United States presidential election in Alabama, 2000

United States presidential election in Alabama, 2000

November 7, 2000

Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore Party Republican Democratic Home state Texas Tennessee Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman Electoral vote 9 0 Popular vote 944,409 695,602 Percentage 56.5% 41.6%

County Results

President before election Bill Clinton Democratic Elected President George W. Bush Republican

The 2000 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 7, 2000 throughout all 50 states and D.C., which was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 9 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Alabama was won by Governor George W. Bush by a 14.9% margin of victory. He won the majority of the counties and congressional districts of the state.

Results

United States presidential election in Alabama, 2000[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	George W. Bush	944,409	56.5%	9
	Democratic	Al Gore	695,602	41.6%	0
	Independent	Ralph Nader	18,349	1.1%	0
	Independent	Patrick Buchanan	6,364	0.4%	0
	Independent	Harry Browne	5,902	0.4%	0
	Independent	Howard Phillips	777	0.1%	0
	Independent	Write Ins	701	0.0%	0
	Independent	John Hagelin	447	0.0%	0
Totals			1,666,272	100.00%	9
Voter turnout (Voting Age population)					50%

Results breakdown

By county

County	Total	Gore#	Gore%	Bush#	Bush%	Others#	Others%
Autauga	17,208	4,942	28.72%	11,993	69.69%	273	1.59%
Baldwin	56,480	13,997	24.78%	40,872	72.37%	1,611	2.85%
Barbour	4,116	2,197	53.38%	1,860	45.19%	59	1.43%
Bibb	7,101	2,710	38.16%	4,273	60.17%	118	1.66%
Blount	17,973	4,977	27.69%	12,667	70.48%	329	1.83%
Bullock	4,904	3,395	69.23%	1,433	29.22%	76	1.55%
Butler	7,803	3,606	46.21%	4,127	52.89%	70	0.90%
Calhoun	38,909	15,781	40.56%	22,306	57.33%	822	2.11%
Chambers	11,834	5,616	47.46%	6,037	51.01%	181	1.53%
Cherokee	7,823	3,497	44.70%	4,154	53.10%	172	2.20%
Chilton	15,092	4,806	31.84%	10,066	66.70%	220	1.46%
Choctaw	7,374	3,707	50.27%	3,600	48.82%	67	0.91%
Clarke	10,752	4,679	43.52%	5,988	55.69%	85	0.79%
Clay	5,883	2,045	34.76%	3,719	63.22%	119	2.02%
Cleburne	5,092	1,664	32.68%	3,333	65.46%	95	1.87%
Coffee	15,434	5,220	33.82%	9,938	64.39%	276	1.79%
Colbert	21,532	10,543	48.96%	10,518	48.85%	471	2.19%
Conecuh	5,551	2,783	50.14%	2,699	48.62%	69	1.24%
Coosa	4,567	2,104	46.07%	2,382	52.16%	81	1.77%
Covington	13,613	4,440	32.62%	8,961	65.83%	212	1.56%
Crenshaw	4,795	1,934	40.33%	2,793	58.25%	68	1.42%
Cullman	29,525	9,758	33.05%	19,157	64.88%	610	2.07%
Dale	15,806	4,906	31.04%	10,593	67.02%	307	1.94%
Dallas	18,464	10,967	59.40%	7,360	39.86%	137	0.74%
DeKalb	20,285	7,056	34.78%	12,827	63.23%	402	1.98%
Elmore	23,804	6,652	27.94%	16,777	70.48%	375	1.58%
Escambia	11,660	4,523	38.79%	6,975	59.82%	162	1.39%
Etowah	39,348	17,433	44.30%	21,087	53.59%	828	2.10%
Fayette	7,808	3,064	39.24%	4,582	58.68%	162	2.07%
Franklin	11,103	4,793	43.17%	6,119	55.11%	191	1.72%
Geneva	9,559	2,769	28.97%	6,588	68.92%	202	2.11%
Greene	4,396	3,504	79.71%	850	19.34%	42	0.96%
Hale	7,731	4,652	60.17%	2,984	38.60%	95	1.23%
Henry	6,932	2,782	40.13%	4,054	58.48%	96	1.38%
Houston	32,057	9,412	29.36%	22,150	69.10%	495	1.54%
Jackson	17,906	9,066	50.63%	8,475	47.33%	365	2.04%
Jefferson	273,763	129,889	47.45%	138,491	50.59%	5,383	1.97%
Lamar	7,249	2,653	36.60%	4,470	61.66%	126	1.74%
Lauderdale	32,137	13,875	43.17%	17,478	54.39%	784	2.44%
Lawrence	12,185	6,296	51.67%	5,671	46.54%	218	1.79%
Lee	38,264	14,574	38.09%	22,433	58.63%	1,257	3.29%
Limestone	23,634	8,992	38.05%	14,204	60.10%	438	1.85%
Lowndes	6,243	4,557	72.99%	1,638	26.24%	48	0.77%
Macon	8,831	7,665	86.80%	1,091	12.35%	75	0.85%
Madison	113,318	48,199	42.53%	62,151	54.85%	2,968	2.62%
Marengo	9,608	4,841	50.39%	4,690	48.81%	77	0.80%
Marion	11,756	4,600	39.13%	6,910	58.78%	246	2.09%
Marshall	27,989	10,381	37.09%	17,084	61.04%	524	1.87%
Mobile	139,745	58,640	41.96%	78,162	55.93%	2,943	2.11%
Monroe	8,951	3,741	41.79%	5,153	57.57%	57	0.64%
Montgomery	80,328	40,371	50.26%	38,827	48.34%	1,130	1.41%
Morgan	42,681	16,060	37.63%	25,774	60.39%	847	1.98%
Perry	5,787	4,020	69.47%	1,732	29.93%	35	0.60%
Pickens	8,540	4,143	48.51%	4,306	50.42%	91	1.07%
Pike	10,544	4,357	41.32%	6,058	57.45%	129	1.22%
Randolph	7,919	3,094	39.07%	4,666	58.92%	159	2.01%
Russell	14,775	8,396	56.83%	6,198	41.95%	181	1.23%
Shelby	62,128	13,183	21.22%	47,651	76.70%	1,294	2.08%
St. Clair	24,090	6,485	26.92%	17,117	71.05%	488	2.03%
Sumter	6,088	4,415	72.52%	1,629	26.76%	44	0.72%
Talladega	25,451	11,264	44.26%	13,807	54.25%	380	1.49%
Tallapoosa	16,253	6,183	38.04%	9,805	60.33%	265	1.63%
Tuscaloosa	60,114	24,614	40.95%	34,003	56.56%	1,497	2.49%
Walker	25,641	11,621	45.32%	13,486	52.60%	534	2.08%
Washington	7,596	3,386	44.58%	4,117	54.20%	93	1.22%
Wilcox	5,126	3,444	67.19%	1,661	32.40%	21	0.41%
Winston	9,318	2,692	28.89%	6,413	68.82%	213	2.29%

Electors

Technically the voters of Alabama cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Alabama is allocated 9 electors because it has 7 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 9 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 9 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^[2] 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:^[3]

1. Glen Dunlap
2. Bob Fincher
3. Homer Jackson
4. Jerry Lathan
5. Elaine Little
6. Melba Peters
7. Martha Stokes
8. Jean Sullivan
9. Edgar Welden

References

1. http://www.fec.gov/pubre/2000presgeresults.htm
2. http://www.uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/ARTICLES/pe2000timeline.php
3. http://presidentelect.org/e2000.html