2000 United States presidential election in Nebraska explained

Election Name:	2000 United States presidential election in Nebraska
Country:	Nebraska
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1996 United States presidential election in Nebraska
Previous Year:	1996
Next Election:	2004 United States presidential election in Nebraska
Next Year:	2004
Election Date:	November 7, 2000
Image1:	GeorgeWBush.jpg
Nominee1:	George W. Bush
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:	Texas
Running Mate1:	Dick Cheney
Electoral Vote1:	5
Popular Vote1:	433,862
Percentage1:	62.25%
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	Tennessee
Running Mate2:	Joe Lieberman
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	231,780
Percentage2:	33.25%
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 Nebraska took place on November 7, 2000, and was 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.

Nebraska was won by Governor George W. Bush by a 29% margin of victory, winning every county. Also, with 62.25% of the popular vote, the state proved to be his fourth strongest state in the 2000 election after Wyoming, Idaho and Utah.^[1] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time the Democratic ticket did not win a single county in Nebraska.

Results

2000 United States presidential election in Nebraska^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	George W. Bush	433,862	62.25%	5
	Democratic	Al Gore	231,780	33.25%	0
	Green	Ralph Nader	24,540	3.52%	0
	Reform	Pat Buchanan	3,646	0.52%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	2,245	0.32%	0

Results by county

County^[3]	George W. Bush Republican		Al Gore Democratic		Ralph Nader Green		Pat Buchanan Independent		Harry E. Browne Libertarian		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"			data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%
	Adams		8,162		65.62%		3,686		29.63%		472		3.79%		64		0.51%		31		0.25%		23		0.18%		4,476		35.99%		12,438
	Antelope		2,562		76.07%		678		20.13%		84		2.49%		31		0.92%		7		0.21%		6		0.18%		1,884		55.94%		3,368
	Arthur		235		86.40%		26		9.56%		6		2.21%		4		1.47%		1		0.37%		0		0.00%		209		76.84%		272
	Banner		390		84.42%		65		14.07%		2		0.43%		4		0.87%		1		0.22%		0		0.00%		325		70.35%		462
	Blaine		299		85.67%		43		12.32%		5		1.43%		1		0.29%		1		0.29%		0		0.00%		256		73.35%		349
	Boone		2,196		76.73%		575		20.09%		65		2.27%		22		0.77%		4		0.14%		0		0.00%		1,621		56.64%		2,862
	Box Butte		3,208		63.04%		1,614		31.72%		203		3.99%		40		0.79%		12		0.24%		12		0.24%		1,594		31.32%		5,089
	Boyd		931		74.96%		265		21.34%		25		2.01%		10		0.81%		3		0.24%		8		0.64%		666		53.62%		1,242
	Brown		1,375		81.65%		250		14.85%		36		2.14%		14		0.83%		4		0.24%		5		0.30%		1,125		66.80%		1,684
	Buffalo		11,931		72.48%		3,927		23.86%		483		2.93%		65		0.39%		42		0.26%		13		0.08%		8,004		48.62%		16,461
	Burt		2,056		60.61%		1,223		36.06%		73		2.15%		22		0.65%		12		0.35%		6		0.18%		833		24.55%		3,392
	Butler		2,638		68.91%		1,028		26.85%		108		2.82%		34		0.89%		11		0.29%		9		0.24%		1,610		42.06%		3,828
	Cass		6,144		59.77%		3,656		35.56%		369		3.59%		55		0.54%		41		0.40%		15		0.15%		2,488		24.21%		10,280
	Cedar		2,989		70.02%		1,062		24.88%		140		3.28%		62		1.45%		10		0.23%		6		0.14%		1,927		45.14%		4,269
	Chase		1,505		80.27%		306		16.32%		38		2.03%		15		0.80%		8		0.43%		3		0.16%		1,199		63.95%		1,875
	Cherry		2,322		81.56%		446		15.67%		50		1.76%		20		0.70%		4		0.14%		5		0.18%		1,876		65.89%		2,847
	Cheyenne		3,207		76.61%		844		20.16%		76		1.82%		36		0.86%		16		0.38%		7		0.17%		2,363		56.45%		4,186
	Clay		2,326		72.35%		774		24.07%		86		2.67%		17		0.53%		3		0.09%		9		0.28%		1,552		48.28%		3,215
	Colfax		2,338		70.53%		863		26.03%		72		2.17%		29		0.87%		6		0.18%		7		0.21%		1,475		44.50%		3,315
	Cuming		3,232		76.68%		857		20.33%		91		2.16%		24		0.57%		4		0.09%		7		0.17%		2,375		56.35%		4,215
	Custer		4,245		78.41%		976		18.03%		140		2.59%		32		0.59%		11		0.20%		10		0.18%		3,269		60.38%		5,414
	Dakota		3,119		51.46%		2,695		44.46%		141		2.33%		87		1.44%		9		0.15%		10		0.16%		424		7.00%		6,061
	Dawes		2,549		70.39%		823		22.73%		212		5.85%		22		0.61%		12		0.33%		3		0.08%		1,726		47.66%		3,621
	Dawson		5,511		73.41%		1,740		23.18%		143		1.90%		84		1.12%		22		0.29%		7		0.09%		3,771		50.23%		7,507
	Deuel		783		75.80%		213		20.62%		27		2.61%		6		0.58%		4		0.39%		0		0.00%		570		55.18%		1,033
	Dixon		1,834		66.40%		820		29.69%		30		1.09%		65		2.35%		9		0.33%		4		0.14%		1,014		36.71%		2,762
	Dodge		8,871		61.30%		5,021		34.69%		443		3.06%		58		0.40%		63		0.44%		16		0.11%		3,850		26.61%		14,472
	Douglas		101,025		55.16%		73,347		40.05%		7,109		3.88%		690		0.38%		749		0.41%		236		0.13%		27,678		15.11%		183,156
	Dundy		801		79.23%		179		17.71%		19		1.88%		6		0.59%		3		0.30%		3		0.30%		622		61.52%		1,011
	Fillmore		2,024		67.51%		848		28.29%		103		3.44%		14		0.47%		8		0.27%		1		0.03%		1,176		39.22%		2,998
	Franklin		1,196		71.70%		420		25.18%		36		2.16%		9		0.54%		2		0.12%		5		0.30%		776		46.52%		1,668
	Frontier		1,102		79.11%		244		17.52%		27		1.94%		10		0.72%		6		0.43%		4		0.29%		858		61.59%		1,393
	Furnas		1,849		76.06%		534		21.97%		29		1.19%		12		0.49%		6		0.25%		1		0.04%		1,315		54.09%		2,431
	Gage		5,538		58.26%		3,516		36.99%		355		3.73%		57		0.60%		33		0.35%		7		0.07%		2,022		21.27%		9,506
	Garden		963		79.00%		203		16.65%		38		3.12%		8		0.66%		4		0.33%		3		0.25%		760		62.35%		1,219
	Garfield		718		74.56%		202		20.98%		33		3.43%		9		0.93%		1		0.10%		0		0.00%		516		53.58%		963
	Gosper		757		74.65%		228		22.49%		19		1.87%		9		0.89%		1		0.10%		0		0.00%		529		52.16%		1,014
	Grant		324		84.16%		49		12.73%		10		2.60%		2		0.52%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		275		71.43%		385
	Greeley		839		64.05%		416		31.76%		37		2.82%		13		0.99%		4		0.31%		1		0.08%		423		32.29%		1,310
	Hall		11,803		63.64%		5,952		32.09%		595		3.21%		116		0.63%		52		0.28%		28		0.15%		5,851		31.55%		18,546
	Hamilton		3,251		72.39%		1,066		23.74%		141		3.14%		21		0.47%		10		0.22%		2		0.04%		2,185		48.65%		4,491
	Harlan		1,358		73.33%		438		23.65%		37		2.00%		11		0.59%		7		0.38%		1		0.05%		920		49.68%		1,852
	Hayes		486		85.11%		66		11.56%		8		1.40%		8		1.40%		3		0.53%		0		0.00%		420		73.55%		571
	Hitchcock		1,126		76.08%		312		21.08%		21		1.42%		14		0.95%		3		0.20%		4		0.27%		814		55.00%		1,480
	Holt		3,954		79.73%		846		17.06%		93		1.88%		48		0.97%		5		0.10%		13		0.26%		3,108		62.67%		4,959
	Hooker		317		77.51%		74		18.09%		13		3.18%		4		0.98%		1		0.24%		0		0.00%		243		59.42%		409
	Howard		1,760		62.26%		955		33.78%		71		2.51%		21		0.74%		13		0.46%		7		0.25%		805		28.48%		2,827
	Jefferson		2,351		61.11%		1,361		35.38%		102		2.65%		15		0.39%		16		0.42%		2		0.05%		990		25.73%		3,847
	Johnson		1,210		57.29%		794		37.59%		74		3.50%		11		0.52%		11		0.52%		12		0.57%		416		19.70%		2,112
	Kearney		2,333		74.73%		680		21.78%		75		2.40%		17		0.54%		12		0.38%		5		0.16%		1,653		52.95%		3,122
	Keith		2,953		76.72%		778		20.21%		75		1.95%		30		0.78%		11		0.29%		2		0.05%		2,175		56.51%		3,849
	Keya Paha		422		82.26%		78		15.20%		6		1.17%		6		1.17%		1		0.19%		0		0.00%		344		67.06%		513
	Kimball		1,379		75.77%		379		20.82%		41		2.25%		11		0.60%		5		0.27%		5		0.27%		1,000		54.95%		1,820
	Knox		2,784		69.98%		1,037		26.07%		110		2.77%		36		0.90%		5		0.13%		6		0.15%		1,747		43.91%		3,978
	Lancaster		55,514		51.82%		44,650		41.68%		6,182		5.77%		297		0.28%		360		0.34%		129		0.12%		10,864		10.14%		107,132
	Lincoln		9,220		61.00%		5,205		34.44%		502		3.32%		126		0.83%		41		0.27%		20		0.13%		4,015		26.56%		15,114
	Logan		336		81.55%		60		14.56%		11		2.67%		4		0.97%		1		0.24%		0		0.00%		276		66.99%		412
	Loup		284		75.13%		84		22.22%		7		1.85%		3		0.79%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		200		52.91%		378
	Madison		9,636		74.97%		2,772		21.57%		290		2.26%		108		0.84%		28		0.22%		19		0.15%		6,864		53.40%		12,853
	McPherson		244		81.06%		48		15.95%		1		0.33%		4		1.33%		4		1.33%		0		0.00%		196		65.11%		301
	Merrick		2,380		71.26%		848		25.39%		84		2.51%		22		0.66%		3		0.09%		3		0.09%		1,532		45.87%		3,340
	Morrill		1,597		74.70%		460		21.52%		46		2.15%		26		1.22%		6		0.28%		3		0.14%		1,137		53.18%		2,138
	Nance		1,105		66.37%		497		29.85%		46		2.76%		11		0.66%		3		0.18%		3		0.18%		608		36.52%		1,665
	Nemaha		2,177		64.62%		1,063		31.55%		94		2.79%		18		0.53%		10		0.30%		7		0.21%		1,114		33.07%		3,369
	Nuckolls		1,701		69.63%		644		26.36%		66		2.70%		21		0.86%		8		0.33%		3		0.12%		1,057		43.27%		2,443
	Otoe		4,178		62.71%		2,208		33.14%		218		3.27%		35		0.53%		13		0.20%		10		0.15%		1,970		29.57%		6,662
	Pawnee		937		61.69%		522		34.36%		38		2.50%		11		0.72%		8		0.53%		3		0.20%		415		27.33%		1,519
	Perkins		1,170		80.58%		243		16.74%		31		2.13%		4		0.28%		4		0.28%		0		0.00%		927		63.84%		1,452
	Phelps		3,575		77.26%		934		20.19%		86		1.86%		14		0.30%		15		0.32%		3		0.06%		2,641		57.07%		4,627
	Pierce		2,534		78.99%		570		17.77%		52		1.62%		43		1.34%		4		0.12%		5		0.16%		1,964		61.22%		3,208
	Platte		9,861		76.69%		2,612		20.31%		266		2.07%		66		0.51%		38		0.30%		16		0.12%		7,249		56.38%		12,859
	Polk		1,925		73.67%		610		23.34%		52		1.99%		15		0.57%		8		0.31%		3		0.11%		1,315		50.33%		2,613
	Red Willow		3,680		73.23%		1,188		23.64%		103		2.05%		33		0.66%		15		0.30%		6		0.12%		2,492		49.59%		5,025
	Richardson		2,623		63.20%		1,382		33.30%		83		2.00%		33		0.80%		16		0.39%		13		0.31%		1,241		29.90%		4,150
	Rock		725		81.10%		141		15.77%		17		1.90%		9		1.01%		1		0.11%		1		0.11%		584		65.33%		894
	Saline		2,581		50.17%		2,321		45.11%		187		3.63%		35		0.68%		15		0.29%		6		0.12%		260		5.06%		5,145
	Sarpy		28,979		64.00%		14,637		32.33%		1,308		2.89%		140		0.31%		165		0.36%		49		0.11%		14,342		31.67%		45,278
	Saunders		5,688		63.77%		2,852		31.98%		277		3.11%		68		0.76%		24		0.27%		10		0.11%		2,836		31.79%		8,919
	Scotts Bluff		9,397		67.90%		3,937		28.45%		400		2.89%		62		0.45%		29		0.21%		14		0.10%		5,460		39.45%		13,839
	Seward		4,457		63.53%		2,250		32.07%		245		3.49%		36		0.51%		14		0.20%		14		0.20%		2,207		31.46%		7,016
	Sheridan		2,105		81.72%		392		15.22%		54		2.10%		18		0.70%		5		0.19%		2		0.08%		1,713		66.50%		2,576
	Sherman		1,072		62.87%		564		33.08%		48		2.82%		9		0.53%		7		0.41%		5		0.29%		508		29.79%		1,705
	Sioux		629		83.75%		98		13.05%		17		2.26%		4		0.53%		2		0.27%		1		0.13%		531		70.70%		751
	Stanton		1,895		76.23%		500		20.11%		53		2.13%		21		0.84%		8		0.32%		9		0.36%		1,395		56.12%		2,486
	Thayer		2,096		69.73%		821		27.31%		65		2.16%		13		0.43%		5		0.17%		6		0.20%		1,275		42.42%		3,006
	Thomas		329		83.29%		55		13.92%		9		2.28%		2		0.51%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		274		69.37%		395
	Thurston		1,040		49.95%		924		44.38%		56		2.69%		51		2.45%		5		0.24%		6		0.29%		116		5.57%		2,082
	Valley		1,610		71.18%		583		25.77%		45		1.99%		17		0.75%		4		0.18%		3		0.13%		1,027		45.41%		2,262
	Washington		5,758		66.75%		2,550		29.56%		234		2.71%		30		0.35%		41		0.48%		13		0.15%		3,208		37.19%		8,626
	Wayne		2,774		70.41%		1,001		25.41%		119		3.02%		33		0.84%		6		0.15%		7		0.18%		1,773		45.00%		3,940
	Webster		1,302		66.94%		584		30.03%		48		2.47%		9		0.46%		1		0.05%		1		0.05%		718		36.91%		1,945
	Wheeler		351		77.48%		85		18.76%		11		2.43%		4		0.88%		2		0.44%		0		0.00%		266		58.72%		453
	York		4,816		74.55%		1,407		21.78%		161		2.49%		59		0.91%		8		0.12%		9		0.14%		3,409		52.77%		6,460
Totals	433,862	62.25%	231,780	33.25%	24,540	3.52%	3,646	0.52%	2,245	0.32%	946	0.14%	202,082	28.99%	697,019

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Dakota (Largest city: South Sioux City)
• Saline (Largest city: Crete)
• Thurston (Largest city: Pender)

By congressional district

Bush won all three congressional districts.^[4]

District	Bush	Gore	Representative
		59%	36%		Doug Bereuter
		57%	39%		Lee Terry
	71%	25%		Bill Barrett
				Tom Osborne

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 Bush and Dick Cheney:^[6]

1. Mary Johnson
2. Lee Terry, Sr.
3. Howard Lamb
4. Mildred Curtis
5. John Y. McCollister

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2000 Presidential Election Statistics. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2018-03-05.
2. Web site: Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
3. Web site: NE US President Race, November 07, 2000. Our Campaigns.
4. Web site: Presidential Results by Congressional District, 2000-2008 – Swing State Project.
5. https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2000&off=0&elect=0&fips=31&f=0 2000 Presidential General Election Results - Nebraska
6. Web site: President Elect - 2000 . 2011-05-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120212174238/http://presidentelect.org/e2000.html . 2012-02-12 . dead .