2000 United States presidential election in West Virginia

2000 United States presidential election in West Virginia

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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 5 0 Popular vote 336,475 295,497 Percentage 51.92% 45.59%

County Results Bush   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80% Gore   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%

President before election Bill Clinton Democratic Elected President George W. Bush Republican

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The 2000 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 7, 2000 as part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 5 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

West Virginia gave its 5 electoral votes to the Republican nominee, Governor of Texas George W. Bush, marking the first time a Republican carried the state since Ronald Reagan in 1984, and only the fourth time since 1932. While West Virginia was traditionally a Democratic stronghold, Gore was seen as an environmental extremist due to the large coal industry in the state.^[1] This election marked the beginning of a political realignment in West Virginia toward the Republican Party; the Mountain State would become the only state to vote against George H. W. Bush twice and for George W. Bush twice. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which the Democratic candidate won Kanawha County, Harrison County, Lincoln County, and Wyoming County. This was the first time since 1928 that a non-incumbent Republican won West Virginia, and was only the fourth time since that election where a Democrat lost the state. It would also be the last time any candidate won the state by a single-digit margin, and the last time the state would vote to the left of neighboring Virginia. Bush’s victory in West Virginia also turned out to be decisive, as Gore would have won the presidency had he carried it.

As of 2020, this is the last presidential election in which a Democrat won any congressional district in the state and the last time the state was won by single digits.

This is the last time West Virginia voted to the left of neighboring Virginia, as well as North Carolina and Colorado.

Primaries[]

Results[]

2000 United States presidential election in West Virginia
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote		Swing
				Count	%	Count	%
	Republican	George W. Bush of Texas	Dick Cheney of Wyoming	336,475	51.92%	5	{{{evprct}}}	15.16%
	Democratic	Al Gore of Tennessee	Joe Lieberman of Connecticut	295,497	45.59%	0	{{{evprct}}}	5.92%
	Green	Ralph Nader of Connecticut	Winona LaDuke of Minnesota	10,680	1.65%	0	{{{evprct}}}	1.65%
	Reform	Pat Buchanan of Virginia	Ezola B. Foster of California	3,169	0.49%	0	{{{evprct}}}	10.77%
	Libertarian	Harry Browne of Tennessee	Art Olivier of California	1,912	0.30%	0	{{{evprct}}}	0.18%
	Constitution	Howard Phillips of Virginia	Darrell Castle of Tennessee	23	0.00%	0	{{{evprct}}}
	Natural Law	John Hagelin of Iowa	Nat Goldhaber of California	367	0.06%	0	{{{evprct}}}	0.06%
	Write-in	Various of Various	Various of Various	1	0.00%	0	{{{evprct}}}
Total				648,124	100.00%	5	{{{evprct}}}

By congressional district[]

Bush won two of the three congressional districts.^[2]

By county[]

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