2000 United States presidential election in Arkansas
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The 2000 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. State voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
In this election, Arkansas was seen as a swing state, Bush's opposition to abortion and support for the death penalty, issues that resonated with many Arkansans[1][2] combined with Gore distancing himself from the popularity of Arkansas native Bill Clinton created a battleground environment in the state.[3]
In the end, Arkansas was won by Governor George W. Bush by a 5.4% margin of victory. He won a majority of the popular vote and the state's six electoral votes. Bush was the first Republican to carry the state since his father in 1988. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Craighead County, Ashley County, Lafayette County, Ouachita County, Drew County, Dallas County, Greene County, Izard County, Hot Spring County, Nevada County, and Cross County voted for the Democratic candidate, and the last time a Democrat won any congressional district in the state in a presidential election. This is the last time Arkansas voted to the left of Colorado and Virginia.
Results[]
2000 United States presidential election in Arkansas | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | George W. Bush | 472,940 | 51.31% | 6 | |
Democratic | Al Gore | 422,768 | 45.86% | 0 | |
Green Party | Ralph Nader | 13,421 | 1.46% | 0 | |
Reform | Patrick Buchanan | 5,192 | 0.80% | 0 | |
Libertarian | Harry Browne | 2,781 | 0.30% | 0 | |
Independent | Howard Phillips | 1,145 | 0.14% | 0 | |
Natural Law | John Hagelin | 1,098 | 0.13% | 0 | |
Totals | 919,345 | 100.00% | 6 | ||
Voter turnout | 46% |
By county[]
County[4] | George Walker Bush
Republican |
Albert Arnold Gore Jr.
Democratic |
Other candidates
Various parties |
Total | |||
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% | # | % | # | % | # | ||
Arkansas | 52.62% | 3,353 | 45.15% | 2,877 | 2.23% | 142 | 6,372 |
Ashley | 46.86% | 3,876 | 51.42% | 4,253 | 1.72% | 142 | 8,271 |
Baxter | 57.09% | 9,538 | 39.0% | 6,516 | 3.92% | 654 | 16,708 |
Benton | 64.94% | 34,838 | 32.21% | 17,277 | 2.86% | 1,531 | 53,646 |
Boone | 62.85% | 8,569 | 32.95% | 4,493 | 4.2% | 573 | 13,635 |
Bradley | 45.06% | 1,793 | 53.33% | 2,122 | 1.61% | 64 | 3,979 |
Calhoun | 51.62% | 1,128 | 46.54% | 1,017 | 1.83% | 40 | 2,185 |
Carroll | 57.94% | 5,556 | 37.49% | 3,595 | 4.58% | 439 | 9,590 |
Chicot | 35.13% | 1,564 | 63.34% | 2,820 | 1.52% | 68 | 4,452 |
Clark | 43.77% | 3,776 | 54.03% | 4,661 | 2.19% | 189 | 8,626 |
Clay | 38.2% | 2,254 | 59.78% | 3,527 | 2.02% | 119 | 5,900 |
Cleburne | 56.14% | 5,730 | 40.36% | 4,120 | 3.50% | 357 | 10,207 |
Cleveland | 52.75% | 1,678 | 44.45% | 1,414 | 2.79% | 89 | 3,181 |
Columbia | 53.92% | 5,018 | 43.01% | 4,003 | 3.07% | 286 | 9,307 |
Conway | 49.00% | 3,545 | 48.33% | 3,496 | 2.67% | 193 | 7,234 |
Craighead | 48.33% | 12,158 | 49.20% | 12,376 | 2.48% | 623 | 25,157 |
Crawford | 61.30% | 10,804 | 35.68% | 6,288 | 3.03% | 533 | 17,625 |
Crittenden | 44.26% | 5,857 | 54.59% | 7,224 | 1.15% | 153 | 13,234 |
Cross | 48.80% | 3,033 | 49.81% | 3,096 | 1.38% | 86 | 6,215 |
Dallas | 47.25% | 1,571 | 51.43% | 1,710 | 1.32% | 44 | 3,325 |
Desha | 35.66% | 1,603 | 61.76% | 2,776 | 2.58% | 116 | 4,495 |
Drew | 46.54% | 2,756 | 51.67% | 3,060 | 1.78% | 106 | 5,922 |
Faulkner | 54.95% | 16,055 | 40.90% | 11,950 | 4.14% | 1,211 | 29,216 |
Franklin | 53.37% | 3,277 | 43.55% | 2,674 | 3.08% | 189 | 6,140 |
Fulton | 49.56% | 2,036 | 48.10% | 1,976 | 2.34% | 96 | 4,108 |
Garland | 53.15% | 19,098 | 44.08% | 15,840 | 2.79% | 997 | 35,935 |
Grant | 54.63% | 3,285 | 42.16% | 2,535 | 3.21% | 193 | 6,013 |
Greene | 46.71% | 5,831 | 50.62% | 6,319 | 2.67% | 334 | 12,484 |
Hempstead | 44.68% | 3,257 | 54.01% | 3,937 | 1.31% | 95 | 7,289 |
Hot Spring | 45.92% | 5,042 | 50.33% | 5,527 | 3.75% | 412 | 10,981 |
Howard | 52.16% | 2,326 | 46.27% | 2,063 | 1.57% | 70 | 4,459 |
Independence | 53.00% | 6,145 | 44.39% | 5,146 | 2.61% | 303 | 11,594 |
Izard | 45.73% | 2,301 | 51.41% | 2,587 | 2.86% | 144 | 5,032 |
Jackson | 37.55% | 2,280 | 60.13% | 3,651 | 2.33% | 141 | 6,072 |
Jefferson | 32.22% | 8,765 | 65.13% | 17,716 | 2.64% | 720 | 27,201 |
Johnson | 51.07% | 3,657 | 45.66% | 3,270 | 3.27% | 234 | 7,161 |
Lafayette | 45.46% | 1,538 | 53.38% | 1,806 | 1.15% | 39 | 3,383 |
Lawrence | 43.48% | 2,626 | 53.89% | 3,255 | 2.63% | 159 | 6,040 |
Lee | 32.78% | 1,351 | 66.17% | 2,727 | 1.05% | 43 | 4,121 |
Lincoln | 43.03% | 1,526 | 55.19% | 1,957 | 1.78% | 63 | 3,546 |
Little River | 43.38% | 2,283 | 54.78% | 2,883 | 1.84% | 97 | 5,263 |
Logan | 55.42% | 4,487 | 40.55% | 3,283 | 4.03% | 326 | 8,096 |
Lonoke | 59.11% | 10,606 | 38.18% | 6,851 | 2.71% | 486 | 17,943 |
Madison | 60.18% | 3,387 | 36.51% | 2,055 | 3.30% | 186 | 5,628 |
Marion | 56.56% | 3,402 | 37.12% | 2,233 | 6.32% | 380 | 6,015 |
Miller | 52.94% | 7,276 | 45.67% | 6,278 | 1.39% | 191 | 13,745 |
Mississippi | 41.31% | 5,199 | 56.47% | 7,107 | 2.22% | 280 | 12,586 |
Monroe | 40.36% | 1,329 | 58.00% | 1,910 | 1.64% | 54 | 3,293 |
Montgomery | 56.91% | 2,128 | 38.46% | 1,438 | 4.62% | 173 | 3,739 |
Nevada | 48.05% | 1,796 | 49.95% | 1,867 | 2.00% | 75 | 3,738 |
Newton | 64.40% | 2,529 | 30.69% | 1,205 | 4.91% | 193 | 3,927 |
Ouachita | 45.59% | 4,739 | 52.56% | 5,464 | 1.85% | 192 | 10,395 |
Perry | 52.76% | 2,114 | 41.13% | 1,648 | 6.10% | 245 | 4,007 |
Phillips | 33.87% | 3,154 | 64.62% | 6,018 | 1.52% | 141 | 9,313 |
Pike | 57.29% | 2,275 | 40.39% | 1,604 | 2.32% | 92 | 3,971 |
Poinsett | 41.30% | 2,988 | 56.70% | 4,102 | 2.00% | 145 | 7,235 |
Polk | 63.95% | 4,600 | 32.18% | 2,315 | 3.86% | 278 | 7,193 |
Pope | 61.04% | 11,244 | 36.20% | 6,669 | 2.77% | 509 | 18,422 |
Prairie | 53.09% | 1,862 | 44.57% | 1,563 | 2.34% | 82 | 3,507 |
Pulaski | 43.94% | 55,866 | 53.73% | 68,320 | 2.34% | 2,965 | 127,151 |
Randolph | 45.48% | 2,673 | 51.37% | 3,019 | 3.15% | 185 | 5,877 |
St. Francis | 40.18% | 3,414 | 58.69% | 4,986 | 1.13% | 96 | 8,496 |
Saline | 57.48% | 18,617 | 39.21% | 12,700 | 3.32% | 1,074 | 32,391 |
Scott | 60.26% | 2,399 | 36.27% | 1,444 | 3.47% | 138 | 3,981 |
Searcy | 64.32% | 2,610 | 30.29% | 1,229 | 5.41% | 219 | 4,058 |
Sebastian | 58.48% | 23,483 | 38.73% | 15,555 | 2.78% | 1,121 | 40,159 |
Sevier | 49.17% | 2,111 | 48.80% | 2,095 | 2.03% | 87 | 4,293 |
Sharp | 51.89% | 3,698 | 45.41% | 3,236 | 2.70% | 192 | 7,126 |
Stone | 53.97% | 2,623 | 42.04% | 2,043 | 3.99% | 194 | 4,860 |
Union | 55.40% | 8,647 | 40.11% | 6,261 | 4.48% | 701 | 15,609 |
Van Buren | 49.90% | 3,485 | 45.85% | 3,202 | 4.25% | 297 | 6,984 |
Washington | 54.86% | 28,231 | 41.64% | 21,425 | 3.50% | 1,803 | 51,459 |
White | 59.46% | 13,170 | 37.66% | 8,342 | 2.88% | 638 | 22,150 |
Woodruff | 33.87% | 898 | 64.09% | 1,699 | 2.04% | 54 | 2,651 |
Yell | 49.75% | 3,223 | 47.26% | 3,062 | 2.99% | 194 | 6,479 |
George W. Bush | Al Gore | Total | |
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Counties won | 43 | 32 | 75 |
Best score | Benton County (64.94%) | Lee County (66.17%) | . |
Counties won under statewide margin (5.45%) | 7 | 8 | 15 |
Sevier County (0.37%) Conway County (0.67%) Fulton County (1.46%) Yell County (2.49%) Van Buren County (4.05%) Calhoun County (5.08%) Johnson County (5.41%) |
Craighead County (0.87%) Cross County (1.01%) Nevada County (1.90%) Greene County (3.91%) Dallas County (4.18%) Hot Spring County (4.41%) Ashley County (4.56%) Drew County (5.13%) |
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Counties won under nationwide margin (0.51%) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Sevier County (0.37%) | . | . |
By congressional district[]
Bush won 2 of 4 congressional districts.[5]
District | Bush | Gore | Representative |
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1st | 47% | 50% | Marion Berry |
2nd | 49% | 48% | Vic Snyder |
3rd | 59% | 37% | Asa Hutchinson |
John Boozman | |||
4th | 47% | 50% | Jay Dickey |
Mike Ross |
Electors[]
Technically the voters of Arkansas cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Arkansas is allocated 6 electors because it has 4 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 6 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 6 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[6] 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:[7]
- Pat Dodge
- Bud Cummins
- Mildred Homan
- Betsy Thompson
- Sarah Agee
See also[]
- United States presidential elections in Arkansas
- Presidency of George W. Bush
References[]
- ^ "George W. Bush on the Issues". On the Issues. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
- ^ "Executed Offenders". Texas Department of Criminal Justice. October 27, 2006. Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 30, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ Neal, Pat (October 10, 2000). "Clinton's Arkansas in play as presidential battleground state". CNN. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
- ^ "2000 Presidential General Election Results - Arkansas". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
- ^ https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2000&fips=5&off=0&elect=0&f=0
- ^ http://www.uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/ARTICLES/pe2000timeline.php
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2009-10-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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