| Election Name: | 2000 Florida Democratic presidential primary |
| Country: | Florida |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1996 Florida Democratic presidential primary |
| Previous Year: | 1996 |
| Next Election: | 2004 Florida Democratic presidential primary |
| Next Year: | 2004 |
| Candidate1: | Al Gore |
| Colour1: | 3333FF |
| Home State1: | Tennessee |
| Delegate Count1: | 144 |
| Popular Vote1: | 451,718 |
| Percentage1: | 81.83% |
| Candidate2: | Bill Bradley (withdrawn) |
| Colour2: | FA8320 |
| Home State2: | New Jersey |
| Delegate Count2: | 17 |
| Popular Vote2: | 100,277 |
| Percentage2: | 18.17% |
| Map Size: | 260px |
| Outgoing Members: | NV |
| Elected Members: | LA |
| Votes For Election: | 186 delegates to the Democratic National Convention (161 pledged, 25 unpledged) The number of pledged delegates received is determined by the popular vote |
| Pledged national convention delegates | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Type | Type | ||||
| CD1 | 4 | CD9 | 5 | CD17 | 5 | |
| CD2 | 6 | CD10 | 5 | CD18 | 3 | |
| CD3 | 5 | CD11 | 4 | CD19 | 7 | |
| CD4 | 4 | CD12 | 4 | CD20 | 6 | |
| CD5 | 6 | CD13 | 4 | CD21 | 2 | |
| CD6 | 4 | CD14 | 4 | CD22 | 5 | |
| CD7 | 4 | CD15 | 4 | CD23 | 5 | |
| CD8 | 4 | CD16 | 5 | |||
| 21 | At-large | 35 | ||||
| Total pledged delegates | 161 | |||||
Vice president Al Gore was the clear winner of the Florida primary, receiving almost 82% of the vote and 144 delegates, winning every county in the state and significantly extending his delegate lead. Senator Bill Bradley placed second with only around 18% of the vote and 17 delegates.
Florida was one of six states which held primaries on March 14, 2000, alongside Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas after Super Tuesday the week before.[1]
Voting took place throughout the state from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. local time. In the closed primary, candidates had to meet a threshold of 15 percent at the congressional district or statewide level in order to be considered viable. The 186 pledged delegates to the 2000 Democratic National Convention were allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary. Of these, between 2 and 7 were allocated to each of the state's 23 congressional districts and another 21 were allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 35 at-large delegates.[2]
Post-primary congressional district caucuses convened to designate national convention district delegates. The state convention was subsequently held to vote on the 35 at-large and 21 pledged PLEO delegates for the Democratic National Convention. The delegation also included 22 unpledged PLEO delegates: 13 members of the Democratic National Committee, 9 members from Congress (1 senator, Bob Graham, and 8 representatives, Allen Boyd, Corrine Brown, Karen Thurman, Jim Davis, Carrie Meek, Robert Wexler, Peter Deutsch, and Alcee Hastings), and 3 add-ons.[2]
The following candidates appeared on the ballot:
Withdrawn
| Al Gore | 451,718 | 81.83 | 144 | |
| Bill Bradley (withdrawn) | 100,277 | 18.17 | 17 | |
| Uncommitted | - | - | 25 | |
| Total | 551,916 | 100% | 186 |
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