2000 United States presidential election in Georgia

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2000 United States presidential election in Georgia
← 1996 November 7, 2000 2004 →
Turnout50.9%[1] Increase 1.3 pp
  GeorgeWBush.jpg Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, official portrait 1994.jpg
Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Texas Tennessee
Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman
Electoral vote 13 0
Popular vote 1,419,720 1,116,230
Percentage 54.67% 42.98%
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President before election

Bill Clinton
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Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

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The 2000 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Georgia was won by Governor George W. Bush (R-TX) by an 11.7% margin of victory. He won a majority of the popular vote, counties, and congressional districts. Bush dominated in most of the rural parts of the state, but Vice President Al Gore (D-TN) did well in highly-populated Fulton; and majority-Black DeKalb and Clayton counties of the Metro Atlanta area. Within that area are the 4th and 5th congressional districts, which are the only two districts Gore won. Author and investment analyst Harry Browne (L-TN) would finish third in the popular vote in Georgia.

In 1992 and 1996, Georgia was the first and third closest state, respectively. In 2000, however, Georgia was not a close state at all, as the Democratic candidate, who happened to then be the vice president, did not do as well as Bill Clinton in the general election.

In other down-ballot races, Zell Miller (D), who was appointed by then-Governor Roy Barnes (D) following Senator Paul Coverdell's (R) death in July 2000, won the special election for the unexpired remainder of the term. Another notable down ballot race was the 2000 U.S. House election in Georgia's 2nd congressional district in which Incumbent U.S. Representative Sanford Bishop (D) survived a strong challenge from (R). Miller in the Senate race actually outperformed Gore in the presidential race by over 30 points.

As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Chatham County voted Republican and the last in which McIntosh County, Meriwether County, Mitchell County, Telfair County, and Wilkinson County voted Democratic.

Results[]

United States presidential election in Georgia, 2000
Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican George W. Bush Dick Cheney 1,419,720 54.67% 13
Democratic Al Gore Joe Lieberman 1,116,230 42.98% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne Art Olivier 36,332 1.40% 0
Green Ralph Nader (write-in) Winona LaDuke 13,432 0.52% 0
Reform Patrick Buchanan (write-in) Ezola B. Foster 10,926 0.42% 0
Constitution Howard Phillips (write-in) Curtis Frazier 140 0.0% 0
Socialist Workers James Harris (write-in) Margaret Trowe 11 0.0% 0
Write-in n/a 8 0.0% 0
Independent Joe Schriner (write-in) n/a 5 0.0% 0
Totals 2,596,804 100.00% 13
Voter turnout (Voting age) 43%

By county[]

County Gore% Gore# Bush% Bush# Others% Others# Total
Appling 34.32% 2,093 64.60% 3,940 1.08% 66 6,099
Atkinson 39.64% 821 59.30% 1,228 1.06% 22 2,071
Bacon 31.92% 956 67.11% 2,010 0.97% 29 2,995
Baker 58.79% 893 40.49% 615 0.72% 11 1,519
Baldwin 48.60% 5,893 49.82% 6,041 1.58% 192 12,126
Banks 26.91% 1,220 70.64% 3,202 2.45% 111 4,533
Barrow 30.22% 3,657 65.49% 7,925 4.30% 520 12,102
Bartow 32.96% 7,508 64.62% 14,720 2.43% 553 22,781
Ben Hill 47.93% 2,234 51.08% 2,381 0.99% 46 4,661
Berrien 37.19% 1,640 61.63% 2,718 1.18% 52 4,410
Bibb 50.22% 24,996 48.36% 24,071 1.42% 709 49,776
Bleckley 33.96% 1,273 64.98% 2,436 1.07% 40 3,749
Brantley 30.05% 1,372 68.29% 3,118 1.66% 76 4,566
Brooks 46.06% 2,096 52.87% 2,406 1.08% 49 4,551
Bryan 30.77% 2,172 68.49% 4,835 0.74% 52 7,059
Bulloch 37.62% 5,561 60.82% 8,990 1.56% 231 14,782
Burke 52.14% 3,720 47.39% 3,381 0.48% 34 7,135
Butts 40.48% 2,281 56.75% 3,198 2.77% 156 5,635
Calhoun 58.66% 1,107 40.70% 768 0.64% 12 1,887
Camden 35.93% 3,636 62.96% 6,371 1.11% 112 10,119
Candler 38.68% 1,053 60.36% 1,643 0.96% 26 2,722
Carroll 34.00% 8,752 63.42% 16,326 2.58% 663 25,741
Catoosa 30.87% 5,470 67.90% 12,033 1.23% 218 17,721
Charlton 36.04% 1,015 62.86% 1,770 1.10% 31 2,816
Chatham 49.15% 37,590 49.49% 37,847 1.36% 1,038 76,475
Chattahoochee 49.71% 600 48.88% 590 1.41% 17 1,207
Chattooga 42.13% 2,729 56.20% 3,640 1.67% 108 6,477
Cherokee 23.49% 12,295 72.65% 38,033 3.86% 2,020 52,348
Clarke 52.47% 15,167 41.00% 11,850 6.53% 1,887 28,904
Clay 64.29% 821 35.08% 448 0.63% 8 1,277
Clayton 65.21% 40,042 32.52% 19,966 2.27% 1,394 61,402
Clinch 42.30% 816 56.56% 1,091 1.14% 22 1,929
Cobb 36.88% 86,676 59.78% 140,494 3.34% 7,857 235,027
Coffee 38.10% 3,593 61.04% 5,756 0.86% 81 9,430
Colquitt 33.06% 3,297 66.08% 6,589 0.86% 86 9,972
Columbia 24.91% 8,969 74.04% 26,660 1.05% 379 36,008
Cook 41.56% 1,639 57.78% 2,279 0.66% 26 3,944
Coweta 29.00% 9,056 68.30% 21,327 2.70% 843 31,226
Crawford 42.42% 1,513 55.71% 1,987 1.88% 67 3,567
Crisp 40.44% 2,268 58.57% 3,285 1.00% 56 5,609
Dade 32.24% 1,628 66.01% 3,333 1.74% 88 5,049
Dawson 24.72% 1,458 71.38% 4,210 3.90% 230 5,898
Decatur 44.43% 3,398 54.75% 4,187 0.82% 63 7,648
DeKalb 70.24% 154,509 26.73% 58,807 3.03% 6,664 219,980
Dodge 39.58% 2,326 59.08% 3,472 1.34% 79 5,877
Dooly 54.01% 1,901 45.11% 1,588 0.88% 31 3,520
Dougherty 57.29% 16,650 42.14% 12,248 0.57% 166 29,064
Douglas 36.05% 11,162 61.02% 18,893 2.94% 909 30,964
Early 45.24% 1,622 54.06% 1,938 0.70% 25 3,585
Echols 30.29% 272 68.37% 614 1.34% 12 898
Effingham 30.35% 3,232 68.79% 7,326 0.86% 92 10,650
Elbert 43.17% 2,527 55.73% 3,262 1.09% 64 5,853
Emanuel 45.27% 2,835 53.38% 3,343 1.36% 85 6,263
Evans 39.51% 1,217 59.77% 1,841 0.71% 22 3,080
Fannin 32.61% 2,736 65.11% 5,463 2.28% 191 8,390
Fayette 28.06% 11,912 69.11% 29,338 2.82% 1,199 42,449
Floyd 38.33% 10,282 60.37% 16,194 1.30% 349 26,825
Forsyth 18.72% 6,694 77.66% 27,769 3.61% 1,292 35,755
Franklin 35.40% 2,040 63.50% 3,659 1.09% 63 5,762
Fulton 57.76% 152,039 39.84% 104,870 2.39% 6,303 263,212
Gilmer 30.26% 2,230 67.04% 4,941 2.70% 199 7,370
Glascock 24.41% 249 74.80% 763 0.78% 8 1,020
Glynn 34.75% 7,778 64.09% 14,346 1.16% 260 22,384
Gordon 33.04% 4,032 65.09% 7,944 1.88% 229 12,205
Grady 40.60% 2,721 58.10% 3,894 1.30% 87 6,702
Greene 41.12% 2,137 57.34% 2,980 1.54% 80 5,197
Gwinnett 32.15% 61,434 63.71% 121,756 4.14% 7,921 191,111
Habersham 26.11% 2,530 71.86% 6,964 2.03% 197 9,691
Hall 26.89% 10,259 70.36% 26,841 2.75% 1,050 38,150
Hancock 78.22% 2,414 21.45% 662 0.32% 10 3,086
Haralson 35.13% 2,869 63.10% 5,153 1.78% 145 8,167
Harris 34.01% 2,912 64.87% 5,554 1.12% 96 8,562
Hart 42.36% 3,192 56.29% 4,242 1.35% 102 7,536
Heard 36.84% 1,178 60.88% 1,947 2.28% 73 3,198
Henry 30.80% 11,971 66.42% 25,815 2.78% 1,081 38,867
Houston 35.96% 13,301 62.65% 23,174 1.39% 513 36,988
Irwin 44.57% 1,405 54.57% 1,720 0.86% 27 3,152
Jackson 29.39% 3,420 67.71% 7,878 2.90% 337 11,635
Jasper 39.51% 1,558 58.28% 2,298 2.21% 87 3,943
Jeff Davis 32.67% 1,379 66.26% 2,797 1.07% 45 4,221
Jefferson 53.41% 2,973 45.98% 2,559 0.61% 34 5,566
Jenkins 48.21% 1,250 50.79% 1,317 1.00% 26 2,593
Johnson 36.94% 1,065 62.33% 1,797 0.73% 21 2,883
Jones 38.45% 3,102 60.11% 4,850 1.44% 116 8,068
Lamar 41.95% 2,194 55.68% 2,912 2.37% 124 5,230
Lanier 43.70% 832 55.04% 1,048 1.26% 24 1,904
Laurens 40.78% 5,724 57.94% 8,133 1.28% 179 14,036
Lee 24.56% 1,936 74.48% 5,872 0.96% 76 7,884
Liberty 53.62% 5,347 44.68% 4,455 1.70% 170 9,972
Lincoln 41.09% 1,275 58.23% 1,807 0.68% 21 3,103
Long 42.13% 975 57.04% 1,320 0.82% 19 2,314
Lowndes 41.74% 10,616 56.87% 14,462 1.39% 354 25,432
Lumpkin 31.42% 2,121 65.59% 4,427 2.99% 202 6,750
Macon 63.31% 2,757 35.96% 1,566 0.73% 32 4,355
Madison 28.59% 2,285 69.17% 5,529 2.24% 179 7,993
Marion 44.96% 982 54.35% 1,187 0.69% 15 2,184
McDuffie 39.39% 2,580 59.94% 3,926 0.67% 44 6,550
McIntosh 53.35% 2,047 46.03% 1,766 0.63% 24 3,837
Meriwether 51.29% 3,441 47.13% 3,162 1.58% 106 6,709
Miller 36.42% 783 62.74% 1,349 0.84% 18 2,150
Mitchell 51.23% 2,971 48.11% 2,790 0.66% 38 5,799
Monroe 37.65% 2,839 60.48% 4,561 1.87% 141 7,541
Montgomery 40.37% 1,013 58.39% 1,465 1.24% 31 2,509
Morgan 37.92% 2,238 59.71% 3,524 2.37% 140 5,902
Murray 32.06% 2,684 66.16% 5,539 1.78% 149 8,372
Muscogee 54.05% 28,193 45.01% 23,479 0.94% 491 52,163
Newton 36.48% 6,703 60.56% 11,127 2.97% 545 18,375
Oconee 28.51% 3,184 68.15% 7,611 3.34% 373 11,168
Oglethorpe 34.64% 1,519 61.71% 2,706 3.65% 160 4,385
Paulding 27.79% 6,743 69.58% 16,881 2.62% 636 24,260
Peach 49.60% 3,540 49.39% 3,525 1.01% 72 7,137
Pickens 30.35% 2,489 66.92% 5,488 2.73% 224 8,201
Pierce 27.77% 1,300 71.52% 3,348 0.70% 33 4,681
Pike 28.93% 1,413 68.74% 3,358 2.33% 114 4,885
Polk 40.65% 4,112 57.74% 5,841 1.61% 163 10,116
Pulaski 41.54% 1,390 57.44% 1,922 1.02% 34 3,346
Putnam 41.47% 2,612 57.09% 3,596 1.44% 91 6,299
Quitman 59.96% 542 38.50% 348 1.55% 14 904
Rabun 33.25% 1,776 64.61% 3,451 2.13% 114 5,341
Randolph 53.76% 1,381 45.70% 1,174 0.54% 14 2,569
Richmond 54.60% 31,413 44.29% 25,485 1.11% 640 57,538
Rockdale 33.65% 8,295 62.64% 15,440 3.71% 914 24,649
Schley 39.12% 460 60.03% 706 0.85% 10 1,176
Screven 47.32% 2,233 52.15% 2,461 0.53% 25 4,719
Seminole 45.64% 1,313 53.42% 1,537 0.94% 27 2,877
Spalding 37.89% 5,831 60.24% 9,271 1.88% 289 15,391
Stephens 34.25% 2,869 64.11% 5,370 1.64% 137 8,376
Stewart 64.84% 1,267 34.54% 675 0.61% 12 1,954
Sumter 48.96% 4,748 49.98% 4,847 1.05% 102 9,697
Talbot 65.67% 1,662 33.35% 844 0.99% 25 2,531
Taliaferro 66.83% 556 32.57% 271 0.60% 5 832
Tattnall 34.99% 1,963 64.12% 3,597 0.89% 50 5,610
Taylor 48.20% 1,340 50.79% 1,412 1.01% 28 2,780
Telfair 50.87% 1,777 48.47% 1,693 0.66% 23 3,493
Terrell 50.88% 1,584 48.31% 1,504 0.80% 25 3,113
Thomas 40.32% 4,862 58.82% 7,093 0.85% 103 12,058
Tift 34.34% 3,547 64.66% 6,678 1.00% 103 10,328
Toombs 36.66% 2,643 62.23% 4,487 1.11% 80 7,210
Towns 33.29% 1,495 64.62% 2,902 2.09% 94 4,491
Treutlen 44.78% 879 54.10% 1,062 1.12% 22 1,963
Troup 35.83% 6,379 62.90% 11,198 1.27% 227 17,804
Turner 47.60% 1,169 51.22% 1,258 1.18% 29 2,456
Twiggs 54.69% 1,977 43.43% 1,570 1.88% 68 3,615
Union 32.06% 2,230 65.66% 4,567 2.29% 159 6,956
Upson 38.13% 3,158 60.60% 5,019 1.27% 105 8,282
Walker 33.56% 6,341 65.23% 12,326 1.21% 228 18,895
Walton 28.74% 5,484 67.95% 12,966 3.32% 633 19,083
Ware 36.14% 3,480 63.35% 6,099 0.51% 49 9,628
Warren 55.76% 1,196 43.50% 933 0.75% 16 2,145
Washington 51.95% 3,476 47.26% 3,162 0.79% 53 6,691
Wayne 34.18% 2,736 65.20% 5,219 0.61% 49 8,004
Webster 59.52% 541 39.49% 359 0.99% 9 909
Wheeler 47.75% 752 51.62% 813 0.63% 10 1,575
White 28.60% 2,014 68.96% 4,857 2.44% 172 7,043
Whitfield 30.19% 7,034 68.03% 15,852 1.79% 416 23,302
Wilcox 40.68% 962 58.39% 1,381 0.93% 22 2,365
Wilkes 48.19% 1,940 50.77% 2,044 1.04% 42 4,026
Wilkinson 50.37% 1,884 48.13% 1,800 1.50% 56 3,740
Worth 36.53% 2,214 62.56% 3,792 0.91% 55 6,061

By congressional district[]

Bush won 9 of 11 congressional districts.[2]

District Bush Gore Representative
1st 57% 42% Jack Kingston
2nd 54% 45% Sanford Bishop
3rd 56% 42% Mac Collins
4th 29% 69% Cynthia McKinney
5th 23% 75% John Lewis
6th 65% 32% Johnny Isakson
7th 60% 38% Bob Barr
8th 57% 42% Saxby Chambliss
9th 69% 28% Nathan Deal
10th 55% 44% Charlie Norwood
11th 63% 34% John Linder

Electors[]

Main article: List of 2000 United States presidential electors

Technically the voters of Georgia cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Georgia is allocated 13 electors because it has 11 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 13 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 13 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]

  1. Anna Cablik
  2. Teresa Jeter Chappell
  3. Charles Commander Clay
  4. Fred Cooper
  5. James Edenfield
  6. Winnie LeClercq
  7. B.J. Lopez
  8. Carolyn Dodgen Meadows
  9. Alec Poitevint
  10. Eric Tanenblatt
  11. Cynthia Teasley
  12. Virgil Williams
  13. Bob Young

References[]

  1. ^ ("Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2000". United States Census Bureau. February 2002. Retrieved December 19, 2020.)
  2. ^ https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/data.php?year=2000&fips=13&f=0&off=0&elect=0&datatype=cd&def=1
  3. ^ http://www.uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/ARTICLES/pe2000timeline.php
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2009-10-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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