United States presidential election in Colorado, 2000

United States presidential election in Colorado, 2000
Colorado
November 7, 2000
 
Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore Ralph Nader
Party Republican Democratic Green
Home state Texas Tennessee Connecticut
Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman Winona LaDuke
Electoral vote 8 0 0
Popular vote 883,745 738,227 91,434
Percentage 50.75% 42.39% 5.25%

County Results
  Gore—60-70%
  Gore—50-60%
  Gore—<50%
  Bush—<50%
  Bush—50-60%
  Bush—60-70%
  Bush—70-80%
President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

 Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

The 2000 United States presidential election in Colorado 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.

Colorado was won by Governor George W. Bush by an 8.36% margin of victory. Almost 7% voted for a third party candidate. Bush won a majority of the counties and congressional districts. Nader's best performance in the state by far was in San Miguel County, where he received over 17.20% of the vote [1]

Results

United States presidential election in Colorado, 2000[2]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican George W. Bush 883,745 50.75% 8
Democratic Al Gore 738,227 42.39% 0
Green Ralph Nader 91,434 5.25% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne 12,799 0.73% 0
American Patrick Buchanan 10,465 0.60% 0
Natural Law John Hagelin 2,240 0.13% 0
Constitution Howard Phillips 1,319 0.08% 0
Socialist David McReynolds 712 0.04% 0
Socialist Workers James Harris 216 0.01% 0
Prohibition Earl Dodge 208 0.01% 0
Totals 1,741,365 100.00% 8
Voter turnout (Voting age) 54%

Electors

Technically the voters of Colorado cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Colorado is allocated 8 electors because it has 6 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 8 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 8 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:[4][5]

  1. Bob Beauprez
  2. Marcy Benson
  3. Robert Dieter
  4. Mary Hergert
  5. Robert Martinez
  6. Ralph Nagel
  7. Lilly Nunez
  8. Joe Rogers

References

  1. ↑ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2000 - San Miguel County, CO". Retrieved January 7, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2000 - Colorado". Retrieved January 7, 2013.
  3. ↑ http://www.uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/ARTICLES/pe2000timeline.php
  4. ↑ http://presidentelect.org/e2000.html
  5. ↑ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/electors.php?year=2000&fips=8&f=1&off=0&elect=0

See also

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