| Election Name: | 2000 United States presidential election in New York |
| Country: | New York |
| Flag Image: | Flag of New York (1909–2020).svg |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1996 United States presidential election in New York |
| Previous Year: | 1996 |
| Next Election: | 2004 United States presidential election in New York |
| Next Year: | 2004 |
| Election Date: | November 7, 2000 |
| Turnout: | 60.7% |
| 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: | 33 |
| Popular Vote1: | 4,113,791 |
| Percentage1: | 60.22% |
| Nominee2: | George W. Bush |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Alliance2: | Conservative |
| Home State2: | Texas |
| Running Mate2: | Dick Cheney |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 2,405,676 |
| Percentage2: | 35.22% |
| 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 New York took place on November 7, 2000, as part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 33 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
New York was won by Incumbent Democratic Vice President Al Gore in a landslide victory; Gore received 60.22% of the vote to Republican George W. Bush's 35.22%, a Democratic victory margin of 25.00%. This marked the first time since 1964 that a Democratic presidential candidate won more than 60% of the vote in New York State, and only the second time in history, solidifying New York's status as a solid blue state in the 21st century. New York weighed in as about 25% more Democratic than the national average in the 2000 election.
The key to Gore's victory was wide margins of victory in greater New York City and Long Island. He did win some counties in upstate New York, but won with small margins, except for Albany County, which voted almost exactly the same as the statewide results. Since third-party candidates received over 4% of the vote, Bush did very poorly, although he won a majority of the counties in upstate New York, including his largest victory in small and rural Hamilton County.
The Democrats held their primary on March 7. There were 294 delegates at stake, with 243 pledged and 51 unpledged. Vice President Al Gore won 158 pledged and the support of 44 unpledged while U.S. Senator Bill Bradley won 85 pledged and the support of 1 unpledged.
| Source | Date | Al Gore | Bill Bradley | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinnipiac | July 1, 1999 | 52% | 34% | ||
| Quinnipiac | August 2, 1999 | 47% | 38% | ||
| Quinnipiac | September 15, 1999 | 42% | 40% | ||
| Quinnipiac | October 3, 1999 | 41% | 44% | ||
| Quinnipiac | November 11, 1999 | 38% | 47% | ||
| Quinnipiac | December 14, 1999 | 42% | 39% | ||
| Quinnipiac | January 19, 2000 | 44% | 39% | ||
| Quinnipiac | February 10, 2000 | 56% | 32% | ||
| Quinnipiac | March 1, 2000 | 59% | 33% | ||
| Quinnipiac | March 6, 2000 | 60% | 32% |
The Republican primary was held on March 7. There were 101 delegates at stake, with 93 district delegates being decided in the primary and 8 statewide delegates being decided at the state committee meeting in May. Texas Governor George W. Bush won 67 district delegates while U.S. Senator John McCain won 26 district delegates. The 8 statewide delegates were unbound.
| Source | Date | Lamar Alexander | Gary Bauer | Patrick Buchanan | George W. Bush | Elizabeth Dole | Steve Forbes | Orrin Hatch | John Kasich | Alan Keyes | John McCain | Dan Quayle | Bob Smith | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinnipiac | July 1, 1999 | 6% | 1% | 1% | 56% | 13% | 3% | - | 2% | - | 7% | 2% | 1% | ||
| Quinnipiac | November 11, 1999 | - | 2% | - | 56% | - | 8% | 2% | - | 1% | 17% | - | - | ||
| Quinnipiac | December 14, 1999 | - | 2% | - | 49% | - | 7% | 1% | - | 1% | 24% | - | - | ||
| Quinnipiac | January 19, 2000 | - | 1% | - | 47% | - | 5% | 2% | - | 2% | 28% | - | - | ||
| Quinnipiac | February 10, 2000 | - | - | - | 44% | - | 4% | - | - | 4% | 37% | - | - | ||
| Quinnipiac | March 1, 2000 | - | - | - | 40% | - | - | - | - | 4% | 47% | - | - | ||
| Quinnipiac | March 6, 2000 | - | - | - | 48% | - | - | - | - | 7% | 39% | - | - |
| Source | Date | Al Gore (D) | George W. Bush (R) | Patrick Buchanan (Ref) | Ralph Nader (G) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinnipiac | February 24, 1999 | 49% | 40% | - | - | ||
| Quinnipiac | March 24, 1999 | 47% | 42% | - | - | ||
| Quinnipiac | July 1, 1999 | 44% | 45% | - | - | ||
| Quinnipiac | August 2, 1999 | 45% | 43% | - | - | ||
| Quinnipiac | September 15, 1999 | 46% | 43% | - | - | ||
| Quinnipiac | October 3, 1999 | 43% | 41% | - | - | ||
| Quinnipiac | November 11, 1999 | 47% | 43% | - | - | ||
| Quinnipiac | December 14, 1999 | 47% | 39% | - | - | ||
| Quinnipiac | January 19, 2000 | 47% | 39% | - | - | ||
| Quinnipiac | February 10, 2000 | 53% | 37% | - | - | ||
| Quinnipiac | March 1, 2000 | 53% | 36% | - | - | ||
| Quinnipiac | April 6, 2000 | 52% | 34% | 4% | - | ||
| Quinnipiac | May 2, 2000 | 50% | 34% | 4% | - | ||
| Quinnipiac | July 13, 2000 | 45% | 35% | 2% | 7% | ||
| Quinnipiac | August 10, 2000 | 42% | 38% | 1% | 6% | ||
| Quinnipiac | September 13, 2000 | 56% | 29% | 2% | 6% | ||
| Quinnipiac | September 28, 2000 | 54% | 34% | 1% | 6% | ||
| Quinnipiac | November 6, 2000 | 55% | 34% | 1% | 6% |
| Source | Date | Bill Bradley (D) | George W. Bush (R) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinnipiac | February 24, 1999 | 41% | 38% | ||
| Quinnipiac | March 24, 1999 | 45% | 39% | ||
| Quinnipiac | July 1, 1999 | 43% | 44% | ||
| Quinnipiac | August 2, 1999 | 46% | 39% | ||
| Quinnipiac | September 15, 1999 | 47% | 37% | ||
| Quinnipiac | October 3, 1999 | 51% | 32% | ||
| Quinnipiac | November 11, 1999 | 52% | 35% | ||
| Quinnipiac | December 14, 1999 | 50% | 35% | ||
| Quinnipiac | January 19, 2000 | 52% | 35% | ||
| Quinnipiac | February 10, 2000 | 53% | 34% | ||
| Quinnipiac | March 1, 2000 | 51% | 35% |
| Source | Date | Al Gore (D) | Elizabeth Dole (R) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinnipiac | February 24, 1999 | 50% | 37% | ||
| Quinnipiac | March 24, 1999 | 49% | 38% | ||
| Quinnipiac | July 1, 1999 | 50% | 37% |
| Source | Date | Bill Bradley (D) | Elizabeth Dole (R) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinnipiac | February 24, 1999 | 46% | 34% | ||
| Quinnipiac | March 24, 1999 | 47% | 35% | ||
| Quinnipiac | July 1, 1999 | 50% | 35% |
| Source | Date | Al Gore (D) | John McCain (R) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinnipiac | November 11, 1999 | 49% | 35% | ||
| Quinnipiac | December 14, 1999 | 45% | 39% | ||
| Quinnipiac | January 19, 2000 | 47% | 38% | ||
| Quinnipiac | February 10, 2000 | 46% | 42% | ||
| Quinnipiac | March 1, 2000 | 44% | 43% |
| Source | Date | Bill Bradley (D) | John McCain (R) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinnipiac | November 11, 1999 | 55% | 23% | ||
| Quinnipiac | December 14, 1999 | 48% | 29% | ||
| Quinnipiac | January 19, 2000 | 49% | 29% | ||
| Quinnipiac | February 10, 2000 | 43% | 40% | ||
| Quinnipiac | March 1, 2000 | 39% | 44% |
| 2000 United States presidential election in New York[1] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Popular votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Democratic | Al Gore | 3,942,215 | 57.78% | |||
| Working Families | Al Gore | 88,395 | 1.30% | |||
| Liberal | Al Gore | 77,087 | 1.13% | |||
| Total | Albert A. Gore Jr. | 4,113,791 | 60.22% | 33 | ||
| Republican | George W. Bush | 2,258,577 | 33.10% | |||
| Conservative | George W. Bush | 144,797 | 2.12% | |||
| Total | George W. Bush | 2,405,676 | 35.22% | 0 | ||
| Green | Ralph Nader | 244,398 | 3.58% | 0 | ||
| Right to Life | Pat Buchanan | 25,175 | 0.37% | |||
| Reform | Pat Buchanan | 6,424 | 0.09% | |||
| Total | Pat Buchanan | 31,659 | 0.46% | 0 | ||
| Independence (a) | John Hagelin | 24,369 | 0.36% | 0 | ||
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | 7,718 | 0.11% | 0 | ||
| Constitution | Howard Phillips | 1,503 | 0.02% | 0 | ||
| James Harris | 1,450 | 0.02% | 0 | |||
| Others | - | 614 | 0.01% | 0 | ||
| - | Totals | 6,831,178 | 100.00% | 33 | ||
| Voter turnout (Registered) | 60.70% | |||||
| 2000 Presidential Election in New York City | Manhattan | The Bronx | Brooklyn | Queens | Staten Island | Total | ||||
| Democratic- Working Families- Liberal | Al Gore | 454,523 | 265,801 | 497,513 | 416,967 | 73,828 | 1,708,632 | 77.86% | ||
| 79.60% | 86.28% | 80.60% | 75.00% | 51.94% | ||||||
| Republican- Conservative | George W. Bush | 82,113 | 36,245 | 96,609 | 122,052 | 63,903 | 400,922 | 18.27% | ||
| 14.38% | 11.77% | 15.65% | 21.95% | 44.96% | ||||||
| Green | Ralph Nader | 30,923 | 4,265 | 19,977 | 13,720 | 3,550 | 72,435 | 3.30% | ||
| 5.49% | 1.38% | 3.24% | 2.47% | 2.50% | ||||||
| Right to Life- Reform | Pat Buchanan | 996 | 921 | 1,457 | 1,889 | 553 | 5,816 | 0.27% | ||
| 0.18% | 0.30% | 0.24% | 0.34% | 0.39% | ||||||
| Independence | John Hagelin | 855 | 536 | 895 | 721 | 154 | 3,161 | 0.14% | ||
| 0.15% | 0.17% | 0.15% | 0.13% | 0.11% | ||||||
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | 990 | 117 | 419 | 385 | 96 | 2,007 | 0.09% | ||
| 0.18% | 0.04% | 0.07% | 0.07% | 0.07% | ||||||
| Socialist Workers | James Harris | 173 | 109 | 145 | 109 | 20 | 556 | 0.03% | ||
| 0.03% | 0.04% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.01% | ||||||
| Constitution | Howard Phillips | 74 | 54 | 139 | 87 | 17 | 371 | 0.02% | ||
| 0.01% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.01% | ||||||
| TOTAL | 571,006 | 308,063 | 617,237 | 555,991 | 142,129 | 2,194,426 | 100.00% | |||
Gore won 27 of 31 congressional districts, including 8 that were won by a Republican: the 1st, 3rd, 13th, 19th, 20th, 24th, 25th, and 30th congressional districts, respectively.[2]
| District | Bush | Gore | Representative | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43% | 53% | Michael Forbes | ||||
| Felix Grucci | ||||||
| 40% | 56% | Rick Lazio | ||||
| Steve Israel | ||||||
| 42% | 55% | Peter T. King | ||||
| 38% | 59% | Carolyn McCarthy | ||||
| 35% | 62% | Gary Ackerman | ||||
| 11% | 88% | Gregory W. Meeks | ||||
| 25% | 71% | Joseph Crowley | ||||
| 17% | 77% | Jerrold Nadler | ||||
| 29% | 68% | Anthony D. Weiner | ||||
| 7% | 90% | Edolphus Towns | ||||
| 7% | 89% | Major Owens | ||||
| 13% | 81% | Nydia Velasquez | ||||
| 44% | 53% | Vito Fossella | ||||
| 23% | 71% | Carolyn B. Maloney | ||||
| 6% | 90% | Charlie Rangel | ||||
| 6% | 93% | Jose Serrano | ||||
| 11% | 87% | Eliot L. Engel | ||||
| 37% | 60% | Nita Lowey | ||||
| 45% | 50% | Sue W. Kelly | ||||
| 42% | 54% | Benjamin Gilman | ||||
| 37% | 57% | Michael R. McNulty | ||||
| 50% | 44% | John E. Sweeney | ||||
| 50% | 45% | Sherwood Boehlert | ||||
| 48% | 48% | John M. McHugh | ||||
| 42% | 53% | James T. Walsh | ||||
| 42% | 51% | Maurice Hinchey | ||||
| 53% | 42% | Thomas M. Reynolds | ||||
| 42% | 53% | Louise Slaughter | ||||
| 43% | 52% | John J. LaFalce | ||||
| 35% | 60% | Jack Quinn | ||||
| 53% | 42% | Amo Houghton |
| County | Al Gore Democratic | George W. Bush Republican | Ralph Nader Green | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Albany | 85,644 | 60.30% | 47,624 | 33.53% | 7,182 | 5.06% | 1,583 | 1.11% | 38,020 | 26.77% | 142,033 | ||||||||||||
| Allegany | 6,336 | 33.90% | 11,436 | 61.19% | 657 | 3.52% | 261 | 1.40% | -5,100 | -27.29% | 18,690 | ||||||||||||
| Bronx | 265,801 | 86.28% | 36,245 | 11.77% | 4,265 | 1.38% | 1,752 | 0.57% | 229,556 | 74.51% | 308,063 | ||||||||||||
| Broome | 45,381 | 52.11% | 36,946 | 42.43% | 3,826 | 4.39% | 921 | 1.06% | 8,435 | 9.68% | 87,074 | ||||||||||||
| Cattaraugus | 13,816 | 40.96% | 18,382 | 54.49% | 1,094 | 3.24% | 441 | 1.31% | -4,566 | -13.53% | 33,733 | ||||||||||||
| Cayuga | 17,031 | 50.12% | 14,988 | 44.11% | 1,448 | 4.26% | 511 | 1.50% | 2,043 | 6.01% | 33,978 | ||||||||||||
| Chautauqua | 27,016 | 46.01% | 29,064 | 49.49% | 1,888 | 3.22% | 754 | 1.28% | -2,048 | -3.48% | 58,722 | ||||||||||||
| Chemung | 17,424 | 46.21% | 18,779 | 49.80% | 1,195 | 3.17% | 312 | 0.83% | -1,355 | -3.59% | 37,710 | ||||||||||||
| Chenango | 9,112 | 45.00% | 10,033 | 49.55% | 869 | 4.29% | 236 | 1.17% | -921 | -4.55% | 20,250 | ||||||||||||
| Clinton | 15,542 | 50.86% | 13,274 | 43.44% | 1,205 | 3.94% | 538 | 1.76% | 2,268 | 7.42% | 30,559 | ||||||||||||
| Columbia | 13,489 | 47.00% | 13,153 | 45.83% | 1,707 | 5.95% | 349 | 1.22% | 336 | 1.17% | 28,698 | ||||||||||||
| Cortland | 9,691 | 46.76% | 9,857 | 47.56% | 943 | 4.55% | 235 | 1.13% | -166 | -0.80% | 20,726 | ||||||||||||
| Delaware | 8,450 | 41.88% | 10,662 | 52.84% | 833 | 4.13% | 231 | 1.14% | -2,212 | -10.96% | 20,176 | ||||||||||||
| Dutchess | 52,390 | 46.87% | 52,669 | 47.12% | 5,553 | 4.97% | 1,159 | 1.04% | -279 | -0.25% | 111,771 | ||||||||||||
| Erie | 240,176 | 56.56% | 160,176 | 37.72% | 18,166 | 4.28% | 6,136 | 1.44% | 80,000 | 18.84% | 424,654 | ||||||||||||
| Essex | 7,927 | 44.19% | 8,822 | 49.18% | 848 | 4.73% | 341 | 1.90% | -895 | -4.99% | 17,938 | ||||||||||||
| Franklin | 8,870 | 50.83% | 7,643 | 43.80% | 658 | 3.77% | 280 | 1.60% | 1,227 | 7.03% | 17,451 | ||||||||||||
| Fulton | 9,314 | 42.97% | 11,434 | 52.75% | 668 | 3.08% | 259 | 1.19% | -2,120 | -9.78% | 21,675 | ||||||||||||
| Genesee | 10,191 | 39.08% | 14,459 | 55.45% | 924 | 3.54% | 500 | 1.92% | -4,268 | -16.37% | 26,074 | ||||||||||||
| Greene | 8,480 | 40.20% | 11,332 | 53.72% | 924 | 4.38% | 359 | 1.70% | -2,852 | -13.52% | 21,095 | ||||||||||||
| Hamilton | 1,114 | 30.26% | 2,388 | 64.86% | 133 | 3.61% | 47 | 1.28% | -1,274 | -34.60% | 3,682 | ||||||||||||
| Herkimer | 12,224 | 44.12% | 14,147 | 51.06% | 969 | 3.50% | 365 | 1.32% | -1,923 | -6.94% | 27,705 | ||||||||||||
| Jefferson | 16,799 | 46.12% | 18,192 | 49.95% | 1,029 | 2.83% | 403 | 1.11% | -1,393 | -3.83% | 36,423 | ||||||||||||
| Kings | 497,513 | 80.60% | 96,609 | 15.65% | 19,977 | 3.24% | 3,138 | 0.51% | 400,904 | 64.95% | 617,237 | ||||||||||||
| Lewis | 4,333 | 39.64% | 6,103 | 55.83% | 324 | 2.96% | 172 | 1.57% | -1,770 | -16.19% | 10,932 | ||||||||||||
| Livingston | 10,476 | 38.48% | 15,244 | 56.00% | 1,053 | 3.87% | 450 | 1.65% | -4,768 | -17.52% | 27,223 | ||||||||||||
| Madison | 12,017 | 42.36% | 14,879 | 52.45% | 1,092 | 3.85% | 378 | 1.33% | -2,862 | -10.09% | 28,366 | ||||||||||||
| Monroe | 161,743 | 50.89% | 141,266 | 44.45% | 11,520 | 3.62% | 3,296 | 1.04% | 20,477 | 6.44% | 317,825 | ||||||||||||
| Montgomery | 10,249 | 49.25% | 9,765 | 46.93% | 487 | 2.34% | 308 | 1.48% | 484 | 2.32% | 20,809 | ||||||||||||
| Nassau | 342,226 | 57.96% | 227,060 | 38.46% | 14,780 | 2.50% | 6,373 | 1.08% | 115,166 | 19.50% | 590,439 | ||||||||||||
| New York | 454,523 | 79.60% | 82,113 | 14.38% | 30,923 | 5.42% | 3,447 | 0.60% | 372,410 | 65.22% | 571,006 | ||||||||||||
| Niagara | 47,781 | 51.23% | 40,952 | 43.91% | 3,257 | 3.49% | 1,280 | 1.37% | 6,829 | 7.32% | 93,270 | ||||||||||||
| Oneida | 43,933 | 45.76% | 47,603 | 49.58% | 3,160 | 3.29% | 1,314 | 1.37% | -3,670 | -3.82% | 96,010 | ||||||||||||
| Onondaga | 109,896 | 53.97% | 83,678 | 41.09% | 7,670 | 3.77% | 2,399 | 1.18% | 26,218 | 12.88% | 203,643 | ||||||||||||
| Ontario | 19,761 | 43.01% | 23,885 | 51.98% | 1,793 | 3.90% | 510 | 1.11% | -4,124 | -8.97% | 45,949 | ||||||||||||
| Orange | 58,170 | 45.96% | 62,852 | 49.66% | 4,192 | 3.31% | 1,343 | 1.06% | -4,682 | -3.70% | 126,557 | ||||||||||||
| Orleans | 5,991 | 37.81% | 9,202 | 58.08% | 474 | 2.99% | 177 | 1.12% | -3,211 | -20.27% | 15,844 | ||||||||||||
| Oswego | 22,857 | 47.15% | 23,249 | 47.96% | 1,699 | 3.50% | 674 | 1.39% | -392 | -0.81% | 48,479 | ||||||||||||
| Otsego | 11,460 | 45.19% | 12,219 | 48.19% | 1,419 | 5.60% | 260 | 1.03% | -759 | -3.00% | 25,358 | ||||||||||||
| Putnam | 18,525 | 43.53% | 21,853 | 51.35% | 1,730 | 4.07% | 446 | 1.05% | -3,328 | -7.82% | 42,554 | ||||||||||||
| Queens | 416,967 | 75.00% | 122,052 | 21.95% | 13,720 | 2.47% | 3,252 | 0.58% | 294,915 | 53.05% | 555,991 | ||||||||||||
| Rensselaer | 34,808 | 50.86% | 29,562 | 43.20% | 3,291 | 4.81% | 775 | 1.13% | 5,246 | 7.66% | 68,436 | ||||||||||||
| Richmond | 73,828 | 51.94% | 63,903 | 44.96% | 3,550 | 2.50% | 848 | 0.60% | 9,925 | 6.98% | 142,129 | ||||||||||||
| Rockland | 69,530 | 56.72% | 48,441 | 39.51% | 3,502 | 2.86% | 1,117 | 0.91% | 21,089 | 17.21% | 122,590 | ||||||||||||
| Saratoga | 43,359 | 45.61% | 46,623 | 49.05% | 4,149 | 4.36% | 926 | 0.97% | -3,264 | -3.44% | 95,057 | ||||||||||||
| Schenectady | 35,534 | 53.07% | 27,961 | 41.76% | 2,750 | 4.11% | 709 | 1.06% | 7,573 | 11.31% | 66,954 | ||||||||||||
| Schoharie | 5,390 | 39.77% | 7,459 | 55.03% | 551 | 4.07% | 154 | 1.14% | -2,069 | -15.26% | 13,554 | ||||||||||||
| Schuyler | 3,301 | 40.49% | 4,381 | 53.73% | 369 | 4.53% | 102 | 1.25% | -1,080 | -13.24% | 8,153 | ||||||||||||
| Seneca | 6,841 | 47.71% | 6,734 | 46.97% | 560 | 3.91% | 203 | 1.42% | 107 | 0.74% | 14,338 | ||||||||||||
| St. Lawrence | 21,386 | 53.75% | 16,449 | 41.34% | 1,488 | 3.74% | 463 | 1.16% | 4,937 | 12.41% | 39,786 | ||||||||||||
| Steuben | 14,600 | 35.99% | 24,200 | 59.66% | 1,248 | 3.08% | 515 | 1.27% | -9,600 | -23.67% | 40,563 | ||||||||||||
| Suffolk | 306,306 | 53.37% | 240,992 | 41.99% | 18,130 | 3.16% | 8,516 | 1.48% | 65,314 | 11.38% | 573,944 | ||||||||||||
| Sullivan | 14,348 | 50.29% | 12,703 | 44.53% | 1,156 | 4.05% | 321 | 1.13% | 1,645 | 5.76% | 28,528 | ||||||||||||
| Tioga | 9,170 | 40.83% | 12,239 | 54.50% | 846 | 3.77% | 202 | 0.90% | -3,069 | -13.67% | 22,457 | ||||||||||||
| Tompkins | 21,807 | 54.44% | 13,351 | 33.33% | 4,548 | 11.35% | 354 | 0.88% | 8,456 | 21.11% | 40,060 | ||||||||||||
| Ulster | 38,162 | 48.78% | 33,447 | 42.75% | 5,732 | 7.33% | 896 | 1.15% | 4,715 | 6.03% | 78,237 | ||||||||||||
| Warren | 12,193 | 42.60% | 14,993 | 52.38% | 1,177 | 4.11% | 258 | 0.90% | -2,800 | -9.78% | 28,621 | ||||||||||||
| Washington | 9,641 | 40.93% | 12,596 | 53.47% | 997 | 4.23% | 321 | 1.36% | -2,955 | -12.54% | 23,555 | ||||||||||||
| Wayne | 14,977 | 39.07% | 21,701 | 56.62% | 1,202 | 3.14% | 449 | 1.17% | -6,724 | -17.55% | 38,329 | ||||||||||||
| Westchester | 218,010 | 58.63% | 139,278 | 37.46% | 11,596 | 3.12% | 2,929 | 0.79% | 78,732 | 21.17% | 371,813 | ||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 5,999 | 34.02% | 10,809 | 61.30% | 548 | 3.11% | 277 | 1.57% | -4,810 | -27.28% | 17,633 | ||||||||||||
| Yates | 3,962 | 39.39% | 5,565 | 55.32% | 386 | 3.84% | 146 | 1.45% | -1,603 | -15.93% | 10,059 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 4,113,791 | 60.22% | 2,405,676 | 35.22% | 244,398 | 3.58% | 67,313 | 0.99% | 1,708,115 | 25.00% | 6,831,178 | ||||||||||||
, this is the last election in which the Democratic candidate won Montgomery County. This is the second consecutive election that a Democrat won every borough of New York City, which has occurred once since, in 2012.
Bush became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Onondaga, Cayuga, St. Lawrence, Broome, Monroe, or Nassau Counties since these counties' founding in 1794, 1799, 1802, 1806, 1821, and 1899, respectively, the first to do so without carrying Clinton, Franklin, Rensselear, or Richmond Counties or any borough of New York City since Herbert Hoover in 1928, the first to do so without carrying Rockland, Seneca or Westchester Counties since Benjamin Harrison in 1888, the first to do so without carrying Sullivan County since James A. Garfield in 1880, and the first to do so without carrying Columbia, Suffolk, or Ulster Counties since Rutherford Hayes in 1876.
Gore won an overwhelming landslide in fiercely Democratic New York City, taking 1,703,364 votes to George W. Bush's 398,726, a 77.90% - 18.23% victory. Gore carried all five boroughs of New York City. Excluding New York City's votes, Gore still would have carried New York State, but by a smaller margin, receiving 2,404,543 votes to Bush's 2,004,648, giving Gore a 54.53% - 45.47% win.
See main article: List of 2000 United States presidential electors.
Technically the voters of New York cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. New York is allocated 33 electors because it has 31 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 33 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 33 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[3] 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 Gore and Lieberman:[4]