2000 United States presidential election in Indiana
November 7, 2000
Turnout55%
 
Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Texas Tennessee
Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman
Electoral vote 12 0
Popular vote 1,245,836 901,980
Percentage 56.65% 41.01%
County Results
President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

 Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

The 2000 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Indiana was won by Texas Governor George W. Bush. He won a majority of the counties and congressional districts in the state. Gore only won two congressional districts and six counties. However, Gore won five of the six counties by very small margins. Lake County, part of the Chicago metropolitan area and the state's second most-populous county,[1] was Gore's best performance, winning with over 60%. Bush ran up the margins in more conservative rural areas to help him win the state. Bush won Vigo County with 49.7% of the vote, which is considered the most reliable bellwether county in the nation.

This would be the last time that Marion County (containing the state's largest city, Indianapolis) and Monroe County voted for the Republican nominee, as they would end up shifting to Democratic strongholds in future elections. Conversely, this is also the last time that Scott County voted for the Democratic candidate. Bush became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying LaPorte County since Benjamin Harrison in 1888.

Results

2000 United States presidential election in Indiana[2]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican George Walker Bush and Richard Bruce Cheney 1,245,836 56.65% 12
Democratic Albert Arnold Gore Jr. and Joseph Isadore Lieberman 901,980 41.01% 0
Write In Ralph Nader and Winona LaDuke 18,531 0.8% 0
Reform Patrick Buchanan 16,959 0.8% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne 15,530 0.7% 0
Write In Howard Phillips 200 0.0% 0
Write In John Hagelin 167 0.0% 0
Totals 2,199,203 100.00% 12
Voter turnout (Voting age/registered) 49%/55%

By county

[3]

County George W. Bush
Republican		 Al Gore
Democratic		 Various candidates
Other parties		 Margin Total
# % # % # % # %
Adams 8,555 67.95% 3,775 29.98% 260 2.07% 4,780 37.97% 12,590
Allen 70,426 61.60% 41,636 36.42% 2,258 1.98% 28,790 25.18% 114,320
Bartholomew 16,200 62.87% 9,015 34.98% 554 2.15% 7,185 27.89% 25,769
Benton 2,441 63.01% 1,328 34.28% 105 2.71% 1,113 28.73% 3,874
Blackford 2,699 55.16% 2,103 42.98% 91 1.86% 596 12.18% 4,893
Boone 13,161 71.54% 4,763 25.89% 472 2.57% 8,398 45.65% 18,396
Brown 3,871 56.78% 2,608 38.26% 338 4.96% 1,263 18.52% 6,817
Carroll 5,102 61.71% 2,965 35.86% 201 2.43% 2,137 25.85% 8,268
Cass 9,305 61.60% 5,412 35.83% 389 2.58% 3,893 25.77% 15,106
Clark 19,417 52.01% 17,360 46.50% 559 1.50% 2,057 5.51% 37,336
Clay 6,393 62.94% 3,605 35.49% 160 1.58% 2,788 27.45% 10,158
Clinton 7,141 64.97% 3,643 33.15% 207 1.88% 3,498 31.82% 10,991
Crawford 2,327 55.29% 1,817 43.17% 65 1.54% 510 12.12% 4,209
Daviess 6,872 70.40% 2,697 27.63% 192 1.97% 4,175 42.77% 9,761
Dearborn 11,452 64.88% 6,020 34.11% 178 1.01% 5,432 30.77% 17,650
Decatur 6,115 66.68% 2,889 31.50% 167 1.82% 3,226 35.18% 9,171
DeKalb 8,701 63.12% 4,776 34.65% 308 2.23% 3,925 28.47% 13,785
Delaware 22,105 50.07% 20,876 47.29% 1,166 2.64% 1,229 2.78% 44,147
Dubois 10,134 65.36% 5,090 32.83% 280 1.81% 5,044 32.53% 15,504
Elkhart 36,756 67.46% 16,402 30.11% 1,324 2.43% 20,354 37.35% 54,482
Fayette 5,060 58.52% 3,415 39.49% 172 1.99% 1,645 19.03% 8,647
Floyd 16,486 54.90% 13,209 43.99% 335 1.12% 3,277 10.91% 30,030
Fountain 4,408 60.54% 2,717 37.32% 156 2.14% 1,691 23.22% 7,281
Franklin 5,587 67.00% 2,591 31.07% 161 1.93% 2,996 35.93% 8,339
Fulton 5,218 62.66% 2,960 35.55% 149 1.79% 2,258 27.11% 8,327
Gibson 7,734 56.16% 5,802 42.13% 236 1.71% 1,932 14.03% 13,772
Grant 16,153 61.22% 9,712 36.81% 521 1.97% 6,441 24.41% 26,386
Greene 7,452 59.05% 4,898 38.81% 269 2.13% 2,554 20.24% 12,619
Hamilton 56,372 74.25% 18,002 23.71% 1,552 2.04% 38,370 50.54% 75,926
Hancock 15,943 69.47% 6,503 28.34% 504 2.20% 9,440 41.13% 22,950
Harrison 8,711 58.48% 5,870 39.41% 315 2.11% 2,841 19.07% 14,896
Hendricks 28,651 71.23% 10,786 26.82% 784 1.95% 17,865 44.41% 40,221
Henry 10,321 56.35% 7,647 41.75% 347 1.89% 2,674 14.60% 18,315
Howard 20,331 59.63% 12,899 37.83% 865 2.54% 7,432 21.80% 34,095
Huntington 10,113 69.17% 4,119 28.17% 388 2.65% 5,994 41.00% 14,620
Jackson 9,054 62.01% 5,330 36.50% 218 1.49% 3,724 25.51% 14,602
Jasper 7,212 64.58% 3,744 33.53% 211 1.89% 3,468 31.05% 11,167
Jay 4,687 58.37% 3,167 39.44% 176 2.19% 1,520 18.93% 8,030
Jefferson 6,582 55.17% 5,117 42.89% 232 1.94% 1,465 12.28% 11,931
Jennings 5,732 60.37% 3,549 37.38% 213 2.24% 2,183 22.99% 9,494
Johnson 29,404 69.54% 11,952 28.27% 928 2.19% 17,452 41.27% 42,284
Knox 8,485 56.36% 6,300 41.85% 269 1.79% 2,185 14.51% 15,054
Kosciusko 19,040 75.30% 5,785 22.88% 459 1.82% 13,255 52.42% 25,284
LaGrange 5,437 65.25% 2,733 32.80% 163 1.96% 2,704 32.45% 8,333
Lake 63,389 36.02% 109,078 61.98% 3,527 2.00% -45,689 -25.96% 175,994
LaPorte 18,994 47.79% 19,736 49.65% 1,017 2.56% -742 -1.86% 39,747
Lawrence 10,677 66.14% 5,071 31.41% 394 2.44% 5,606 34.73% 16,142
Madison 27,956 53.54% 23,403 44.82% 857 1.64% 4,553 8.72% 52,216
Marion 137,810 49.23% 134,189 47.94% 7,904 2.82% 3,621 1.29% 279,903
Marshall 10,266 63.57% 5,541 34.31% 343 2.12% 4,725 29.26% 16,150
Martin 3,008 65.26% 1,518 32.94% 83 1.80% 1,490 32.32% 4,609
Miami 8,401 64.98% 4,155 32.14% 372 2.88% 4,246 32.84% 12,928
Monroe 19,147 47.61% 17,523 43.57% 3,550 8.83% 1,624 4.04% 40,220
Montgomery 8,891 67.87% 3,899 29.76% 311 2.37% 4,992 38.11% 13,101
Morgan 15,286 69.37% 6,228 28.26% 522 2.37% 9,058 41.11% 22,036
Newton 3,250 58.98% 2,101 38.13% 159 2.89% 1,149 20.85% 5,510
Noble 9,103 64.03% 4,822 33.92% 291 2.05% 4,281 30.11% 14,216
Ohio 1,515 60.79% 951 38.16% 26 1.04% 564 22.63% 2,492
Orange 4,687 62.85% 2,601 34.88% 170 2.28% 2,086 27.97% 7,458
Owen 4,019 61.80% 2,253 34.65% 231 3.55% 1,766 27.15% 6,503
Parke 3,841 59.58% 2,481 38.48% 125 1.94% 1,360 21.10% 6,447
Perry 3,461 46.85% 3,823 51.75% 103 1.39% -362 -4.90% 7,387
Pike 3,566 56.59% 2,605 41.34% 131 2.08% 961 15.25% 6,302
Porter 31,157 52.47% 26,790 45.12% 1,431 2.41% 4,367 7.35% 59,378
Posey 6,498 58.49% 4,430 39.87% 182 1.64% 2,068 18.62% 11,110
Pulaski 3,497 63.37% 1,919 34.78% 102 1.85% 1,578 28.59% 5,518
Putnam 7,352 61.93% 4,123 34.73% 396 3.34% 3,229 27.20% 11,871
Randolph 6,020 59.42% 3,906 38.55% 206 2.03% 2,114 20.87% 10,132
Ripley 6,988 65.46% 3,498 32.77% 189 1.77% 3,490 32.69% 10,675
Rush 4,749 65.20% 2,370 32.54% 165 2.27% 2,379 32.66% 7,284
Scott 3,761 47.94% 3,915 49.90% 170 2.17% -154 -1.96% 7,846
Shelby 9,590 62.64% 5,374 35.10% 346 2.26% 4,216 27.54% 15,310
Spencer 5,096 56.70% 3,752 41.75% 139 1.55% 1,344 14.95% 8,987
St. Joseph 47,581 48.81% 47,703 48.94% 2,190 2.25% -122 -0.13% 97,474
Starke 4,349 49.98% 4,136 47.53% 216 2.48% 213 2.45% 8,701
Steuben 6,953 61.66% 4,103 36.38% 221 1.96% 2,850 25.28% 11,277
Sullivan 4,319 52.28% 3,833 46.39% 110 1.33% 486 5.89% 8,262
Switzerland 1,831 56.53% 1,336 41.25% 72 2.22% 495 15.28%
Tippecanoe 26,106 56.39% 18,220 39.36% 1,969 4.25% 7,886 17.03% 46,295
Tipton 4,784 65.39% 2,392 32.70% 140 1.91% 2,392 32.69% 7,316
Union 1,838 64.99% 927 32.78% 63 2.23% 911 32.21% 2,828
Vanderburgh 35,846 54.13% 29,222 44.13% 1,153 1.74% 6,624 10.00% 66,221
Vermillion 3,130 47.19% 3,370 50.81% 133 2.01% -240 -3.62% 6,633
Vigo 18,021 49.74% 17,570 48.50% 637 1.76% 451 1.24% 36,228
Wabash 8,321 64.59% 4,277 33.20% 285 2.21% 4,044 31.39% 12,883
Warren 2,218 58.86% 1,471 39.04% 79 2.10% 747 19.82% 3,768
Warrick 13,205 59.19% 8,749 39.22% 355 1.59% 4,456 19.97% 22,309
Washington 5,868 59.87% 3,675 37.50% 258 2.63% 2,193 22.37% 9,801
Wayne 14,273 56.75% 10,273 40.85% 605 2.41% 4,000 15.90% 25,151
Wells 7,755 68.74% 3,319 29.42% 207 1.83% 4,436 39.32% 11,281
White 6,037 60.96% 3,655 36.90% 212 2.14% 2,382 24.06% 9,904
Whitley 8,080 64.99% 4,107 33.04% 245 1.97% 3,973 31.95% 12,432
Totals1,245,83656.65%901,98041.01%51,4862.34%343,85615.63%2,199,302

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Bush won 8 of 10 congressional districts, including two held by Democrats.[4]

District Bush Gore Representative
1st 38% 58% Pete Visclosky
2nd 56% 41% David M. McIntosh
Mike Pence
3rd 55% 42% Tim Roemer
4th 62% 34% Mark Souder
5th 60% 36% Steve Buyer
6th 67% 28% Dan Burton
7th 61% 35% Edward A. Pease
Brian D. Kerns
8th 55% 40% John Hostettler
9th 57% 39% Baron Hill
10th 38% 59% Julia Carson

Electors

Technically the voters of Indiana cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Indiana is allocated 12 electors because it has 10 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 12 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 12 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[5] 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:[6]

  1. Rodric D. Bray
  2. Roger A. Chiabai
  3. Beverly Gard
  4. Don Heckard
  5. Marla Irving
  6. Virginia Lee
  7. P.E. MacAllister
  8. Barbara L. McClellan
  9. Michael D. McDaniel
  10. Max Middendorf
  11. Michael Miner
  12. Virgil Scheidt

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 18, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  2. ↑ "2000 Presidential General Election Results - Indiana".
  3. ↑ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".
  4. ↑ 2000 Presidential General Election Results - Indiana US Election Atlas
  5. ↑ "2000 Post-Election Timeline of Events".
  6. ↑ "President Elect - 2000". Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
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