| Election Name: | 2000 United States presidential election in Rhode Island |
| Country: | Rhode Island |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1996 United States presidential election in Rhode Island |
| Previous Year: | 1996 |
| Next Election: | 2004 United States presidential election in Rhode Island |
| Next Year: | 2004 |
| Turnout: | 61.4%[1] 3.4 pp |
| 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: | 4 |
| Popular Vote1: | 249,508 |
| Percentage1: | 60.99% |
| Nominee2: | George W. Bush |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Texas |
| Running Mate2: | Dick Cheney |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 130,555 |
| Percentage2: | 31.91% |
| 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: | 25,052 |
| Percentage3: | 6.12% |
| 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 Rhode Island took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Rhode Island voted for the Democratic Party's candidate, then Vice President Al Gore of Tennessee, over the Republican Party's candidate, Governor George W. Bush of Texas. Gore ran with Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut as his running mate, while Bush ran with former Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney as his running mate.
Rhode Island is one of the most reliably Democratic states in the country. This state was Democrat Al Gore's best performance in the 2000 presidential election, where he won with over 60% of the vote. Gore won all five of the Ocean State's counties and won all but two townships. Ralph Nader, running a high-profile campaign on behalf of the Green Party with Winona LaDuke as his running mate, took 6.12% of the popular vote in the state, making Rhode Island his fourth best showing in the 2000 election after Alaska, Vermont and neighboring Massachusetts.[2] [3]
Al Gore won the primary from Rhode Island and won every county except Bristol County and Washington County. The state was worth 32 delegates.
| Al Gore | Bill Bradley | other | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26,801 | 19,000 | 1,043 | |
| 57% | 41% | 2% |
This primary was one of the very few states Senator John McCain won in the 2000 Republican primaries against George W. Bush. He won every single county, town, and city in the state. He also won all of the state's 14 delegates.
| John McCain | George W. Bush | others | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21,754 | 13,170 | 1,196 | |
| 60% | 36% | 4% |
| County | Al Gore Democratic | George W. Bush Republican | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Bristol | 13,424 | 57.68% | 8,375 | 35.99% | 1,473 | 6.33% | 5,049 | 21.69% | 23,272 | ||||||||||
| Kent | 43,265 | 58.89% | 25,291 | 34.42% | 4,914 | 6.69% | 17,974 | 24.47% | 73,470 | ||||||||||
| Newport | 20,790 | 54.94% | 14,258 | 37.68% | 2,790 | 7.38% | 6,532 | 17.26% | 37,838 | ||||||||||
| Providence | 142,469 | 65.26% | 61,378 | 28.12% | 14,461 | 6.62% | 81,091 | 37.14% | 218,308 | ||||||||||
| Washington | 29,560 | 52.58% | 21,253 | 37.80% | 5,411 | 9.62% | 8,307 | 14.78% | 56,224 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 249,508 | 60.99% | 130,555 | 31.91% | 29,049 | 7.10% | 118,953 | 29.08% | 409,112 | ||||||||||
Gore won both congressional districts.
| District | Bush | Gore | Representative | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31% | 63% | Patrick J. Kennedy | |||
| 33% | 60% | Robert Weygand | |||
| James Langevin |