2000 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

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|[[File:Massachusetts Presidential Election Results 2000.svg|350px]] |County results |[[File:2000 Presidential Election in Massachusetts By Municipality.svg|350px]] |Municipality results Gore Bush The 2000 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place 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.

Massachusetts is one of the most reliable blue states in the nation: no Republican has won the state since Ronald Reagan in 1984. Massachusetts had been a Democratic-leaning state since 1928 and a Democratic stronghold since 1960, and has maintained sizable Democratic margins since 1996. Gore handily won Massachusetts by a 27% margin against George W. Bush; neither candidate actively campaigned in the state, although the wives of the Democratic candidates, Tipper Gore and Hadassah Lieberman, held a rally in Lieberman's hometown of Gardner. Gore won every county and congressional district.

Bush became the first Republican ever to win the White House without carrying Barnstable County. As of 2024, this is the last time that a Democratic presidential nominee has failed to reach 60 percent of the vote in Massachusetts. This is also the last time that the towns of Ashby, Charlton, Douglas, East Bridgewater, Middleborough, Middleton, Lakeville, and North Brookfield voted Democratic in a presidential election, and the last time that the towns of Chatham, Chesterfield, Orleans, Otis, and Rowe voted Republican, and the first time since 1944 where the city of Attleboro failed to vote for the winner of the presidential election.

With 6.42% of the popular vote, Massachusetts proved to be Ralph Nader's third-best state in the 2000 election after Alaska and neighboring Vermont. Nader received 36.2% of the vote in the town of Wendell.

Results

2000 United States presidential election in Massachusetts	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
**Democratic**	**Albert A. Gore Jr.** and **Joseph I. Lieberman**	**1,616,487**	**59.80%**	**12**
Republican	George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney	878,502	32.50%	0
Green	Ralph Nader and Winona LaDuke	173,564	6.42%	0
Libertarian	Harry Browne	16,366	0.61%	0
Reform	Pat Buchanan	11,149	0.41%	0
Independent	Others (Write-In)	3,990	0.15%	0
Independent (a)	John Hagelin	2,884	0.11%	0
Socialist	David McReynolds (Write-In)	42	0.15%	0
**Totals**	**2,702,984**	**100.0%**	**12**

(a) John Hagelin was the candidate of the Natural Law Party nationally.

By county

County	Al Gore
Democratic	George W. Bush
Republican	Various candidates
Other parties	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Totals	1,616,487	59.80%	878,502	32.50%	207,995	7.70%	737,985	27.30%	2,702,984
	Barnstable		62,363		51.50%		49,686		41.03%		9,037		7.46%		12,677		10.47%		121,086
	Berkshire		37,934		63.85%		15,805		26.60%		5,672		9.55%		22,129		37.25%		59,411
	Bristol		136,325		64.51%		62,848		29.74%		12,164		5.76%		73,477		34.77%		211,337
	Dukes		5,474		61.81%		2,315		26.14%		1,067		12.05%		3,159		35.67%		8,856
	Essex		178,400		57.49%		110,010		35.45%		21,923		7.06%		68,390		22.04%		310,333
	Franklin		17,945		53.78%		10,176		30.50%		5,245		15.72%		7,769		23.28%		33,366
	Hampden		100,103		58.17%		59,558		34.61%		12,432		7.22%		40,545		23.56%		172,093
	Hampshire		38,543		56.16%		19,202		27.98%		10,881		15.86%		19,341		28.18%		68,626
	Middlesex		404,043		61.49%		198,914		30.27%		54,091		8.23%		205,129		31.22%		657,048
	Nantucket		2,874		58.34%		1,624		32.97%		428		8.69%		1,250		25.37%		4,926
	Norfolk		188,450		59.41%		107,033		33.75%		21,694		6.84%		81,417		25.66%		317,177
	Plymouth		115,376		54.53%		82,751		39.11%		13,450		6.36%		32,625		15.42%		211,577
	Suffolk		154,888		71.38%		44,441		20.48%		17,671		8.14%		110,447		50.90%		217,000
	Worcester		173,769		56.03%		114,139		36.80%		22,240		7.17%		59,630		19.23%		310,148

By congressional district

Gore won all ten congressional districts.

District	Gore	Bush	Nader	Representative
**57%**	33%	9%		John Olver
**58%**	34%	6%		Richard Neal
**58%**	35%	6%		Jim McGovern
**63%**	30%	5%		Barney Frank
**56%**	36%	6%		Marty Meehan
**57%**	36%	6%		John F. Tierney
**63%**	29%	6%		Ed Markey
**72%**	17%	9%		Mike Capuano
**62%**	31%	6%		Joe Moakley
	Stephen F. Lynch
**55%**	38%	6%		Bill Delahunt

By municipality

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