United States presidential election in Tennessee, 2000

United States presidential election in Tennessee, 2000
Tennessee
November 7, 2000
 
Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Texas Tennessee
Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman
Electoral vote 11 0
Popular vote 1,061,949 981,720
Percentage 51.2% 47.3%

County Results
  Gore—60-70%
  Gore—50-60%
  Gore—<50%
  Bush—<50%
  Bush—50-60%
  Bush—60-70%
President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

 Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

The 2000 United States presidential election in Tennessee 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 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Tennessee was won by Governor George W. Bush by a 3.87% margin of victory, despite having voted for Clinton in 1992 & 1996 and being the home state of Vice President Al Gore. Therefore, if Vice President Gore had carried his home state, he, instead of Bush, would have been elected President. This was the first time a major-party candidate lost his home state since George McGovern lost South Dakota in 1972.

Electors

The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 18, 2000[1] 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:[2]

  1. Lamar Alexander
  2. Daniel Dirksen Baker
  3. Lana Bowman Ball
  4. Nancy Cunningham
  5. Winfield Dunn
  6. Jimmy Exum
  7. Jim Henry
  8. Raja Jubran
  9. Anie Kent
  10. Patti Saliba
  11. Mamon Wright

Results

United States presidential election in Tennessee, 2000[3]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican George W. Bush 1,061,949 51.15% 11
Democratic Al Gore 981,720 47.28% 0
Independent Ralph Nader 19,781 0.95% 0
Independent Harry Browne 4,284 0.21% 0
Independent Patrick Buchanan 4,250 0.20% 0

References

  1. ↑ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2000&fips=42&f=0&off=0&elect=0
  2. ↑ http://presidentelect.org/e2000.html
  3. ↑ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html

See also

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