United States presidential election in Hawaii, 2000

United States presidential election in Hawaii, 2000

November 7, 2000

Nominee Al Gore George W. Bush Ralph Nader Party Democratic Republican Green Home state Tennessee Texas Connecticut Running mate Joe Lieberman Dick Cheney Winona LaDuke Electoral vote 4 0 0 Popular vote 205,286 137,845 21,623 Percentage 55.8% 37.5% 5.9%

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

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

The 2000 United States presidential election in Hawaii was part of the 2000 United States presidential election which took place on November 7, 2000. Voters chose 4 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Hawaii was won by Vice President Al Gore by an 18.3% margin of victory. Gore also was victorious in every county and congressional districts of the state. Governor George W. Bush received 37.5% of the vote, while Nader obtained almost 6%.^[1] Bush's best county result came in Honolulu county where he received 39.6% of the vote.^[2]

Results

Presidential Candidate	Running Mate	Party	Electoral Vote (EV)	Popular Vote (PV)
Al Gore	Joe Lieberman	Democratic	4	205,286	55.79%
George W. Bush	Dick Cheney	Republican	0	137,845	37.46%
Ralph Nader	Winona LaDuke	Green	0	21,623	5.88%
Harry Browne	Art Olivier	Libertarian	0	1,477	0.40%
Pat Buchanan	Ezola B. Foster	Reform	0	1,071	0.29%
Howard Phillips	Curtis Frazier	Constitution	0	343	0.09%
John Hagelin	Nat Goldhaber	Natural Law	0	306	0.08%

Results breakdown

By county

County	Al Gore		George W. Bush		Others
Hawaii	56.4%	28,670	33.5%	17,050	?	?
Maui	59.8%	23,484	32.8%	12,876	?	?
Kauai	61.9%	13,470	30.2%	6,583	?	?
Honolulu	54.5%	139,618	39.6%	101,310	?	?

By congressional district

Gore won both congressional districts.^[3]

District	Bush	Gore	Representative
1st	39%	55%	Neil Abercrombie
2nd	36%	56%	Patsy Mink

Electors

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

1. Michael Amii
2. Marsha Joyner
3. Joy Kobashigawa Lewis
4. Pedro Racelis

References

1. "2000 ELECTION STATISTICS". Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
2. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - Data Graphs". Uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
3. DavidNYC. "Presidential Results by Congressional District, 2000-2008". Swing State Project. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
4. "2000 Post-Election Timeline of Events". Uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
5. "2000". President Elect. Retrieved 2011-09-26.