United States presidential election in Idaho, 2000

United States presidential election in Idaho, 2000
Idaho
November 7, 2000
 
Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Texas Tennessee
Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 336,937 138,637
Percentage 67.2% 27.6%

County Results
  Gore—80-90%
  Gore—70-80%
  Gore—60-70%
  Gore—50-60%
  Bush—50-60%
  Bush—60-70%
  Bush—70-80%
  Bush—80-90%

The 2000 United States presidential election in Idaho took place on November 7, 2000 throughout all 50 states and D.C., which was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 4 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Idaho has become one of the most reliable red states in the country, and in 2000 Governor George W. Bush easily won the state, every congressional district, and county except Blaine County. In fact, the only other county in the state that Gore received at least 40% from was Shoshone County. Third party candidates totaled 5.2% of the votes, thus Gore did very poorly in the state getting below 30% of the vote.

Results

United States presidential election in Idaho, 2000
Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican George W. Bush Dick Cheney 336,937 67.2% 4
Democratic Al Gore Joe Lieberman 138,637 27.6% 0
Write in Ralph Nader Winona LaDuke 12,292 2.5% 0
Reform Patrick Buchanan Ezola Foster 7,615 1.5% 0
Others - - 6,140 1.2% 0
Totals - 100.00% 4
Voter turnout %

By county

County[1] Bush Votes Gore Votes Nader Votes Others Votes Total
Ada60.78%75,05032.92%40,6503.92%4,8462.37%2,939123,485
Adams77.3%1,47617.60%3362.15%412.92%561,909
Bannock59.07%18,22335.30%10,8922.98%9202.64%81730,852
Bear Lake79.20%2,29617.83%5170.52%152.44%712,899
Benewah70.68%2,60624.27%8951.52%563.53%1303,687
Bingham73.47%10,62822.88%3,3100.51%743.13%45314,465
Blaine44.44%3,52847.22%3,7485.39%4282.95%2347,938
Boise66.09%2,01924.39%7454.03%1235.50%1683,055
Bonner61.53%8,94529.70%4,3186.14%8932.62%38114,537
Bonneville74.47%24,98821.56%7,2351.08%3632.89%97033,556
Boundary72.01%2,79721.42%8323.40%1323.16%1233,884
Butte72.19%1,05424.25%3540.34%53.22%471,460
Camas70.81%35922.29%1131.38%75.52%28507
Canyon71.07%30,56024.62%10,5881.37%5882.94%1,26443,000
Caribou81.87%2,60114.95%4750.88%282.30%733,177
Cassia82.20%5,98314.93%1,0870.27%202.60%1897,279
Clark81.41%31116.49%630.26%11.83%7382
Clearwater74.05%2,88521.59%8410.87%343.49%1363,896
Custer77.00%1,79417.85%4161.89%443.27%762,330
Elmore70.21%4,89126.41%1,8401.39%971.99%1386,966
Franklin84.70%3,59412.09%5130.45%192.75%1174,243
Fremont83.37%4,24213.74%6990.65%332.24%1145,088
Gem73.14%4,37622.50%1,3460.75%453.61%2165,983
Gooding69.68%3,50225.51%1,2821.09%553.73%1875,026
Idaho77.91%5,80615.93%1,1871.42%1064.74%3537,452
Jefferson82.70%6,48014.04%1,1000.32%252.94%2317,836
Jerome73.55%4,41822.64%1,3600.40%243.41%2056,007
Kootenai64.28%28,16230.79%13,4882.47%1,0832.46%1,07943,812
Latah53.30%8,16136.97%5,6616.52%9993.20%49015,311
Lemhi78.52%2,85918.13%6600.33%123.01%1103,641
Lewis76.72%1,29519.85%3350.77%132.67%451,688
Lincoln66.65%1,04927.76%4371.14%184.44%701,574
Madison88.53%7,9419.10%8160.41%371.96%1768,970
Minidoka75.28%4,90720.62%1,3440.46%303.63%2376,518
Nez Perce66.02%10,57731.18%4,9950.88%1411.93%30816,021
Oneida79.31%1,42617.07%3070.44%83.18%571,798
Owyhee76.85%2,45019.54%6230.69%222.92%933,188
Payette72.34%4,96123.96%1,6431.17%802.53%1746,858
Power69.10%1,87227.87%7550.33%92.70%732,709
Shoshone53.46%2,87941.32%2,2251.71%923.51%1895,385
Teton65.33%1,74526.96%7205.65%1512.06%552,671
Twin Falls70.10%15,79425.64%5,7771.38%3102.89%64922,530
Valley64.05%2,54828.38%1,1295.05%2012.51%1003,978
Washington71.23%2,89924.08%9801.57%643.13%1274,070
Al Gore George W. Bush Total
Counties won 1 43 44
Best score Blaine County (47.22%) Madison County (88.53%)
Counties won under statewide margin (39.6%) 1 10 11
Blaine County (2.78%) Shoshone County (12.14%)

Latah County (16.33%)
Bannock County (23.77%)
Ada County (27.86%)
Bonner County (31.83%)
Kootenai County (33.49%)
Nez Perce County (34.84%)
Valley County (35.67%)
Teton County (38.37%)
Lincoln County (38.89%)
Counties won under nationwide margin (0.51%) 0 0 0

Electors

Technically the voters of Idaho cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Idaho is allocated 4 electors because it has 2 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 4 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 4 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[2] 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 W. Bush and Dick Cheney:[3]

  1. Phil Batt
  2. Connie Hansen
  3. James McClure
  4. Orriette Sinclair

References

  1. ↑ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/
  2. ↑ http://www.uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/ARTICLES/pe2000timeline.php
  3. ↑ http://presidentelect.org/e2000.html
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/12/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.