United States presidential election in Colorado, 2000

United States presidential election in Colorado, 2000
Colorado
November 7, 2000
 
Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore Ralph Nader
Party Republican Democratic Green
Home state Texas Tennessee Connecticut
Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman Winona LaDuke
Electoral vote 8 0 0
Popular vote 883,745 738,227 91,434
Percentage 50.8% 42.4% 5.3%

County Results
  Gore—60-70%
  Gore—50-60%
  Gore—<50%
  Bush—<50%
  Bush—50-60%
  Bush—60-70%
  Bush—70-80%
President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

 Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

The 2000 United States presidential election in Colorado 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 8 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Colorado was won by Governor George W. Bush by an 8.36% margin of victory. Almost 7% voted for a third party candidate. Bush won a majority of the counties and congressional districts. Nader's best performance in the state by far was in San Miguel County, where he received over 17.20% of the vote [1]

Results

United States presidential election in Colorado, 2000[2]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican George W. Bush 883,745 50.75% 8
Democratic Al Gore 738,227 42.39% 0
Green Ralph Nader 91,434 5.25% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne 12,799 0.73% 0
American Patrick Buchanan 10,465 0.60% 0
Natural Law John Hagelin 2,240 0.13% 0
Constitution Howard Phillips 1,319 0.08% 0
Socialist David McReynolds 712 0.04% 0
Socialist Workers James Harris 216 0.01% 0
Prohibition Earl Dodge 208 0.01% 0
Totals 1,741,365 100.00% 8
Voter turnout (Voting age) 54%

By county

County[3] Gore Votes Bush Votes Nader Votes Others Votes Total
Adams50.19%54,13244.10%47,5613.86%4,1651.85%1,994107,852
Alamosa43.38%2,45550.49%2,8574.68%2651.44%825,659
Arapahoe43.49%82,61451.47%97,7683.66%6,9521.38%2,608189,942
Archuleta30.10%1,43262.80%2,9885.57%2651.54%734,758
Baca23.31%53173.00%1,6632.06%471.62%372,278
Bent39.89%78355.83%1,0962.24%442.04%401,963
Boulder50.12%69,98336.44%50,87311.82%16,4981.63%2,272139,626
Chaffee36.37%2,76856.50%4,3006.03%4591.09%837,610
Cheyenne17.24%20978.96%9571.82%221.98%241,212
Clear Creek44.44%2,18845.63%2,2477.19%3542.73%1354,924
Conejos47.64%1,74948.27%1,7722.15%791.93%713,671
Costilla63.96%1,05430.58%5044.31%711.15%191,648
Crowley35.36%51159.17%8551.94%283.54%511,445
Custer24.02%50768.74%1,4514.74%1002.51%532,111
Delta25.73%3,26465.99%8,3726.72%8521.56%19812,686
Denver61.86%122,69330.87%61,2245.86%11,6241.42%2,806198,347
Dolores25.84%29365.34%7416.44%732.38%271,134
Douglas31.40%27,07664.95%56,0072.59%2,2301.06%91283,995
Eagle44.59%6,77247.18%7,1656.88%1,0451.35%20615,188
Elbert25.95%2,32668.61%6,1513.26%2922.19%1968,965
El Paso30.78%61,79963.91%128,2943.54%7,1161.76%3,548200,757
Fremont32.97%5,29361.75%9,9143.21%5162.07%33316,056
Garfield35.59%6,08753.22%9,1039.40%1,6081.80%30617,104
Gilpin44.58%1,09940.81%1,00611.20%2763.40%842,465
Grand36.33%2,30856.19%3,5705.76%3661.71%1096,353
Gunnison42.27%3,05943.23%3,12812.81%9271.69%1227,236
Hinsdale33.22%18855.83%3169.01%511.94%11566
Huerfano47.10%1,49546.19%1,4665.32%1691.39%443,174
Jackson18.70%17373.73%6824.32%403.23%30925
Jefferson42.88%100,97051.02%120,1384.39%10,3361.71%4,047235,491
Kiowa21.80%21175.21%7281.34%131.66%16968
Kit Carson23.40%80973.51%2,5421.68%581.42%493,458
Lake49.32%1,29640.18%1,0568.11%2132.40%632,628
La Plata38.38%7,86448.77%9,99311.61%2,3781.25%25520,490
Larimer38.85%46,05552.67%62,4296.91%8,1941.56%1,859118,537
Las Animas53.22%3,24342.16%2,5693.27%1991.37%836,094
Lincoln23.19%51074.12%1,6301.23%271.45%322,199
Logan28.36%2,29668.32%5,5311.73%1401.60%1298,096
Mesa30.29%15,46563.45%32,3964.38%2,2351.88%95851,054
Mineral34.57%16860.49%2943.91%191.03%5486
Moffat22.92%1,22371.95%3,8403.17%1691.97%1055,337
Montezuma27.24%2,55665.62%6,1585.65%5301.50%1409,384
Montrose28.43%4,04165.18%9,2664.61%6561.78%25214,215
Morgan32.06%2,88563.59%5,7222.34%2111.99%1808,998
Otero40.52%2,96355.83%4,0821.89%1381.76%1297,312
Ouray31.57%70557.28%1,27910.03%2241.12%252,233
Park35.90%2,39355.17%3,6776.06%4042.87%1916,665
Phillips25.41%56470.86%1,5732.16%481.59%352,220
Pitkin53.04%4,13732.88%2,56512.99%1,0131.09%857,800
Prowers30.08%1,36166.89%3,0261.75%791.28%584,524
Peublo53.55%28,88842.31%22,8272.82%1,5201.32%71153,946
Rio Blanco19.02%54376.53%2,1852.98%851.47%422,855
Rio Grande33.64%1,70761.30%3,1113.53%1791.53%785,075
Routt43.66%4,20846.40%4,4728.51%8201.44%1389,638
Saguache45.27%1,14542.63%1,07810.32%2611.77%452,529
San Juan34.17%14948.17%21013.30%584.35%19436
San Miguel49.09%1,59832.04%1,04317.20%5601.67%543,255
Sedgwick29.47%38467.31%8771.92%251.30%171,303
Summit47.92%5,30440.63%4,49710.22%1,1311.22%13611,068
Teller27.93%2,75065.78%6,4774.36%4291.93%1919,847
Washington19.51%47776.81%1,8782.04%501.63%402,445
Weld36.31%23,43657.96%37,4093.78%2,4381.94%1,25864,541
Yuma24.83%1,08272.42%3,1561.38%601.38%604,358
Al Gore George W. Bush Total
Counties won 13 50 63
Best score Costilla County (63.96%) Cheyenne County (78.96%) .
Counties won under statewide margin (8.36%) 5 8 13
Huerfano County (0.91%)
Saguache County (2.64%)
Gilpin County (3.77%)
Adams County (6.09%)
Summit County (7.29%)		 Conejos County (0.63%)
Gunnison County (0.96%)
Clear Creek County (1.19%)
Eagle County (2.59%)
Routt County (2.74%)
Alamosa County (7.11%)
Arapahoe County (7.98%)
Jefferson County (8.14%)
Counties won under nationwide margin (0.51%) 0 0 0

By congressional district

Bush won 4 of 6 congressional districts.[4]

District Gore Bush Representative
1st 61% 33% Diana DeGette
2nd 52% 43% Mark Udall
3rd 39% 54% Scott McInnis
4th 37% 57% Bob Schaffer
5th 31% 63% Joel Hefley
6th 37% 60% Tom Tancredo

Electors

Technically the voters of Colorado cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Colorado is allocated 8 electors because it has 6 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 8 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 8 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[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 W. Bush and Dick Cheney:[6][7]

  1. Bob Beauprez
  2. Marcy Benson
  3. Robert Dieter
  4. Mary Hergert
  5. Robert Martinez
  6. Ralph Nagel
  7. Lilly Nunez
  8. Joe Rogers

References

  1. ↑ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2000 - San Miguel County, CO". Retrieved January 7, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2000 - Colorado". Retrieved January 7, 2013.
  3. ↑ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/
  4. ↑ http://www.swingstateproject.com/diary/4161/
  5. ↑ http://www.uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/ARTICLES/pe2000timeline.php
  6. ↑ http://presidentelect.org/e2000.html
  7. ↑ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/electors.php?year=2000&fips=8&f=1&off=0&elect=0

See also

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