2000 United States presidential election in Minnesota
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The 2000 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 7, 2000, as part of the 2000 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all 50 states and D.C. Voters chose ten representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Minnesota was won by Vice President Al Gore by a 2.4% margin of victory, a much weaker performance than President Bill Clinton had in 1996, when he carried the state with 51% of the vote and a 16% margin of victory. This was also the closest result since 1984 when it became the only state won by Walter Mondale. Despite winning the state, Gore lost most of the counties and congressional districts in the state. However, Gore won highly populated counties such as Hennepin County, Ramsey County, and St. Louis County by safe margins. In terms of congressional districts, Gore won three districts including the urban 4th and 5th and won the 8th district with less than fifty percent of the vote. Bush overall dominated the rural areas, located in the western and southern parts of the state, and became the first Republican presidential nominee to win Red Lake County since Warren G. Harding in 1920.[2] No Republican has won the state since Richard Nixon in 1972, a Democratic streak longer than any other state.[3]
One reason the election was so close was that left-wing Green Party candidate Ralph Nader got over 5% of the vote.
Results[]
Despite Nader taking away a good deal of Gore voters, he was still able to win the state by a fairly close margin. Gore's win was partially due to his huge numbers out of Minneapolis, and St. Paul. Gore's win was able to keep Minnesota in Democrats hands once again. Minnesota has not gone for a Republican since 1972, when it went for then-president Richard M. Nixon. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Cook County voted for a Republican presidential candidate.[4]
2000 United States presidential election in Minnesota | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Democratic | Al Gore | Joe Lieberman | 1,168,266 | 47.91% | 10 | |
Republican | George W. Bush | Dick Cheney | 1,109,659 | 45.50% | 0 | |
Green | Ralph Nader | Winona LaDuke | 126,696 | 5.20% | 0 | |
Reform | Pat Buchanan | Ezola Foster | 22,166 | 0.91% | 0 | |
Libertarian | Harry Browne | Art Olivier | 5,282 | 0.22% | 0 | |
Constitution | Howard Phillips | J. Curtis Frazier | 3,272 | 0.13% | 0 | |
Natural Law | John Hagelin | A. Nat. Goldhaber | 2,294 | 0.09% | 0 | |
Socialist Workers | James Harris | Margaret Trowe | 1,022 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Write Ins | 28 | 0.00% | 0 | |||
Totals | 2,438,685 | 100.00% | 10 | |||
Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered) | 67%/75% |
Results by county[]
County | Albert Arnold Gore[5] Democratic |
George W. Bush[5] Republican |
Ralph Nader[5] Green |
Patrick J. Buchanan[5] Reform |
Various candidates[5] Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Aitkin | 3,830 | 46.37% | 3,755 | 45.46% | 403 | 4.88% | 220 | 2.66% | 52 | 0.63% | 75 | 0.91% | 8,260 |
Anoka | 68,008 | 46.70% | 69,256 | 47.56% | 6,616 | 4.54% | 1,040 | 0.71% | 699 | 0.48% | -1,248 | -0.86% | 145,619 |
Becker | 5,253 | 36.65% | 8,152 | 56.88% | 591 | 4.12% | 264 | 1.84% | 73 | 0.51% | -2,899 | -20.23% | 14,333 |
Beltrami | 7,301 | 42.41% | 8,346 | 48.48% | 1,269 | 7.37% | 211 | 1.23% | 90 | 0.52% | -1,045 | -6.07% | 17,217 |
Benton | 6,009 | 40.31% | 7,663 | 51.40% | 862 | 5.78% | 278 | 1.86% | 96 | 0.64% | -1,654 | -11.09% | 14,908 |
Big Stone | 1,430 | 47.99% | 1,370 | 45.97% | 109 | 3.66% | 59 | 1.98% | 12 | 0.40% | 60 | 2.01% | 2,980 |
Blue Earth | 12,329 | 44.99% | 12,942 | 47.23% | 1,761 | 6.43% | 238 | 0.87% | 132 | 0.48% | -613 | -2.24% | 27,402 |
Brown | 4,650 | 36.23% | 7,370 | 57.43% | 561 | 4.37% | 200 | 1.56% | 53 | 0.41% | -2,720 | -21.19% | 12,834 |
Carlton | 8,620 | 57.16% | 5,578 | 36.99% | 634 | 4.20% | 183 | 1.21% | 66 | 0.44% | 3,042 | 20.17% | 15,081 |
Carver | 12,462 | 35.58% | 20,790 | 59.36% | 1,381 | 3.94% | 221 | 0.63% | 167 | 0.48% | -8,328 | -23.78% | 35,021 |
Cass | 5,534 | 40.71% | 7,134 | 52.48% | 663 | 4.88% | 197 | 1.45% | 65 | 0.48% | -1,600 | -11.77% | 13,593 |
Chippewa | 2,952 | 46.47% | 2,977 | 46.87% | 268 | 4.22% | 113 | 1.78% | 42 | 0.66% | -25 | -0.39% | 6,352 |
Chisago | 9,593 | 43.63% | 10,937 | 49.74% | 1,116 | 5.08% | 239 | 1.09% | 102 | 0.46% | -1,344 | -6.11% | 21,987 |
Clay | 10,128 | 43.36% | 11,712 | 50.14% | 963 | 4.12% | 428 | 1.83% | 127 | 0.54% | -1,584 | -6.78% | 23,358 |
Clearwater | 1,466 | 38.34% | 2,137 | 55.88% | 134 | 3.50% | 69 | 1.80% | 18 | 0.47% | -671 | -17.55% | 3,824 |
Cook | 1,171 | 41.52% | 1,295 | 45.92% | 290 | 10.28% | 25 | 0.89% | 39 | 1.38% | -124 | -4.40% | 2,820 |
Cottonwood | 2,503 | 40.50% | 3,369 | 54.51% | 208 | 3.37% | 74 | 1.20% | 27 | 0.44% | -866 | -14.01% | 6,181 |
Crow Wing | 11,255 | 40.01% | 15,035 | 53.45% | 1,314 | 4.67% | 398 | 1.41% | 126 | 0.45% | -3,780 | -13.44% | 28,128 |
Dakota | 85,446 | 46.88% | 87,250 | 47.87% | 7,799 | 4.28% | 989 | 0.54% | 765 | 0.42% | -1,804 | -0.99% | 182,249 |
Dodge | 3,370 | 41.86% | 4,213 | 52.34% | 327 | 4.06% | 96 | 1.19% | 44 | 0.55% | -843 | -10.47% | 8,050 |
Douglas | 6,352 | 36.92% | 9,811 | 57.02% | 746 | 4.34% | 218 | 1.27% | 78 | 0.45% | -3,459 | -20.10% | 17,205 |
Faribault | 3,624 | 43.02% | 4,336 | 51.47% | 309 | 3.67% | 113 | 1.34% | 42 | 0.50% | -712 | -8.45% | 8,424 |
Fillmore | 5,020 | 49.10% | 4,646 | 45.45% | 409 | 4.00% | 95 | 0.93% | 53 | 0.52% | 374 | 3.66% | 10,223 |
Freeborn | 8,514 | 52.75% | 6,843 | 42.40% | 555 | 3.44% | 138 | 0.86% | 89 | 0.55% | 1,671 | 10.35% | 16,139 |
Goodhue | 9,981 | 44.84% | 10,852 | 48.76% | 1,093 | 4.91% | 233 | 1.05% | 98 | 0.44% | -871 | -3.91% | 22,257 |
Grant | 1,507 | 41.58% | 1,804 | 49.78% | 214 | 5.91% | 81 | 2.24% | 18 | 0.50% | -297 | -8.20% | 3,624 |
Hennepin | 307,599 | 53.60% | 225,657 | 39.32% | 35,584 | 6.20% | 2,300 | 0.40% | 2,706 | 0.47% | 81,942 | 14.28% | 573,846 |
Houston | 4,502 | 44.28% | 5,077 | 49.94% | 421 | 4.14% | 117 | 1.15% | 50 | 0.49% | -575 | -5.66% | 10,167 |
Hubbard | 3,632 | 37.78% | 5,307 | 55.21% | 484 | 5.03% | 131 | 1.36% | 59 | 0.61% | -1,675 | -17.42% | 9,613 |
Isanti | 6,247 | 41.84% | 7,668 | 51.36% | 753 | 5.04% | 175 | 1.17% | 86 | 0.58% | -1,421 | -9.52% | 14,929 |
Itasca | 10,583 | 48.74% | 9,545 | 43.96% | 1,137 | 5.24% | 296 | 1.36% | 153 | 0.70% | 1,038 | 4.78% | 21,714 |
Jackson | 2,364 | 43.47% | 2,773 | 50.99% | 194 | 3.57% | 77 | 1.42% | 30 | 0.55% | -409 | -7.52% | 5,438 |
Kanabec | 2,831 | 41.57% | 3,480 | 51.09% | 344 | 5.05% | 108 | 1.59% | 48 | 0.70% | -649 | -9.53% | 6,811 |
Kandiyohi | 8,220 | 42.62% | 10,026 | 51.99% | 734 | 3.81% | 228 | 1.18% | 77 | 0.40% | -1,806 | -9.36% | 19,285 |
Kittson | 1,107 | 41.98% | 1,353 | 51.31% | 68 | 2.58% | 88 | 3.34% | 21 | 0.80% | -246 | -9.33% | 2,637 |
Koochiching | 2,903 | 42.20% | 3,523 | 51.21% | 302 | 4.39% | 101 | 1.47% | 50 | 0.73% | -620 | -9.01% | 6,879 |
Lac qui Parle | 2,244 | 50.39% | 1,941 | 43.59% | 160 | 3.59% | 87 | 1.95% | 21 | 0.47% | 303 | 6.80% | 4,453 |
Lake | 3,579 | 54.53% | 2,465 | 37.56% | 426 | 6.49% | 58 | 0.88% | 35 | 0.53% | 1,114 | 16.97% | 6,563 |
Lake of the Woods | 848 | 38.77% | 1,216 | 55.60% | 74 | 3.38% | 33 | 1.51% | 16 | 0.73% | -368 | -16.83% | 2,187 |
Le Sueur | 5,361 | 43.48% | 6,138 | 49.78% | 603 | 4.89% | 183 | 1.48% | 46 | 0.37% | -777 | -6.30% | 12,331 |
Lincoln | 1,590 | 48.42% | 1,513 | 46.07% | 105 | 3.20% | 54 | 1.64% | 22 | 0.67% | 77 | 2.34% | 3,284 |
Lyon | 4,737 | 41.23% | 6,087 | 52.98% | 460 | 4.00% | 144 | 1.25% | 61 | 0.53% | -1,350 | -11.75% | 11,489 |
Mahnomen | 921 | 41.41% | 1,122 | 50.45% | 96 | 4.32% | 71 | 3.19% | 14 | 0.63% | -201 | -9.04% | 2,224 |
Marshall | 1,910 | 36.74% | 2,912 | 56.01% | 160 | 3.08% | 191 | 3.67% | 26 | 0.50% | -1,002 | -19.27% | 5,199 |
Martin | 4,166 | 40.17% | 5,686 | 54.83% | 376 | 3.63% | 96 | 0.93% | 47 | 0.45% | -1,520 | -14.66% | 10,371 |
McLeod | 5,609 | 36.44% | 8,782 | 57.05% | 681 | 4.42% | 231 | 1.50% | 91 | 0.59% | -3,173 | -20.61% | 15,394 |
Meeker | 4,402 | 41.25% | 5,520 | 51.72% | 517 | 4.84% | 174 | 1.63% | 59 | 0.55% | -1,118 | -10.48% | 10,672 |
Mille Lacs | 4,376 | 42.68% | 5,223 | 50.94% | 448 | 4.37% | 156 | 1.52% | 50 | 0.49% | -847 | -8.26% | 10,253 |
Morrison | 5,274 | 35.93% | 8,197 | 55.85% | 633 | 4.31% | 493 | 3.36% | 80 | 0.55% | -2,923 | -19.92% | 14,677 |
Mower | 10,693 | 57.86% | 6,873 | 37.19% | 678 | 3.67% | 143 | 0.77% | 93 | 0.50% | 3,820 | 20.67% | 18,480 |
Murray | 2,093 | 44.04% | 2,407 | 50.64% | 149 | 3.13% | 73 | 1.54% | 31 | 0.65% | -314 | -6.61% | 4,753 |
Nicollet | 7,041 | 45.94% | 7,221 | 47.11% | 842 | 5.49% | 169 | 1.10% | 54 | 0.35% | -180 | -1.17% | 15,327 |
Nobles | 3,760 | 42.38% | 4,766 | 53.72% | 238 | 2.68% | 72 | 0.81% | 36 | 0.41% | -1,006 | -11.34% | 8,872 |
Norman | 1,575 | 43.26% | 1,808 | 49.66% | 123 | 3.38% | 115 | 3.16% | 20 | 0.55% | -233 | -6.40% | 3,641 |
Olmsted | 25,822 | 43.48% | 30,641 | 51.59% | 2,198 | 3.70% | 369 | 0.62% | 362 | 0.61% | -4,819 | -8.11% | 59,392 |
Otter Tail | 9,844 | 34.53% | 16,963 | 59.50% | 1,120 | 3.93% | 450 | 1.58% | 134 | 0.47% | -7,119 | -24.97% | 28,511 |
Pennington | 2,458 | 38.89% | 3,380 | 53.48% | 255 | 4.03% | 193 | 3.05% | 34 | 0.54% | -922 | -14.59% | 6,320 |
Pine | 6,148 | 47.05% | 5,854 | 44.80% | 734 | 5.62% | 258 | 1.97% | 74 | 0.57% | 294 | 2.25% | 13,068 |
Pipestone | 1,970 | 40.25% | 2,693 | 55.03% | 140 | 2.86% | 64 | 1.31% | 27 | 0.55% | -723 | -14.77% | 4,894 |
Polk | 5,764 | 40.76% | 7,609 | 53.81% | 369 | 2.61% | 337 | 2.38% | 61 | 0.43% | -1,845 | -13.05% | 14,140 |
Pope | 2,771 | 46.28% | 2,808 | 46.90% | 264 | 4.41% | 123 | 2.05% | 21 | 0.35% | -37 | -0.62% | 5,987 |
Ramsey | 138,470 | 56.69% | 87,669 | 35.89% | 15,522 | 6.35% | 1,395 | 0.57% | 1,222 | 0.50% | 50,801 | 20.80% | 244,278 |
Red Lake | 830 | 39.71% | 1,090 | 52.15% | 68 | 3.25% | 88 | 4.21% | 14 | 0.67% | -260 | -12.44% | 2,090 |
Redwood | 2,681 | 34.60% | 4,589 | 59.23% | 314 | 4.05% | 123 | 1.59% | 41 | 0.53% | -1,908 | -24.63% | 7,748 |
Renville | 3,533 | 43.50% | 4,036 | 49.69% | 355 | 4.37% | 171 | 2.11% | 27 | 0.33% | -503 | -6.19% | 8,122 |
Rice | 13,140 | 50.50% | 10,876 | 41.80% | 1,639 | 6.30% | 234 | 0.90% | 132 | 0.51% | 2,264 | 8.70% | 26,021 |
Rock | 2,081 | 41.54% | 2,772 | 55.33% | 116 | 2.32% | 18 | 0.36% | 23 | 0.46% | -691 | -13.79% | 5,010 |
Roseau | 2,128 | 29.70% | 4,695 | 65.52% | 176 | 2.46% | 126 | 1.76% | 41 | 0.57% | -2,567 | -35.82% | 7,166 |
Saint Louis | 64,237 | 59.78% | 35,420 | 32.96% | 6,290 | 5.85% | 977 | 0.91% | 540 | 0.50% | 28,817 | 26.82% | 107,464 |
Scott | 17,503 | 39.97% | 23,954 | 54.70% | 1,829 | 4.18% | 307 | 0.70% | 200 | 0.46% | -6,451 | -14.73% | 43,793 |
Sherburne | 12,109 | 39.27% | 16,813 | 54.53% | 1,501 | 4.87% | 289 | 0.94% | 123 | 0.40% | -4,704 | -15.26% | 30,835 |
Sibley | 2,687 | 36.63% | 4,087 | 55.72% | 361 | 4.92% | 156 | 2.13% | 44 | 0.60% | -1,400 | -19.09% | 7,335 |
Stearns | 24,800 | 39.70% | 32,402 | 51.86% | 3,820 | 6.11% | 1,131 | 1.81% | 323 | 0.52% | -7,602 | -12.17% | 62,476 |
Steele | 6,900 | 42.95% | 8,223 | 51.18% | 697 | 4.34% | 179 | 1.11% | 67 | 0.42% | -1,323 | -8.23% | 16,066 |
Stevens | 2,434 | 42.32% | 2,831 | 49.22% | 393 | 6.83% | 68 | 1.18% | 26 | 0.45% | -397 | -6.90% | 5,752 |
Swift | 2,698 | 49.62% | 2,376 | 43.70% | 218 | 4.01% | 118 | 2.17% | 27 | 0.50% | 322 | 5.92% | 5,437 |
Todd | 4,132 | 37.25% | 6,031 | 54.37% | 485 | 4.37% | 388 | 3.50% | 56 | 0.50% | -1,899 | -17.12% | 11,092 |
Traverse | 884 | 41.98% | 1,074 | 51.00% | 86 | 4.08% | 54 | 2.56% | 8 | 0.38% | -190 | -9.02% | 2,106 |
Wabasha | 4,522 | 42.94% | 5,245 | 49.81% | 571 | 5.42% | 136 | 1.29% | 57 | 0.54% | -723 | -6.87% | 10,531 |
Wadena | 2,251 | 35.27% | 3,733 | 58.49% | 253 | 3.96% | 115 | 1.80% | 30 | 0.47% | -1,482 | -23.22% | 6,382 |
Waseca | 3,694 | 41.67% | 4,608 | 51.99% | 398 | 4.49% | 129 | 1.46% | 35 | 0.39% | -914 | -10.31% | 8,864 |
Washington | 49,637 | 46.39% | 51,502 | 48.13% | 4,891 | 4.57% | 582 | 0.54% | 397 | 0.37% | -1,865 | -1.74% | 107,009 |
Watonwan | 2,258 | 43.98% | 2,562 | 49.90% | 212 | 4.13% | 79 | 1.54% | 23 | 0.45% | -304 | -5.92% | 5,134 |
Wilkin | 1,046 | 31.65% | 2,032 | 61.48% | 77 | 2.33% | 129 | 3.90% | 21 | 0.64% | -986 | -29.83% | 3,305 |
Winona | 11,069 | 46.28% | 10,773 | 45.04% | 1,750 | 7.32% | 190 | 0.79% | 136 | 0.57% | 296 | 1.24% | 23,918 |
Wright | 16,762 | 38.65% | 23,861 | 55.02% | 1,977 | 4.56% | 485 | 1.12% | 281 | 0.65% | -7,099 | -16.37% | 43,366 |
Yellow Medicine | 2,528 | 45.84% | 2,598 | 47.11% | 232 | 4.21% | 121 | 2.19% | 36 | 0.65% | -70 | -1.27% | 5,515 |
Totals | 1,168,266 | 47.91% | 1,109,659 | 45.50% | 126,696 | 5.20% | 22,166 | 0.91% | 11,898 | 0.49% | 58,607 | 2.40% | 2,438,685 |
By congressional district[]
Bush won five of eight congressional districts.[6]
District | Gore | Bush | Representative |
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1st | 46% | 48% | Gil Gutknecht |
2nd | 40% | 54% | David Minge |
Mark Kennedy | |||
3rd | 45% | 50% | Jim Ramstad |
4th | 56% | 36% | Bruce Vento |
Betty McCollum | |||
5th | 63% | 28% | Martin Olav Sabo |
6th | 46% | 48% | Bill Luther |
7th | 39% | 54% | Collin Peterson |
8th | 49% | 44% | Jim Oberstar |
Electors[]
Technically the voters of Minnesota cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Minnesota is allocated ten electors because it has eight congressional districts and two senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 10 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 10 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[7] 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 Gore and Lieberman:[8]
- Carol Bartels
- Prudy Cameron
- Joan Campbell
- Elmer Deutschmann
- Elizabeth Kalisch
- Matthew Little
- Glenda Meixell
- John Meuers
- Janis Ray
- Georgiana Ruzich
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Office of the State Of Minnesota Secretary of State". www.sos.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
- ^ Menendez, Albert J. The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 121 ISBN 0786422173
- ^ Dave Leip. "Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Minnesota". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Our Campaigns; Our Campaigns: MN US President, November 07, 2000
- ^ https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/data.php?year=2000&fips=27&f=0&off=0&elect=0&datatype=cd&def=1
- ^ http://www.uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/ARTICLES/pe2000timeline.php
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2009-10-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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