United States presidential election in Oregon, 2000

United States presidential election in Oregon, 2000
1996 ←
 November 7, 2000
 → 2004
 
Nominee Albert Gore Jr. George W. Bush
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Tennessee Texas
Running mate Joe Lieberman Dick Cheney
Electoral vote 7 0
Popular vote 720,343 713,577
Percentage 46.96% 46.52%
Electoral results by county
President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

 Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

Oregon has been mostly been a blue state over recent years as it has voted Democrat in every presidential election since 1984. Although in 2000, the state unusually voted for Al Gore by a small margin, mostly because of its strong showing for Ralph Nader. Over the next two election cycles, the state would trend democrat. Almost 80% of registered voters came out to vote on election day, the highest in the country.

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Results

Official state results from the Oregon Secretary of State are as follows:[1]

United States presidential election in Oregon, 2000
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Al Gore 720,342 46.96% 7
Republican George W. Bush 713,577 46.52% 0
Green Ralph Nader 77,357 5.04% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne 7,447 0.49% 0
Reform Pat Buchanan 7,063 0.46% 0
Write-ins Write-ins 3,419 0.22% 0
Natural Law John Hagelin 2,574 0.17% 0
Constitution Howard Phillips 2,189 0.14% 0
Totals 1,533,968 100.00% 7
Voter turnout (Voting age population) 64.7%

By county

Official county results from the Oregon Secretary of State are as follows:[1]

County George W. Bush  % Al Gore  % Ralph Nader  % Others  %
Baker 5,618 68.03 2,195 26.58 289 3.50 156 1.89
Benton 15,825 41.40 19,444 50.87 2,463 6.44 494 1.30
Clackamas 77,539 47.79 76,421 47.10 6,357 3.92 1,945 1.20
Clatsop 6,950 42.19 8,296 50.36 939 5.70 289 1.75
Columbia 9,369 44.20 10,331 48.74 970 4.58 525 2.47
Coos 15,626 53.19 11,610 39.52 1,410 4.80 733 2.51
Crook 5,363 64.79 2,474 29.89 258 3.12 182 2.20
Curry 6,551 56.90 4,090 35.53 603 5.24 269 2.33
Deschutes 32,132 55.51 22,061 38.11 2,799 4.84 893 1.55
Douglas 30,294 64.16 14,193 30.06 1,768 3.74 965 2.04
Gilliam 679 62.29 359 32.94 37 3.39 15 1.39
Grant 3,078 80.03 589 15.31 98 2.55 81 2.11
Harney 2,799 74.96 766 20.51 84 2.25 85 2.27
Hood River 3,721 43.53 4,072 47.63 645 7.54 111 1.30
Jackson 46,052 54.31 33,153 39.10 4,207 4.96 1,384 1.63
Jefferson 3,838 55.64 2,681 38.87 247 3.58 131 1.89
Josephine 22,186 60.39 11,864 32.29 1,783 4.85 900 2.45
Klamath 18,855 67.73 7,541 27.08 867 3.11 581 2.08
Lake 2,830 75.89 707 18.95 108 2.89 84 2.25
Lane 61,578 40.46 78,583 51.63 10,245 6.73 1,782 1.17

By congressional district

References

  1. ^ a b Elections Division (November 2000). "November 7, 2000 General Election - United States President". Oregon Secretary of State. http://oregonvotes.org/nov72000/other.info/pres.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-22. 
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