2000 United States presidential election in Oklahoma explained

Election Name:	2000 United States presidential election in Oklahoma
Country:	Oklahoma
Flag Year:	1988
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1996 United States presidential election in Oklahoma
Previous Year:	1996
Next Election:	2004 United States presidential election in Oklahoma
Next Year:	2004
Election Date:	November 7, 2000
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:	8
Popular Vote1:	744,337
Percentage1:	60.31%
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	Tennessee
Running Mate2:	Joe Lieberman
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	474,276
Percentage2:	38.43%
Map Size:	400px
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 Oklahoma took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Oklahoma was won by the Republican Party candidate, Texas Governor George W. Bush with a 21.88% margin of victory. This is the last time that the Republican presidential nominee failed to win all 77 counties in Oklahoma; as a result, this is the last time the Democratic nominee won the following counties: Ottawa, Cherokee, Muskogee, Okmulgee, McIntosh, Hughes, Haskell, Latimer, and Choctaw. This was also the last time until 2016 that any third-party candidates were granted ballot access in Oklahoma and the last time until 2020 that any county was won by only a plurality.

Primaries

Democratic

2000 Oklahoma Democratic presidential primary^[1] ! Candidate! Votes! %! Delegates^[2]

Al Gore	92,654	68.71	38
Bill Bradley	34,311	25.44	7
Lyndon LaRouche, Jr.	7,885	5.85
Total	134,850	100%	45

Results

2000 United States presidential election in Oklahoma^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	George W. Bush	744,337	60.31%	8
	Democratic	Al Gore	474,276	38.43%	0
	Reform	Pat Buchanan	9,014	0.73%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	6,602	0.53%	0

By county

County	George W. Bush Republican		Al Gore Democratic		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total
		%		%		%		%
	Adair		3,503		58.61%		2,361		39.50%		113		1.89%		1,142		19.11%		5,977
	Alfalfa		1,886		75.23%		583		23.25%		38		1.52%		1,303		51.98%		2,507
	Atoka		2,375		54.93%		1,906		44.08%		43		0.99%		469		10.85%		4,324
	Beaver		2,092		85.18%		339		13.80%		25		1.02%		1,753		71.38%		2,456
	Beckham		4,067		62.26%		2,408		36.86%		57		0.87%		1,659		25.40%		6,532
	Blaine		2,633		64.31%		1,402		34.25%		59		1.44%		1,231		30.06%		4,094
	Bryan		6,084		51.80%		5,554		47.28%		108		0.92%		530		4.52%		11,746
	Caddo		4,835		52.50%		4,272		46.38%		103		1.12%		563		6.12%		9,210
	Canadian		22,679		72.32%		8,367		26.68%		314		1.00%		14,312		45.64%		31,360
	Carter		9,667		58.74%		6,659		40.46%		132		0.80%		3,008		18.28%		16,458
	Cherokee		6,918		47.82%		7,256		50.15%		294		2.03%		-338		-2.33%		14,468
	Choctaw		2,461		46.30%		2,799		52.66%		55		1.03%		-338		-6.36%		5,315
	Cimarron		1,230		82.88%		227		15.30%		27		1.82%		1,003		67.58%		1,484
	Cleveland		47,393		62.22%		27,792		36.49%		986		1.29%		19,601		25.73%		76,171
	Coal		1,196		50.64%		1,148		48.60%		18		0.76%		48		2.04%		2,362
	Comanche		17,103		58.31%		11,971		40.81%		259		0.88%		5,132		17.50%		29,333
	Cotton		1,388		55.92%		1,068		43.03%		26		1.05%		320		12.89%		2,482
	Craig		2,815		51.33%		2,568		46.83%		101		1.84%		247		4.50%		5,484
	Creek		13,580		57.20%		9,753		41.08%		408		1.72%		3,827		16.12%		23,741
	Custer		6,527		66.99%		3,115		31.97%		101		1.04%		3,412		35.02%		9,743
	Delaware		7,618		57.05%		5,514		41.29%		221		1.66%		2,104		15.76%		13,353
	Dewey		1,607		72.39%		599		26.98%		14		0.63%		1,008		45.41%		2,220
	Ellis		1,513		75.16%		468		23.25%		32		1.59%		1,045		51.91%		2,013
	Garfield		14,902		68.73%		6,543		30.18%		238		1.10%		8,359		38.55%		21,683
	Garvin		5,536		56.24%		4,189		42.56%		118		1.20%		1,347		13.68%		9,843
	Grady		10,040		61.69%		6,037		37.09%		199		1.22%		4,003		24.60%		16,276
	Grant		1,762		70.40%		709		28.33%		32		1.28%		1,053		42.07%		2,503
	Greer		1,287		59.80%		839		38.99%		26		1.21%		448		20.81%		2,152
	Harmon		692		57.43%		507		42.07%		6		0.50%		185		15.36%		1,205
	Harper		1,296		77.01%		374		22.22%		13		0.77%		922		54.79%		1,683
	Haskell		2,039		44.06%		2,510		54.24%		79		1.71%		-471		-10.18%		4,628
	Hughes		2,196		47.90%		2,334		50.91%		55		1.20%		-138		-3.01%		4,585
	Jackson		5,591		68.53%		2,515		30.82%		53		0.65%		3,076		37.71%		8,159
	Jefferson		1,320		50.91%		1,245		48.01%		28		1.08%		75		2.90%		2,593
	Johnston		2,072		52.72%		1,809		46.03%		49		1.25%		263		6.69%		3,930
	Kay		11,768		64.79%		6,122		33.71%		272		1.50%		5,646		31.08%		18,162
	Kingfisher		4,693		77.49%		1,304		21.53%		59		0.97%		3,389		55.96%		6,056
	Kiowa		2,173		57.95%		1,544		41.17%		33		0.88%		629		16.78%		3,750
	Latimer		1,739		47.40%		1,865		50.83%		65		1.77%		-126		-3.43%		3,669
	Le Flore		8,215		54.82%		6,536		43.62%		234		1.56%		1,679		11.20%		14,985
	Lincoln		7,387		63.13%		4,140		35.38%		174		1.49%		3,247		27.25%		11,701
	Logan		8,187		63.61%		4,510		35.04%		173		1.34%		3,677		28.57%		12,870
	Love		1,807		53.59%		1,530		45.37%		35		1.04%		277		8.22%		3,372
	McClain		6,750		64.05%		3,679		34.91%		110		1.04%		3,071		29.14%		10,539
	McCurtain		6,601		62.97%		3,752		35.79%		129		1.23%		2,849		27.18%		10,482
	McIntosh		3,444		44.26%		4,206		54.05%		131		1.68%		-762		-9.79%		7,781
	Major		2,672		79.71%		635		18.94%		45		1.34%		2,037		60.77%		3,352
	Marshall		2,641		53.90%		2,210		45.10%		49		1.00%		431		8.80%		4,900
	Mayes		7,132		50.94%		6,618		47.27%		251		1.79%		514		3.67%		14,001
	Murray		2,609		53.01%		2,263		45.98%		50		1.02%		346		7.03%		4,922
	Muskogee		11,820		47.87%		12,520		50.70%		353		1.43%		-700		-2.83%		24,693
	Noble		3,230		68.77%		1,416		30.15%		51		1.09%		1,814		38.62%		4,697
	Nowata		2,069		53.75%		1,703		44.25%		77		2.00%		366		9.50%		3,849
	Okfuskee		1,910		50.42%		1,814		47.89%		64		1.69%		96		2.53%		3,788
	Oklahoma		139,078		62.34%		81,590		36.57%		2,443		1.09%		57,488		25.77%		223,111
	Okmulgee		5,797		43.99%		7,186		54.53%		195		1.48%		-1,389		-10.54%		13,178
	Osage		8,138		51.15%		7,540		47.39%		231		1.45%		598		3.76%		15,909
	Ottawa		5,625		49.29%		5,647		49.49%		139		1.22%		-22		-0.20%		11,411
	Pawnee		3,386		57.15%		2,435		41.10%		104		1.76%		951		16.05%		5,925
	Payne		15,256		61.15%		9,319		37.36%		372		1.49%		5,937		23.79%		24,947
	Pittsburg		8,514		52.05%		7,627		46.63%		216		1.32%		887		5.42%		16,357
	Pontotoc		7,299		56.86%		5,387		41.97%		150		1.17%		1,912		14.89%		12,836
	Pottawatomie		13,235		59.31%		8,763		39.27%		318		1.42%		4,472		20.04%		22,316
	Pushmataha		2,331		53.61%		1,969		45.29%		48		1.10%		362		8.32%		4,348
	Roger Mills		1,234		73.15%		441		26.14%		12		0.71%		793		47.01%		1,687
	Rogers		17,713		61.18%		10,813		37.35%		425		1.47%		6,900		23.83%		28,951
	Seminole		4,011		50.99%		3,783		48.09%		72		0.92%		228		2.90%		7,866
	Sequoyah		6,614		53.97%		5,425		44.27%		215		1.75%		1,189		9.70%		12,254
	Stephens		10,860		62.10%		6,467		36.98%		161		0.92%		4,393		25.12%		17,488
	Texas		4,964		81.54%		1,084		17.81%		40		0.66%		3,880		63.73%		6,088
	Tillman		1,920		57.33%		1,400		41.80%		29		0.87%		520		15.53%		3,349
	Tulsa		134,152		61.34%		81,656		37.34%		2,883		1.32%		52,496		24.00%		218,691
	Wagoner		12,981		60.33%		8,244		38.31%		292		1.36%		4,737		22.02%		21,517
	Washington		13,788		66.47%		6,644		32.03%		312		1.50%		7,144		34.44%		20,744
	Washita		2,850		63.79%		1,564		35.00%		54		1.21%		1,286		28.79%		4,468
	Woods		2,774		68.56%		1,235		30.52%		37		0.91%		1,539		38.04%		4,046
	Woodward		5,067		71.37%		1,950		27.46%		83		1.17%		3,117		43.91%		7,100
Totals	744,337	60.31%	474,276	38.43%	15,616	1.27%	270,061	21.88%	1,234,229

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Atoka (Largest city: Atoka)
• Bryan (Largest city: Durant)
• Caddo (Largest city: Anadarko)
• Carter (Largest city: Ardmore)
• Coal (Largest city: Coalgate)
• Cotton (Largest city: Walters)
• Craig (Largest city: Vinita)
• Garvin (Largest city: Pauls Valley)
• Greer (Largest city: Mangum)
• Harmon (Largest city: Hollis)
• Jefferson (Largest city: Waurika)
• Johnston (Largest city: Tishomingo)
• Kiowa (Largest city: Hobart)
• Le Flore (Largest city: Poteau)
• Love (Largest city: Marietta)
• Marshall (Largest city: Madill)
• Mayes (Largest city: Pryor Creek)
• McCurtain (Largest city: Idabel)
• Murray (Largest city: Sulphur)
• Nowata (Largest city: Nowata)
• Okfuskee (Largest city: Okemah)
• Osage (Largest city: Hominy)
• Pawnee (Largest city: Cleveland)
• Pittsburg (Largest city: McAlester)
• Pontotoc (Largest city: Ada)
• Pushmataha (Largest city: Antlers)
• Seminole (Largest city: Seminole)
• Sequoyah (Largest city: Sallisaw)
• Tillman (Largest city: Frederick)

By congressional district

Bush won all 6 congressional districts, including one held by a Democrat.^[4]

District	Bush	Gore	Representative
		62%	37%		Steve Largent
	53%	46%		Tom Coburn
			Brad Carson
		56%	43%		Wes Watkins
		61%	38%		J. C. Watts
		68%	31%		Ernest Istook
		61%	38%		Frank Lucas

Electors

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

The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 18, 2000^[5] 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:^[6]

1. Steve Byas
2. James Cruson
3. Paul Hollrah
4. Kristal Markowitz
5. Bob McDowell
6. Donald O'Nesky
7. Tom Prince
8. George W. Wiland

The slates of electors for the defeated candidates are as follows:

Reform: Robert Kiwanis Bell, Jr., Isabel Faith Lyman, Patrick S. J. Carmack, Ivette P. Farmer, Earl David Shaffer, William Bruce Charles, Gregory D. Brown, Mary Patricia Ziglinski

Democrat: George Nigh, Carma Lee Brock, Edmund Synar, Beulah Vernon, Jay Parmley, Rhonda Walters, Mary Jac Rauh, Obera Bergdall

Libertarian: Charles Burris, Agnes Regier, Christine M. Kane, Mary Laurent, Anne Fruits, Jack Litherland, David Lewis, Lynn Atherton^[7]

See also

• United States presidential elections in Oklahoma
• Presidency of George W. Bush

Notes and References

1. Web site: OKLAHOMA STATE ELECTION BOARD PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION March 14, 2000 SUMMARY RESULTS.
2. Web site: Election 2000: Missouri Democrat. The Green Papers. September 20, 2023.
3. Web site: Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
4. https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/data.php?year=2000&fips=40&f=0&off=0&elect=0&datatype=cd&def=1 2000 Presidential General Election Results - Oklahoma
5. http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2000&fips=42&f=0&off=0&elect=0 2000 Presidential General Election Results - Pennsylvania
6. Web site: President Elect - 2000 . 2011-05-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120212174238/http://presidentelect.org/e2000.html . 2012-02-12 . dead .
7. https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/electors.php?year=2000&fips=40&f=0&off=0&elect=0 2000 Presidential Electors - Oklahoma