2000 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania explained

Election Name:	2000 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
Country:	Pennsylvania
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1996 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
Previous Year:	1996
Next Election:	2004 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
Next Year:	2004
Election Date:	November 7, 2000
Turnout:	63%
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:	23
Popular Vote1:	2,485,967
Percentage1:	50.60%
Nominee2:	George W. Bush
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:	Texas
Running Mate2:	Dick Cheney
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	2,281,127
Percentage2:	46.43%
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 Pennsylvania took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 23 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Pennsylvania was won by Vice President Al Gore by a 4.17% margin of victory. However, voter enthusiasm for both candidates was generally low throughout the campaign. Gore failed to capture Clinton's appeal in strongly Democratic regions such as Pittsburgh and Scranton, and thus carried these areas by a smaller number than his predecessor. However, opposition to George W. Bush was particularly strong in the suburban counties of Philadelphia; although these areas at the time were typically Republican leaning, they featured a strong culturally liberal bent, and thus Bush was unable to appeal to voters. Bush support was particularly strong in rural, central Pennsylvania, where the Texas Governor appealed to Evangelical voters and where Gore's connection to gun control policies was strongly rejected. Marginal wins in both of the state's metropolitan areas helped the Vice President to capture the state.^[1] This was the first election since 1968 that the candidate who won Pennsylvania did not win the general election, and only the fourth time that has happened since 1916., this is the last election in which Greene County, Mercer County, and Lawrence County voted for the Democratic candidate.

Bush became the first Republican ever to win the White House without carrying Delaware County, the first to win the White House without carrying Montgomery County since Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876, the first to win the White House without carrying Bucks County – which he had lost by precisely the same margin he had lost the state as a whole – since Benjamin Harrison in 1888, and the first to win the White House without carrying Lehigh County since William McKinley in 1900.

Pennsylvania was one of ten states that backed George H. W. Bush for president in 1988 that didn't back George W. Bush in either 2000 or 2004.

Primaries

Democratic primary

The Democratic primary was held on April 4. There were 191 delegates at stake, with 160 pledged and 31 unpledged. Vice President Al Gore won 139 pledged and the support of 28 unpledged while U.S. Senator Bill Bradley won 21 pledged.

Candidates	Votes	Percent
Al Gore Jr.	525,306	74.60%
Bill Bradley	146,797	20.85%
Lyndon LaRouche	32,047	4.55%
Totals	704,150	Turnout: 19.38%

Republican primary

The Republican primary was held on April 4. There were 78 delegates at stake, with 68 district delegates being decided in the primary and 10 statewide delegates being decided at the state committee meeting in May. While all delegates were technically unbound, Texas Governor George W. Bush won the support of all 78 delegates.

Candidates	Votes	Percent
George W. Bush	472,008	73.44%
John S. McCain III	145,719	22.67%
Others	24,967	3.88%
Totals	642,694	Turnout: 20.33%

Results

2000 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Al Gore	2,485,967	50.60%	23
	Republican	George W. Bush	2,281,127	46.43%	0
	Green	Ralph Nader	103,392	2.10%	0
	Reform	Pat Buchanan	16,023	0.33%	0
	Constitution	Howard Phillips	14,428	0.29%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	11,248	0.23%	0
	Write-ins	-	934	0.02%	0
Totals			4,913,119	100.00%	23
Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered)					53%/63%

By county

County^[3]	Al Gore Democratic		George W. Bush Republican		Ralph Nader Green		Pat Buchanan Reform		Howard Phillips Constitution		Harry E. Browne Libertarian		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%		%		%
	Adams		11,682		34.93%		20,848		62.34%		696		2.08%		108		0.32%		27		0.08%		72		0.22%		-9,166		-27.41%		33,444
	Allegheny		329,963		56.65%		235,361		40.41%		10,575		1.82%		2,112		0.36%		3,522		0.60%		945		0.16%		94,602		16.24%		582,478
	Armstrong		11,127		40.58%		15,508		56.55%		485		1.77%		242		0.88%		31		0.11%		30		0.11%		-4,381		-15.97%		27,423
	Beaver		38,925		52.85%		32,491		44.12%		1,450		1.97%		470		0.64%		104		0.14%		153		0.21%		6,434		8.73%		73,649
	Bedford		5,474		28.17%		13,598		69.97%		265		1.36%		71		0.37%		8		0.04%		19		0.10%		-8,124		-41.80%		19,435
	Berks		59,150		43.72%		71,273		52.68%		3,494		2.58%		439		0.32%		125		0.09%		682		0.50%		-12,123		-8.96%		135,297
	Blair		15,774		34.94%		28,376		62.86%		693		1.54%		147		0.33%		76		0.17%		74		0.16%		-12,602		-27.92%		45,140
	Bradford		7,911		33.88%		14,660		62.78%		600		2.57%		89		0.38%		22		0.09%		48		0.21%		-6,749		-28.90%		23,352
	Bucks		132,914		50.46%		121,927		46.29%		6,294		2.39%		601		0.23%		669		0.25%		1,017		0.39%		10,987		4.17%		263,422
	Butler		25,037		35.34%		44,009		62.12%		1,287		1.82%		316		0.45%		50		0.07%		125		0.18%		-18,972		-26.78%		70,849
	Cambria		30,308		50.27%		28,001		46.45%		1,369		2.27%		350		0.58%		170		0.28%		88		0.15%		2,307		3.82%		60,286
	Cameron		779		34.68%		1,383		61.58%		50		2.23%		26		1.16%		5		0.22%		3		0.13%		-604		-26.90%		2,246
	Carbon		10,668		50.14%		9,717		45.67%		574		2.70%		90		0.42%		187		0.88%		41		0.19%		951		4.47%		21,277
	Centre		21,409		43.19%		26,172		52.79%		1,623		3.27%		147		0.30%		39		0.08%		148		0.30%		-4,763		-9.60%		49,575
	Chester		82,047		43.72%		100,080		53.33%		4,302		2.29%		314		0.17%		103		0.05%		716		0.38%		-18,033		-9.61%		187,676
	Clarion		5,605		35.37%		9,796		61.81%		293		1.85%		102		0.64%		16		0.10%		31		0.20%		-4,191		-26.44%		15,849
	Clearfield		11,718		38.25%		18,019		58.82%		570		1.86%		233		0.76%		26		0.08%		43		0.14%		-6,301		-20.57%		30,633
	Clinton		5,521		46.03%		6,064		50.56%		307		2.56%		43		0.36%		46		0.38%		13		0.11%		-543		-4.53%		11,994
	Columbia		8,975		40.96%		12,095		55.20%		663		3.03%		91		0.42%		21		0.10%		49		0.22%		-3,120		-14.24%		21,911
	Crawford		13,250		39.76%		18,858		56.58%		854		2.56%		130		0.39%		155		0.47%		74		0.22%		-5,608		-16.82%		33,328
	Cumberland		31,053		35.23%		54,802		62.17%		1,749		1.98%		189		0.21%		47		0.05%		222		0.25%		-23,749		-26.94%		88,144
	Dauphin		44,390		44.10%		53,631		53.28%		2,059		2.05%		255		0.25%		102		0.10%		221		0.22%		-9,241		-9.18%		100,658
	Delaware		134,861		54.36%		105,836		42.66%		5,348		2.16%		587		0.24%		702		0.28%		743		0.30%		29,025		11.70%		248,077
	Elk		5,754		42.37%		7,347		54.10%		352		2.59%		90		0.66%		18		0.13%		17		0.13%		-1,593		-11.73%		13,580
	Erie		59,399		52.88%		49,027		43.64%		2,980		2.65%		238		0.21%		449		0.40%		242		0.22%		10,372		9.24%		112,335
	Fayette		28,152		56.84%		20,013		40.40%		798		1.61%		286		0.58%		225		0.45%		58		0.12%		8,139		16.44%		49,532
	Forest		843		36.93%		1,371		60.05%		57		2.50%		9		0.39%		1		0.04%		2		0.09%		-528		-23.12%		2,283
	Franklin		14,922		30.44%		33,042		67.41%		761		1.55%		132		0.27%		43		0.09%		69		0.14%		-18,120		-36.97%		49,019
	Fulton		1,425		26.96%		3,753		71.01%		77		1.46%		20		0.38%		1		0.02%		9		0.17%		-2,328		-44.05%		5,285
	Greene		7,230		52.96%		5,890		43.14%		337		2.47%		120		0.88%		18		0.13%		39		0.29%		1,340		9.82%		13,653
	Huntingdon		5,073		31.78%		10,408		65.21%		340		2.13%		103		0.65%		12		0.08%		21		0.13%		-5,335		-33.43%		15,961
	Indiana		13,667		43.52%		16,799		53.50%		711		2.26%		161		0.51%		17		0.05%		46		0.15%		-3,132		-9.98%		31,401
	Jefferson		5,566		31.65%		11,473		65.24%		339		1.93%		120		0.68%		29		0.17%		47		0.27%		-5,907		-33.59%		17,586
	Juniata		2,656		30.64%		5,795		66.86%		158		1.82%		28		0.32%		9		0.10%		21		0.24%		-3,139		-36.22%		8,667
	Lackawanna		57,471		59.63%		35,096		36.41%		2,134		2.21%		264		0.27%		1,341		1.39%		75		0.08%		22,375		23.22%		96,381
	Lancaster		54,968		31.34%		115,900		66.09%		3,341		1.91%		389		0.22%		379		0.22%		340		0.19%		-60,932		-34.75%		175,367
	Lawrence		20,593		51.95%		18,060		45.56%		653		1.65%		257		0.65%		27		0.07%		50		0.13%		2,533		6.39%		39,640
	Lebanon		16,093		35.06%		28,534		62.17%		873		1.90%		135		0.29%		143		0.31%		102		0.22%		-12,441		-27.11%		45,897
	Lehigh		56,667		48.72%		55,492		47.71%		3,278		2.82%		307		0.26%		214		0.18%		322		0.28%		1,175		1.01%		116,307
	Luzerne		62,199		52.01%		52,328		43.76%		3,456		2.89%		474		0.40%		981		0.82%		148		0.12%		9,871		8.25%		119,586
	Lycoming		14,663		33.95%		27,137		62.83%		965		2.23%		139		0.32%		217		0.50%		62		0.14%		-12,474		-28.88%		43,193
	McKean		5,510		34.86%		9,661		61.12%		403		2.55%		64		0.40%		129		0.82%		37		0.23%		-4,151		-26.26%		15,806
	Mercer		23,817		48.87%		23,132		47.47%		1,073		2.20%		285		0.58%		348		0.71%		70		0.14%		685		1.40%		48,732
	Mifflin		4,835		33.08%		9,400		64.32%		264		1.81%		41		0.28%		49		0.34%		25		0.17%		-4,565		-31.24%		14,614
	Monroe		21,939		46.80%		23,265		49.63%		1,319		2.81%		123		0.26%		116		0.25%		116		0.25%		-1,326		-2.83%		46,878
	Montgomery		177,990		53.54%		145,623		43.81%		6,816		2.05%		562		0.17%		200		0.06%		1,231		0.37%		32,367		9.73%		332,422
	Montour		2,356		36.27%		3,960		60.97%		132		2.03%		26		0.40%		8		0.12%		10		0.15%		-1,604		-24.70%		6,495
	Northampton		53,097		50.72%		47,396		45.27%		3,012		2.88%		324		0.31%		592		0.57%		269		0.26%		5,701		5.45%		104,690
	Northumberland		13,670		41.11%		18,142		54.56%		956		2.88%		329		0.99%		109		0.33%		45		0.14%		-4,472		-13.45%		33,254
	Perry		4,459		27.73%		11,184		69.56%		309		1.92%		65		0.40%		15		0.09%		39		0.24%		-6,725		-41.83%		16,079
	Philadelphia		449,182		80.04%		100,959		17.99%		8,206		1.46%		822		0.15%		1,032		0.18%		979		0.17%		348,223		62.05%		561,180
	Pike		7,330		42.21%		9,339		53.78%		498		2.87%		57		0.33%		99		0.57%		41		0.24%		-2,009		-11.57%		17,364
	Potter		2,037		28.71%		4,858		68.48%		146		2.06%		24		0.34%		7		0.10%		18		0.25%		-2,821		-39.77%		7,094
	Schuylkill		26,215		44.97%		29,841		51.19%		1,713		2.94%		399		0.68%		40		0.07%		92		0.16%		-3,626		-6.22%		58,300
	Snyder		3,536		27.54%		8,963		69.80%		271		2.11%		46		0.36%		10		0.08%		15		0.12%		-5,427		-42.26%		12,841
	Somerset		12,028		36.47%		20,218		61.29%		487		1.48%		181		0.55%		24		0.07%		47		0.14%		-8,190		-24.82%		32,985
	Sullivan		1,066		34.33%		1,928		62.09%		91		2.93%		10		0.32%		4		0.13%		6		0.19%		-862		-27.76%		3,105
	Susquehanna		6,481		37.53%		10,226		59.21%		459		2.66%		61		0.35%		12		0.07%		32		0.19%		-3,745		-21.68%		17,271
	Tioga		4,617		31.26%		9,635		65.22%		404		2.73%		52		0.35%		24		0.16%		40		0.27%		-5,018		-33.96%		14,772
	Union		4,209		31.95%		8,523		64.69%		373		2.83%		33		0.25%		17		0.13%		20		0.15%		-4,314		-32.74%		13,175
	Venango		8,196		39.90%		11,642		56.68%		467		2.28%		121		0.59%		55		0.27%		42		0.20%		-3,446		-16.78%		20,541
	Warren		7,537		42.94%		9,290		52.93%		466		2.66%		87		0.50%		129		0.74%		32		0.18%		-1,753		-9.99%		17,552
	Washington		44,961		53.25%		37,339		44.22%		1,442		1.71%		528		0.63%		60		0.07%		111		0.13%		7,622		9.03%		84,441
	Wayne		6,904		36.50%		11,201		59.21%		625		3.30%		88		0.47%		63		0.33%		33		0.17%		-4,297		-22.71%		18,916
	Westmoreland		71,792		45.81%		80,858		51.60%		2,601		1.66%		908		0.58%		323		0.21%		227		0.14%		-9,066		-5.79%		156,709
	Wyoming		4,363		37.26%		6,922		59.12%		344		2.94%		32		0.27%		6		0.05%		26		0.22%		-2,559		-21.86%		11,709
	York		51,958		36.01%		87,652		60.75%		3,305		2.29%		331		0.23%		580		0.40%		418		0.29%		-35,694		-24.74%		144,286
Totals	2,485,967	50.60%	2,281,127	46.43%	103,392	2.10%	16,023	0.33%	14,428	0.29%	11,248	0.23%	204,840	4.17%	4,913,119

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Armstrong (Largest city: Kittanning)
• Centre (Largest city: State College)
• Clinton (Largest city: Lock Haven)
• Columbia (Largest city: Bloomsburg)
• Elk (Largest city: St. Marys)
• Forest (Largest city: Marienville)
• Indiana (Largest city: Indiana)
• Schuylkill (Largest city: Pottsville)
• Warren (Largest city: Warren)
• Westmoreland (Largest township: Hempfield Township)

By congressional district

Gore won 11 of 21 congressional districts. Gore won three that elected Republicans while Bush won two that elected Democrats.^[4]

District	Bush	Gore	Representative
		13%	85%		Bob Brady
		11%	88%		Chaka Fattah
		31%	66%		Robert Borski
	51%	47%		Ron Klink
			Melissa Hart
		59%	38%		John E. Peterson
		53%	44%		Tim Holden
		47%	50%		Curt Weldon
		47%	50%		James C. Greenwood
		65%	32%		Bud Shuster
		50%	47%		Don Sherwood
		47%	49%		Paul Kanjorski
		52%	45%		John Murtha
		43%	54%		Joe Hoeffel
		35%	62%		William J. Coyne
		47%	49%		Pat Toomey
		58%	39%		Joe Pitts
		60%	37%		George Gekas
		41%	57%		Mike Doyle
	61%	36%		William F. Goodling
			Todd Platts
		46%	51%		Frank Mascara
		49%	48%		Phil English

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 Al Gore and Joe Lieberman:^[6]

1. Kathy Black
2. Richard W. Bloomingdale
3. Robert P. Casey Jr.
4. Nelson Diaz
5. William M. George
6. Ken Jarin
7. James J. Johnston
8. Edward Keller
9. Robert Mellow
10. Thomas J. Murphy Jr.
11. Elsa Favila
12. Robert O'Connor
13. Lazar M. Palnick
14. Stephen R. Reed
15. T. J. Rooney
16. Joyce Savocchio
17. John F. Street
18. Patsy J. Tallarico
19. Christine M. Tartaglione
20. Margaret M. Tartaglione
21. Marian Tasco
22. Sala Udin
23. Anna Verna

See also

• List of United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania

Notes and References

1. Web site: Online NewsHour: Battleground Pennsylvania -- October 9, 2000. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20001019075102/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec00/pennsylvania_10-9.html. 2000-10-19. PBS.
2. Web site: Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
3. Web site: Pennsylvania Elections – County Breakdown Results . electionreturns.pa.gov . November 7, 2000 . December 28, 2019.
4. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openelections/openelections-data-pa/master/2000/20001107__pa__general__precinct.csv Open election data 2000
5. Web site: 2000 Presidential Election Results - Pennsylvania. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060602225847/http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2000&fips=42&off=0&elect=0&f=0 . 2006-06-02 .
6. Web site: President Elect - 2000 . 2010-06-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120212174238/http://presidentelect.org/e2000.html . 2012-02-12 . dead .