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2000 United States presidential election in Indiana

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election_name2000 United States presidential election in Indiana
countryIndiana
typepresidential
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previous_election1996 United States presidential election in Indiana
previous_year1996
next_election2004 United States presidential election in Indiana
next_year2004
election_dateNovember 7, 2000
turnout55%
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image1GeorgeWBush (1).jpg
nominee1**George W. Bush**
party1Republican Party (United States)
home_state1Texas
running_mate1**Dick Cheney**
electoral_vote1**12**
popular_vote1**1,245,836**
percentage1**56.65%**
image2Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, official portrait 1994 (3x4 close cropped).jpg
nominee2Al Gore
party2Democratic Party (United States)
home_state2Tennessee
running_mate2Joe Lieberman
electoral_vote20
popular_vote2901,980
percentage241.01%
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titlePresident
before_electionBill Clinton
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after_electionGeorge W. Bush
after_partyRepublican Party (United States)

Main article: 2000 United States presidential election

| [[File:Indiana Presidential Election Results 2000.svg|180px]] | County results |[[File:2000 United States presidential election in Indiana by congressional district.svg|180px]] |Congressional district results Bush Gore A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Indiana was won by Texas Governor George W. Bush. He won a majority of the counties and congressional districts in the state. Gore only won two congressional districts and six counties. However, Gore won five of the six counties by very small margins. Lake County, part of the Chicago metropolitan area and the state's second most-populous county, was Gore's best performance, winning with over 60%. Bush ran up the margins in more conservative rural areas to help him win the state. Bush won Vigo County with 49.7% of the vote, which is considered the most reliable bellwether county in the nation.

This would be the last presidential election in which Marion County (containing the state's capital and largest city, Indianapolis) and Monroe County (home to Bloomington and in turn the flagship Indiana University campus) voted for the Republican nominee, as they would end up shifting to Democratic strongholds in future elections. Conversely, this is also the last time that Scott County, in Southern Indiana, voted for the Democratic candidate. Bush became the solitary Republican to win the White House without carrying LaPorte County since Indiana's native son Benjamin Harrison in 1888.

Results

2000 United States presidential election in IndianaPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
**Republican****George Walker Bush** and **Richard Bruce Cheney****1,245,836****56.65%****12**
DemocraticAlbert Arnold Gore Jr. and Joseph Isadore Lieberman901,98041.01%0
Write InRalph Nader and Winona LaDuke18,5310.8%0
ReformPatrick Buchanan16,9590.8%0
LibertarianHarry Browne15,5300.7%0
Write InHoward Phillips2000.0%0
Write InJohn Hagelin1670.0%0
**Totals****2,199,203****100.00%****12**
Voter turnout (Voting age/registered)49%/55%

By county

CountyGeorge W. Bush
RepublicanAl Gore
DemocraticVarious candidates
Other partiesMarginTotal#%#%#%#%Totals1,245,83656.65%901,98041.01%51,4862.34%343,85615.64%2,199,302
Adams8,55567.95%3,77529.98%2602.07%4,78037.97%12,590
Allen70,42661.60%41,63636.42%2,2581.98%28,79025.18%114,320
Bartholomew16,20062.87%9,01534.98%5542.15%7,18527.89%25,769
Benton2,44163.01%1,32834.28%1052.71%1,11328.73%3,874
Blackford2,69955.16%2,10342.98%911.86%59612.18%4,893
Boone13,16171.54%4,76325.89%4722.57%8,39845.65%18,396
Brown3,87156.78%2,60838.26%3384.96%1,26318.52%6,817
Carroll5,10261.71%2,96535.86%2012.43%2,13725.85%8,268
Cass9,30561.60%5,41235.83%3892.58%3,89325.77%15,106
Clark19,41752.01%17,36046.50%5591.50%2,0575.51%37,336
Clay6,39362.94%3,60535.49%1601.58%2,78827.45%10,158
Clinton7,14164.97%3,64333.15%2071.88%3,49831.82%10,991
Crawford2,32755.29%1,81743.17%651.54%51012.12%4,209
Daviess6,87270.40%2,69727.63%1921.97%4,17542.77%9,761
Dearborn11,45264.88%6,02034.11%1781.01%5,43230.77%17,650
Decatur6,11566.68%2,88931.50%1671.82%3,22635.18%9,171
DeKalb8,70163.12%4,77634.65%3082.23%3,92528.47%13,785
Delaware22,10550.07%20,87647.29%1,1662.64%1,2292.78%44,147
Dubois10,13465.36%5,09032.83%2801.81%5,04432.53%15,504
Elkhart36,75667.46%16,40230.11%1,3242.43%20,35437.35%54,482
Fayette5,06058.52%3,41539.49%1721.99%1,64519.03%8,647
Floyd16,48654.90%13,20943.99%3351.12%3,27710.91%30,030
Fountain4,40860.54%2,71737.32%1562.14%1,69123.22%7,281
Franklin5,58767.00%2,59131.07%1611.93%2,99635.93%8,339
Fulton5,21862.66%2,96035.55%1491.79%2,25827.11%8,327
Gibson7,73456.16%5,80242.13%2361.71%1,93214.03%13,772
Grant16,15361.22%9,71236.81%5211.97%6,44124.41%26,386
Greene7,45259.05%4,89838.81%2692.13%2,55420.24%12,619
Hamilton56,37274.25%18,00223.71%1,5522.04%38,37050.54%75,926
Hancock15,94369.47%6,50328.34%5042.20%9,44041.13%22,950
Harrison8,71158.48%5,87039.41%3152.11%2,84119.07%14,896
Hendricks28,65171.23%10,78626.82%7841.95%17,86544.41%40,221
Henry10,32156.35%7,64741.75%3471.89%2,67414.60%18,315
Howard20,33159.63%12,89937.83%8652.54%7,43221.80%34,095
Huntington10,11369.17%4,11928.17%3882.65%5,99441.00%14,620
Jackson9,05462.01%5,33036.50%2181.49%3,72425.51%14,602
Jasper7,21264.58%3,74433.53%2111.89%3,46831.05%11,167
Jay4,68758.37%3,16739.44%1762.19%1,52018.93%8,030
Jefferson6,58255.17%5,11742.89%2321.94%1,46512.28%11,931
Jennings5,73260.37%3,54937.38%2132.24%2,18322.99%9,494
Johnson29,40469.54%11,95228.27%9282.19%17,45241.27%42,284
Knox8,48556.36%6,30041.85%2691.79%2,18514.51%15,054
Kosciusko19,04075.30%5,78522.88%4591.82%13,25552.42%25,284
LaGrange5,43765.25%2,73332.80%1631.96%2,70432.45%8,333
Lake63,38936.02%109,07861.98%3,5272.00%-45,689-25.96%175,994
LaPorte18,99447.79%19,73649.65%1,0172.56%-742-1.86%39,747
Lawrence10,67766.14%5,07131.41%3942.44%5,60634.73%16,142
Madison27,95653.54%23,40344.82%8571.64%4,5538.72%52,216
Marion137,81049.23%134,18947.94%7,9042.82%3,6211.29%279,903
Marshall10,26663.57%5,54134.31%3432.12%4,72529.26%16,150
Martin3,00865.26%1,51832.94%831.80%1,49032.32%4,609
Miami8,40164.98%4,15532.14%3722.88%4,24632.84%12,928
Monroe19,14747.61%17,52343.57%3,5508.83%1,6244.04%40,220
Montgomery8,89167.87%3,89929.76%3112.37%4,99238.11%13,101
Morgan15,28669.37%6,22828.26%5222.37%9,05841.11%22,036
Newton3,25058.98%2,10138.13%1592.89%1,14920.85%5,510
Noble9,10364.03%4,82233.92%2912.05%4,28130.11%14,216
Ohio1,51560.79%95138.16%261.04%56422.63%2,492
Orange4,68762.85%2,60134.88%1702.28%2,08627.97%7,458
Owen4,01961.80%2,25334.65%2313.55%1,76627.15%6,503
Parke3,84159.58%2,48138.48%1251.94%1,36021.10%6,447
Perry3,46146.85%3,82351.75%1031.39%-362-4.90%7,387
Pike3,56656.59%2,60541.34%1312.08%96115.25%6,302
Porter31,15752.47%26,79045.12%1,4312.41%4,3677.35%59,378
Posey6,49858.49%4,43039.87%1821.64%2,06818.62%11,110
Pulaski3,49763.37%1,91934.78%1021.85%1,57828.59%5,518
Putnam7,35261.93%4,12334.73%3963.34%3,22927.20%11,871
Randolph6,02059.42%3,90638.55%2062.03%2,11420.87%10,132
Ripley6,98865.46%3,49832.77%1891.77%3,49032.69%10,675
Rush4,74965.20%2,37032.54%1652.27%2,37932.66%7,284
Scott3,76147.94%3,91549.90%1702.17%-154-1.96%7,846
Shelby9,59062.64%5,37435.10%3462.26%4,21627.54%15,310
Spencer5,09656.70%3,75241.75%1391.55%1,34414.95%8,987
St. Joseph47,58148.81%47,70348.94%2,1902.25%-122-0.13%97,474
Starke4,34949.98%4,13647.53%2162.48%2132.45%8,701
Steuben6,95361.66%4,10336.38%2211.96%2,85025.28%11,277
Sullivan4,31952.28%3,83346.39%1101.33%4865.89%8,262
Switzerland1,83156.53%1,33641.25%722.22%49515.28%3,239
Tippecanoe26,10656.39%18,22039.36%1,9694.25%7,88617.03%46,295
Tipton4,78465.39%2,39232.70%1401.91%2,39232.69%7,316
Union1,83864.99%92732.78%632.23%91132.21%2,828
Vanderburgh35,84654.13%29,22244.13%1,1531.74%6,62410.00%66,221
Vermillion3,13047.19%3,37050.81%1332.01%-240-3.62%6,633
Vigo18,02149.74%17,57048.50%6371.76%4511.24%36,228
Wabash8,32164.59%4,27733.20%2852.21%4,04431.39%12,883
Warren2,21858.86%1,47139.04%792.10%74719.82%3,768
Warrick13,20559.19%8,74939.22%3551.59%4,45619.97%22,309
Washington5,86859.87%3,67537.50%2582.63%2,19322.37%9,801
Wayne14,27356.75%10,27340.85%6052.41%4,00015.90%25,151
Wells7,75568.74%3,31929.42%2071.83%4,43639.32%11,281
White6,03760.96%3,65536.90%2122.14%2,38224.06%9,904
Whitley8,08064.99%4,10733.04%2451.97%3,97331.95%12,432

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

  • Blackford (Largest city: Hartford City)
  • Clark (Largest city: Jeffersonville)
  • Crawford (Largest city: Marengo)
  • Delaware (Largest city: Muncie)
  • Floyd (Largest city: New Albany)
  • Gibson (Largest city: Princeton)
  • Jefferson (Largest city: Madison)
  • Knox (Largest city: Vincennes)
  • Madison (Largest city: Anderson)
  • Monroe (Largest city: Bloomington)
  • Pike (Largest city: Petersburg)
  • Porter (Largest city: Portage)
  • Posey (Largest city: Mount Vernon)
  • Spencer (Largest city: Santa Claus)
  • Starke (Largest city: Knox)
  • Sullivan (Largest city: Sullivan)
  • Switzerland (Largest city: Vevay)
  • Vanderburgh (Largest city: Evansville)
  • Vigo (Largest city: Terre Haute)
  • Warrick (Largest city: Boonville)

By congressional district

Bush won eight of ten congressional districts, including two held by Democrats.

DistrictBushGoreRepresentative
38%**58%**Pete Visclosky
**55%**41%David M. McIntosh
Mike Pence
**55%**42%Tim Roemer
**62%**34%Mark Souder
**60%**36%Steve Buyer
**67%**28%Dan Burton
**60%**35%Edward A. Pease
Brian D. Kerns
**55%**40%John Hostettler
**57%**39%Baron Hill
38%**59%**Julia Carson

Electors

Main article: List of 2000 United States presidential electors

Technically the voters of Indiana cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Indiana is allocated 12 electors because it has 10 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 12 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 12 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 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:

  1. Rodric D. Bray
  2. Roger A. Chiabai
  3. Beverly Gard
  4. Don Heckard
  5. Marla Irving
  6. Virginia Lee
  7. P.E. MacAllister
  8. Barbara L. McClellan
  9. Michael D. McDaniel
  10. Max Middendorf
  11. Michael Miner
  12. Virgil Scheidt

References

References

  1. "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000". United States Census Bureau.
  2. "2000 Presidential General Election Results - Indiana".
  3. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".
  4. [https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/data.php?year=2000&fips=18&f=0&off=0&elect=0&datatype=cd&def=1 2000 Presidential General Election Results - Indiana] US Election Atlas
  5. "2000 Post-Election Timeline of Events".
  6. "President Elect - 2000".
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