United States presidential election in Illinois, 2000

United States presidential election in Illinois, 2000

November 7, 2000

Nominee Al Gore George W. Bush Party Democratic Republican Home state Tennessee Texas Running mate Joe Lieberman Dick Cheney Electoral vote 22 0 Popular vote 2,589,026 2,019,421 Percentage 54.6% 42.6%

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 Illinois 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 22 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Illinois was easily won by sitting Vice President Al Gore by a safe margin of victory, unlike other states in the Midwest, such as nearby Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin, which Gore won, albeit by very small margins. Bush didn't perform terribly at the county level, as he obtained less than 40% of the vote in only three counties. Gore's key to victory was Cook County, home of Chicago, by far the most populous county in the state and one of the most populated counties in the nation. Gore won that county with almost 70% of the vote, his best performance in any county in the state. ^[1]. Bush was the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Illinois.

Results

United States presidential election in Illinois, 2000
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Al Gore	Joe Lieberman	2,589,026	54.6%	22
	Republican	George W. Bush	Dick Cheney	2,019,421	42.6%	0
	Green	Ralph Nader	Winona LaDuke	103,759	2.2%	0
	Reform	Pat Buchanan	Ezola Foster	16,106	0.3%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	Wayne Allyn Root	11,623	0.3%	0
	Natural Law	John Hagelin	Mary Alice Herbert	2,127	0.0%	0
	Constitution	Howard Phillips	Michael Peroutka	57	0.0%	0
	Write In	David McReynolds	-	4	0.0%	0
Totals				4,742,123	100.00%	3
Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered)						52%/67%

Electors

Technically the voters of Illinois cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. For this election, Illinois is allocated 22 electors because it has 20 congressional districts and two senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 22 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 22 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 Gore and Lieberman:^[3]

1. Joan Brennan
2. Dave Bybee
3. Vilma Colom
4. Barbara Flynn Currie
5. John P. Daley
6. Vera Davis
7. James DeLeo
8. Marge Friedman
9. Charles A. Hartke
10. Tinker Harvey
11. Carolyn Brown Hodge
12. Constance A. Howard
13. Mary Lou Kearns
14. Michael J. Madigan
15. William Marovitz
16. Shirley McCombs
17. Molly McKenzie
18. Victory McNamara
19. John Nelson
20. Donald Pedro
21. Dan Pierce
22. Jerry Sinclair

References

1. http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/
2. http://www.uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/ARTICLES/pe2000timeline.php
3. http://presidentelect.org/e2000.html