United States presidential election in Arizona, 2000

United States presidential election in Arizona, 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 8 0 Popular vote 781,652 685,341 Percentage 51.0% 44.5%

County Results   Gore—60-70%   Gore—50-60%   Gore—<50%   Bush—<50%   Bush—50-60%   Bush—60-70%

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

The 2000 United States presidential election in Arizona 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 8 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Arizona was won by Governor George W. Bush by a 6.3% margin of victory. Ralph Nader received 3%, as all of the other candidates received a combined 1%. Pre-election polling showed that Bush had a solid lead of Gore.^[1] Bush won all the congressional districts, except Arizona's 2nd congressional district. The key for Bush's victory was Maricopa County, which has by far the highest population in the state.

Results

United States presidential election in Arizona, 2000[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	George W. Bush	781,652	51.0%	8
	Democratic	Al Gore	685,341	44.7%	0
	Green	Ralph Nader	45,645	3.0%	0
	Reform	Patrick Buchanan	12,373	0.8%	0
	Libertarian	L. Neil Smith	5,775	0.4%	0
	Independent	Write Ins	2,097	0.1%	0
	Natural Law	John Hagelin	1,120	0.1%	0
	Constitution	Howard Phillips	110	0.0%	0
Totals			1,534,113	100.00%	8
Voter turnout					40%

Results breakdown

By county

County	Bush	Votes	Gore	Votes	Others	Votes
Apache	30.6%	5,947	67.0%	13,025	2.4%	484
Cochise	54.7%	18,180	40.2%	13,360	5.1%	1701
Coconino	43.0%	17,562	49.6%	20,280	6.4%	3041
Gila	51.6%	9,158	43.4%	7,700	5.0%	878
Graham	62.2%	6,007	34.7%	3,355	3.1%	302
Greenlee	54.7%	1,619	41.1%	1,216	4.2%	125
La Paz	56.7%	2,543	39.5%	1,769	3.8%	171
Maricopa	53.2%	479,967	42.9%	386,683	3.9%	35,049
Mohave	55.3%	24,386	39.6%	17,470	5.1%	2,285
Navajo	49.3%	12,386	46.9%	11,794	3.8%	926
Pima	43.3%	124,579	51.3%	147,688	5.2%	15,373
Pinal	56.7%	57,714	42.1%	42,905	1.2%	1,173
Santa Cruz	34.0%	4,517	65.3%	8,680	0.8%	101
Yavapai	58.8%	40,144	35.3%	24,063	5.9%	4,021
Yuma	56.6%	23,658	42.3%	17,679	1.1%	440

Electors

Technically the voters of Arizona cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Arizona is allocated 10 electors because it has 8 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 10 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 10 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^[3] 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. Joe Arpaio
2. Linda Barber
3. Dennis Booth
4. Webb Crockett
5. Paul Robert Fannin
6. LaVelle McCoy
7. Susan Minnaugh
8. Frank Straka

References

1. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KoMVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hOsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6242,13503&dq=swing+states
2. http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/2000presgeresults.htm
3. http://www.uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/ARTICLES/pe2000timeline.php