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2000 United States presidential election in Nevada

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Field	Value
election_name	2000 United States presidential election in Nevada
country	Nevada
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1996 United States presidential election in Nevada
previous_year	1996
next_election	2004 United States presidential election in Nevada
next_year	2004
election_date	November 7, 2000
turnout	70%
image_size	x200px
image1	GeorgeWBush (1).jpg
nominee1	George W. Bush
party1	Republican Party (United States)
home_state1	Texas
running_mate1	Dick Cheney
electoral_vote1	4
popular_vote1	301,575
percentage1	49.52%
image2	Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, official portrait 1994 (3x4 close cropped).jpg
nominee2	Al Gore
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
home_state2	Tennessee
running_mate2	Joe Lieberman
electoral_vote2	0
popular_vote2	279,978
percentage2	45.98%
map_image	275px
map_size	275px
map_caption	County results
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

Bush Gore The 2000 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Nevada was won by Texas Governor George W. Bush, who won the state with 49.52% of the vote over Al Gore, who took 45.98%. Bush won every county except Clark County, which is home of Las Vegas. Bush also won Nevada's 2nd congressional district, as Gore won Nevada's 1st congressional district. Also, Ralph Nader got over 2% of the vote. This was also the most recent presidential election (while also being the only time since 1976, and the second time since 1908) in which Nevada did not side with the winner of the popular vote. Nevada was one of many states decided by close margins; had Gore won the Silver State's four electoral votes, the election would have gone his way.

Nevada weighed in as 2% more Republican than the national average; in the previous election, it was 4% more Republican. The state was returned to the Republican column regardless. This is the first time New Mexico and Nevada have ever voted for different candidates since New Mexico's first election in 1912. Nevada was one of nine states that had supported Clinton twice that Gore (who was the sitting vice president at the time of the election) lost to Bush.

As of 2024, this is the last time that Nevada did not back the winner of the national popular vote, giving it the current longest streak of any state nationwide.

Results

2000 United States presidential election in Nevada	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Republican	George W. Bush	301,575	49.52%	4
Democratic	Al Gore	279,978	45.98%	0
Green	Ralph Nader	15,008	2.46%	0
Reform	Patrick Buchanan	4,747	0.78%	0
N/A	None of these candidates	3,315	0.54%	0
Libertarian	Harry Browne	3,311	0.54%	0
Ind. American	Howard Phillips	621	0.10%	0
Natural Law	John Hagelin	415	0.07%	0
Totals	608,970	100.00%	4
Voter turnout (Voting age/registered)	41%/70%

By county

County	George W. Bush
Republican	Al Gore
Democratic	Various candidates
Other parties	Margin	Total	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Totals	301,575	49.52%	279,978	45.98%	27,417	4.50%	21,597	3.54%	608,970
	Carson City		11,084		56.98%		7,354		37.81%		1,014		5.21%		3,730		19.17%		19,452
	Churchill		6,237		70.69%		2,191		24.83%		395		4.48%		4,046		45.86%		8,823
	Clark		170,932		44.72%		196,100		51.31%		15,166		3.97%		-25,168		-6.59%		382,198
	Douglas		11,193		62.27%		5,837		32.47%		944		5.25%		5,356		29.80%		17,974
	Elko		11,025		77.75%		2,542		17.93%		613		4.32%		8,483		59.82%		14,180
	Esmeralda		333		67.82%		116		23.63%		42		8.55%		217		44.19%		491
	Eureka		632		75.51%		150		17.92%		55		6.57%		482		57.59%		837
	Humboldt		3,638		72.33%		1,128		22.43%		264		5.25%		2,510		49.90%		5,030
	Lander		1,619		76.40%		395		18.64%		105		4.96%		1,224		57.76%		2,119
	Lincoln		1,372		70.14%		461		23.57%		123		6.29%		911		46.57%		1,956
	Lyon		7,270		60.62%		3,955		32.98%		767		6.40%		3,315		27.64%		11,992
	Mineral		1,227		53.51%		916		39.95%		150		6.54%		311		13.56%		2,293
	Nye		6,904		56.68%		4,525		37.15%		752		6.17%		2,379		19.53%		12,181
	Pershing		1,221		67.76%		476		26.42%		105		5.83%		745		41.34%		1,802
	Storey		1,014		56.40%		666		37.04%		118		6.56%		348		19.36%		1,798
	Washoe		63,640		52.04%		52,097		42.60%		6,564		5.37%		11,543		9.44%		122,301
	White Pine		2,234		63.05%		1,069		30.17%		240		6.77%		1,165		32.88%		3,543

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Mineral (largest city: Hawthorne)

By congressional district

Bush and Gore each won a congressional district.

District	Gore	Bush	Representative
54%	42%		Shelley Berkley
41%	54%		Jim Gibbons

Electors

Main article: List of 2000 United States presidential electors

Technically the voters of Nevada cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Nevada is allocated 4 electors because it has two congressional districts and two senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of four 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 four 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:

Jane Ham
Trudy Hushbeck
William Raggio
Tom Wiesner

References

"Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".
[https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/data.php?year=2000&fips=32&f=0&off=0&elect=0&datatype=cd&def=1 2000 Presidential General Election Results - Nevada] US Election Atlas
"2000 Post-Election Timeline of Events".
"President Elect - 2000".

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