2000 United States presidential election in Mississippi

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2000 United States presidential election in Mississippi
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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 7 0
Popular vote 573,230 404,964
Percentage 57.62% 40.70%
Mississippi Presidential Election Results 2000.svg
County Results
President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

Elections in Mississippi
Federal government
State government
Ballot measures
City of Jackson
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The 2000 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 7 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Mississippi was won by Governor George W. Bush with a double digit margin of victory of 16.92%. Bush won most of the counties and congressional districts of the state. Bush dominated the east part of the state.[citation needed] Gore did well in the western part of the state, where he won the 2nd district.[citation needed] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Jasper County voted for the Republican candidate and the last election in which Yalobusha County voted for the Democratic candidate. This is also the last election in which Mississippi voted to the right of neighboring Alabama.

Results[]

2000 United States presidential election in Mississippi[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican George W. Bush 573,230 57.6% 7
Democratic Al Gore 404,964 40.7% 0
Green Ralph Nader 8,126 0.8% 0
Constitution Howard Phillips 3,267 0.3% 0
Reform Patrick Buchanan 2,267 0.2% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne 2,009 0.2% 0
Socialist Workers James Harris 613 0.1% 0
Natural Law John Hagelin 450 0.1% 0
Totals - 100.00% 7
Voter turnout (Voting age/registered) 48%/57%

By county[]

County Gore% Gore# Bush% Bush# Others% Others# Total
Adams 54.20% 8,065 44.97% 6,691 0.83% 123 14,879
Alcorn 40.03% 5,059 57.40% 7,254 2.57% 325 12,638
Amite 41.71% 2,673 57.38% 3,677 0.91% 58 6,408
Attala 40.74% 2,922 58.64% 4,206 0.63% 45 7,173
Benton 54.18% 1,886 44.84% 1,561 0.98% 34 3,481
Bolivar 61.61% 8,509 36.54% 5,047 1.85% 255 13,811
Calhoun 39.09% 2,251 59.88% 3,448 1.02% 59 5,758
Carroll 35.07% 1,726 64.30% 3,165 0.63% 31 4,922
Chickasaw 49.05% 3,519 49.46% 3,549 1.49% 107 7,175
Choctaw 34.36% 1,278 64.48% 2,398 1.16% 43 3,719
Claiborne 79.52% 3,670 19.13% 883 1.34% 62 4,615
Clarke 34.22% 2,368 65.08% 4,503 0.69% 48 6,919
Clay 55.51% 4,554 43.52% 3,570 0.98% 80 8,204
Coahoma 59.27% 5,662 38.68% 3,695 2.05% 196 9,553
Copiah 45.76% 4,845 53.30% 5,643 0.94% 99 10,587
Covington 38.05% 2,615 60.82% 4,180 1.13% 78 6,873
DeSoto 27.43% 9,586 71.19% 24,874 1.38% 481 34,941
Forrest 38.21% 8,502 59.68% 13,281 2.11% 470 22,253
Franklin 37.45% 1,486 61.16% 2,427 1.39% 55 3,968
George 27.14% 1,977 70.61% 5,143 2.25% 164 7,284
Greene 29.89% 1,317 69.27% 3,052 0.84% 37 4,406
Grenada 44.12% 3,813 54.88% 4,743 1.01% 87 8,643
Hancock 32.96% 4,791 64.15% 9,326 2.90% 421 14,538
Harrison 36.46% 18,022 61.21% 30,255 2.32% 1,149 49,426
Hinds 53.31% 46,789 43.01% 37,753 3.68% 3,228 87,770
Holmes 72.91% 4,414 26.58% 1,609 0.51% 31 6,054
Humphreys 58.01% 2,288 41.28% 1,628 0.71% 28 3,944
Issaquena 58.98% 555 38.89% 366 2.13% 20 941
Itawamba 34.96% 2,994 63.33% 5,424 1.70% 146 8,564
Jackson 31.46% 14,193 66.65% 30,068 1.89% 851 45,112
Jasper 48.19% 3,104 51.05% 3,288 0.76% 49 6,441
Jefferson 81.75% 2,786 17.61% 600 0.65% 22 3,408
Jefferson Davis 53.32% 2,835 45.83% 2,437 0.85% 45 5,317
Jones 31.69% 7,713 67.14% 16,340 1.18% 286 24,339
Kemper 54.44% 2,329 44.74% 1,914 0.82% 35 4,278
Lafayette 40.53% 5,139 55.85% 7,081 3.61% 458 12,678
Lamar 20.95% 3,478 77.07% 12,795 1.98% 329 16,602
Lauderdale 32.39% 8,412 66.67% 17,315 0.94% 243 25,970
Lawrence 50.61% 3,839 48.44% 3,674 0.95% 72 7,585
Leake 40.19% 2,795 59.16% 4,114 0.65% 45 6,954
Lee 36.14% 8,786 62.25% 15,136 1.61% 392 24,314
Leflore 56.76% 6,395 41.03% 4,622 2.21% 249 11,266
Lincoln 33.52% 4,358 65.69% 8,540 0.78% 102 13,000
Lowndes 41.24% 7,422 57.18% 10,289 1.58% 284 17,995
Madison 34.89% 10,416 64.03% 19,115 1.09% 324 29,855
Marion 37.41% 4,114 61.79% 6,796 0.80% 88 10,998
Marshall 61.43% 7,735 37.51% 4,723 1.06% 134 12,592
Monroe 43.27% 5,783 55.35% 7,397 1.38% 184 13,364
Montgomery 45.10% 2,187 54.24% 2,630 0.66% 32 4,849
Neshoba 28.27% 2,563 70.69% 6,409 1.04% 94 9,066
Newton 27.75% 2,147 71.59% 5,540 0.66% 51 7,738
Noxubee 68.29% 3,383 30.88% 1,530 0.83% 41 4,954
Oktibbeha 43.56% 6,298 53.70% 7,764 2.74% 396 14,458
Panola 52.06% 5,875 47.18% 5,324 0.75% 85 11,284
Pearl River 27.98% 4,611 70.25% 11,575 1.77% 291 16,477
Perry 29.48% 1,285 69.42% 3,026 1.10% 48 4,359
Pike 46.42% 6,544 52.45% 7,394 1.12% 158 14,096
Pontotoc 29.14% 2,771 69.41% 6,601 1.45% 138 9,510
Prentiss 38.79% 3,282 60.10% 5,085 1.11% 94 8,461
Quitman 61.62% 2,103 37.50% 1,280 0.88% 30 3,413
Rankin 19.43% 8,050 79.60% 32,983 0.97% 402 41,435
Scott 38.54% 3,548 60.85% 5,601 0.61% 56 9,205
Sharkey 58.77% 1,706 37.00% 1,074 4.24% 123 2,903
Simpson 33.29% 3,167 65.73% 6,254 0.98% 93 9,514
Smith 24.82% 1,620 74.11% 4,838 1.07% 70 6,528
Stone 30.36% 1,677 67.03% 3,702 2.61% 144 5,523
Sunflower 59.20% 4,981 40.04% 3,369 0.76% 64 8,414
Tallahatchie 55.06% 3,041 43.96% 2,428 0.98% 54 5,523
Tate 39.59% 3,441 59.22% 5,147 1.20% 104 8,692
Tippah 34.61% 2,908 64.04% 5,381 1.36% 114 8,403
Tishomingo 39.29% 2,747 58.95% 4,122 1.76% 123 6,992
Tunica 65.05% 1,539 33.47% 792 1.48% 35 2,366
Union 33.23% 3,094 65.38% 6,087 1.39% 129 9,310
Walthall 39.97% 2,356 58.97% 3,476 1.07% 63 5,895
Warren 40.19% 7,485 58.49% 10,892 1.32% 246 18,623
Washington 56.76% 10,405 40.20% 7,369 3.03% 556 18,330
Wayne 38.67% 2,979 60.17% 4,635 1.16% 89 7,703
Webster 31.38% 1,426 67.52% 3,069 1.10% 50 4,545
Wilkinson 62.25% 2,551 34.72% 1,423 3.03% 124 4,098
Winston 43.98% 3,691 55.41% 4,650 0.61% 51 8,392
Yalobusha 51.15% 2,674 47.25% 2,470 1.61% 84 5,228
Yazoo 47.52% 4,997 49.96% 5,254 2.52% 265 10,516

By congressional district[]

Bush won 4 of 5 congressional districts.

District Bush Gore Representative
1st 60% 38% Roger Wicker
2nd 39% 59% Bennie G. Thompson
3rd 67% 32% Chip Pickering
4th 54% 44% Ronnie Shows
5th 66% 32% Gene Taylor

Electors[]

Main article: List of 2000 United States presidential electors

Technically the voters of Mississippi cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Mississippi 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[2] 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:[3]

  1. Bob Anthony
  2. Miki Cassidy
  3. Thomas Colbert
  4. Delbert Hosemann
  5. Ellen Reineke
  6. John Junkin
  7. Kent Nicaud

References[]

  1. ^ "2000 Presidential General Election Results - Mississippi".
  2. ^ http://www.uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/ARTICLES/pe2000timeline.php
  3. ^ "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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