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2000 United States presidential election in Delaware

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2000 United States presidential election in Delaware

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Nominee Al Gore George W. Bush
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Tennessee Texas
Running mate Joe Lieberman Dick Cheney
Electoral vote 3 0
Popular vote 180,068 137,288
Percentage 54.96% 41.90%


President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

The 2000 United States presidential election in Delaware took place on November 7, 2000, part of the 2000 United States presidential election in all 50 states and D.C. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Delaware was won by Vice President Al Gore with a 13.1% margin of victory. Gore carried Delaware's most populous county, New Castle County, with almost 60% of the vote. Bush won the other two counties, but by relatively narrow margins. This was the first election since 1948, and only the fourth since 1892, in which Delaware backed the losing nominee, indicating its transformation from historical bellwether state to reliable blue state. Bush became the first Republican since Benjamin Harrison in 1888 to win a presidential election without New Castle County or Delaware at-large. Gore also became the first losing Democrat since John W. Davis in 1924 to win any of Delaware's counties.

Delaware was one of ten states that backed George H. W. Bush for president in 1988 that did not back George W. Bush in either 2000 or 2004.

Results

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2000 United States presidential election in Delaware
Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Albert Arnold Gore Jr. Joseph Isadore Lieberman 180,068 54.96% 3
Republican George Walker Bush Richard Bruce Cheney 137,288 41.91% 0
Green Ralph Nader Winona LaDuke 8,307 2.54% 0
Reform Pat Buchanan Ezola Foster 777 0.24% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne Wayne Allyn Root 774 0.24% 0
Constitution Howard Phillips Michael Peroutka 289 0.09% 0
Natural Law John Hagelin Mary Alice Herbert 107 0.03% 0
write-ins 93 0.03% 0
Totals 327,703 100.00% 3
Voter turnout (voting age) 56%

By county

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County Al Gore
Democratic
George W. Bush
Republican
Ralph Nader
Green
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Kent 22,790 47.23% 24,081 49.90% 1,082 2.24% 301 0.62% -1,291 -2.67% 48,254
New Castle 127,539 59.86% 78,587 36.88% 5,767 2.71% 1,167 0.55% 48,952 22.98% 213,060
Sussex 29,739 44.86% 34,620 52.23% 1,458 2.20% 470 0.71% -4,881 -7.37% 66,287
Totals 180,068 54.96% 137,288 41.90% 8,307 2.54% 1,959 0.60% 42,780 13.06% 327,622

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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By congressional district

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Due to the state's low population, only 1 congressional district, Delaware's at-large congressional district is allocated.

District Bush Gore Representative
At-large 41.9% 55.0% Mike Castle

Electors

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Technically the voters of Delaware cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Delaware is allocated three electors because it has one congressional district and two senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of three 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 three 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[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 Gore and Lieberman:[2]

  • Michael Begatto
  • Margaret Rose Henry
  • Ruth Ann Messick

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2000 Post-Election Timeline of Events".
  2. ^ "President Elect - 2000". Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2009.