2000 United States presidential election in Colorado
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The 2000 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 8 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Colorado was won by Governor George W. Bush by an 8.36% margin of victory. Almost 7% voted for a third-party candidate. Bush won a majority of the counties and congressional districts[citation needed]. Nader's best performance in the state, and in the nation by far was in San Miguel County, where he received over 17.20% of the vote [1] Nader's 2000 performance is still the Green Party's best performance as of the 2016 presidential election[update]. As of 2016, this is the last election in which San Juan County, Gunnison County, Clear Creek County, Routt County, Eagle County, and La Plata County voted for the Republican candidate.
Results
| United States presidential election in Colorado, 2000[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | George W. Bush | 883,745 | 50.75% | 8 | |
| Democratic | Al Gore | 738,227 | 42.39% | 0 | |
| Green | Ralph Nader | 91,434 | 5.25% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | 12,799 | 0.73% | 0 | |
| American | Patrick Buchanan | 10,465 | 0.60% | 0 | |
| Natural Law | John Hagelin | 2,240 | 0.13% | 0 | |
| Constitution | Howard Phillips | 1,319 | 0.08% | 0 | |
| Socialist | David McReynolds | 712 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Socialist Workers | James Harris | 216 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Earl Dodge | 208 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,741,365 | 100.00% | 8 | ||
| Voter turnout (Voting age) | 54% | ||||
By county
| County[3] | Gore | Votes | Bush | Votes | Nader | Votes | Others | Votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 50.19% | 54,132 | 44.10% | 47,561 | 3.86% | 4,165 | 1.85% | 1,994 | 107,852 |
| Alamosa | 43.38% | 2,455 | 50.49% | 2,857 | 4.68% | 265 | 1.44% | 82 | 5,659 |
| Arapahoe | 43.49% | 82,614 | 51.47% | 97,768 | 3.66% | 6,952 | 1.38% | 2,608 | 189,942 |
| Archuleta | 30.10% | 1,432 | 62.80% | 2,988 | 5.57% | 265 | 1.54% | 73 | 4,758 |
| Baca | 23.31% | 531 | 73.00% | 1,663 | 2.06% | 47 | 1.62% | 37 | 2,278 |
| Bent | 39.89% | 783 | 55.83% | 1,096 | 2.24% | 44 | 2.04% | 40 | 1,963 |
| Boulder | 50.12% | 69,983 | 36.44% | 50,873 | 11.82% | 16,498 | 1.63% | 2,272 | 139,626 |
| Chaffee | 36.37% | 2,768 | 56.50% | 4,300 | 6.03% | 459 | 1.09% | 83 | 7,610 |
| Cheyenne | 17.24% | 209 | 78.96% | 957 | 1.82% | 22 | 1.98% | 24 | 1,212 |
| Clear Creek | 44.44% | 2,188 | 45.63% | 2,247 | 7.19% | 354 | 2.73% | 135 | 4,924 |
| Conejos | 47.64% | 1,749 | 48.27% | 1,772 | 2.15% | 79 | 1.93% | 71 | 3,671 |
| Costilla | 63.96% | 1,054 | 30.58% | 504 | 4.31% | 71 | 1.15% | 19 | 1,648 |
| Crowley | 35.36% | 511 | 59.17% | 855 | 1.94% | 28 | 3.54% | 51 | 1,445 |
| Custer | 24.02% | 507 | 68.74% | 1,451 | 4.74% | 100 | 2.51% | 53 | 2,111 |
| Delta | 25.73% | 3,264 | 65.99% | 8,372 | 6.72% | 852 | 1.56% | 198 | 12,686 |
| Denver | 61.86% | 122,693 | 30.87% | 61,224 | 5.86% | 11,624 | 1.42% | 2,806 | 198,347 |
| Dolores | 25.84% | 293 | 65.34% | 741 | 6.44% | 73 | 2.38% | 27 | 1,134 |
| Douglas | 31.40% | 27,076 | 64.95% | 56,007 | 2.59% | 2,230 | 1.06% | 912 | 83,995 |
| Eagle | 44.59% | 6,772 | 47.18% | 7,165 | 6.88% | 1,045 | 1.35% | 206 | 15,188 |
| Elbert | 25.95% | 2,326 | 68.61% | 6,151 | 3.26% | 292 | 2.19% | 196 | 8,965 |
| El Paso | 30.78% | 61,799 | 63.91% | 128,294 | 3.54% | 7,116 | 1.76% | 3,548 | 200,757 |
| Fremont | 32.97% | 5,293 | 61.75% | 9,914 | 3.21% | 516 | 2.07% | 333 | 16,056 |
| Garfield | 35.59% | 6,087 | 53.22% | 9,103 | 9.40% | 1,608 | 1.80% | 306 | 17,104 |
| Gilpin | 44.58% | 1,099 | 40.81% | 1,006 | 11.20% | 276 | 3.40% | 84 | 2,465 |
| Grand | 36.33% | 2,308 | 56.19% | 3,570 | 5.76% | 366 | 1.71% | 109 | 6,353 |
| Gunnison | 42.27% | 3,059 | 43.23% | 3,128 | 12.81% | 927 | 1.69% | 122 | 7,236 |
| Hinsdale | 33.22% | 188 | 55.83% | 316 | 9.01% | 51 | 1.94% | 11 | 566 |
| Huerfano | 47.10% | 1,495 | 46.19% | 1,466 | 5.32% | 169 | 1.39% | 44 | 3,174 |
| Jackson | 18.70% | 173 | 73.73% | 682 | 4.32% | 40 | 3.23% | 30 | 925 |
| Jefferson | 42.88% | 100,970 | 51.02% | 120,138 | 4.39% | 10,336 | 1.71% | 4,047 | 235,491 |
| Kiowa | 21.80% | 211 | 75.21% | 728 | 1.34% | 13 | 1.66% | 16 | 968 |
| Kit Carson | 23.40% | 809 | 73.51% | 2,542 | 1.68% | 58 | 1.42% | 49 | 3,458 |
| Lake | 49.32% | 1,296 | 40.18% | 1,056 | 8.11% | 213 | 2.40% | 63 | 2,628 |
| La Plata | 38.38% | 7,864 | 48.77% | 9,993 | 11.61% | 2,378 | 1.25% | 255 | 20,490 |
| Larimer | 38.85% | 46,055 | 52.67% | 62,429 | 6.91% | 8,194 | 1.56% | 1,859 | 118,537 |
| Las Animas | 53.22% | 3,243 | 42.16% | 2,569 | 3.27% | 199 | 1.37% | 83 | 6,094 |
| Lincoln | 23.19% | 510 | 74.12% | 1,630 | 1.23% | 27 | 1.45% | 32 | 2,199 |
| Logan | 28.36% | 2,296 | 68.32% | 5,531 | 1.73% | 140 | 1.60% | 129 | 8,096 |
| Mesa | 30.29% | 15,465 | 63.45% | 32,396 | 4.38% | 2,235 | 1.88% | 958 | 51,054 |
| Mineral | 34.57% | 168 | 60.49% | 294 | 3.91% | 19 | 1.03% | 5 | 486 |
| Moffat | 22.92% | 1,223 | 71.95% | 3,840 | 3.17% | 169 | 1.97% | 105 | 5,337 |
| Montezuma | 27.24% | 2,556 | 65.62% | 6,158 | 5.65% | 530 | 1.50% | 140 | 9,384 |
| Montrose | 28.43% | 4,041 | 65.18% | 9,266 | 4.61% | 656 | 1.78% | 252 | 14,215 |
| Morgan | 32.06% | 2,885 | 63.59% | 5,722 | 2.34% | 211 | 1.99% | 180 | 8,998 |
| Otero | 40.52% | 2,963 | 55.83% | 4,082 | 1.89% | 138 | 1.76% | 129 | 7,312 |
| Ouray | 31.57% | 705 | 57.28% | 1,279 | 10.03% | 224 | 1.12% | 25 | 2,233 |
| Park | 35.90% | 2,393 | 55.17% | 3,677 | 6.06% | 404 | 2.87% | 191 | 6,665 |
| Phillips | 25.41% | 564 | 70.86% | 1,573 | 2.16% | 48 | 1.59% | 35 | 2,220 |
| Pitkin | 53.04% | 4,137 | 32.88% | 2,565 | 12.99% | 1,013 | 1.09% | 85 | 7,800 |
| Prowers | 30.08% | 1,361 | 66.89% | 3,026 | 1.75% | 79 | 1.28% | 58 | 4,524 |
| Peublo | 53.55% | 28,888 | 42.31% | 22,827 | 2.82% | 1,520 | 1.32% | 711 | 53,946 |
| Rio Blanco | 19.02% | 543 | 76.53% | 2,185 | 2.98% | 85 | 1.47% | 42 | 2,855 |
| Rio Grande | 33.64% | 1,707 | 61.30% | 3,111 | 3.53% | 179 | 1.53% | 78 | 5,075 |
| Routt | 43.66% | 4,208 | 46.40% | 4,472 | 8.51% | 820 | 1.44% | 138 | 9,638 |
| Saguache | 45.27% | 1,145 | 42.63% | 1,078 | 10.32% | 261 | 1.77% | 45 | 2,529 |
| San Juan | 34.17% | 149 | 48.17% | 210 | 13.30% | 58 | 4.35% | 19 | 436 |
| San Miguel | 49.09% | 1,598 | 32.04% | 1,043 | 17.20% | 560 | 1.67% | 54 | 3,255 |
| Sedgwick | 29.47% | 384 | 67.31% | 877 | 1.92% | 25 | 1.30% | 17 | 1,303 |
| Summit | 47.92% | 5,304 | 40.63% | 4,497 | 10.22% | 1,131 | 1.22% | 136 | 11,068 |
| Teller | 27.93% | 2,750 | 65.78% | 6,477 | 4.36% | 429 | 1.93% | 191 | 9,847 |
| Washington | 19.51% | 477 | 76.81% | 1,878 | 2.04% | 50 | 1.63% | 40 | 2,445 |
| Weld | 36.31% | 23,436 | 57.96% | 37,409 | 3.78% | 2,438 | 1.94% | 1,258 | 64,541 |
| Yuma | 24.83% | 1,082 | 72.42% | 3,156 | 1.38% | 60 | 1.38% | 60 | 4,358 |
| Al Gore | George W. Bush | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Counties won | 13 | 50 | 63 |
| Best score | Costilla County (63.96%) | Cheyenne County (78.96%) | . |
| Counties won under statewide margin (8.36%) | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| Huerfano County (0.91%) Saguache County (2.64%) Gilpin County (3.77%) Adams County (6.09%) Summit County (7.29%) |
Conejos County (0.63%) Gunnison County (0.96%) Clear Creek County (1.19%) Eagle County (2.59%) Routt County (2.74%) Alamosa County (7.11%) Arapahoe County (7.98%) Jefferson County (8.14%) |
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| Counties won under nationwide margin (0.51%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
By congressional district
Bush won 4 of 6 congressional districts.[4]
| District | Gore | Bush | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 61% | 33% | Diana DeGette |
| 2nd | 52% | 43% | Mark Udall |
| 3rd | 39% | 54% | Scott McInnis |
| 4th | 37% | 57% | Bob Schaffer |
| 5th | 31% | 63% | Joel Hefley |
| 6th | 37% | 60% | Tom Tancredo |
Electors
Technically the voters of Colorado cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Colorado is allocated 8 electors because it has 6 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 8 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 8 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][7]
- Bob Beauprez
- Marcy Benson
- Robert Dieter
- Mary Hergert
- Robert Martinez
- Ralph Nagel
- Lilly Nunez
- Joe Rogers
References
- ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2000 - San Miguel County, CO". Retrieved January 7, 2013.
- ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2000 - Colorado". Retrieved January 7, 2013.
- ^ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/
- ^ http://www.swingstateproject.com/diary/4161/
- ^ http://www.uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/ARTICLES/pe2000timeline.php
- ^ http://presidentelect.org/e2000.html
- ^ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/electors.php?year=2000&fips=8&f=1&off=0&elect=0
