| Election Name: | 2000 United States presidential election in Montana |
| Country: | Montana |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1996 United States presidential election in Montana |
| Previous Year: | 1996 |
| Next Election: | 2004 United States presidential election in Montana |
| 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: | 3 |
| Popular Vote1: | 240,178 |
| Percentage1: | 58.44% |
| Nominee2: | Al Gore |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Tennessee |
| Running Mate2: | Joe Lieberman |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 137,126 |
| Percentage2: | 33.37% |
| 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: | 24,437 |
| Percentage3: | 5.95% |
| Map Size: | 350px |
| 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 Montana took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose three electors to the Electoral College, which voted for president and vice president.
Montana was won by Governor George W. Bush. Bush won most of the counties in the state, and only obtained less than 40% in three counties. Bush won the highest populated county, Yellowstone County with exactly 59% of the vote. Gore won a total of five counties, and did the best in Deer Lodge County.
Ralph Nader, the Green party nominee, performed very well here, getting 5.95% of the vote statewide. He did very well in the western part of the state, getting over 5% of the vote in most of the counties in the region. His best performance by far was in Missoula County, where he got over 15% of the vote, which was the only county Nader cracked double digits. Nader's performance in Montana made it his fifth strongest state after Alaska, Vermont, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.[1]
, this is the last election in which Missoula County voted for the Republican candidate. Al Gore's 33.4% of the vote was the worst performance for a Democrat in Montana since Jimmy Carter in 1980, and no Democrat has fallen under that number since. Gore's margin of loss is the largest for a Democrat in Montana since James M. Cox in 1920.
| 2000 United States presidential election in Montana[2] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Republican | George W. Bush | 240,178 | 58.44% | 3 | ||
| Democratic | Al Gore | 137,126 | 33.37% | 0 | ||
| Green | Ralph Nader | 24,437 | 5.95% | 0 | ||
| Reform | Patrick Buchanan | 5,697 | 1.39% | 0 | ||
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | 1,718 | 0.42% | 0 | ||
| Constitution | Howard Phillips | 1,155 | 0.28% | 0 | ||
| Natural Law | John Hagelin | 675 | 0.16% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 410,986 | 100.00% | 3 | |||
| Voter turnout (Voting age/registered) | 61%/59% | |||||
| County | George W. Bush Republican | Al Gore Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Beaverhead | 3,113 | 74.19% | 799 | 19.04% | 284 | 6.77% | 2,314 | 55.15% | 4,196 | ||||||||||
| Big Horn | 1,651 | 39.68% | 2,345 | 56.36% | 165 | 3.97% | -694 | -16.68% | 4,161 | ||||||||||
| Blaine | 1,410 | 51.11% | 1,246 | 45.16% | 103 | 3.73% | 164 | 5.95% | 2,759 | ||||||||||
| Broadwater | 1,488 | 71.75% | 462 | 22.28% | 124 | 5.98% | 1,026 | 49.47% | 2,074 | ||||||||||
| Carbon | 3,008 | 62.81% | 1,434 | 29.94% | 347 | 7.25% | 1,574 | 32.87% | 4,789 | ||||||||||
| Carter | 573 | 88.84% | 53 | 8.22% | 19 | 2.95% | 520 | 80.62% | 645 | ||||||||||
| Cascade | 18,164 | 54.52% | 13,137 | 39.43% | 2,016 | 6.05% | 5,027 | 15.09% | 33,317 | ||||||||||
| Chouteau | 2,039 | 70.68% | 686 | 23.78% | 160 | 5.55% | 1,353 | 46.90% | 2,885 | ||||||||||
| Custer | 3,156 | 64.34% | 1,501 | 30.60% | 248 | 5.06% | 1,655 | 33.74% | 4,905 | ||||||||||
| Daniels | 750 | 67.57% | 303 | 27.30% | 57 | 5.14% | 447 | 40.27% | 1,110 | ||||||||||
| Dawson | 2,723 | 63.76% | 1,364 | 31.94% | 184 | 4.31% | 1,359 | 31.82% | 4,271 | ||||||||||
| Deer Lodge | 1,493 | 32.93% | 2,672 | 58.93% | 369 | 8.14% | -1,179 | -26.00% | 4,534 | ||||||||||
| Fallon | 1,061 | 77.50% | 256 | 18.70% | 52 | 3.80% | 805 | 58.80% | 1,369 | ||||||||||
| Fergus | 4,353 | 72.62% | 1,352 | 22.56% | 289 | 4.82% | 3,001 | 50.06% | 5,994 | ||||||||||
| Flathead | 22,519 | 66.55% | 8,329 | 24.61% | 2,991 | 8.84% | 14,190 | 41.94% | 33,839 | ||||||||||
| Gallatin | 18,833 | 58.78% | 10,009 | 31.24% | 3,198 | 9.98% | 8,824 | 27.54% | 32,040 | ||||||||||
| Garfield | 651 | 87.50% | 61 | 8.20% | 32 | 4.30% | 590 | 79.30% | 744 | ||||||||||
| Glacier | 1,709 | 41.44% | 2,211 | 53.61% | 204 | 4.95% | -502 | -12.17% | 4,124 | ||||||||||
| Golden Valley | 405 | 76.27% | 88 | 16.57% | 38 | 7.16% | 317 | 59.70% | 531 | ||||||||||
| Granite | 1,181 | 74.28% | 295 | 18.55% | 114 | 7.17% | 886 | 55.73% | 1,590 | ||||||||||
| Hill | 3,392 | 51.72% | 2,760 | 42.09% | 406 | 6.19% | 632 | 9.63% | 6,558 | ||||||||||
| Jefferson | 3,308 | 64.07% | 1,513 | 29.30% | 342 | 6.62% | 1,795 | 34.77% | 5,163 | ||||||||||
| Judith Basin | 1,057 | 75.82% | 278 | 19.94% | 59 | 4.23% | 779 | 55.88% | 1,394 | ||||||||||
| Lake | 6,441 | 56.26% | 3,884 | 33.93% | 1,123 | 9.81% | 2,557 | 22.33% | 11,448 | ||||||||||
| Lewis and Clark | 15,091 | 55.34% | 9,982 | 36.61% | 2,196 | 8.05% | 5,109 | 18.73% | 27,269 | ||||||||||
| Liberty | 752 | 72.03% | 243 | 23.28% | 49 | 4.69% | 509 | 48.75% | 1,044 | ||||||||||
| Lincoln | 5,578 | 71.09% | 1,629 | 20.76% | 639 | 8.14% | 3,949 | 50.33% | 7,846 | ||||||||||
| Madison | 2,656 | 72.65% | 758 | 20.73% | 242 | 6.62% | 1,898 | 51.92% | 3,656 | ||||||||||
| McCone | 827 | 72.42% | 267 | 23.38% | 48 | 4.20% | 560 | 49.04% | 1,142 | ||||||||||
| Meagher | 698 | 74.65% | 176 | 18.82% | 61 | 6.52% | 522 | 55.83% | 935 | ||||||||||
| Mineral | 1,078 | 65.77% | 382 | 23.31% | 179 | 10.92% | 696 | 42.46% | 1,639 | ||||||||||
| Missoula | 21,474 | 46.11% | 17,241 | 37.02% | 7,861 | 16.88% | 4,233 | 9.09% | 46,576 | ||||||||||
| Musselshell | 1,582 | 71.68% | 512 | 23.20% | 113 | 5.12% | 1,070 | 48.48% | 2,207 | ||||||||||
| Park | 4,523 | 61.07% | 2,154 | 29.08% | 729 | 9.84% | 2,369 | 31.99% | 7,406 | ||||||||||
| Petroleum | 254 | 83.01% | 36 | 11.76% | 16 | 5.23% | 218 | 71.25% | 306 | ||||||||||
| Phillips | 1,727 | 77.51% | 423 | 18.99% | 78 | 3.50% | 1,304 | 58.52% | 2,228 | ||||||||||
| Pondera | 1,948 | 67.27% | 792 | 27.35% | 156 | 5.39% | 1,156 | 39.92% | 2,896 | ||||||||||
| Powder River | 860 | 85.32% | 115 | 11.41% | 33 | 3.27% | 745 | 73.91% | 1,008 | ||||||||||
| Powell | 1,971 | 69.60% | 638 | 22.53% | 223 | 7.87% | 1,333 | 47.07% | 2,832 | ||||||||||
| Prairie | 541 | 72.52% | 164 | 21.98% | 41 | 5.50% | 377 | 50.54% | 746 | ||||||||||
| Ravalli | 11,241 | 65.21% | 4,451 | 25.82% | 1,546 | 8.97% | 6,790 | 39.39% | 17,238 | ||||||||||
| Richland | 2,858 | 70.87% | 1,018 | 25.24% | 157 | 3.89% | 1,840 | 45.63% | 4,033 | ||||||||||
| Roosevelt | 1,605 | 42.09% | 2,059 | 54.00% | 149 | 3.91% | -454 | -11.91% | 3,813 | ||||||||||
| Rosebud | 1,826 | 53.35% | 1,394 | 40.72% | 203 | 5.93% | 432 | 12.63% | 3,423 | ||||||||||
| Sanders | 3,144 | 66.60% | 1,165 | 24.68% | 412 | 8.73% | 1,979 | 41.92% | 4,721 | ||||||||||
| Sheridan | 1,176 | 59.85% | 702 | 35.73% | 87 | 4.43% | 474 | 24.12% | 1,965 | ||||||||||
| Silver Bow | 6,299 | 37.71% | 8,967 | 53.68% | 1,437 | 8.60% | -2,628 | -15.97% | 16,703 | ||||||||||
| Stillwater | 2,765 | 70.57% | 925 | 23.61% | 228 | 5.82% | 1,840 | 46.96% | 3,918 | ||||||||||
| Sweet Grass | 1,450 | 78.55% | 305 | 16.52% | 91 | 4.93% | 1,145 | 62.03% | 1,846 | ||||||||||
| Teton | 2,294 | 69.22% | 847 | 25.56% | 173 | 5.22% | 1,447 | 43.66% | 3,314 | ||||||||||
| Toole | 1,639 | 68.92% | 630 | 26.49% | 109 | 4.58% | 1,009 | 42.43% | 2,378 | ||||||||||
| Treasure | 344 | 71.82% | 106 | 22.13% | 29 | 6.05% | 238 | 49.69% | 479 | ||||||||||
| Valley | 2,500 | 63.08% | 1,273 | 32.12% | 190 | 4.79% | 1,227 | 30.96% | 3,963 | ||||||||||
| Wheatland | 708 | 70.87% | 243 | 24.32% | 48 | 4.80% | 465 | 46.55% | 999 | ||||||||||
| Wibaux | 369 | 71.24% | 121 | 23.36% | 28 | 5.41% | 248 | 47.88% | 518 | ||||||||||
| Yellowstone | 33,922 | 59.00% | 20,370 | 35.43% | 3,207 | 5.58% | 13,552 | 23.57% | 57,499 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 240,178 | 58.44% | 137,126 | 33.36% | 33,693 | 8.20% | 103,052 | 25.08% | 410,997 | ||||||||||
Due to the state's low population, only one congressional district is allocated. This district, called the At-Large district, because it covers the entire state, and thus is equivalent to the statewide election results.
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[3] to cast their votes for president and vice president. The following were the members of the Electoral College from the state, each of whom was pledged to and voted for George W. Bush: Thelma Baker, Jack Galt, and Tillie Pierce.[4]