United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 2000
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Massachusetts is one of the most Democratic states. The 2000 Presidential election featured Democratic United States Vice President Al Gore versus Republican Texas Governor George W. Bush. Despite Bush's tight victory, Gore handily won Massachusetts, with a 27% lead against George W. Bush who did not actively campaign there.
| Presidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Gore Jr. of Tennessee | Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut | Democrat | 12 | 1,616,487 | 59.80% |
| George W. Bush of Texas | Richard Cheney of Wyoming | Republican | 0 | 878,502 | 32.50% |
| Ralph Nader of Connecticut | Winona LaDuke of Minnesota | Green | 0 | 173,564 | 6.42% |
| Harry Browne of Tennessee | Art Olivier of California | Libertarian | 0 | 16,366 | 0.61% |
| Patrick Buchanan of Virginia | Ezola B. Foster of California | Reform | 0 | 11,149 | 0.41% |
| John Hagelin of Iowa | Dr. V. Tompkins | Independent | 0 | 2,884 | 0.11% |
| Others | - | - | 0 | 4,032 | 0.15% |
| Other elections: 2000, 2004, 2008 | |||||
Statewide winner in bold. See main article : U.S. presidential election, 2000.
[edit] Detailed county results
Counties are listed in order of % of Gore vote : the last column shows the county winner in 1996 and the gain of the Democratic party between the two elections.
| County | Albert Gore Jr. | George W. Bush | Ralph Nader | Others | 1996 result | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suffolk | 71.4% | 154,888 | 20.5% | 44,441 | 6.9% | 15,051 | 1.2% | 2,620 | -1.6 |
| Bristol | 64.5% | 136,325 | 29.7% | 62,848 | 4.5% | 9,554 | 1.2% | 2,610 | +0.1 |
| Berkshire | 63.9% | 37,934 | 26.6% | 15,805 | 7.5% | 4,472 | 2.0% | 1,200 | -0.8 |
| Dukes | 61.8% | 5,474 | 26.1% | 2,315 | 11.1% | 983 | 0.9% | 84 | -4.9 |
| Middlesex | 61.5% | 404,043 | 30.3% | 198,914 | 6.9% | 45,529 | 1.3% | 8,562 | -1.9 |
| Norfolk | 59.4% | 188,450 | 33.7% | 107,033 | 5.5% | 17,505 | 1.3% | 4,189 | -0.7 |
| Nantucket | 58.3% | 2,874 | 33.0% | 1,624 | 7.7% | 378 | 1.0% | 50 | -0.7 |
| Hampden | 58.2% | 100.103 | 34.6% | 59,558 | 6.0% | 10,326 | 1.2% | 2,106 | -2.8 |
| Essex | 57.5% | 178,400 | 35.4% | 110,010 | 5.8% | 17,955 | 1.3% | 3,968 | -1.2 |
| Hampshire | 56.2% | 38,543 | 28.0% | 19,202 | 14.6% | 10,010 | 1.3% | 871 | -7.9 |
| Worcester | 56.0% | 173,679 | 36.8% | 114,139 | 5.9% | 18,177 | 1.3% | 4,063 | -2.3 |
| Plymouth | 54.5% | 115,376 | 39.1% | 82,751 | 5.2% | 11,021 | 1.1% | 2,429 | -0.2 |
| Franklin | 53.8% | 17,945 | 30.5% | 10,176 | 13.9% | 4,627 | 1.9% | 618 | -6.5 |
| Barnstable | 51.5% | 62,363 | 41.0% | 49,686 | 6.6% | 7,976 | 0.9% | 1,061 | -2.0 |
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| General | 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 | |
| State | State Senate | 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 |
| State House | 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 | |
| Governor | 1982 (Dukakis), 1986 (Dukakis), 1990 (Weld), 1994 (Weld), 1998 (Cellucci), 2002 (Romney), 2006 (Patrick), 2010 | |
| Council | 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 | |
| Federal | U.S. Senate | Class 1: 1964 (T. Kennedy), 1970 (T. Kennedy), 1976 (T. Kennedy), 1982 (T. Kennedy), 1988 (T. Kennedy), 1994 (T. Kennedy), 2000 (T. Kennedy), 2006 (T. Kennedy), 2012 Class 2: 1936 (Lodge), …, 1966 (Brooke), 1972 (Brooke), 1978 (Tsongas), 1984 (Kerry), 1990 (Kerry), 1996 (Kerry), 2002 (Kerry), 2008 |
| U.S. House | 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007 (5th), 2008 | |
| President | 2000, 2004, 2008 (D prim), (R prim) | |
