| Election Name: | 2000 United States presidential election in Utah |
| Country: | Utah |
| Flag Year: | 1922 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1996 United States presidential election in Utah |
| Previous Year: | 1996 |
| Next Election: | 2004 United States presidential election in Utah |
| 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: | 5 |
| Popular Vote1: | 515,096 |
| Percentage1: | 66.83% |
| Nominee2: | Al Gore |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Tennessee |
| Running Mate2: | Joe Lieberman |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 203,053 |
| Percentage2: | 26.34% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| 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 Utah took place on November 7, 2000, as part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Utah was won by Texas Governor George W. Bush by a 40.49 percent margin of victory. With 66.83 percent of the popular vote, the state proved to be Bush's third strongest state in the 2000 election after neighboring Wyoming and Idaho.[1] The state also proved to be Gore's worst performing state.
| 2000 United States presidential election in Utah[2] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Republican | George W. Bush | 515,096 | 66.83% | 5 | ||
| Democratic | Al Gore | 203,053 | 26.34% | 0 | ||
| Green Party | Ralph Nader | 35,850 | 4.65% | 0 | ||
| Reform | Patrick Buchanan | 9,319 | 1.21% | 0 | ||
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | 3,616 | 0.47% | 0 | ||
| Independent | Howard Phillips | 2,709 | 0.35% | 0 | ||
| Natural Law | John Hagelin | 763 | 0.10% | 0 | ||
| Socialist Workers | James Harris | 186 | 0.02% | 0 | ||
| Independent | Louie Youngkeit | 161 | 0.02% | 0 | ||
| Write Ins | - | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 770,754 | 100.00% | 5 | |||
| Voter turnout (Voting age population) | ||||||
| County | George W. Bush Republican | Al Gore Democratic | Ralph Nader Green | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Beaver | 1,653 | 73.40% | 541 | 24.02% | 38 | 1.69% | 20 | 0.89% | 1,112 | 49.38% | 2,252 | ||||||||||||
| Box Elder | 12,288 | 79.36% | 2,555 | 16.50% | 326 | 2.11% | 314 | 2.03% | 9,733 | 62.86% | 15,483 | ||||||||||||
| Cache | 25,920 | 78.21% | 5,170 | 15.60% | 1,511 | 4.56% | 541 | 1.63% | 20,750 | 62.61% | 33,142 | ||||||||||||
| Carbon | 3,758 | 50.89% | 3,298 | 44.66% | 213 | 2.88% | 115 | 1.56% | 460 | 6.23% | 7,384 | ||||||||||||
| Daggett | 317 | 72.87% | 104 | 23.91% | 9 | 2.07% | 5 | 1.15% | 213 | 48.96% | 435 | ||||||||||||
| Davis | 64,375 | 73.27% | 18,845 | 21.45% | 2,891 | 3.29% | 1,744 | 1.99% | 45,530 | 51.82% | 87,855 | ||||||||||||
| Duchesne | 3,622 | 79.67% | 779 | 17.14% | 76 | 1.67% | 69 | 1.52% | 2,843 | 62.53% | 4,546 | ||||||||||||
| Emery | 3,243 | 73.74% | 958 | 21.78% | 81 | 1.84% | 116 | 2.64% | 2,285 | 51.96% | 4,398 | ||||||||||||
| Garfield | 1,719 | 87.35% | 178 | 9.04% | 43 | 2.18% | 28 | 1.42% | 1,541 | 78.31% | 1,968 | ||||||||||||
| Grand | 1,822 | 50.42% | 1,158 | 32.04% | 540 | 14.94% | 94 | 2.60% | 664 | 18.38% | 3,614 | ||||||||||||
| Iron | 10,106 | 80.24% | 1,789 | 14.21% | 341 | 2.71% | 358 | 2.84% | 8,317 | 66.03% | 12,594 | ||||||||||||
| Juab | 2,023 | 72.64% | 619 | 22.23% | 60 | 2.15% | 83 | 2.98% | 1,404 | 50.41% | 2,785 | ||||||||||||
| Kane | 2,254 | 80.44% | 387 | 13.81% | 102 | 3.64% | 59 | 2.11% | 1,867 | 66.63% | 2,802 | ||||||||||||
| Millard | 3,850 | 80.63% | 696 | 14.58% | 73 | 1.53% | 156 | 3.27% | 3,154 | 66.05% | 4,775 | ||||||||||||
| Morgan | 2,464 | 77.70% | 553 | 17.44% | 80 | 2.52% | 74 | 2.33% | 1,911 | 60.26% | 3,171 | ||||||||||||
| Piute | 626 | 80.15% | 133 | 17.03% | 10 | 1.28% | 12 | 1.54% | 493 | 63.12% | 781 | ||||||||||||
| Rich | 736 | 81.51% | 152 | 16.83% | 10 | 1.11% | 5 | 0.55% | 584 | 64.68% | 903 | ||||||||||||
| Salt Lake | 171,585 | 55.84% | 107,576 | 35.01% | 21,252 | 6.92% | 6,845 | 2.23% | 64,009 | 20.83% | 307,258 | ||||||||||||
| San Juan | 2,721 | 57.36% | 1,838 | 38.74% | 107 | 2.26% | 78 | 1.64% | 883 | 18.62% | 4,744 | ||||||||||||
| Sanpete | 5,781 | 77.81% | 1,211 | 16.30% | 153 | 2.06% | 285 | 3.84% | 4,570 | 61.51% | 7,430 | ||||||||||||
| Sevier | 5,763 | 81.43% | 1,046 | 14.78% | 125 | 1.77% | 143 | 2.02% | 4,717 | 66.65% | 7,077 | ||||||||||||
| Summit | 6,168 | 50.89% | 4,601 | 37.96% | 1,156 | 9.54% | 196 | 1.62% | 1,567 | 12.93% | 12,121 | ||||||||||||
| Tooele | 7,807 | 62.56% | 4,001 | 32.06% | 387 | 3.10% | 285 | 2.28% | 3,806 | 30.50% | 12,480 | ||||||||||||
| Uintah | 6,733 | 80.18% | 1,387 | 16.52% | 132 | 1.57% | 145 | 1.73% | 5,346 | 63.66% | 8,397 | ||||||||||||
| Utah | 98,255 | 81.70% | 16,445 | 13.67% | 2,732 | 2.27% | 2,824 | 2.35% | 81,810 | 68.03% | 120,256 | ||||||||||||
| Wasatch | 3,819 | 67.30% | 1,476 | 26.01% | 259 | 4.56% | 121 | 2.13% | 2,343 | 41.29% | 5,675 | ||||||||||||
| Washington | 25,481 | 78.50% | 5,465 | 16.84% | 714 | 2.20% | 801 | 2.47% | 20,016 | 61.66% | 32,461 | ||||||||||||
| Wayne | 953 | 77.80% | 202 | 16.49% | 58 | 4.73% | 12 | 0.98% | 751 | 61.31% | 1,225 | ||||||||||||
| Weber | 39,254 | 62.56% | 19,890 | 31.70% | 2,371 | 3.78% | 1,227 | 1.96% | 19,364 | 30.86% | 62,742 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 515,096 | 66.83% | 203,053 | 26.34% | 35,850 | 4.65% | 16,755 | 2.17% | 312,043 | 40.49% | 770,754 | ||||||||||||
Bush won all 3 congressional districts, including one held by a Democrat.[3]
| District | Bush | Gore | Representative | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72% | 22% | James V. Hansen | ||||
| 57% | 34% | |||||
| Jim Matheson | ||||||
| 72% | 23% |
See main article: List of 2000 United States presidential electors.
Technically the voters of Utah cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Utah is allocated five electors because it has three congressional districts and two senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of five 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 five 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]