| Election Name: | 2000 United States presidential election in Massachusetts |
| Country: | Massachusetts |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1996 United States presidential election in Massachusetts |
| Previous Year: | 1996 |
| Next Election: | 2004 United States presidential election in Massachusetts |
| Next Year: | 2004 |
| Election Date: | November 7, 2000 |
| Image1: | Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, official portrait 1994.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Al Gore |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | Tennessee |
| Running Mate1: | Joe Lieberman |
| Electoral Vote1: | 12 |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,616,487 |
| Percentage1: | 59.80% |
| Nominee2: | George W. Bush |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Texas |
| Running Mate2: | Dick Cheney |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 878,502 |
| Percentage2: | 32.50% |
| Image3: | Ralph Nader 1999 (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee3: | Ralph Nader |
| Party3: | Green Party (United States) |
| Home State3: | Connecticut |
| Running Mate3: | Winona LaDuke |
| Electoral Vote3: | 0 |
| Popular Vote3: | 173,564 |
| Percentage3: | 6.42% |
| Map Size: | 401px |
| 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 Massachusetts took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Massachusetts is one of the most reliable blue states in the nation: no Republican has won the state since Ronald Reagan in 1984. The 2000 presidential election featured Democratic United States Vice President Al Gore versus Republican Texas Governor George W. Bush. Despite Bush's tight victory nationwide, Gore handily won Massachusetts, with a 27% margin of victory against George W. Bush who did not actively campaign there. Gore didn't campaign in Massachusetts as well although his wife Tipper and the wife of his running mate Joe Lieberman, Hadassah, held a rally in Lieberman's hometown of Gardner.[1] Gore won every county and congressional district. Massachusetts had been a Democratic-leaning state since 1928, and a Democratic stronghold since 1960, and has kept up its intense level of the sizable Democratic margins since 1996.
Bush became the first Republican ever to win the White House without carrying Barnstable County. As of 2020, this is the last time that a Democratic presidential nominee has failed to reach 60 percent of the vote in Massachusetts. This is also the last time that the towns of Ashby, Charlton, Douglas, East Bridgewater, Middleborough, Middleton, Lakeville, and North Brookfield voted Democratic in a presidential election and the last time that the towns of Chatham, Chesterfield, Orleans, Otis, and Rowe voted Republican.
With 6.42% of the popular vote, Massachusetts proved to be Ralph Nader's third best state in the 2000 election after Alaska and neighboring Vermont. Nader received 36.2% of the vote in the town of Wendell.
| 2000 United States presidential election in Massachusetts | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Democratic | Albert A. Gore Jr. and Joseph I. Lieberman | 1,616,487 | 59.80% | 12 | ||
| Republican | George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney | 878,502 | 32.50% | 0 | ||
| Green | Ralph Nader and Winona LaDuke | 173,564 | 6.42% | 0 | ||
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | 16,366 | 0.61% | 0 | ||
| Reform | Pat Buchanan | 11,149 | 0.41% | 0 | ||
| Independent | Others (Write-In) | 3,990 | 0.15% | 0 | ||
| Independent (a) | John Hagelin | 2,884 | 0.11% | 0 | ||
| Socialist | David McReynolds (Write-In) | 42 | 0.15% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 2,702,984 | 100.0% | 12 | |||
| County | Al Gore Democratic | George W. Bush Republican | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Barnstable | 62,363 | 51.50% | 49,686 | 41.03% | 9,037 | 7.46% | 12,677 | 10.47% | 121,086 | ||||||||||
| Berkshire | 37,934 | 63.85% | 15,805 | 26.60% | 5,672 | 9.55% | 22,129 | 37.25% | 59,411 | ||||||||||
| Bristol | 136,325 | 64.51% | 62,848 | 29.74% | 12,164 | 5.76% | 73,477 | 34.77% | 211,337 | ||||||||||
| Dukes | 5,474 | 61.81% | 2,315 | 26.14% | 1,067 | 12.05% | 3,159 | 35.67% | 8,856 | ||||||||||
| Essex | 178,400 | 57.49% | 110,010 | 35.45% | 21,923 | 7.06% | 68,390 | 22.04% | 310,333 | ||||||||||
| Franklin | 17,945 | 53.78% | 10,176 | 30.50% | 5,245 | 15.72% | 7,769 | 23.28% | 33,366 | ||||||||||
| Hampden | 100,103 | 58.17% | 59,558 | 34.61% | 12,432 | 7.22% | 40,545 | 23.56% | 172,093 | ||||||||||
| Hampshire | 38,543 | 56.16% | 19,202 | 27.98% | 10,881 | 15.86% | 19,341 | 28.18% | 68,626 | ||||||||||
| Middlesex | 404,043 | 61.49% | 198,914 | 30.27% | 54,091 | 8.23% | 205,129 | 31.22% | 657,048 | ||||||||||
| Nantucket | 2,874 | 58.34% | 1,624 | 32.97% | 428 | 8.69% | 1,250 | 25.37% | 4,926 | ||||||||||
| Norfolk | 188,450 | 59.41% | 107,033 | 33.75% | 21,694 | 6.84% | 81,417 | 25.66% | 317,177 | ||||||||||
| Plymouth | 115,376 | 54.53% | 82,751 | 39.11% | 13,450 | 6.36% | 32,625 | 15.42% | 211,577 | ||||||||||
| Suffolk | 154,888 | 71.38% | 44,441 | 20.48% | 17,671 | 8.14% | 110,447 | 50.90% | 217,000 | ||||||||||
| Worcester | 173,769 | 56.03% | 114,139 | 36.80% | 22,240 | 7.17% | 59,630 | 19.23% | 310,148 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 1,616,487 | 59.80% | 878,502 | 32.50% | 207,995 | 7.70% | 737,985 | 27.30% | 2,702,984 | ||||||||||
Gore won all 10 Congressional districts.
| District | Bush | Gore | Nader | Representative | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33% | 57% | 9% | John Olver | ||||
| 34% | 58% | 7% | Richard Neal | ||||
| 35% | 58% | 6% | Jim McGovern | ||||
| 30% | 63% | 5% | Barney Frank | ||||
| 36% | 56% | 6% | Marty Meehan | ||||
| 36% | 57% | 6% | John F. Tierney | ||||
| 29% | 63% | 6% | Ed Markey | ||||
| 17% | 72% | 10% | Mike Capuano | ||||
| 31% | 62% | 6% | Joe Moakley | ||||
| Stephen F. Lynch | |||||||
| 38% | 55% | 6% | Bill Delahunt |