2000 United States presidential election in New York

The 2000 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 7, 2000 as part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 33 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 New York

November 7, 2000
Turnout	60.7%
Nominee Al Gore George W. Bush Party Democratic Republican Alliance Parties Liberal Working Families Conservative Home state Tennessee Texas Running mate Joe Lieberman Dick Cheney Electoral vote 33 0 Popular vote 4,113,791 2,405,676 Percentage 60.22% 35.22%
County Results Gore   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90% Bush   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%
President before election Bill Clinton Democratic Elected President George W. Bush Republican

New York was won by the Incumbent Democratic Vice President of the United States Al Gore in a landslide victory; Gore received 60.22% of the vote to Republican George W. Bush's 35.22%, a Democratic victory margin of 25.00%. This marked the first time since 1964 that a Democratic presidential candidate won more than 60% of the vote in New York State, and only the second time in history, solidifying New York's status as a solid blue state in the 21st century. New York weighed in as about 25% more Democratic than the national average in the 2000 election.

The key to Gore's victory was wide margins of victory in greater New York City and Long Island. He did win some counties in upstate New York, but won with small margins, except for Albany County, which voted almost exactly the same as the statewide results. Since third-party candidates received over 4% of the vote, Bush did very poorly. Although, Bush did win a majority of the counties in upstate New York, including his largest victory in rural Hamilton County. Bush won just four congressional districts, including New York's 22nd congressional district, New York's 23rd congressional district, New York's 27th congressional district, and New York's 31st congressional district. As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last election in which the Democratic candidate won Montgomery County.

Democratic primary

Polling

Source	Date	Al Gore	Bill Bradley
Quinnipiac	July 1, 1999	52%	34%
Quinnipiac	August 2, 1999	47%	38%
Quinnipiac	September 15, 1999	42%	40%
Quinnipiac	October 3, 1999	41%	44%
Quinnipiac	November 11, 1999	38%	47%
Quinnipiac	December 14, 1999	42%	39%
Quinnipiac	January 19, 2000	44%	39%
Quinnipiac	February 10, 2000	56%	32%
Quinnipiac	March 1, 2000	59%	33%
Quinnipiac	March 6, 2000	60%	32%

Republican primary

Polling

Source	Date	Lamar Alexander	Gary Bauer	Patrick Buchanan	George W. Bush	Elizabeth Dole	Steve Forbes	Orrin Hatch	John Kasich	Alan Keyes	John McCain	Dan Quayle	Bob Smith
Quinnipiac	July 1, 1999	6%	1%	1%	56%	13%	3%	-	2%	-	7%	2%	1%
Quinnipiac	November 11, 1999	-	2%	-	56%	-	8%	2%	-	1%	17%	-	-
Quinnipiac	December 14, 1999	-	2%	-	49%	-	7%	1%	-	1%	24%	-	-
Quinnipiac	January 19, 2000	-	1%	-	47%	-	5%	2%	-	2%	28%	-	-
Quinnipiac	February 10, 2000	-	-	-	44%	-	4%	-	-	4%	37%	-	-
Quinnipiac	March 1, 2000	-	-	-	40%	-	-	-	-	4%	47%	-	-
Quinnipiac	March 6, 2000	-	-	-	48%	-	-	-	-	7%	39%	-	-

General election

Polling

Source	Date	Al Gore (D)	George W. Bush (R)	Patrick Buchanan (Ref)	Ralph Nader (G)
Quinnipiac	February 24, 1999	49%	40%	-	-
Quinnipiac	March 24, 1999	47%	42%	-	-
Quinnipiac	July 1, 1999	44%	45%	-	-
Quinnipiac	August 2, 1999	45%	43%	-	-
Quinnipiac	September 15, 1999	46%	43%	-	-
Quinnipiac	October 3, 1999	43%	41%	-	-
Quinnipiac	November 11, 1999	47%	43%	-	-
Quinnipiac	December 14, 1999	47%	39%	-	-
Quinnipiac	January 19, 2000	47%	39%	-	-
Quinnipiac	February 10, 2000	53%	37%	-	-
Quinnipiac	March 1, 2000	53%	36%	-	-
Quinnipiac	April 6, 2000	52%	34%	4%	-
Quinnipiac	May 2, 2000	50%	34%	4%	-
Quinnipiac	July 13, 2000	45%	35%	2%	7%
Quinnipiac	August 10, 2000	42%	38%	1%	6%
Quinnipiac	September 13, 2000	56%	29%	2%	6%
Quinnipiac	September 28, 2000	54%	34%	1%	6%
Quinnipiac	November 6, 2000	55%	34%	1%	6%

Source	Date	Bill Bradley (D)	George W. Bush (R)
Quinnipiac	February 24, 1999	41%	38%
Quinnipiac	March 24, 1999	45%	39%
Quinnipiac	July 1, 1999	43%	44%
Quinnipiac	August 2, 1999	46%	39%
Quinnipiac	September 15, 1999	47%	37%
Quinnipiac	October 3, 1999	51%	32%
Quinnipiac	November 11, 1999	52%	35%
Quinnipiac	December 14, 1999	50%	35%
Quinnipiac	January 19, 2000	52%	35%
Quinnipiac	February 10, 2000	53%	34%
Quinnipiac	March 1, 2000	51%	35%

Source	Date	Al Gore (D)	Elizabeth Dole (R)
Quinnipiac	February 24, 1999	50%	37%
Quinnipiac	March 24, 1999	49%	38%
Quinnipiac	July 1, 1999	50%	37%

Source	Date	Bill Bradley (D)	Elizabeth Dole (R)
Quinnipiac	February 24, 1999	46%	34%
Quinnipiac	March 24, 1999	47%	35%
Quinnipiac	July 1, 1999	50%	35%

Source	Date	Al Gore (D)	John McCain (R)
Quinnipiac	November 11, 1999	49%	35%
Quinnipiac	December 14, 1999	45%	39%
Quinnipiac	January 19, 2000	47%	38%
Quinnipiac	February 10, 2000	46%	42%
Quinnipiac	March 1, 2000	44%	43%

Source	Date	Bill Bradley (D)	John McCain (R)
Quinnipiac	November 11, 1999	55%	23%
Quinnipiac	December 14, 1999	48%	29%
Quinnipiac	January 19, 2000	49%	29%
Quinnipiac	February 10, 2000	43%	40%
Quinnipiac	March 1, 2000	39%	44%

Results

2000 United States presidential election in New York[1]
Party		Candidate	Popular votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Al Gore	3,942,215	57.78%
	Working Families	Al Gore	88,395	1.30%
	Liberal	Al Gore	77,087	1.13%
	Total	Al Gore	4,113,791	60.22%	33
	Republican	George W. Bush	2,258,577	33.10%
	Conservative	George W. Bush	144,797	2.12%
	Total	George W. Bush	2,405,676	35.22%	0
	Green	Ralph Nader	244,398	3.58%	0
	Right to Life	Pat Buchanan	25,175	0.37%
	Reform	Pat Buchanan	6,424	0.09%
	Total	Pat Buchanan	31,659	0.46%	0
	Independence (a)	John Hagelin	24,369	0.36%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	7,718	0.11%	0
	Constitution	Howard Phillips	1,503	0.02%	0
	Socialist Workers	James Harris	1,450	0.02%	0
	Others	-	614	0.01%	0
-		Totals	6,831,178	100%	33
Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered)					48%/61%

(a) John Hagelin was then nominee of the Natural Law Party nationally.

Results breakdown

By congressional district

Gore won 27 of 31 congressional districts.[2]

District	Bush	Gore	Representative
1st	43%	53%	Michael Forbes
			Felix Grucci
2nd	40%	56%	Rick Lazio
			Steve Israel
3rd	42%	55%	Peter T. King
4th	38%	59%	Carolyn McCarthy
5th	35%	62%	Gary Ackerman
6th	11%	88%	Gregory W. Meeks
7th	25%	71%	Joseph Crowley
8th	17%	77%	Jerrold Nadler
9th	29%	68%	Anthony D. Weiner
10th	7%	90%	Edolphus Towns
11th	7%	89%	Major Owens
12th	13%	81%	Nydia Velasquez
13th	44%	53%	Vito Fossella
14th	23%	71%	Carolyn B. Maloney
15th	6%	90%	Charlie Rangel
16th	6%	93%	Jose Serrano
17th	11%	87%	Eliot L. Engel
18th	37%	60%	Nita Lowey
19th	45%	50%	Sue W. Kelly
20th	42%	54%	Benjamin Gilman
21st	37%	57%	Michael R. McNulty
22nd	50%	44%	John E. Sweeney
23rd	50%	45%	Sherwood Boehlert
24th	48%	48%	John M. McHugh
25th	42%	53%	James T. Walsh
26th	42%	51%	Maurice Hinchey
27th	53%	42%	Thomas M. Reynolds
28th	42%	53%	Louise Slaughter
29th	43%	52%	John J. LaFalce
30th	35%	60%	Jack Quinn
31st	53%	42%	Amo Houghton

By county

County	Gore%	Gore#	Bush%	Bush#	Others%	Others#	Total
Albany	57.99%	82,325	31.98%	45,408	10.03%	14,236	141,969
Allegany	32.69%	6,109	58.41%	10,916	8.90%	1,664	18,689
Bronx	83.21%	256,322	10.79%	33,224	6.01%	18,502	308,048
Broome	49.53%	43,119	40.89%	35,598	9.59%	8,346	87,063
Cattaraugus	39.63%	13,368	51.45%	17,355	8.92%	3,010	33,733
Cayuga	48.06%	16,329	41.40%	14,066	10.55%	3,583	33,978
Chautauqua	44.35%	26,045	46.61%	27,369	9.04%	5,306	58,720
Chemung	44.76%	16,878	48.15%	18,158	7.09%	2,674	37,710
Chenango	43.24%	8,756	47.53%	9,625	9.23%	1,869	20,250
Clinton	48.67%	14,871	41.45%	12,664	9.88%	3,020	30,555
Columbia	44.82%	12,858	42.12%	12,084	13.07%	3,749	28,691
Cortland	44.57%	9,237	45.23%	9,374	10.19%	2,112	20,723
Delaware	40.01%	8,072	50.33%	10,154	9.66%	1,949	20,175
Dutchess	45.18%	50,499	44.03%	49,210	10.78%	12,053	111,762
Erie	53.68%	227,975	35.15%	149,280	11.16%	47,399	424,654
Essex	42.08%	7,546	47.27%	8,476	10.65%	1,910	17,932
Franklin	48.88%	8,528	42.23%	7,368	8.89%	1,551	17,447
Fulton	41.66%	9,028	50.59%	10,964	7.75%	1,679	21,671
Genesee	37.01%	9,647	51.71%	13,479	11.29%	2,943	26,069
Greene	38.45%	8,111	49.49%	10,439	12.06%	2,544	21,094
Hamilton	28.95%	1,066	61.62%	2,269	9.42%	347	3,682
Herkimer	42.69%	11,826	48.48%	13,430	8.84%	2,449	27,705
Jefferson	44.26%	16,117	47.78%	17,401	7.96%	2,900	36,418
Kings	76.55%	472,402	14.64%	90,355	8.81%	54,348	617,105
Lewis	37.94%	4,144	53.47%	5,840	8.60%	939	10,923
Livingston	36.93%	10,054	52.76%	14,363	10.31%	2,806	27,223
Madison	40.34%	11,444	49.37%	14,003	10.29%	2,919	28,366
Monroe	49.51%	157,314	41.23%	131,002	9.27%	29,446	317,762
Montgomery	47.52%	9,888	44.26%	9,210	8.22%	1,711	20,809
Nassau	56.14%	331,050	36.29%	214,022	7.57%	44,635	589,707
New York	75.94%	427,714	13.73%	77,331	10.33%	58,187	563,232
Niagara	48.40%	45,133	41.34%	38,554	10.26%	9,570	93,257
Oneida	44.02%	42,253	46.87%	44,993	9.11%	8,750	95,996
Onondaga	51.45%	104,766	38.56%	78,526	9.99%	20,337	203,629
Ontario	41.67%	19,147	48.77%	22,409	9.56%	4,392	45,948
Orange	44.70%	56,567	46.92%	59,371	8.38%	10,611	126,549
Orleans	36.31%	5,753	54.78%	8,679	8.91%	1,411	15,843
Oswego	45.12%	21,869	45.20%	21,911	9.68%	4,693	48,473
Otsego	43.28%	10,976	46.13%	11,697	10.59%	2,685	25,358
Putnam	42.01%	17,872	46.66%	19,852	11.34%	4,823	42,547
Queens	72.14%	401,067	20.42%	113,528	7.44%	41,335	555,930
Rensselaer	48.48%	33,178	39.78%	27,223	11.74%	8,035	68,436
Richmond	49.90%	70,922	41.65%	59,187	8.45%	12,012	142,121
Rockland	54.33%	66,596	36.68%	44,958	8.99%	11,026	122,580
Saratoga	43.76%	41,596	46.60%	44,292	9.65%	9,169	95,057
Schenectady	51.16%	34,250	39.08%	26,161	9.76%	6,535	66,946
Schoharie	38.22%	5,178	51.93%	7,035	9.85%	1,335	13,548
Schuyler	38.42%	3,132	50.95%	4,154	10.63%	867	8,153
Seneca	45.89%	6,578	44.49%	6,377	9.61%	1,378	14,333
St. Lawrence	51.95%	20,664	39.71%	15,797	8.34%	3,318	39,779
Steuben	34.55%	14,014	57.30%	23,244	8.15%	3,305	40,563
Suffolk	51.56%	295,902	39.32%	225,652	9.12%	52,312	573,866
Sullivan	48.71%	13,895	41.57%	11,858	9.71%	2,771	28,524
Tioga	39.36%	8,838	52.65%	11,823	7.99%	1,793	22,454
Tompkins	51.01%	20,435	32.35%	12,957	16.64%	6,666	40,058
Ulster	46.43%	36,321	39.65%	31,015	13.92%	10,889	78,225
Warren	40.73%	11,656	49.81%	14,257	9.46%	2,708	28,621
Washington	39.22%	9,238	50.79%	11,963	9.99%	2,354	23,555
Wayne	37.62%	14,421	52.53%	20,136	9.84%	3,772	38,329
Westchester	56.96%	211,771	35.24%	130,999	7.80%	29,005	371,775
Wyoming	32.69%	5,762	58.12%	10,245	9.19%	1,620	17,627
Yates	38.03%	3,823	52.60%	5,287	9.37%	942	10,052

Geographic Breakdown

Al Gore won an overwhelming landslide in fiercely Democratic New York City, taking 1,703,364 votes to George W. Bush's 398,726, a 77.90% - 18.23% victory. Gore carried all 5 boroughs of New York City.

Excluding New York City's votes, Gore still would have carried New York State, but by a smaller margin, receiving 2,404,543 votes to Bush's 2,004,648, giving Gore a 54.53% - 45.47% win.

Electors

Main article: List of 2000 United States presidential electors

Technically the voters of New York cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. New York is allocated 33 electors because it has 31 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 33 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 33 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 Gore and Lieberman:[4]

1. Susan I. Abramowitz
2. Leslie Alpert
3. Martin S. Begun
4. David L. Cohen
5. Carolee A. Conklin
6. Martin Connor
7. Lorraine Cortez Vasquez
8. Inez E. Dickens
9. Cynthia Emmer
10. Herman D. Farrell Jr.
11. Emily Giske
12. Patrick G. Halpin
13. Raymond B. Harding
14. Judith Hope
15. Denis M. Hughes
16. Virginia Kee
17. Bertha Lewis
18. Alberta Madonna
19. Thomas J. Manton
20. Deborah Marciano
21. Helen Marshall
22. Carl McCall
23. Elizabeth F. Momrow
24. Clarence Norman Jr.
25. Daniel F. Donohue
26. Shirley O'Connell
27. G. Steven Pigeon
28. Roberto Ramirez
29. Michael Schell
30. Sheldon Silver
31. Andrew Spano
32. Eliot Spitzer
33. Randi Weingarten

References

1. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2000 - New York". Retrieved 2013-01-07.
2. https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/data.php?year=2000&fips=36&f=0&off=0&elect=0&datatype=cd&def=1
3. "2000 Post-Election Timeline of Events". www.uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
4. "President Elect - 2000". presidentelect.org. Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2018.