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The 2000 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election . Voters chose 6 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Kansas was won by Governor George W. Bush . He won all of the congressional districts and counties in the state, except for Douglas County and Wyandotte County . Gore won Douglas with just 45.8% of the vote. Nader also had his best performance by far in Douglas, where he got over 10% of the vote. Bush performed very well in the first district, which is the western and most rural part of the state.
Results
By congressional district
Bush won all four congressional districts.[ 2]
By county
County
Gore%
Gore#
Bush%
Bush#
Others%
Others#
Total
Allen
36.98%
2,132
58.60%
3,379
4.42%
255
5,766
Anderson
38.15%
1,327
57.04%
1,984
4.80%
167
3,478
Atchison
45.96%
3,171
48.96%
3,378
5.09%
351
6,900
Barber
25.50%
637
70.26%
1,755
4.24%
106
2,498
Barton
29.56%
3,238
66.65%
7,302
3.79%
415
10,955
Bourbon
35.05%
2,211
61.07%
3,852
3.88%
245
6,308
Brown
32.23%
1,512
63.63%
2,985
4.14%
194
4,691
Butler
32.16%
6,755
63.69%
13,377
4.14%
870
21,002
Chase
29.69%
391
64.39%
848
5.92%
78
1,317
Chautauqua
23.56%
443
71.65%
1,347
4.79%
90
1,880
Cherokee
41.43%
3,783
54.92%
5,014
3.65%
333
9,130
Cheyenne
20.27%
350
75.97%
1,312
3.76%
65
1,727
Clark
23.16%
292
73.43%
926
3.41%
43
1,261
Clay
23.26%
951
73.34%
2,998
3.40%
139
4,088
Cloud
29.18%
1,314
64.80%
2,918
6.02%
271
4,503
Coffey
29.60%
1,196
66.83%
2,700
3.56%
144
4,040
Comanche
20.97%
211
75.55%
760
3.48%
35
1,006
Cowley
38.95%
5,535
56.86%
8,080
4.19%
595
14,210
Crawford
47.07%
7,076
47.63%
7,160
5.31%
798
15,034
Decatur
24.10%
424
71.35%
1,255
4.55%
80
1,759
Dickinson
29.82%
2,413
64.79%
5,243
5.39%
436
8,092
Doniphan
31.08%
1,134
64.40%
2,350
4.52%
165
3,649
Douglas
45.81%
18,249
42.83%
17,062
11.36%
4,527
39,838
Edwards
28.60%
447
67.95%
1,062
3.45%
54
1,563
Elk
25.94%
402
69.68%
1,080
4.39%
68
1,550
Ellis
35.18%
3,926
58.39%
6,516
6.43%
718
11,160
Ellsworth
29.06%
825
64.99%
1,845
5.95%
169
2,839
Finney
26.57%
2,431
70.40%
6,442
3.03%
277
9,150
Ford
28.78%
2,566
67.85%
6,050
3.38%
301
8,917
Franklin
34.39%
3,321
61.35%
5,925
4.27%
412
9,658
Geary
38.74%
2,660
57.92%
3,977
3.34%
229
6,866
Gove
19.80%
296
75.05%
1,122
5.15%
77
1,495
Graham
23.47%
346
71.78%
1,058
4.75%
70
1,474
Grant
23.91%
683
74.44%
2,126
1.65%
47
2,856
Gray
22.31%
482
75.51%
1,631
2.18%
47
2,160
Greeley
17.81%
143
78.21%
628
3.99%
32
803
Greenwood
28.84%
1,027
67.17%
2,392
3.99%
142
3,561
Hamilton
22.15%
264
75.59%
901
2.27%
27
1,192
Harper
28.45%
869
67.95%
2,076
3.60%
110
3,055
Harvey
33.55%
4,591
60.44%
8,271
6.01%
822
13,684
Haskell
16.27%
263
81.87%
1,323
1.86%
30
1,616
Hodgeman
19.94%
217
76.75%
835
3.31%
36
1,088
Jackson
37.90%
1,990
57.16%
3,001
4.93%
259
5,250
Jefferson
38.09%
3,000
56.15%
4,423
5.76%
454
7,877
Jewell
20.25%
380
74.59%
1,400
5.17%
97
1,877
Johnson
36.37%
79,118
59.74%
129,965
3.89%
8,453
217,536
Kearny
22.30%
320
75.54%
1,084
2.16%
31
1,435
Kingman
26.02%
991
70.17%
2,672
3.81%
145
3,808
Kiowa
18.28%
294
78.48%
1,262
3.23%
52
1,608
Labette
43.86%
3,745
52.41%
4,475
3.72%
318
8,538
Lane
22.24%
252
74.67%
846
3.09%
35
1,133
Leavenworth
41.82%
9,733
54.07%
12,583
4.10%
955
23,271
Lincoln
24.81%
469
68.52%
1,295
6.67%
126
1,890
Linn
37.26%
1,587
59.00%
2,513
3.73%
159
4,259
Logan
16.54%
231
77.88%
1,088
5.58%
78
1,397
Lyon
41.67%
5,190
53.41%
6,652
4.92%
613
12,455
Marion
24.99%
1,475
70.40%
4,156
4.61%
272
5,903
Marshall
35.80%
1,831
59.94%
3,066
4.26%
218
5,115
McPherson
26.26%
3,272
68.22%
8,501
5.52%
688
12,461
Meade
19.48%
400
78.13%
1,604
2.39%
49
2,053
Miami
39.23%
4,554
56.96%
6,611
3.81%
442
11,607
Mitchell
22.99%
751
71.95%
2,350
5.05%
165
3,266
Montgomery
34.70%
4,770
61.81%
8,496
3.48%
479
13,745
Morris
33.40%
882
60.55%
1,599
6.06%
160
2,641
Morton
20.62%
321
77.26%
1,203
2.12%
33
1,557
Nemaha
28.24%
1,494
67.64%
3,578
4.12%
218
5,290
Neosho
37.58%
2,588
58.29%
4,014
4.12%
284
6,886
Ness
20.42%
383
75.69%
1,420
3.89%
73
1,876
Norton
24.40%
598
71.15%
1,744
4.45%
109
2,451
Osage
38.26%
2,530
57.01%
3,770
4.73%
313
6,613
Osborne
23.84%
484
70.54%
1,432
5.62%
114
2,030
Ottawa
22.61%
631
70.83%
1,977
6.56%
183
2,791
Pawnee
32.93%
968
62.93%
1,850
4.15%
122
2,940
Phillips
21.88%
611
73.67%
2,057
4.44%
124
2,792
Pottawatomie
26.35%
2,037
64.48%
4,985
9.17%
709
7,731
Pratt
29.76%
1,314
65.33%
2,885
4.91%
217
4,416
Rawlins
17.59%
306
77.53%
1,349
4.89%
85
1,740
Reno
35.49%
9,025
59.69%
15,179
4.82%
1,226
25,430
Republic
20.23%
604
75.01%
2,239
4.76%
142
2,985
Rice
31.46%
1,422
64.23%
2,903
4.31%
195
4,520
Riley
33.90%
6,188
58.47%
10,672
7.63%
1,393
18,253
Rooks
21.51%
597
72.65%
2,016
5.84%
162
2,775
Rush
27.24%
505
66.61%
1,235
6.15%
114
1,854
Russell
25.45%
886
69.90%
2,434
4.65%
162
3,482
Saline
34.78%
7,487
57.66%
12,412
7.56%
1,628
21,527
Scott
18.15%
418
78.64%
1,811
3.21%
74
2,303
Sedgwick
38.28%
62,561
57.35%
93,724
4.36%
7,132
163,417
Seward
22.10%
1,126
75.92%
3,869
1.98%
101
5,096
Shawnee
46.82%
34,818
48.26%
35,894
4.92%
3,661
74,373
Sheridan
18.87%
281
76.02%
1,132
5.10%
76
1,489
Sherman
25.39%
681
70.62%
1,894
3.99%
107
2,682
Smith
24.45%
534
70.24%
1,534
5.31%
116
2,184
Stafford
25.77%
567
70.27%
1,546
3.95%
87
2,200
Stanton
20.89%
215
76.29%
785
2.82%
29
1,029
Stevens
16.34%
345
81.19%
1,714
2.46%
52
2,111
Sumner
34.69%
3,549
60.36%
6,176
4.96%
507
10,232
Thomas
21.35%
807
74.66%
2,822
3.99%
151
3,780
Trego
28.09%
516
66.41%
1,220
5.50%
101
1,837
Wabaunsee
29.97%
1,025
63.80%
2,182
6.23%
213
3,420
Wallace
11.96%
103
85.60%
737
2.44%
21
861
Washington
21.03%
687
74.87%
2,446
4.10%
134
3,267
Wichita
18.99%
207
78.81%
859
2.20%
24
1,090
Wilson
28.96%
1,186
67.11%
2,748
3.93%
161
4,095
Woodson
32.66%
521
61.07%
974
6.27%
100
1,595
Wyandotte
67.14%
32,411
29.05%
14,024
3.81%
1,837
48,272
Electors
Technically the voters of Kansas cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College . Kansas is allocated 6 electors because it has 4 congressional districts and 2 senators . All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 6 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 6 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[ 3] 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:[ 4]
Shari Caywood
Gene Eastin
Richard Eckert
Susan Estes
Mark Heitz
Charles Hostetler
References