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2000 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses

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election_name2000 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses
countryIowa
typepresidential
ongoingno
previous_election1992 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses
previous_year1992
next_election2004 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses
next_year2004
election_dateJanuary 24th, 2000
elected_members[NH](2000-new-hampshire-democratic-presidential-primary)
votes_for_election57 [Democratic National Convention](2000-democratic-national-convention) delegates (47 pledged; 10 unpledged)
1blankSDEs
2blankPercentage (of SDEs)
image1[[Image:Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, official portrait 1994.jpgx160px]]
candidate1**Al Gore**
color13333FF
home_state1Tennessee
delegate_count1**29**
1data1**1,257**
2data1**62.85%**
image2[[File:BillBradley (cropped).jpgx160px]]
candidate2Bill Bradley
color2FA8320
home_state2New Jersey
delegate_count218
1data2732
2data236.60%
map_image[[File:2000 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses election results map by county (vote share).svg260px]]
map_size260px
map_captionCaucus results by county
**Gore:**
**Bradley:**
**Tie:**

Main article: 2000 Democratic Party presidential primaries

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The 2000 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses occurred on January 24, and was the state caucuses of the Iowa Democratic Party. It was the first election for the Democrats of the 2000 presidential election.

Campaign

Vice President Al Gore was seen as the frontrunner for the nomination, and successfully painted Bill Bradley as aloof and indifferent to rural issues. The Vice President received the endorsement from the Governor of Iowa Tom Vilsack and Senator Tom Harkin and had a tremendous lead over Senator Bradley, though Bradley got the endorsement of the Des Moines Register. Bradley started to gain momentum and the race become close. A week before the caucus polls had it 40% to 49% in Gore’s favor. On January 23, 2000, a day before the primary polls had Al Gore winning by 2 or 3 points.

Results

Caucus results

Caucus date: January 24, 2000

National pledged delegates determined: 47 (of 57)

2000 Iowa Democratic presidential caucus resultsPartyCandidateVotes (State Delegate Equivalents)PercentagePledged National Delegates
(expected on January 24)
**Democratic****Al Gore****1,257****62.85%****29**
DemocraticBill Bradley73236.60%18
DemocraticUncommitted110.55%0
DemocraticUnallocated00.0%10
**Totals****2,000****100.00%****47**
Voter turnout%—

Al Gore won 91 of Iowa's 99 counties. Bill Bradley lost the rest of the primaries by large margins and Al Gore would eventually lose the general election to Governor of Texas George W. Bush.

References

Notes

References

  1. (25 January 2000). "Bush and Gore win Iowa caucuses".
  2. "The Iowa Caucuses {{!}} Des Moines Public Library".
  3. "History of the Iowa Caucus {{!}} Iowa PBS".
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