2000 United States presidential election in Maine

2000 United States presidential election in Maine
Gore 40-50% 50-60%	Bush 40-50% 50-60%
President before election; Bill Clinton; Democratic	Elected President ; George W. Bush; Republican

The 2000 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Maine is one of two states in the U.S. that instead of all of the state's four electors of the Electoral College to vote based upon the statewide results of the voters, two of the individual electors vote based on their congressional district because Maine has two congressional districts. The other two electors vote based upon the statewide results.

Democratic nominee Vice President Al Gore won the state with 49.09% of the vote over Republican Governor of Texas George W. Bush, who received 43.97%.^[1] Maine is the only state besides Nebraska that can split its electoral votes between different candidates, and it did in 2016 and 2020, awarding one electoral vote from the second Congressional district to Donald Trump each time despite his losing the state overall. The last Republican to carry Maine at large was Bush's father, George H. W. Bush, in 1988. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Waldo County and Lincoln County voted for the Republican candidate.

Results[]

Statewide[]

2000 United States presidential election in Maine^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Al Gore	319,951	49.09%	4
	Republican	George W. Bush	286,616	43.97%	0
	Green	Ralph Nader	37,127	5.70%	0
	Reform	Pat Buchanan	4,443	0.68%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	3,074	0.47%	0
	Constitution	Howard Phillips	579	0.09%	0
Write-in			27	<0.01%	—
Totals			651,817	100.00%	4
Voter turnout			67%		-5%

Congressional District[]

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Candidate	# of Votes	% of Votes
Maine's 1st congressional district
Al Gore	176,293	50.52%
George W. Bush	148,618	42.59%

Candidate	# of Votes	% of Votes
Maine's 2nd congressional district
Al Gore	143,658	47.43%
George W. Bush	137,998	45.56%

Results Breakdown[]

By county[]

County	Albert Arnold Gore jr. Democratic		George Walker Bush Republican		Ralph Nader Green		Various candidates Other parties
County	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#
Androscoggin	53.3%	26,251	40.5%	19,948	4.8%	2,388	1.3%	658
Aroostook	48.9%	17,196	47.1%	16,555	3.0%	1,055	1.0%	337
Cumberland	52.0%	74,203	41.0%	58,543	6.0%	8,576	0.9%	1,298
Franklin	49.2%	7,593	41.8%	6,459	7.2%	1,115	1.8%	281
Hancock	45.4%	12,983	44.6%	12,732	8.8%	2,513	1.2%	346
Kennebec	53.0%	31,198	40.7%	23,967	5.0%	2,955	1.3%	787
Knox	46.1%	9,453	43.7%	8,968	8.8%	1,810	1.3%	270
Lincoln	43.9%	8,634	48.1%	9,457	6.7%	1,323	1.3%	257
Oxford	49.6%	13,649	43.0%	11,835	5.5%	1,509	1.8%	500
Penobscot	44.9%	32,868	48.7%	35,620	5.2%	3,772	1.3%	946
Piscataquis	40.5%	3,745	52.3%	4,845	5.1%	471	2.1%	195
Sagadahoc	48.0%	8,844	43.7%	8,052	6.9%	1,278	1.3%	232
Somerset	48.2%	11,538	44.6%	10,684	5.2%	1,239	2.0%	490
Waldo	44.3%	8,477	45.4%	8,689	8.8%	1,690	1.5%	282
Washington	42.7%	6,701	50.7%	7,958	5.1%	802	1.6%	247
York	49.3%	46,618	44.7%	42,304	4.9%	4,631	1.1%	997

References[]

^ "United States Presidential Election Results".
^ "2000 Presidential General Election Results - Maine" (HTML). Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2001. Retrieved 2009-03-21.
^ "General Election Tabulations November 7, 2000-President of the United States". Archived from the original on 6 September 2012.

[1] "United States Presidential Election Results".

[2] "2000 Presidential General Election Results - Maine" (HTML). Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2001. Retrieved 2009-03-21.

[3] "General Election Tabulations November 7, 2000-President of the United States". Archived from the original on 6 September 2012.

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