2000 United States presidential election in Mississippi explained

Election Name:	2000 United States presidential election in Mississippi
Country:	Mississippi
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1996 United States presidential election in Mississippi
Previous Year:	1996
Next Election:	2004 United States presidential election in Mississippi
Next Year:	2004
Election Date:	November 7, 2000
Flag Image:	Flag of Mississippi (1996–2001).svg
Image1:	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:	7
Popular Vote1:	573,230
Percentage1:	57.62%
Nominee2:	Al Gore
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	Tennessee
Running Mate2:	Joe Lieberman
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	404,964
Percentage2:	40.70%
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 Mississippi took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 7 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Mississippi was won by Governor George W. Bush with a double-digit margin of victory of 16.92%. Bush won most of the counties and congressional districts of the state. Bush dominated the east part of the state and Gore did well in the west., this is the last election in which Jasper County voted for the Republican candidate and the last election in which Yalobusha County voted for the Democratic candidate. This is also the last election in which Mississippi voted to the right of neighboring Alabama. Bush became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Adams or Hinds Counties since Richard Nixon in 1968.

Campaign

Predictions

Source	Rating	As of
The Orlando Sentinel^[1]		September 10, 2000
The News and Observer^[2]		October 18, 2000
Richmond Times-Dispatch^[3]		October 29, 2000
The Central New Jersey Home News^[4]		November 2, 2000
Los Angeles Times^[5]		November 3, 2000

Results

2000 United States presidential election in Mississippi^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	George W. Bush	573,230	57.6%	7
	Democratic	Al Gore	404,964	40.7%	0
	Green	Ralph Nader	8,126	0.8%	0
	Constitution	Howard Phillips	3,267	0.3%	0
	Reform	Patrick Buchanan	2,267	0.2%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	2,009	0.2%	0
	Socialist Workers	James Harris	613	0.1%	0
	Natural Law	John Hagelin	450	0.1%	0
Totals			-	100.00%	7
Voter turnout (Voting age/registered)					48%/57%

Results by county

County	George W. Bush Republican		Al Gore Democratic		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total
		%		%		%		%
	Adams		6,691		44.97%		8,065		54.20%		123		0.83%		-1,374		-9.23%		14,879
	Alcorn		7,254		57.40%		5,059		40.03%		325		2.57%		2,195		17.37%		12,638
	Amite		3,677		57.38%		2,673		41.71%		58		0.91%		1,004		15.67%		6,408
	Attala		4,206		58.64%		2,922		40.74%		45		0.63%		1,284		17.90%		7,173
	Benton		1,561		44.84%		1,886		54.18%		34		0.98%		-156		-9.34%		3,481
	Bolivar		4,847		35.80%		8,436		62.31%		255		1.88%		-3,589		-26.51%		13,538
	Calhoun		3,448		59.88%		2,251		39.09%		59		1.02%		1,197		20.79%		5,758
	Carroll		3,165		64.28%		1,726		35.05%		33		0.67%		1,439		29.23%		4,924
	Chickasaw		3,549		49.46%		3,519		49.05%		107		1.49%		30		0.41%		7,175
	Choctaw		2,398		64.48%		1,278		34.36%		43		1.16%		1,120		30.12%		3,719
	Claiborne		883		19.13%		3,670		79.52%		62		1.34%		-2,787		-60.39%		4,615
	Clarke		4,503		65.08%		2,368		34.22%		48		0.69%		2,135		30.86%		6,919
	Clay		3,570		43.72%		4,515		55.30%		80		0.98%		-945		-11.58%		8,165
	Coahoma		3,695		38.68%		5,662		59.27%		196		2.05%		-1,967		-20.59%		9,553
	Copiah		5,643		53.30%		4,845		45.76%		99		0.94%		798		7.54%		10,587
	Covington		4,180		60.75%		2,623		38.12%		78		1.13%		1,557		22.63%		6,881
	DeSoto		24,879		71.21%		9,586		27.44%		471		1.35%		15,293		43.77%		34,936
	Forrest		13,281		59.69%		8,500		38.20%		470		2.11%		4,781		21.49%		22,251
	Franklin		2,427		61.40%		1,486		37.59%		40		1.01%		941		23.81%		3,953
	George		5,143		70.61%		1,977		27.14%		164		2.25%		3,166		43.47%		7,284
	Greene		3,082		69.48%		1,317		29.69%		37		0.83%		1,765		39.79%		4,436
	Grenada		5,129		54.65%		4,163		44.36%		93		0.99%		966		10.29%		9,385
	Hancock		9,326		64.11%		4,801		33.00%		421		2.89%		4,525		31.11%		14,548
	Harrison		32,256		61.30%		19,142		36.38%		1,218		2.31%		13,114		24.92%		52,616
	Hinds		37,753		43.01%		46,789		53.31%		3,228		3.68%		-9,036		-10.30%		87,770
	Holmes		1,937		26.10%		5,447		73.39%		38		0.51%		-3,510		-47.29%		7,422
	Humphreys		1,628		41.28%		2,288		58.01%		28		0.71%		-660		-16.73%		3,944
	Issaquena		366		38.89%		555		58.98%		20		2.13%		-189		-20.09%		941
	Itawamba		5,424		63.33%		2,994		34.96%		146		1.70%		2,430		28.37%		8,564
	Jackson		30,068		66.66%		14,193		31.47%		846		1.88%		15,875		35.19%		45,107
	Jasper		3,294		51.09%		3,104		48.15%		49		0.76%		190		2.94%		6,447
	Jefferson		600		17.61%		2,786		81.75%		22		0.65%		-2,186		-64.14%		3,408
	Jefferson Davis		2,437		45.83%		2,835		53.32%		45		0.85%		-398		-7.49%		5,317
	Jones		16,341		67.14%		7,713		31.69%		286		1.18%		8,628		35.45%		24,340
	Kemper		1,915		44.94%		2,311		54.24%		35		0.82%		-396		-9.30%		4,261
	Lafayette		7,081		55.85%		5,139		40.53%		458		3.61%		1,942		15.32%		12,678
	Lamar		12,795		77.07%		3,478		20.95%		329		1.98%		9,317		56.12%		16,602
	Lauderdale		17,315		66.67%		8,412		32.39%		243		0.94%		8,903		34.28%		25,970
	Lawrence		3,674		55.78%		2,841		43.13%		72		1.09%		833		12.65%		6,587
	Leake		4,114		59.18%		2,793		40.18%		45		0.65%		1,321		19.00%		6,952
	Lee		15,551		61.97%		9,142		36.43%		401		1.60%		6,409		25.54%		25,094
	Leflore		4,626		41.03%		6,401		56.77%		249		2.21%		-1,775		-15.74%		11,276
	Lincoln		8,540		65.69%		4,358		33.52%		102		0.78%		4,182		32.17%		13,000
	Lowndes		11,404		59.30%		7,537		39.19%		289		1.50%		3,867		20.11%		19,230
	Madison		19,109		64.00%		10,416		34.88%		334		1.12%		8,693		29.12%		29,859
	Marion		6,796		61.79%		4,114		37.41%		88		0.80%		2,682		24.38%		10,998
	Marshall		4,723		37.51%		7,735		61.43%		134		1.06%		-3,012		-23.92%		12,592
	Monroe		7,397		55.37%		5,783		43.29%		180		1.35%		1,614		12.08%		13,360
	Montgomery		2,630		54.24%		2,187		45.10%		32		0.66%		443		9.14%		4,849
	Neshoba		6,409		70.69%		2,563		28.27%		94		1.04%		3,846		42.42%		9,066
	Newton		5,540		71.59%		2,147		27.75%		51		0.66%		3,393		43.84%		7,738
	Noxubee		1,530		30.88%		3,383		68.29%		41		0.83%		-1,853		-37.41%		4,954
	Oktibbeha		7,959		53.76%		6,443		43.52%		402		2.72%		1,516		10.24%		14,804
	Panola		5,424		47.62%		5,880		51.63%		85		0.75%		-456		-4.01%		11,389
	Pearl River		11,575		70.25%		4,611		27.98%		291		1.77%		6,964		42.27%		16,477
	Perry		3,026		69.42%		1,285		29.48%		48		1.10%		1,741		39.94%		4,359
	Pike		7,464		52.69%		6,544		46.20%		158		1.12%		920		6.49%		14,166
	Pontotoc		6,601		69.41%		2,771		29.14%		138		1.45%		3,830		40.27%		9,510
	Prentiss		5,101		60.14%		3,287		38.75%		94		1.11%		1,814		21.39%		8,482
	Quitman		1,280		37.50%		2,103		61.62%		30		0.88%		-823		-24.12%		3,413
	Rankin		32,983		79.60%		8,050		19.43%		402		0.97%		24,933		60.17%		41,435
	Scott		5,601		60.84%		3,548		38.54%		57		0.62%		2,053		22.30%		9,206
	Sharkey		1,074		37.00%		1,706		58.77%		123		4.24%		-632		-21.77%		2,903
	Simpson		6,254		65.32%		3,227		33.71%		93		0.97%		3,027		31.61%		9,574
	Smith		4,838		74.11%		1,620		24.82%		70		1.07%		3,218		49.29%		6,528
	Stone		3,702		67.03%		1,677		30.36%		144		2.61%		2,025		36.67%		5,523
	Sunflower		3,369		40.04%		4,981		59.19%		65		0.77%		-1,612		-19.15%		8,415
	Tallahatchie		2,428		43.96%		3,041		55.06%		54		0.98%		-613		-11.10%		5,523
	Tate		5,148		59.22%		3,441		39.58%		104		1.20%		1,707		19.64%		8,693
	Tippah		5,381		64.04%		2,908		34.61%		114		1.36%		2,473		29.43%		8,403
	Tishomingo		4,122		58.95%		2,747		39.29%		123		1.76%		1,375		19.66%		6,992
	Tunica		792		33.47%		1,539		65.05%		35		1.48%		-747		-31.58%		2,366
	Union		6,087		65.37%		3,094		33.23%		130		1.40%		2,993		32.14%		9,311
	Walthall		3,476		58.97%		2,356		39.97%		63		1.07%		1,120		19.00%		5,895
	Warren		10,892		58.49%		7,485		40.19%		246		1.32%		3,407		18.30%		18,623
	Washington		7,367		40.20%		10,405		56.77%		556		3.03%		-3,038		-16.57%		18,328
	Wayne		4,635		60.16%		2,981		38.69%		89		1.16%		1,654		21.47%		7,705
	Webster		3,069		67.52%		1,426		31.38%		50		1.10%		1,643		36.14%		4,545
	Wilkinson		1,423		34.72%		2,551		62.25%		124		3.03%		-1,128		-27.53%		4,098
	Winston		4,645		55.51%		3,672		43.88%		51		0.61%		973		11.63%		8,368
	Yalobusha		2,470		47.25%		2,674		51.15%		84		1.61%		-204		-3.90%		5,228
	Yazoo		5,254		49.96%		4,997		47.52%		265		2.52%		257		2.44%		10,516
Totals	573,230	57.62%	404,964	40.70%	16,732	1.68%	168,266	16.90%	944,926

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Alcorn (Largest city: Corinth)
• Amite (Largest city: Gloster)
• Chickasaw (Largest city: Okolona)
• Copiah (Largest city: Hazlehurst)
• Jasper (Largest city: Bay Springs)
• Lawrence (Largest city: Monticello)
• Montgomery (Largest city: Winona)
• Pike (Largest city: Magnolia)
• Walthall (Largest city: Tylertown)
• Yazoo (Largest city: Yazoo City)

Results by congressional district

Bush won 4 of the 5 congressional districts, including two held by Democrats.

District	Bush	Gore	Representative
		60%	38%		Roger Wicker
		39%	59%		Bennie G. Thompson
		67%	32%		Chip Pickering
		54%	44%		Ronnie Shows
		66%	32%		Gene Taylor

Electors

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

Technically the voters of Mississippi cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Mississippi is allocated 7 electors because it has 5 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 7 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 7 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^[7] 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:^[8]

1. Bob Anthony
2. Miki Cassidy
3. Thomas Colbert
4. Delbert Hosemann
5. Ellen Reineke
6. John Junkin
7. Kent Nicaud

Notes and References

1. News: Brown. Peter A.. September 10, 2000. Electoral College Analysis Shows the Race Is a Dead Heat: Florida Could Be Decisive This November. G1, G4. The Orlando Sentinel.
2. News: October 18, 2000. The Prize Is Still out There. 14A. The News and Observer. Raleigh, North Carolina.
3. News: Bush Has Small Electoral Lead. Richmond Times-Dispatch. The Associated Press. October 29, 2000. A8.
4. News: Raasch. Chuck. Vote May Be Closest in 40 Years: Presidential Outcome Expected to Hinge on Swing States. The Central New Jersey Home News. November 2, 2000. New Brunswick, New Jersey. A1, A6.
5. News: Brownstein. Ronald. Popular-Vote Winner Could End Up a Loser — NUMBERS: Pollsters See Visions of 1888 Cleveland Victorywork=Los Angeles Timesdate=November 3, 2000. Los Angeles, California. A1, A5.
6. Web site: 2000 Presidential General Election Results — Mississippi.
7. Web site: 2000 Post-Election Timeline of Events.
8. Web site: President Elect - 2000 . 2009-10-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120212174238/http://presidentelect.org/e2000.html . 2012-02-12 . dead .