13% | 678 | 76.07% | 2,562 | 3.8% | 128 | 3,368 |
| Arthur | 09.56% | 26 | 86.40% | 235 | 4.04% | 11 | 272 |
| Banner | 14.07% | 65 | 84.42% | 390 | 1.52% | 7 | 462 |
| Blaine | 12.32% | 43 | 85.67% | 299 | 2.01% | 7 | 349 |
| Boone | 20.09% | 575 | 76.73% | 2,196 | 3.18% | 91 | 2,862 |
| Box Butte | 31.72% | 1,614 | 63.04% | 3,208 | 5.25% | 267 | 5,089 |
| Boyd | 21.34% | 265 | 74.96% | 931 | 3.7% | 46 | 1,242 |
| Brown | 14.85% | 250 | 81.65% | 1,375 | 3.5% | 59 | 1,684 |
| Buffalo | 23.86% | 3,927 | 72.48% | 11,931 | 3.66% | 603 | 16,461 |
| Burt | 36.06% | 1,223 | 60.61% | 2,056 | 3.33% | 113 | 3,392 |
| Butler | 26.85% | 1,028 | 68.91% | 2,638 | 4.23% | 162 | 3,828 |
| Cass | 35.56% | 3,656 | 59.77% | 6,144 | 4.67% | 480 | 10,280 |
| Cedar | 24.88% | 1,062 | 70.02% | 2,989 | 5.11% | 218 | 4,269 |
| Chase | 16.32% | 306 | 80.27% | 1,505 | 3.41% | 64 | 1,875 |
| Cherry | 15.67% | 446 | 81.56% | 2,322 | 2.77% | 79 | 2,847 |
| Cheyenne | 20.16% | 844 | 76.61% | 3,207 | 3.23% | 135 | 4,186 |
| Clay | 24.07% | 774 | 72.35% | 2,326 | 3.58% | 115 | 3,215 |
| Colfax | 26.03% | 863 | 70.53% | 2,338 | 3.44% | 114 | 3,315 |
| Cuming | 20.33% | 857 | 76.68% | 3,232 | 2.99% | 126 | 4,215 |
| Custer | 18.03% | 976 | 78.41% | 4,245 | 3.56% | 193 | 5,414 |
| Dakota | 44.46% | 2,695 | 51.46% | 3,119 | 4.08% | 247 | 6,061 |
| Dawes | 22.73% | 823 | 70.39% | 2,549 | 6.88% | 249 | 3,621 |
| Dawson | 23.18% | 1,740 | 73.41% | 5,511 | 3.41% | 256 | 7,507 |
| Deuel | 20.62% | 213 | 75.80% | 783 | 3.58% | 37 | 1,033 |
| Dixon | 29.37% | 820 | 65.69% | 1,834 | 4.94% | 138 | 2,792 |
| Dodge | 34.69% | 5,021 | 61.30% | 8,871 | 4.01% | 580 | 14,472 |
| Douglas | 40.05% | 73,347 | 55.16% | 101,025 | 4.8% | 8,784 | 183,156 |
| Dundy | 17.71% | 179 | 79.23% | 801 | 3.07% | 31 | 1,011 |
| Fillmore | 28.29% | 848 | 67.51% | 2,024 | 4.2% | 126 | 2,998 |
| Franklin | 25.18% | 420 | 71.70% | 1,196 | 3.12% | 52 | 1,668 |
| Frontier | 17.52% | 244 | 79.11% | 1,102 | 3.37% | 47 | 1,393 |
| Furnas | 21.97% | 534 | 76.06% | 1,849 | 1.97% | 48 | 2,431 |
| Gage | 36.99% | 3,516 | 58.26% | 5,538 | 4.75% | 452 | 9,506 |
| Garden | 16.65% | 203 | 79.00% | 963 | 4.35% | 53 | 1,219 |
| Garfield | 20.98% | 202 | 74.56% | 718 | 4.47% | 43 | 963 |
| Gosper | 22.49% | 228 | 74.65% | 757 | 2.86% | 29 | 1,014 |
| Grant | 12.73% | 49 | 84.16% | 324 | 3.12% | 12 | 385 |
| Greeley | 31.76% | 416 | 64.05% | 839 | 4.2% | 55 | 1,310 |
| Hall | 32.09% | 5,952 | 63.64% | 11,803 | 4.27% | 791 | 18,546 |
| Hamilton | 23.74% | 1,066 | 72.39% | 3,251 | 3.87% | 174 | 4,491 |
| Harlan | 23.65% | 438 | 73.33% | 1,358 | 3.02% | 56 | 1,852 |
| Hayes | 11.56% | 66 | 85.11% | 486 | 3.33% | 19 | 571 |
| Hitchcock | 21.08% | 312 | 76.08% | 1,126 | 2.84% | 42 | 1,480 |
| Holt | 17.06% | 846 | 79.73% | 3,954 | 3.21% | 159 | 4,959 |
| Hooker | 18.09% | 74 | 77.51% | 317 | 4.4% | 18 | 409 |
| Howard | 33.78% | 955 | 62.26% | 1,760 | 3.96% | 112 | 2,827 |
| Jefferson | 35.38% | 1,361 | 61.11% | 2,351 | 3.51% | 135 | 3,847 |
| Johnson | 37.59% | 794 | 57.29% | 1,210 | 5.11% | 108 | 2,112 |
| Kearney | 21.78% | 680 | 74.73% | 2,333 | 3.49% | 109 | 3,122 |
| Keith | 20.21% | 778 | 76.72% | 2,953 | 3.07% | 118 | 3,849 |
| Keya Paha | 15.20% | 78 | 82.26% | 422 | 2.53% | 13 | 513 |
| Kimball | 20.82% | 379 | 75.77% | 1,379 | 3.41% | 62 | 1,820 |
| Knox | 26.07% | 1,037 | 69.98% | 2,784 | 3.95% | 157 | 3,978 |
| Lancaster | 41.68% | 44,650 | 51.82% | 55,514 | 6.5% | 6,968 | 107,132 |
| Lincoln | 34.44% | 5,205 | 61.00% | 9,220 | 4.56% | 689 | 15,114 |
| Logan | 14.56% | 60 | 81.55% | 336 | 3.88% | 16 | 412 |
| Loup | 22.22% | 84 | 75.13% | 284 | 2.65% | 10 | 378 |
| McPherson | 21.57% | 2,772 | 74.97% | 9,636 | 3.46% | 445 | 12,853 |
| Madison | 15.95% | 48 | 81.06% | 244 | 2.99% | 9 | 301 |
| Merrick | 25.39% | 848 | 71.26% | 2,380 | 3.35% | 112 | 3,340 |
| Morrill | 21.52% | 460 | 74.70% | 1,597 | 3.79% | 81 | 2,138 |
| Nance | 29.85% | 497 | 66.37% | 1,105 | 3.78% | 63 | 1,665 |
| Nemaha | 31.55% | 1,063 | 64.62% | 2,177 | 3.83% | 129 | 3,369 |
| Nuckolls | 26.36% | 644 | 69.63% | 1,701 | 4.01% | 98 | 2,443 |
| Otoe | 33.14% | 2,208 | 62.71% | 4,178 | 4.14% | 276 | 6,662 |
| Pawnee | 34.36% | 522 | 61.69% | 937 | 3.95% | 60 | 1,519 |
| Perkins | 16.74% | 243 | 80.58% | 1,170 | 2.69% | 39 | 1,452 |
| Phelps | 20.19% | 934 | 77.26% | 3,575 | 2.55% | 118 | 4,627 |
| Pierce | 17.77% | 570 | 78.99% | 2,534 | 3.24% | 104 | 3,208 |
| Platte | 20.31% | 2,612 | 76.69% | 9,861 | 3.% | 386 | 12,859 |
| Polk | 23.34% | 610 | 73.67% | 1,925 | 2.99% | 78 | 2,613 |
| Red Willow | 23.64% | 1,188 | 73.23% | 3,680 | 3.12% | 157 | 5,025 |
| Richardson | 33.30% | 1,382 | 63.20% | 2,623 | 3.49% | 145 | 4,150 |
| Rock | 15.77% | 141 | 81.10% | 725 | 3.13% | 28 | 894 |
| Saline | 45.11% | 2,321 | 50.17% | 2,581 | 4.72% | 243 | 5,145 |
| Sarpy | 32.33% | 14,637 | 64.00% | 28,979 | 3.67% | 1,662 | 45,278 |
| Saunders | 31.98% | 2,852 | 63.77% | 5,688 | 4.25% | 379 | 8,919 |
| Scotts Bluff | 28.45% | 3,937 | 67.90% | 9,397 | 3.65% | 505 | 13,839 |
| Seward | 32.07% | 2,250 | 63.53% | 4,457 | 4.4% | 309 | 7,016 |
| Sheridan | 15.22% | 392 | 81.72% | 2,105 | 3.07% | 79 | 2,576 |
| Sherman | 33.08% | 564 | 62.87% | 1,072 | 4.05% | 69 | 1,705 |
| Sioux | 13.03% | 98 | 83.64% | 629 | 3.32% | 25 | 752 |
| Stanton | 20.11% | 500 | 76.23% | 1,895 | 3.66% | 91 | 2,486 |
| Thayer | 27.31% | 821 | 69.73% | 2,096 | 2.96% | 89 | 3,006 |
| Thomas | 13.92% | 55 | 83.29% | 329 | 2.78% | 11 | 395 |
| Thurston | 44.38% | 924 | 49.95% | 1,040 | 5.67% | 118 | 2,082 |
| Valley | 25.76% | 583 | 71.14% | 1,610 | 3.09% | 70 | 2,263 |
| Washington | 29.56% | 2,550 | 66.75% | 5,758 | 3.69% | 318 | 8,626 |
| Wayne | 25.41% | 1,001 | 70.41% | 2,774 | 4.19% | 165 | 3,940 |
| Webster | 30.03% | 584 | 66.94% | 1,302 | 3.03% | 59 | 1,945 |
| Wheeler | 18.76% | 85 | 77.48% | 351 | 3.75% | 17 | 453 |
| York | 21.78% | 1,407 | 74.55% | 4,816 | 3.67% | 237 | 6,460 |
See also
References
- "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
- http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2000&fips=42&f=0&off=0&elect=0
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2011-05-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html
- http://www.swingstateproject.com/diary/4161/
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