United States presidential election in Michigan, 2000

United States presidential election in Michigan, 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 18 0 Popular vote 2,170,418 1,953,139 Percentage 51.3% 46.1%

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 Michigan 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 18 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Michigan was won by Vice President Al Gore by a small margin of 5.2%. The western part of the state, which is more rural, was overwhelmingly Republican and Bush won most of the congressional districts and counties in that region of the state. His best performance was in Ottawa County, where he won with over 70%. Gore did fairly well in the eastern region of the state. His best performance was in Wayne County, the highest populated county in the state and home of the city of Detroit. He won the county with 69%, with his second best performance in Genesee County, a suburb of Flint, where he got over 62% of the vote.^[1]

Results

United States presidential election in Michigan, 2000
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Al Gore	Joe Lieberman	2,170,418	51.3%	18
	Republican	George W. Bush	Dick Cheney	1,953,139	46.1%	0
	Green	Ralph Nader	Winona LaDuke	84,165	2.0%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	Art Olivier	16,711	0.4%	0
	U.S. Taxpayers	Howard Phillips	Michael Peroutka	3,791	0.1	0
	Natural Law	John Hagelin	Mary Alice Herbert	2,426	0.1%	0
	Write In	Patrick Buchanan		2,061	0.1%	0
Totals				4,232,711	100.00%	3
Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered)						58%/62%

Electors

Technically the voters of Michigan cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Michigan is allocated 18 electors because it has 18 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 18 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 18 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. Lana Boldi
2. John Cherry
3. Patty Fedewa
4. Sigrid L. Grace
5. Dona Jean Graham
6. Freman Hendrix
7. Jeff Jenks
8. John Kelly
9. Don Oetman
10. Ken Oke
11. Charles Prather
12. Jim Ramey
13. Iris K. Salters
14. Judith L. Strong
15. David P. Taylor
16. Juli Trudell
17. Mary Warner
18. Marie Weigold

References

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