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2000 United States presidential election in Maine

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Field	Value
election_name	2000 United States presidential election in Maine
country	Maine
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1996 United States presidential election in Maine
previous_year	1996
next_election	2004 United States presidential election in Maine
next_year	2004
election_date	November 7, 2000
image_size	160x160px
image1	Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, official portrait 1994 (3x4 close cropped).jpg
nominee1	Al Gore
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
home_state1	Tennessee
running_mate1	Joe Lieberman
electoral_vote1	4
popular_vote1	319,951
percentage1	49.09%
image2	GeorgeWBush (1).jpg
nominee2	George W. Bush
party2	Republican Party (United States)
home_state2	Texas
running_mate2	Dick Cheney
electoral_vote2	0
popular_vote2	286,616
percentage2	43.97%
image3	Ralph Nader 1999 (cropped).jpg
nominee3	Ralph Nader
party3	Green Party (United States)
home_state3	Connecticut
running_mate3	Winona LaDuke
electoral_vote3	0
popular_vote3	37,127
percentage3	5.70%
map_image	{{Switcher
map_caption
title	President
before_election	Bill Clinton
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	George W. Bush
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

Main article: 2000 United States presidential election

| [[File:Maine Presidential Election Results 2000.svg|350px]] | County results | [[File:Maine Presidential Election Results CD 2000.svg|350px]] | Congressional district results | [[File:Maine Presidential Results 2000 by Municipality.svg|350px]] | Municipality results Gore Bush Tie The 2000 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Maine is one of two states in the U.S. that instead of all of the state's four electors of the Electoral College to vote based upon the statewide results of the voters, two of the individual electors vote based on their congressional district because Maine has two congressional districts. The other two electors vote based upon the statewide results.

Democratic nominee Vice President Al Gore won the state with 49.09% of the vote over Republican Governor of Texas George W. Bush, who received 43.97%. , this is the last election in which Waldo County and Lincoln County voted for the Republican candidate.

Bush was the first Republican to win election without winning the state since Richard Nixon in 1968, as well as the first ever to do so without Hancock County and the first to do so without Knox County since William McKinley in 1900.

Maine 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

2000 United States presidential election in Maine	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Democratic	Al Gore	319,951	49.09%	4
Republican	George W. Bush	286,616	43.97%	0
Green	Ralph Nader	37,127	5.70%	0
Reform	Pat Buchanan	4,443	0.68%	0
Libertarian	Harry Browne	3,074	0.47%	0
Constitution	Howard Phillips	579	0.09%	0
Write-in	27		—
Totals	651,817	100.00%	4
Voter turnout	67%	-5%

By congressional districts

Gore won both congressional districts.

District	Gore	Bush	Representative
50.52%	42.59%		Tom Allen
47.43%	45.56%		John Baldacci

By county

County	Al Gore
Democratic	George W. Bush
Republican	Ralph Nader
Green	Various candidates
Other parties	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total	319,951	49.09%	286,616	43.97%	37,127	5.70%	8,123	1.25%	33,335	5.12%	651,817
	Androscoggin		26,251		53.31%		19,948		40.51%		2,388		4.85%		658		1.34%		6,303		12.80%		49,245
	Aroostook		17,196		48.93%		16,555		47.11%		1,055		3.00%		337		0.96%		641		1.82%		35,143
	Cumberland		74,203		52.03%		58,543		41.05%		8,576		6.01%		1,298		0.91%		15,660		10.98%		142,620
	Franklin		7,593		49.15%		6,459		41.81%		1,115		7.22%		281		1.82%		1,134		7.34%		15,448
	Hancock		12,983		45.44%		12,732		44.56%		2,513		8.79%		346		1.21%		251		0.88%		28,574
	Kennebec		31,198		52.96%		23,967		40.69%		2,955		5.02%		787		1.34%		7,231		12.28%		58,907
	Knox		9,453		46.11%		8,968		43.74%		1,810		8.83%		270		1.32%		485		2.37%		20,501
	Lincoln		8,634		43.89%		9,457		48.08%		1,323		6.73%		257		1.31%		-823		-4.18%		19,671
	Oxford		13,649		49.65%		11,835		43.05%		1,509		5.49%		500		1.82%		1,814		6.60%		27,493
	Penobscot		32,868		44.90%		35,620		48.66%		3,772		5.15%		946		1.29%		-2,752		-3.76%		73,206
	Piscataquis		3,745		40.46%		4,845		52.34%		471		5.09%		195		2.11%		-1,100		-11.88%		9,256
	Sagadahoc		8,844		48.05%		8,052		43.75%		1,278		6.94%		232		1.26%		792		4.30%		18,406
	Somerset		11,538		48.17%		10,684		44.61%		1,239		5.17%		490		2.05%		854		3.57%		23,951
	Waldo		8,477		44.29%		8,689		45.40%		1,690		8.83%		282		1.47%		-212		-1.11%		19,138
	Washington		6,701		42.66%		7,958		50.66%		802		5.11%		247		1.57%		-1,257		-8.00%		15,708
	York		46,618		49.31%		42,304		44.74%		4,631		4.90%		997		1.05%		4,314		4.56%		94,550

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Lincoln (Largest city: Waldoboro)
Penobscot (Largest city: Bangor)
Piscataquis (Largest city: Dover-Foxcroft)
Waldo (Largest city: Belfast)
Washington (Largest city: Calais)

References

"United States Presidential Election Results".
(2001). "2000 Presidential General Election Results - Maine". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
"General Election Tabulations November 7, 2000-President of the United States".

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