2000 United States presidential election in Maine
November 7, 2000
 
Nominee Al Gore George W. Bush Ralph Nader
Party Democratic Republican Green
Home state Tennessee Texas Connecticut
Running mate Joe Lieberman Dick Cheney Winona LaDuke
Electoral vote 4 0 0
Popular vote 319,951 286,616 37,127
Percentage 49.09% 43.97% 5.70%
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] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Waldo County and Lincoln County voted for the Republican candidate.

Bush was the first Republican to win election without winning the state since Richard Nixon in 1968, as well as the first ever to do so without Hancock County and the first to do so without Knox County since William McKinley in 1900.

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

Gore won both congressional districts.[3]

Maine's 1st congressional district
Candidate # of Votes  % of Votes
Al Gore 176,293 50.52%
George W. Bush 148,618 42.59%
Maine's 2nd congressional district
Candidate # of Votes  % of Votes
Al Gore 143,658 47.43%
George W. Bush 137,998 45.56%

By county

County Al Gore
Democratic		 George W. Bush
Republican		 Ralph Nader
Green		 Various candidates
Other parties		 Margin Total votes cast
#  % #  % #  % #  % #  %
Androscoggin 26,251 53.31% 19,948 40.51% 2,388 4.85% 658 1.34% 6,303 12.80% 49,245
Aroostook 17,196 48.93% 16,555 47.11% 1,055 3.00% 337 0.96% 641 1.82% 35,143
Cumberland 74,203 52.03% 58,543 41.05% 8,576 6.01% 1,298 0.91% 15,660 10.98% 142,620
Franklin 7,593 49.15% 6,459 41.81% 1,115 7.22% 281 1.82% 1,134 7.34% 15,448
Hancock 12,983 45.44% 12,732 44.56% 2,513 8.79% 346 1.21% 251 0.88% 28,574
Kennebec 31,198 52.96% 23,967 40.69% 2,955 5.02% 787 1.34% 7,231 12.28% 58,907
Knox 9,453 46.11% 8,968 43.74% 1,810 8.83% 270 1.32% 485 2.37% 20,501
Lincoln 8,634 43.89% 9,457 48.08% 1,323 6.73% 257 1.31% -823 -4.18% 19,671
Oxford 13,649 49.65% 11,835 43.05% 1,509 5.49% 500 1.82% 1,814 6.60% 27,493
Penobscot 32,868 44.90% 35,620 48.66% 3,772 5.15% 946 1.29% -2,752 -3.76% 73,206
Piscataquis 3,745 40.46% 4,845 52.34% 471 5.09% 195 2.11% -1,100 -11.88% 9,256
Sagadahoc 8,844 48.05% 8,052 43.75% 1,278 6.94% 232 1.26% 792 4.30% 18,406
Somerset 11,538 48.17% 10,684 44.61% 1,239 5.17% 490 2.05% 854 3.57% 23,951
Waldo 8,477 44.29% 8,689 45.40% 1,690 8.83% 282 1.47% -212 -1.11% 19,138
Washington 6,701 42.66% 7,958 50.66% 802 5.11% 247 1.57% -1,257 -8.00% 15,708
York 46,618 49.31% 42,304 44.74% 4,631 4.90% 997 1.05% 4,314 4.56% 94,550
Total319,95149.09%286,61643.97%37,1275.70%8,1231.25%33,3355.12%651,817

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

  1. ↑ "United States Presidential Election Results".
  2. ↑ "2000 Presidential General Election Results - Maine". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2001. Retrieved March 21, 2009.
  3. ↑ "General Election Tabulations November 7, 2000-President of the United States". Archived from the original on September 6, 2012.
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