2000 United States presidential election in North Dakota

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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%

375px County Results Bush   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80% Gore   60-70%

President before election Bill Clinton Democratic Elected President George W. Bush Republican

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.

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, whilst third-party candidates performed very well overall, obtaining a total of 6.6% of the vote.

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.

Results

2000 United States presidential election in North Dakota
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
Adams	24.66%	286	71.21%	826	04.14%	48	1,160
Barnes	33.63%	1,933	60.06%	3,452	06.32%	363	5,748
Benson	44.20%	952	48.98%	1,055	06.82%	147	2,154
Billings	15.62%	82	75.05%	394	09.33%	49	525
Bottineau	31.79%	1,173	63.66%	2,349	04.55%	168	3,690
Bowman	22.43%	330	73.42%	1,080	04.15%	61	1,471
Burke	28.49%	296	67.18%	698	04.33%	45	1,039
Burleigh	28.54%	9,842	65.16%	22,467	06.30%	2,173	34,482
Cass	36.36%	21,451	56.85%	33,536	06.79%	4,008	58,995
Cavalier	26.06%	618	63.81%	1,513	10.12%	240	2,371
Dickey	28.93%	806	66.51%	1,853	04.56%	127	2,786
Divide	38.54%	306	55.79%	443	05.67%	45	794
Dunn	27.43%	474	65.05%	1,124	07.52%	130	1,728
Eddy	36.12%	458	55.44%	703	08.44%	107	1,268
Emmons	20.33%	405	71.79%	1,430	07.88%	157	1,992
Foster	27.19%	474	67.24%	1,172	05.57%	97	1,743
Golden Valley	19.21%	156	75.25%	611	05.54%	45	812
Grand Forks	37.32%	10,593	55.93%	15,875	06.75%	1,917	28,385
Grant	16.47%	235	75.47%	1,077	08.06%	115	1,427
Griggs	32.95%	484	62.63%	920	04.42%	65	1,469
Hettinger	23.24%	353	69.59%	1,057	07.18%	109	1,519
Kidder	22.18%	283	65.60%	837	12.23%	156	1,276
LaMoure	27.92%	689	64.42%	1,590	07.66%	189	2,468
Logan	19.48%	223	70.92%	812	09.61%	110	1,145
McHenry	32.44%	888	61.45%	1,682	06.10%	167	2,737
McIntosh	21.53%	350	72.45%	1,178	06.03%	98	1,626
McKenzie	27.62%	653	69.12%	1,634	03.26%	77	2,364
McLean	31.53%	1,465	62.23%	2,891	06.24%	290	4,646
Mercer	23.23%	1,011	68.55%	2,984	08.22%	358	4,353
Morton	30.64%	3,439	62.31%	6,993	07.05%	791	11,223
Mountrail	43.37%	1,256	50.62%	1,466	06.01%	174	2,896
Nelson	37.34%	687	56.03%	1,031	06.63%	122	1,840
Oliver	23.22%	244	67.46%	709	09.32%	98	1,051
Pembina	28.92%	1,093	64.30%	2,430	06.77%	256	3,779
Pierce	25.37%	500	68.39%	1,348	06.24%	123	1,971
Ramsey	33.31%	1,658	60.38%	3,005	06.31%	314	4,977
Ransom	39.72%	1,080	54.73%	1,488	05.55%	151	2,719
Renville	33.26%	443	61.56%	820	05.18%	69	1,332
Richland	31.07%	2,490	62.37%	4,999	06.56%	526	8,015
Rolette	60.96%	2,681	32.20%	1,416	06.84%	301	4,398
Sargent	43.91%	959	50.50%	1,103	05.59%	122	2,184
Sheridan	17.35%	161	76.19%	707	06.47%	60	928
Sioux	69.55%	724	25.84%	269	04.61%	48	1,041
Slope	19.23%	85	71.49%	316	09.28%	41	442
Stark	28.47%	2,784	65.33%	6,387	06.20%	606	9,777
Steele	39.26%	475	54.13%	655	06.61%	80	1,210
Stutsman	33.64%	3,067	60.19%	5,488	06.17%	563	9,118
Towner	34.48%	410	58.37%	694	07.15%	85	1,189
Traill	36.77%	1,512	58.17%	2,392	05.06%	208	4,112
Walsh	33.64%	1,743	59.80%	3,099	06.56%	340	5,182
Ward	33.51%	7,533	62.26%	13,997	04.23%	952	22,482
Wells	27.43%	661	66.80%	1,610	05.77%	139	2,410
Williams	29.85%	2,330	66.44%	5,187	03.71%	290	7,807

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 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:

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