2000 United States presidential election in North Carolina

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Main article: 2000 United States presidential election
United States presidential election in North Carolina, 2000
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Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Texas Tennessee
Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman
Electoral vote 14 0
Popular vote 1,631,163 1,257,692
Percentage 56.03% 43.20%
North Carolina Presidential Election Results by County, 2000.svg
County results
President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

 Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 2000 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 14 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

North Carolina 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. He won 9 of the 12 districts. He also won the most populated counties of the state including Forsyth County with 56%, Wake County with 53%, Guilford County with 51%, and Mecklenburg County with 51% of the vote.[1] As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last election in which Guilford County and Mecklenburg County voted for the Republican candidate and the last election in which Columbus County, Chowan County, and Tyrrell County voted for the Democratic candidate.

Results

United States presidential election in NC, 2000
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican George W. Bush 1,631,163 56.03% 14
Democratic Al Gore 1,257,692 43.20% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne 12,307 0.42% 0
Reform Patrick Buchanan 8,874 0.30% 0
Write-In David McReynolds 1,226 0.04% 0
Totals - 100.00% 14
Voter turnout (Voting age/registered) 48%/57%

By county

County Gore% Gore# Bush% Bush# Others% Others# Total
Alamance 37.08% 17,459 62.23% 29,305 00.69% 327 47,091
Alexander 30.88% 4,166 68.50% 9,242 00.62% 84 13,492
Alleghany 39.76% 1,715 58.68% 2,531 01.55% 67 4,313
Anson 60.01% 4,792 39.59% 3,161 00.40% 32 7,985
Ashe 38.88% 4,011 60.35% 6,226 00.77% 79 10,316
Avery 25.19% 1,686 74.04% 4,956 00.78% 52 6,694
Beaufort 38.32% 6,634 60.83% 10,531 00.85% 148 17,313
Bertie 64.94% 4,660 34.67% 2,488 00.39% 28 7,176
Bladen 53.99% 5,889 45.63% 4,977 00.39% 42 10,908
Brunswick 45.49% 13,118 53.49% 15,427 01.02% 294 28,839
Buncombe 45.09% 38,545 53.93% 46,101 00.97% 830 85,476
Burke 38.89% 11,924 60.23% 18,466 00.87% 268 30,658
Cabarrus 32.89% 16,284 66.05% 32,704 01.07% 529 49,517
Caldwell 32.89% 8,588 66.39% 17,337 00.73% 190 26,115
Camden 41.93% 1,187 57.51% 1,628 00.57% 16 2,831
Carteret 33.25% 8,839 65.39% 17,381 01.35% 360 26,580
Caswell 48.58% 4,091 50.70% 4,270 00.72% 61 8,422
Catawba 31.95% 16,246 67.36% 34,244 00.69% 351 50,841
Chatham 49.98% 10,461 48.96% 10,248 01.06% 222 20,931
Cherokee 33.48% 3,239 65.17% 6,305 01.34% 130 9,674
Chowan 49.69% 2,430 49.39% 2,415 00.92% 45 4,890
Clay 35.33% 1,361 62.72% 2,416 01.95% 75 3,852
Cleveland 41.09% 13,455 58.22% 19,064 00.69% 227 32,746
Columbus 54.20% 9,986 45.28% 8,342 00.53% 97 18,425
Craven 38.18% 12,213 60.95% 19,494 00.87% 278 31,985
Cumberland 50.07% 38,626 49.42% 38,129 00.51% 396 77,151
Currituck 38.51% 2,595 60.77% 4,095 00.73% 49 6,739
Dare 42.99% 5,589 56.15% 7,301 00.86% 112 13,002
Davidson 31.12% 16,199 67.99% 35,387 00.89% 461 52,047
Davie 26.08% 3,651 72.75% 10,184 01.16% 163 13,998
Duplin 45.00% 6,475 54.48% 7,840 00.52% 75 14,390
Durham 63.27% 53,907 35.39% 30,150 01.34% 1,144 85,201
Edgecombe 62.16% 11,315 37.56% 6,836 00.28% 51 18,202
Forsyth 43.37% 52,457 55.98% 67,700 00.65% 785 120,942
Franklin 46.44% 7,454 52.96% 8,501 00.60% 96 16,051
Gaston 32.58% 19,281 66.67% 39,453 00.75% 445 59,179
Gates 56.41% 1,944 42.95% 1,480 00.64% 22 3,446
Graham 29.93% 1,006 68.55% 2,304 01.52% 51 3,361
Granville 50.90% 7,733 48.47% 7,364 00.64% 97 15,194
Greene 42.21% 2,478 57.12% 3,353 00.66% 39 5,870
Guilford 48.59% 80,787 50.76% 84,394 00.65% 1,083 166,264
Halifax 60.24% 10,222 39.47% 6,698 00.29% 50 16,970
Harnett 37.88% 9,155 61.08% 14,762 01.03% 250 24,167
Haywood 41.05% 9,793 50.79% 12,118 08.16% 1,946 23,857
Henderson 32.54% 12,562 66.54% 25,688 00.92% 357 38,607
Hertford 69.44% 5,484 30.16% 2,382 00.39% 31 7,897
Hoke 58.46% 5,017 40.07% 3,439 01.47% 126 8,582
Hyde 48.64% 1,088 50.60% 1,132 00.76% 17 2,237
Iredell 33.86% 15,434 65.49% 29,853 00.66% 299 45,586
Jackson 47.21% 5,722 51.46% 6,237 01.34% 162 12,121
Johnston 33.30% 13,704 66.12% 27,212 00.58% 239 41,155
Jones 45.96% 1,822 53.33% 2,114 00.71% 28 3,964
Lee 41.67% 6,785 57.77% 9,406 00.57% 92 16,283
Lenoir 45.02% 9,527 54.40% 11,512 00.59% 124 21,163
Lincoln 34.29% 8,412 65.03% 15,951 00.68% 166 24,529
Macon 35.39% 4,683 63.52% 8,406 01.10% 145 13,234
Madison 42.10% 3,505 56.17% 4,676 01.73% 144 8,325
Martin 52.63% 4,929 47.19% 4,420 00.18% 17 9,366
McDowell 33.88% 4,747 65.01% 9,109 01.11% 155 14,011
Mecklenburg 48.25% 126,911 50.97% 134,068 00.78% 2,057 263,036
Mitchell 23.26% 1,535 75.52% 4,984 01.23% 81 6,600
Montgomery 44.34% 3,979 55.11% 4,946 00.55% 49 8,974
Moore 35.88% 11,232 63.52% 19,882 00.60% 187 31,301
Nash 40.56% 12,376 58.97% 17,995 00.47% 142 30,513
New Hanover 44.17% 29,292 55.04% 36,503 00.79% 524 66,319
Northampton 67.23% 5,513 32.52% 2,667 00.24% 20 8,200
Onslow 33.99% 10,269 65.06% 19,657 00.96% 289 30,215
Orange 62.66% 30,921 36.34% 17,930 01.00% 493 49,344
Pamlico 41.74% 2,188 57.21% 2,999 01.05% 55 5,242
Pasquotank 53.88% 5,874 45.34% 4,943 00.79% 86 10,903
Pender 45.32% 6,415 54.13% 7,661 00.55% 78 14,154
Perquimans 47.21% 2,033 51.79% 2,230 01.00% 43 4,306
Person 42.61% 5,042 56.81% 6,722 00.58% 69 11,833
Pitt 45.70% 19,685 53.84% 23,192 00.46% 198 43,075
Polk 37.50% 3,114 61.11% 5,074 01.39% 115 8,303
Randolph 26.62% 11,366 72.51% 30,959 00.87% 371 42,696
Richmond 55.61% 7,935 43.89% 6,263 00.50% 71 14,269
Robeson 59.95% 17,834 39.40% 11,721 00.65% 192 29,747
Rockingham 40.76% 13,260 58.35% 18,979 00.89% 289 32,528
Rowan 33.74% 14,891 65.53% 28,922 00.73% 320 44,133
Rutherford 35.44% 7,697 63.34% 13,755 01.22% 264 21,716
Sampson 45.57% 8,768 54.11% 10,410 00.32% 61 19,239
Scotland 59.84% 5,627 39.77% 3,740 00.38% 36 9,403
Stanly 30.97% 7,066 68.14% 15,548 00.89% 204 22,818
Stokes 29.27% 5,030 70.00% 12,028 00.72% 124 17,182
Surry 33.21% 7,757 65.93% 15,401 00.86% 200 23,358
Swain 47.99% 2,097 50.89% 2,224 01.12% 49 4,370
Transylvania 35.46% 5,044 63.35% 9,011 01.20% 170 14,225
Tyrrell 54.21% 849 45.08% 706 00.70% 11 1,566
Union 31.49% 14,890 67.41% 31,876 01.10% 522 47,288
Vance 55.84% 7,092 43.81% 5,564 00.35% 45 12,701
Wake 45.83% 123,466 52.90% 142,494 01.27% 3,425 269,385
Warren 67.34% 4,576 32.41% 2,202 00.25% 17 6,795
Washington 55.30% 2,704 44.36% 2,169 00.35% 17 4,890
Watauga 42.51% 7,959 55.75% 10,438 01.74% 326 18,723
Wayne 38.38% 13,005 61.26% 20,758 00.36% 121 33,884
Wilkes 29.71% 7,226 69.18% 16,826 01.11% 271 24,323
Wilson 45.38% 11,266 54.24% 13,466 00.38% 94 24,826
Yadkin 22.85% 3,127 76.27% 10,435 00.88% 120 13,682
Yancey 42.38% 3,714 56.71% 4,970 00.91% 80 8,764

By congressional district

Bush won 9 of 12 congressional districts.[2]

District Bush Gore Representative
1st 42% 58% Eva Clayton
2nd 56% 44% Bob Etheridge
3rd 62% 38% Walter B. Jones
4th 47% 52% David Price
5th 66% 33% Richard Burr
6th 65% 34% Howard Coble
7th 53% 47% Mike McIntyre
8th 56% 43% Robin Hayes
9th 61% 38% Sue Wilkins Myrick
10th 67% 33% Cass Ballenger
11th 59% 40% Charles H. Taylor
12th 37% 62% Mel Watt

Electors

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Main article: List of 2000 United States presidential electors

Technically the voters of North Carolina cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. North Carolina is allocated 14 electors because it has 12 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 14 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 14 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. Fran Barnhart
  2. Claude Billings
  3. Sam Currin
  4. Tom Dwiggins
  5. A. Dial Gray
  6. Barbara Holt
  7. Marshall Hurley
  8. Margaret King
  9. Jeff Mixon
  10. Joe L. Morgan
  11. Steve Rader
  12. Robert Rector
  13. Dewitt Rhoades
  14. Linda Young

References

  1. ↑ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/
  2. ↑ https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/data.php?year=2000&fips=37&f=0&off=0&elect=0&datatype=cd&def=1
  3. ↑ http://www.uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/ARTICLES/pe2000timeline.php
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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