2000 United States presidential election in Iowa

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2000 United States presidential election in Iowa
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Nominee Al Gore George W. Bush
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Tennessee Texas
Running mate Joe Lieberman Dick Cheney
Electoral vote 7 0
Popular vote 638,517 634,373
Percentage 48.54% 48.22%
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The 2000 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Iowa was won by Vice President Al Gore by a margin of 0.32%, with a lead of less than five thousand votes over Texas Governor George W. Bush, while Green Party candidate Ralph Nader took 2.23% of the vote. Gore's win in Iowa marked the fourth consecutive victory for Democrats in the Hawkeye State; it is also, as of 2020, the last time Iowa has voted for a losing Democrat for President, and was also the most recent election until 2020 when Iowa backed the overall losing candidate of the electoral college. Iowa is the only state which George W. Bush lost in either of his elections but Donald Trump won in his unsuccessful re-election bid in 2020. This is the last time Iowa voted more Democratic than neighboring Wisconsin.

Natural Law Party nominee John Hagelin had his strongest county-level showing in his home county of Jefferson County, Iowa, where he garnered 14.7% of the vote. However, he came in sixth statewide, and his vote total was less than the narrow margin separating Gore and Bush.

Caucuses[]

Results[]

2000 United States presidential election in Iowa[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Al Gore 638,517 48.54% 7
Republican George W. Bush 634,373 48.22% 0
Green Ralph Nader 29,374 2.23% 0
Reform Pat Buchanan 5,731 0.44% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne 3,209 0.24% 0
Nominated by Petition John Hagelin 2,281 0.17% 0
Constitution Howard Phillips 613 0.05% 0
Socialist Workers James Harris 190 0.01% 0
Socialist Party USA David McReynolds 107 <0.01% 0
Scattering 1,168 0.09% —
Totals 1,315,563 100.00% 7
Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered) 60%/71%

Results breakdown[]

By county[]

County Gore Votes Bush Votes Others Votes
Adair 42.5% 1,753 55.2% 2,275 2.3% 95
Adams 41.8% 897 54.5% 1,170 3.7% 78
Allamakee 44.6% 2,883 50.7% 3,277 4.7% 302
Appanoose 44.9% 2,560 52.5% 2,992 2.6% 152
Audubon 47.0% 1,780 50.4% 1,909 2.5% 95
Benton 50.3% 5,915 46.5% 5,468 3.3% 383
Black Hawk 54.7% 30,112 42.6% 23,468 2.8% 1,505
Boone 51.2% 6,270 45.9% 5,625 2.9% 354
Bremer 46.3% 5,169 50.8% 5,675 2.9% 331
Buchanan 53.6% 5,045 43.5% 4,092 2.9% 273
Buena Vista 41.3% 3,297 54.6% 4,354 4.0% 326
Butler 40.7% 2,735 57.1% 3,837 2.3% 152
Calhoun 42.3% 2,132 55.1% 2,776 2.6% 133
Carroll 46.6% 4,463 51.0% 4,879 2.3% 226
Cass 36.1% 2,481 61.1% 4,206 2.8% 193
Cedar 48.3% 4,033 48.3% 4,031 3.3% 280
Cerro Gordo 55.0% 12,185 42.4% 9,397 2.6% 580
Cherokee 42.5% 2,988 53.5% 3,758 4.0% 284
Chickasaw 52.2% 3,435 44.6% 2,936 3.2% 213
Clarke 49.8% 2,081 47.5% 1,984 2.7% 111
Clay 43.5% 3,294 52.7% 3,992 3.9% 292
Clayton 49.4% 4,238 47.1% 4,034 3.5% 299
Clinton 55.3% 12,276 41.6% 9,229 3.0% 675
Crawford 43.3% 2,838 53.1% 3,482 3.6% 235
Dallas 44.3% 8,561 53.3% 10,306 2.4% 463
Davis 45.0% 1,691 52.0% 1,956 3.0% 111
Decatur 45.1% 1,674 51.3% 1,903 3.5% 132
Delaware 45.6% 3,808 51.2% 4,273 3.2% 268
Des Moines 58.6% 11,351 38.1% 7,385 3.2% 629
Dickinson 45.1% 3,660 52.0% 4,225 2.9% 236
Dubuque 55.4% 22,341 40.8% 16,462 3.7% 1,520
Emmet 46.8% 2,165 50.3% 2,331 2.9% 134
Fayette 48.2% 4,640 49.3% 4,747 2.4% 234
Floyd 52.9% 3,830 44.1% 3,191 3.0% 217
Franklin 43.0% 2,122 53.8% 2,657 3.2% 159
Fremont 40.3% 1,459 57.2% 2,069 2.4% 88
Greene 48.8% 2,301 48.4% 2,282 2.8% 136
Grundy 35.0% 2,139 63.0% 3,851 1.9% 121
Guthrie 45.6% 2,493 51.9% 2,840 2.5% 136
Hamilton 45.0% 3,407 52.4% 3,968 2.7% 199
Hancock 41.9% 2,281 54.9% 2,988 3.1% 169
Hardin 44.3% 3,734 53.2% 4,486 2.6% 215
Harrison 39.0% 2,551 58.1% 3,802 2.9% 190
Henry 45.1% 3,907 51.6% 4,476 3.3% 288
Howard 54.0% 2,426 42.8% 1,922 3.2% 143
Humboldt 39.5% 1,949 57.6% 2,846 2.9% 145
Ida 40.4% 1,411 56.4% 1,968 3.2% 112
Iowa 43.6% 3,230 52.5% 3,894 3.9% 289
Jackson 54.7% 4,945 41.7% 3,769 3.5% 318
Jasper 48.8% 8,699 48.9% 8,729 2.3% 407
Jefferson 37.9% 2,863 43.0% 3,248 19.0% 1,437
Johnson 59.1% 31,174 33.9% 17,899 7.0% 3,696
Jones 51.3% 4,690 45.9% 4,201 2.7% 252
Keokuk 44.1% 2,181 52.0% 2,571 3.9% 195
Kossuth 44.6% 3,960 51.9% 4,612 3.4% 306
Lee 58.1% 9,632 38.8% 6,339 3.7% 601
Linn 53.1% 48,897 43.9% 40,417 3.0% 2,750
Louisa 49.5% 2,294 47.6% 2,207 2.9% 136
Lucas 44.9% 1,934 52.6% 2,262 2.5% 107
Lyon 24.6% 1,313 73.3% 3,918 2.1% 111
Madison 44.4% 3,093 52.5% 3,662 3.0% 214
Mahaska 35.3% 3,370 62.6% 5,971 2.1% 202
Marion 39.8% 5,741 58.0% 8,358 2.1% 309
Marshall 47.2% 8,322 49.8% 8,785 2.9% 517
Mills 34.5% 2,039 62.3% 3,684 3.2% 192
Mitchell 51.3% 2,650 46.3% 2,388 2.4% 124
Monona 45.7% 2,086 50.5% 2,304 3.7% 170
Monroe 46.6% 1,699 50.9% 1,858 2.5% 90
Montgomery 34.1% 1,838 63.3% 3,417 2.6% 139
Muscatine 50.1% 8,058 46.5% 7,483 3.3% 535
O'Brien 30.8% 2,170 66.4% 4,674 2.8% 200
Osceola 29.8% 913 67.4% 2,064 2.8% 86
Page 32.5% 2,293 65.0% 4,588 2.6% 178
Palo Alto 48.2% 2,326 48.5% 2,341 3.3% 156
Plymouth 34.6% 3,499 61.2% 6,189 4.3% 430
Pocahontas 41.9% 1,736 54.1% 2,242 4.0% 163
Polk 51.5% 89,715 45.9% 79,927 2.6% 4,525
Pottawattamie 42.7% 14,726 54.5% 18,783 2.8% 958
Poweshiek 47.0% 4,222 49.0% 4,396 4.0% 362
Ringgold 46.3% 1,246 50.9% 1,369 2.8% 77
Sac 41.7% 2,099 55.2% 2,776 3.1% 158
Scott 50.8% 35,857 46.5% 32,801 2.7% 1,910
Shelby 36.3% 2,179 60.8% 3,655 2.9% 175
Sioux 14.6% 2,148 83.3% 12,241 2.1% 303
Story 49.4% 17,478 45.9% 16,228 4.7% 1,658
Tama 48.6% 4,045 48.5% 4,034 2.8% 236
Taylor 40.3% 1,247 57.2% 1,770 2.6% 79
Union 44.3% 2,540 52.3% 3,003 3.5% 197
Van Buren 40.4% 1,440 56.6% 2,016 2.9% 105
Wapello 55.2% 8,355 41.7% 6,313 3.1% 471
Warren 48.4% 9,521 49.0% 9,621 2.6% 511
Washington 43.2% 3,932 53.1% 4,827 3.7% 335
Wayne 43.0% 1,300 55.1% 1,666 1.8% 55
Webster 49.7% 8,479 47.9% 8,172 2.4% 397
Winnebago 48.7% 2,691 48.2% 2,662 3.2% 174
Winneshiek 46.1% 4,339 49.3% 4,647 4.5% 431
Woodbury 46.7% 17,691 49.8% 18,864 3.5% 1,341
Worth 55.1% 2,208 41.4% 1,659 3.4% 137
Wright 44.1% 2,796 53.4% 3,384 2.5% 156

By congressional district[]

Bush won 3 of 5 congressional districts.[2]

District Bush Gore Representative
1st 43% 53% Jim Leach
2nd 46% 51% Jim Nussle
3rd 49% 48% Leonard Boswell
4th 50% 48% Greg Ganske
5th 55% 42% Tom Latham

Electors[]

Main article: List of 2000 United States presidential electors

Technically the voters of Iowa cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Iowa is allocated 7 electors because it has 5 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 7 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 7 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 Al Gore and Joe Lieberman:[4]

  1. Jeff Heland
  2. Angelyn King
  3. Paulee Lipsman
  4. Emil Pavich
  5. John O'Brien
  6. Ernest Ricehill
  7. Evan Giesen
  8. David Tingwald

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "General President/Vice-President" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. 2002-07-16. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
  2. ^ https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/data.php?year=2000&fips=19&f=0&off=0&elect=0&datatype=cd&def=1
  3. ^ "2000 Post-Election Timeline of Events".
  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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