| Election Name: | 2000 United States presidential election in Maine |
| Country: | Maine |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1996 United States presidential election in Maine |
| Previous Year: | 1996 |
| Next Election: | 2004 United States presidential election in Maine |
| 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: | 4 |
| Popular Vote1: | 319,951 |
| Percentage1: | 49.09% |
| Nominee2: | George W. Bush |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Texas |
| Running Mate2: | Dick Cheney |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 286,616 |
| Percentage2: | 43.97% |
| 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: | 37,127 |
| Percentage3: | 5.70% |
| 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 Maine took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Maine is one of two states in the U.S. that instead of all of the state's four electors of the Electoral College to vote based upon the statewide results of the voters, two of the individual electors vote based on their congressional district because Maine has two congressional districts. The other two electors vote based upon the statewide results.
Democratic nominee Vice President Al Gore won the state with 49.09% of the vote over Republican Governor of Texas George W. Bush, who received 43.97%.[1], this is the last election in which Waldo County and Lincoln County voted for the Republican candidate.
Bush was the first Republican to win election without winning the state since Richard Nixon in 1968, as well as the first ever to do so without Hancock County and the first to do so without Knox County since William McKinley in 1900.
Maine was one of ten states that backed George H. W. Bush for president in 1988 that did not back George W. Bush in either 2000 or 2004.
| 2000 United States presidential election in Maine[2] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Democratic | Al Gore | 319,951 | 49.09% | 4 | ||
| Republican | George W. Bush | 286,616 | 43.97% | 0 | ||
| Green | Ralph Nader | 37,127 | 5.70% | 0 | ||
| Reform | Pat Buchanan | 4,443 | 0.68% | 0 | ||
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | 3,074 | 0.47% | 0 | ||
| Constitution | Howard Phillips | 579 | 0.09% | 0 | ||
| Write-in | 27 | <0.01% | — | |||
| Totals | 651,817 | 100.00% | 4 | |||
| Voter turnout | 67% | -5% | ||||
Gore won both congressional districts.[3]
| Maine's 1st congressional district | |||
| Candidate |
| % of Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Gore | 176,293 | 50.52% | |
| George W. Bush | 148,618 | 42.59% |
| Maine's 2nd congressional district | |||
| Candidate |
| % of Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Gore | 143,658 | 47.43% | |
| George W. Bush | 137,998 | 45.56% |
| County | Al Gore Democratic | George W. Bush Republican | Ralph Nader Green | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Androscoggin | 26,251 | 53.31% | 19,948 | 40.51% | 2,388 | 4.85% | 658 | 1.34% | 6,303 | 12.80% | 49,245 | ||||||||||||
| Aroostook | 17,196 | 48.93% | 16,555 | 47.11% | 1,055 | 3.00% | 337 | 0.96% | 641 | 1.82% | 35,143 | ||||||||||||
| Cumberland | 74,203 | 52.03% | 58,543 | 41.05% | 8,576 | 6.01% | 1,298 | 0.91% | 15,660 | 10.98% | 142,620 | ||||||||||||
| Franklin | 7,593 | 49.15% | 6,459 | 41.81% | 1,115 | 7.22% | 281 | 1.82% | 1,134 | 7.34% | 15,448 | ||||||||||||
| Hancock | 12,983 | 45.44% | 12,732 | 44.56% | 2,513 | 8.79% | 346 | 1.21% | 251 | 0.88% | 28,574 | ||||||||||||
| Kennebec | 31,198 | 52.96% | 23,967 | 40.69% | 2,955 | 5.02% | 787 | 1.34% | 7,231 | 12.28% | 58,907 | ||||||||||||
| Knox | 9,453 | 46.11% | 8,968 | 43.74% | 1,810 | 8.83% | 270 | 1.32% | 485 | 2.37% | 20,501 | ||||||||||||
| Lincoln | 8,634 | 43.89% | 9,457 | 48.08% | 1,323 | 6.73% | 257 | 1.31% | -823 | -4.18% | 19,671 | ||||||||||||
| Oxford | 13,649 | 49.65% | 11,835 | 43.05% | 1,509 | 5.49% | 500 | 1.82% | 1,814 | 6.60% | 27,493 | ||||||||||||
| Penobscot | 32,868 | 44.90% | 35,620 | 48.66% | 3,772 | 5.15% | 946 | 1.29% | -2,752 | -3.76% | 73,206 | ||||||||||||
| Piscataquis | 3,745 | 40.46% | 4,845 | 52.34% | 471 | 5.09% | 195 | 2.11% | -1,100 | -11.88% | 9,256 | ||||||||||||
| Sagadahoc | 8,844 | 48.05% | 8,052 | 43.75% | 1,278 | 6.94% | 232 | 1.26% | 792 | 4.30% | 18,406 | ||||||||||||
| Somerset | 11,538 | 48.17% | 10,684 | 44.61% | 1,239 | 5.17% | 490 | 2.05% | 854 | 3.57% | 23,951 | ||||||||||||
| Waldo | 8,477 | 44.29% | 8,689 | 45.40% | 1,690 | 8.83% | 282 | 1.47% | -212 | -1.11% | 19,138 | ||||||||||||
| Washington | 6,701 | 42.66% | 7,958 | 50.66% | 802 | 5.11% | 247 | 1.57% | -1,257 | -8.00% | 15,708 | ||||||||||||
| York | 46,618 | 49.31% | 42,304 | 44.74% | 4,631 | 4.90% | 997 | 1.05% | 4,314 | 4.56% | 94,550 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 319,951 | 49.09% | 286,616 | 43.97% | 37,127 | 5.70% | 8,123 | 1.25% | 33,335 | 5.12% | 651,817 | ||||||||||||