2000 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

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2000 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

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 12 0 0 Popular vote 1,616,487 878,502 173,564 Percentage 59.80% 32.50% 6.42%

County Results Gore   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%

President before election Bill Clinton Democratic Elected President George W. Bush Republican

The 2000 United States presidential election in Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts is one of the most reliable blue states in the nation: no Republican has won the state since Ronald Reagan in 1984. The 2000 presidential election featured Democratic United States Vice President Al Gore versus Republican Texas Governor George W. Bush. Despite Bush's tight victory nationwide, Gore handily won Massachusetts, with a 27% margin of victory against George W. Bush who did not actively campaign there. Gore won every county and congressional district. Massachusetts had been a Democratic-leaning state since 1928, and a Democratic stronghold since 1960, and has kept up its intense level of the sizable Democratic margins since 1996.

Results

Vice President Al Gore easily defeated Texas Governor George W. Bush in Massachusetts. Massachusetts is one of the most reliable Democratic States in the union. Gore won every single county in Massachusetts.

With 6.42% of the popular vote, Massachusetts proved to be Ralph Nader's third best state in the 2000 election after Alaska and neighboring Vermont.

2000 United States presidential election in Massachusetts
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Al Gore	1,616,487	59.80%	12
	Republican	George W. Bush	878,502	32.50%	0
	Green	Ralph Nader	173,564	6.42%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	16,366	0.61%	0
	Reform	Pat Buchanan	11,149	0.41%	0
	Independent	Others (Write-In)	3,990	0.15%	0
	Independent (a)	John Hagelin	2,884	0.11%	0
	Socialist	David McReynolds (Write-In)	42	0.15%	0
Totals			2,702,984	100.0%	12

(a) John Hagelin was the candidate of the Natural Law Party nationally.

Results breakdown

By county

County	Gore%	Gore#	Bush%	Bush#	Others%	Others#	Total
Barnstable	51.50%	62,363	41.03%	49,686	7.46%	9,037	121,086
Berkshire	63.85%	37,934	26.60%	15,805	9.55%	5,672	59,411
Bristol	64.51%	136,325	29.74%	62,848	5.76%	12,164	211,337
Dukes	61.81%	5,474	26.14%	2,315	12.05%	1,067	8,856
Essex	57.49%	178,400	35.45%	110,010	7.06%	21,923	310,333
Franklin	53.78%	17,945	30.50%	10,176	15.72%	5,245	33,366
Hampden	58.17%	100,103	34.61%	59,558	7.22%	12,432	172,093
Hampshire	56.16%	38,543	27.98%	19,202	15.86%	10,881	68,626
Middlesex	61.49%	404,043	30.27%	198,914	8.23%	54,091	657,048
Nantucket	58.34%	2,874	32.97%	1,624	8.69%	428	4,926
Norfolk	59.41%	188,450	33.75%	107,033	6.84%	21,694	317,177
Plymouth	54.53%	115,376	39.11%	82,751	6.36%	13,450	211,577
Suffolk	71.38%	154,888	20.48%	44,441	8.14%	17,671	217,000
Worcester	56.02%	173,679	36.81%	114,139	7.17%	22,240	310,058

Results by Congressional district

Gore won all 10 Congressional districts.

District	Bush	Gore	Nader	Representative
1st	33%	57%	9%	John Olver
2nd	34%	58%	7%	Richard Neal
3rd	35%	58%	6%	Jim McGovern
4th	30%	63%	5%	Barney Frank
5th	36%	56%	6%	Marty Meehan
6th	36%	57%	6%	John F. Tierney
7th	29%	63%	6%	Ed Markey
8th	17%	72%	10%	Mike Capuano
9th	31%	62%	6%	Joe Moakley
				Stephen F. Lynch
10th	38%	55%	6%	Bill Delahunt

Results by municipality

Results by town

  Gore – 80–90%

  Gore – 70–80%

  Gore – 60–70%

  Gore – 50–60%

  Gore – <50%

  Bush – <50%

  Bush – 50–60%