2000 United States presidential election in Kentucky

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2000 United States presidential election in Kentucky
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Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Texas Tennessee
Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman
Electoral vote 8 0
Popular vote 872,492 638,898
Percentage 56.50% 41.37%
Kentucky Presidential Election Results 2000.svg
County Results
President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

Elections in Kentucky
Federal government
State government
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Lexington
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The 2000 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 7, 2000, as part of the 2000 United States presidential election, which included elections in all 50 states and D.C.. Voters chose 8 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Kentucky was won by Governor George W. Bush. He won most of the counties and congressional districts in the state. Bush dominated among the rural areas of the state. The only congressional district Gore won was the third district, which is a part of Jefferson County, Kentucky, the highest populated county in the state. The only other region where Gore performed strongly was in the coal dependent counties in the southeastern part of the state. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Boyd County, Muhlenberg County, Harlan County, Perry County, Letcher County, Ballard County, and Fulton County voted for the Democratic candidate, and also the first in which Wolfe County ever voted for a Republican.[1]

Bush became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Jefferson County since Theodore Roosevelt in 1904.

Results[]

United States presidential election in Kentucky, 2000[2]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican George W. Bush 872,492 56.50% 8
Democratic Al Gore 638,898 41.37% 0
Green Party Ralph Nader 23,192 1.50% 0
Reform Patrick Buchanan 4,173 0.27% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne 2,896 0.19% 0
Natural Law John Hagelin 1,533 0.10% 0
Independent Howard Phillips 1,145 0.07% 0
Totals 1,544,329 100.00% 6
Voter turnout (Voting age/registered) 51%/60%

By county[]

County Gore% Gore# Bush% Bush# Others% Others# Total
Adair 24.28% 1,779 74.51% 5,460 1.21% 89 7,328
Allen 30.33% 1,950 68.67% 4,415 1.00% 64 6,429
Anderson 36.43% 2,902 61.62% 4,909 1.96% 156 7,967
Ballard 49.88% 1,880 48.39% 1,824 1.72% 65 3,769
Barren 35.61% 4,930 63.14% 8,741 1.25% 173 13,844
Bath 46.66% 2,087 51.49% 2,303 1.86% 83 4,473
Bell 45.11% 4,787 52.63% 5,585 2.25% 239 10,611
Boone 28.91% 9,248 68.83% 22,016 2.25% 720 31,984
Bourbon 42.92% 3,048 54.65% 3,881 2.44% 173 7,102
Boyd 49.74% 9,541 48.21% 9,247 2.05% 394 19,182
Boyle 38.38% 3,963 59.33% 6,126 2.30% 237 10,326
Bracken 29.41% 888 68.40% 2,065 2.19% 66 3,019
Breathitt 57.20% 2,902 41.08% 2,084 1.71% 87 5,073
Breckinridge 34.82% 2,595 63.91% 4,763 1.27% 95 7,453
Bullitt 36.13% 8,195 61.97% 14,054 1.90% 430 22,679
Butler 25.93% 1,299 72.93% 3,654 1.14% 57 5,010
Caldwell 40.55% 2,223 57.66% 3,161 1.79% 98 5,482
Calloway 41.21% 5,635 56.35% 7,705 2.44% 333 13,673
Campbell 35.61% 12,040 61.49% 20,789 2.90% 980 33,809
Carlisle 44.31% 1,149 54.18% 1,405 1.50% 39 2,593
Carroll 45.76% 1,601 51.96% 1,818 2.29% 80 3,499
Carter 46.68% 4,182 51.53% 4,617 1.79% 160 8,959
Casey 20.52% 1,122 78.33% 4,284 1.15% 63 5,469
Christian 38.14% 6,778 60.69% 10,787 1.17% 208 17,773
Clark 39.52% 4,918 58.64% 7,297 1.83% 228 12,443
Clay 25.64% 1,723 73.31% 4,926 1.04% 70 6,719
Clinton 23.97% 1,032 74.89% 3,224 1.14% 49 4,305
Crittenden 38.76% 1,610 59.44% 2,469 1.81% 75 4,154
Cumberland 24.48% 736 73.85% 2,220 1.66% 50 3,006
Daviess 38.98% 14,126 58.94% 21,361 2.08% 753 36,240
Edmonson 34.23% 1,710 65.07% 3,250 0.70% 35 4,995
Elliott 64.05% 1,525 34.73% 827 1.22% 29 2,381
Estill 33.78% 1,591 64.39% 3,033 1.83% 86 4,710
Fayette 44.82% 47,277 51.67% 54,495 3.51% 3,703 105,475
Fleming 35.01% 1,813 63.37% 3,282 1.62% 84 5,179
Floyd 65.53% 10,088 32.92% 5,068 1.55% 238 15,394
Franklin 50.12% 10,853 47.15% 10,209 2.73% 592 21,654
Fulton 52.08% 1,452 46.38% 1,293 1.54% 43 2,788
Gallatin 42.66% 1,049 54.70% 1,345 2.64% 65 2,459
Garrard 29.42% 1,713 69.43% 4,043 1.15% 67 5,823
Grant 36.15% 2,568 62.02% 4,405 1.83% 130 7,103
Graves 42.84% 6,097 55.15% 7,849 2.00% 285 14,231
Grayson 30.45% 2,604 68.33% 5,843 1.22% 104 8,551
Green 22.81% 1,085 76.01% 3,615 1.18% 56 4,756
Greenup 48.86% 7,164 49.33% 7,233 1.81% 266 14,663
Hancock 41.77% 1,508 56.29% 2,032 1.94% 70 3,610
Hardin 36.15% 11,095 61.79% 18,964 2.06% 631 30,690
Harlan 50.93% 5,365 47.27% 4,980 1.80% 190 10,535
Harrison 40.21% 2,658 57.37% 3,793 2.42% 160 6,611
Hart 36.57% 2,201 61.89% 3,725 1.55% 93 6,019
Henderson 50.22% 8,054 48.00% 7,698 1.79% 287 16,039
Henry 38.68% 2,117 59.27% 3,244 2.05% 112 5,473
Hickman 44.26% 940 54.19% 1,151 1.55% 33 2,124
Hopkins 40.84% 6,734 57.55% 9,490 1.61% 265 16,489
Jackson 14.44% 701 84.02% 4,079 1.54% 75 4,855
Jefferson 49.58% 149,901 47.97% 145,052 2.45% 7,408 302,361
Jessamine 30.76% 4,633 66.89% 10,074 2.35% 354 15,061
Johnson 39.74% 3,251 58.47% 4,783 1.78% 146 8,180
Kenton 33.97% 19,100 62.90% 35,363 3.13% 1,760 56,223
Knott 67.34% 4,349 31.42% 2,029 1.24% 80 6,458
Knox 37.24% 3,690 61.13% 6,058 1.63% 162 9,910
LaRue 33.35% 1,727 65.34% 3,384 1.31% 68 5,179
Laurel 26.80% 4,856 71.90% 13,029 1.30% 235 18,120
Lawrence 42.55% 2,258 55.94% 2,969 1.51% 80 5,307
Lee 30.25% 836 68.49% 1,893 1.27% 35 2,764
Leslie 27.29% 1,210 71.24% 3,159 1.47% 65 4,434
Letcher 52.29% 4,698 45.54% 4,092 2.17% 195 8,985
Lewis 28.31% 1,293 70.42% 3,217 1.27% 58 4,568
Lincoln 35.25% 2,678 63.12% 4,795 1.63% 124 7,597
Livingston 47.80% 2,022 50.07% 2,118 2.13% 90 4,230
Logan 41.63% 3,885 57.27% 5,344 1.10% 103 9,332
Lyon 49.12% 1,680 49.36% 1,688 1.52% 52 3,420
McCracken 42.76% 11,412 55.25% 14,745 1.99% 532 26,689
McCreary 29.55% 1,418 69.20% 3,321 1.25% 60 4,799
McLean 43.44% 1,747 55.17% 2,219 1.39% 56 4,022
Madison 39.33% 9,309 57.81% 13,682 2.85% 675 23,666
Magoffin 47.74% 2,603 51.07% 2,785 1.19% 65 5,453
Marion 44.98% 2,778 52.77% 3,259 2.25% 139 6,176
Marshall 45.08% 6,203 53.00% 7,294 1.92% 264 13,761
Martin 38.46% 1,714 59.85% 2,667 1.68% 75 4,456
Mason 37.08% 2,178 60.82% 3,572 2.09% 123 5,873
Meade 39.64% 3,596 58.64% 5,319 1.72% 156 9,071
Menifee 46.15% 1,038 52.02% 1,170 1.82% 41 2,249
Mercer 35.82% 3,092 62.12% 5,362 2.06% 178 8,632
Metcalfe 34.24% 1,318 64.33% 2,476 1.43% 55 3,849
Monroe 20.79% 1,158 78.60% 4,377 0.61% 34 5,569
Montgomery 44.99% 3,833 53.22% 4,534 1.78% 152 8,519
Morgan 44.22% 1,875 54.13% 2,295 1.65% 70 4,240
Muhlenberg 52.65% 6,295 46.15% 5,518 1.20% 143 11,956
Nelson 40.64% 5,481 57.19% 7,714 2.17% 293 13,488
Nicholas 37.19% 994 60.34% 1,613 2.47% 66 2,673
Ohio 37.19% 3,303 60.94% 5,413 1.87% 166 8,882
Oldham 30.77% 6,236 67.00% 13,580 2.23% 452 20,268
Owen 34.25% 1,394 63.44% 2,582 2.31% 94 4,070
Owsley 18.57% 339 80.28% 1,466 1.15% 21 1,826
Pendleton 34.77% 1,670 63.38% 3,044 1.85% 89 4,803
Perry 50.15% 5,514 48.20% 5,300 1.66% 182 10,996
Pike 54.59% 13,611 44.13% 11,005 1.28% 319 24,935
Powell 46.17% 2,008 51.92% 2,258 1.91% 83 4,349
Pulaski 25.14% 5,415 73.56% 15,845 1.30% 281 21,541
Robertson 34.17% 341 63.13% 630 2.71% 27 998
Rockcastle 22.37% 1,174 76.08% 3,992 1.54% 81 5,247
Rowan 48.51% 3,505 49.07% 3,546 2.42% 175 7,226
Russell 24.17% 1,710 74.47% 5,268 1.36% 96 7,074
Scott 39.69% 5,472 57.68% 7,952 2.63% 362 13,786
Shelby 34.82% 4,435 63.34% 8,068 1.84% 235 12,738
Simpson 44.35% 2,583 54.41% 3,169 1.24% 72 5,824
Spencer 32.56% 1,554 66.01% 3,150 1.42% 68 4,772
Taylor 30.83% 2,790 67.96% 6,151 1.22% 110 9,051
Todd 35.73% 1,496 63.20% 2,646 1.07% 45 4,187
Trigg 39.48% 2,110 58.57% 3,130 1.95% 104 5,344
Trimble 38.33% 1,181 59.62% 1,837 2.04% 63 3,081
Union 47.45% 2,547 51.21% 2,749 1.34% 72 5,368
Warren 36.94% 12,180 61.36% 20,235 1.70% 560 32,975
Washington 31.78% 1,458 66.35% 3,044 1.87% 86 4,588
Wayne 35.71% 2,312 62.85% 4,069 1.44% 93 6,474
Webster 47.08% 2,388 51.24% 2,599 1.68% 85 5,072
Whitley 34.83% 4,101 63.72% 7,502 1.45% 171 11,774
Wolfe 46.85% 1,136 52.25% 1,267 0.91% 22 2,425
Woodford 39.41% 3,995 58.10% 5,890 2.49% 252 10,137

By congressional district[]

Bush won 5 of 6 congressional districts.

District Bush Gore Representative
1st 58% 41% Ed Whitfield
2nd 62% 36% Ron Lewis
3rd 46% 51% Anne Northup
4th 61% 37% Ken Lucas
5th 57% 42% Hal Rogers
6th 56% 42% Ernie Fletcher

Electors[]

Main article: List of 2000 United States presidential electors

Technically the voters of Kentucky cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Kentucky is allocated 8 electors because it has 6 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 8 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 8 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. George S. Beard
  2. William S. Farish Jr
  3. Robert B. Fearing
  4. Connie S. Hayes
  5. G. Richard Noss Jr.
  6. A. Douglas Reece
  7. Michael A. Shea
  8. Larry Joe Walden

References[]

  1. ^ "The Political Graveyard: Wolfe County, Ky". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
  2. ^ "2000 Presidential General Election Results - Kentucky".
  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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