2000 United States presidential election in Alabama explained

Election Name:2000 United States presidential election in Alabama
Country:Alabama
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1996 United States presidential election in Alabama
Previous Year:1996
Next Election:2004 United States presidential election in Alabama
Next Year:2004
Election Date:November 7, 2000
Image1:File:Official Portrait- President George Walker Bush, 43rd President of the United States, Republican - DPLA - 7482eac0e113bf03014d1686a3733f97.jpeg
Nominee1:George W. Bush
Party1:Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:Texas
Running Mate1:Dick Cheney
Electoral Vote1:9
Popular Vote1:944,409
Percentage1:56.47%
Nominee2:Al Gore
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:Tennessee
Running Mate2:Joe Lieberman
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:695,602
Percentage2:41.59%
Map Size:300px
President
Before Election:Bill Clinton
Before Party:Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:George W. Bush
After Party:Republican Party (United States)

The 2000 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 9 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Alabama was won by Republican Governor George W. Bush with a 14.88% margin of victory. He won the majority of counties and congressional districts in the state.

, this is the last time that a Democrat has won over 40 percent of the vote in Alabama, or carried the counties of Choctaw, Colbert, Lawrence, and Jackson. This is also the last time that the Republican nominee has won less than 60 percent of the vote in the state. Bush became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Montgomery County since Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952.

Results

2000 United States presidential election in Alabama[1]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
RepublicanGeorge W. Bush944,40956.47%9
DemocraticAl Gore695,602 41.59%0
IndependentRalph Nader18,3491.10%0
IndependentPatrick Buchanan6,3640.38%0
IndependentHarry Browne5,9020.35%0
IndependentHoward Phillips7770.05%0
IndependentWrite Ins7010.04%0
IndependentJohn Hagelin4470.03%0
Totals1,672,551100.00%9
Voter turnout (Voting Age population)50%

By county

[2]

CountyGeorge W. Bush
Republican
Al Gore
Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal
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Autauga11,99369.69%4,94228.72%2731.59%7,05140.97%17,208
Baldwin40,87272.37%13,99724.78%1,6112.85%26,87547.59%56,480
Barbour5,09649.02%5,18849.91%1111.07%-92-0.89%10,395
Bibb4,27360.17%2,71038.16%1181.66%1,56322.01%7,101
Blount12,66770.48%4,97735.67%3291.83%7,69042.79%17,973
Bullock1,43329.22%3,39569.23%761.55%-1,962-40.01%4,904
Butler4,12752.89%3,60646.21%700.90%5216.68%7,803
Calhoun22,30657.33%15,78140.56%8222.11%6,52516.77%38,909
Chambers6,03751.01%5,61647.46%1811.53%4213.55%11,834
Cherokee4,15453.10%3,49744.70%1722.20%6578.40%7,823
Chilton10,06666.70%4,80631.84%2201.46%5,26034.86%15,092
Choctaw3,60048.82%3,70750.27%670.91%-107-1.45%7,374
Clarke5,98855.69%4,67943.52%850.79%1,30912.17%10,752
Clay3,71963.22%2,04534.76%1192.02%1,67428.46%5,883
Cleburne3,33365.46%1,66432.68%951.87%1,66932.78%5,092
Coffee9,93864.39%5,22033.82%2761.79%4,71830.57%15,434
Colbert10,51848.85%10,54348.96%4712.19%-25-0.11%21,532
Conecuh2,69948.62%2,78350.14%691.24%-84-1.52%5,551
Coosa2,38252.16%2,10446.07%811.77%2786.09%4,567
Covington8,96165.83%4,44032.62%2121.56%4,52133.21%13,613
Crenshaw2,79358.25%1,93440.33%681.42%85917.92%4,795
Cullman19,15764.88%9,75833.05%6102.07%9,39931.83%29,525
Dale10,59367.02%4,90631.04%3071.94%5,68735.98%15,806
Dallas7,36039.86%10,96759.40%1370.74%-3,607-19.54%18,464
DeKalb12,82763.23%7,05634.78%4021.98%5,77128.45%20,285
Elmore16,77770.48%6,65227.94%3751.58%10,12542.54%23,804
Escambia6,97559.82%4,52338.79%1621.39%2,45221.03%11,660
Etowah21,08753.59%17,43344.30%8282.10%3,6549.29%39,348
Fayette4,58258.68%3,06439.24%1622.07%1,51819.44%7,808
Franklin6,11955.11%4,79343.17%1911.72%1,32611.94%11,103
Geneva6,58868.92%2,76928.97%2022.11%3,81939.95%9,559
Greene85019.34%3,50479.71%420.96%-2,654-60.37%4,396
Hale2,98438.60%4,65260.17%951.23%-1,668-21.57%7,731
Henry4,05458.48%2,78240.13%961.38%1,27218.35%6,932
Houston22,15069.10%9,41229.36%4951.54%12,73839.74%32,057
Jackson8,47547.33%9,06650.63%3652.04%-591-3.30%17,906
Jefferson138,49150.59%129,88947.45%5,3831.97%8,6023.14%273,763
Lamar4,47061.66%2,65336.60%1261.74%1,81725.06%7,249
Lauderdale17,47854.39%13,87543.17%7842.44%3,60311.22%32,137
Lawrence5,67146.54%6,29651.67%2181.79%-625-5.13%12,185
Lee22,43358.63%14,57438.09%1,2573.29%7,85920.54%38,264
Limestone14,20460.10%8,99238.05%4381.85%5,21222.05%23,634
Lowndes1,63826.24%4,55772.99%480.77%-2,919-46.75%6,243
Macon1,09112.35%7,66586.80%750.85%-6,574-74.45%8,831
Madison62,15154.85%48,19942.53%2,9682.62%13,95212.32%113,318
Marengo4,69048.81%4,84150.39%770.80%-151-1.58%9,608
Marion6,91058.78%4,60039.13%2462.09%2,31019.65%11,756
Marshall17,08461.04%10,38137.09%5241.87%6,70323.95%27,989
Mobile78,16255.93%58,64041.96%2,9432.11%19,52213.97%139,745
Monroe5,15357.57%3,74141.79%570.64%1,41215.78%8,951
Montgomery38,82748.34%40,37150.26%1,1301.41%-1,544-1.92%80,328
Morgan25,77460.39%16,06037.63%8471.98%9,71422.76%42,681
Perry1,73229.93%4,02069.47%350.60%-2,288-39.54%5,787
Pickens4,30650.42%4,14348.51%911.07%1631.91%8,540
Pike6,05857.45%4,35741.32%1291.22%1,70116.13%10,544
Randolph4,66658.92%3,09439.07%1592.01%1,57219.85%7,919
Russell6,19841.95%8,39656.83%1811.23%-2,198-14.88%14,775
Shelby47,65176.70%13,18321.22%1,2942.08%34,46855.48%62,128
St. Clair17,11771.05%6,48526.92%4882.03%10,63244.13%24,090
Sumter1,62926.76%4,41572.52%440.72%-2,786-45.76%6,088
Talladega13,80754.25%11,26444.26%3801.49%2,5439.99%25,451
Tallapoosa9,80560.33%6,18338.04%2651.63%3,62222.29%16,253
Tuscaloosa34,00356.56%24,61440.95%1,4972.49%9,38915.61%60,114
Walker13,48652.60%11,62145.32%5342.08%1,8657.28%25,641
Washington4,11754.20%3,38644.58%931.22%7319.62%7,596
Wilcox1,66132.40%3,44467.19%210.41%-1,783-34.79%5,126
Winston6,41368.82%2,69228.89%2132.29%3,72139.93%9,318
Totals944,40956.47%695,60241.59%32,5401.95%248,80714.88%1,672,551

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Bush won 6 of 7 congressional districts, including one held by a Democrat.[3]

DistrictBushGoreRepresentative
60%38%Sonny Callahan
63%36%Terry Everett
57%41%Bob Riley
59%39%Robert Aderholt
55%43%Bud Cramer
70%28%Spencer Bachus
25%74%Earl Hilliard

Electors

See main article: List of 2000 United States presidential electors.

Technically the voters of Alabama cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Alabama is allocated 9 electors because it has 7 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 9 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 9 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,[4] 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:[5]

  1. Glen Dunlap
  2. Bob Fincher
  3. Homer Jackson
  4. Jerry Lathan
  5. Elaine Little
  6. Melba Peters
  7. Martha Stokes
  8. Jean Sullivan
  9. Edgar Welden

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  2. Web site: Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  3. https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/data.php?year=2000&fips=1&f=0&off=0&elect=0&datatype=cd&def=1 2000 Presidential General Election Results - Alabama
  4. Web site: 2000 Post-Election Timeline of Events.
  5. Web site: 2000 Presidential Electors | Alabama Secretary of State.