The 2000 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election . Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Tennessee was won by Governor George W. Bush by a 3.87% margin of victory, despite having voted for Clinton in 1992 & 1996 and being the home state of Vice President Al Gore . If Vice President Gore had carried his home state, he, instead of Bush, would have been elected President.[1]
This was the last of three consecutive elections in which Tennessee was decided by single digit margins, and as of 2016 is the last such election. Since 2000, Tennessee has rapidly moved away from swing state status and become a Republican stronghold.[2]
This was the first time a major-party candidate lost his home state since George McGovern lost South Dakota in 1972 . This was the first election where a presidential candidate won the state with more than a million votes. As of the 2016 presidential election [update] , this is the last election in which Campbell County , Lewis County , Robertson County , Gibson County , Dickson County , Bedford County , Franklin County , Warren County , Henry County , Marshall County , Giles County , Marion County , White County , Hickman County , DeKalb County , Crockett County , Cannon County , and Decatur County voted for the Democratic candidate.
Electors
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 Bush and Dick Cheney:[4]
Lamar Alexander
Daniel Dirksen Baker
Lana Bowman Ball
Nancy Cunningham
Winfield Dunn
Jimmy Exum
Jim Henry
Raja Jubran
Anie Kent
Patti Saliba
Mamon Wright
Results
By county
County
Gore%
Gore#
Bush%
Bush#
Others%
Others#
Total
Anderson
47.10%
13,556
51.04%
14,688
01.86%
535
28,779
Bedford
50.27%
6,136
48.42%
5,911
01.31%
160
12,207
Benton
58.63%
3,700
39.36%
2,484
02.01%
127
6,311
Bledsoe
41.85%
1,756
56.72%
2,380
01.43%
60
4,196
Blount
36.12%
14,688
62.15%
25,273
01.72%
701
40,662
Bradley
29.78%
8,768
68.50%
20,167
01.73%
508
29,443
Campbell
52.27%
6,492
46.57%
5,784
01.17%
145
12,421
Cannon
57.42%
2,697
40.96%
1,924
01.62%
76
4,697
Carroll
48.39%
5,239
50.48%
5,465
01.14%
123
10,827
Carter
35.20%
6,724
63.40%
12,111
01.40%
267
19,102
Cheatham
48.05%
6,062
50.38%
6,356
01.57%
198
12,616
Chester
38.27%
2,192
60.88%
3,487
00.86%
49
5,728
Claiborne
42.68%
3,841
55.81%
5,023
01.51%
136
9,000
Clay
56.10%
1,931
42.65%
1,468
01.25%
43
3,442
Cocke
37.82%
3,872
60.41%
6,185
01.78%
182
10,239
Coffee
49.14%
8,741
49.40%
8,788
01.46%
259
17,788
Crockett
49.72%
2,705
49.19%
2,676
01.08%
59
5,440
Cumberland
40.20%
7,644
57.81%
10,994
01.99%
379
19,017
Davidson
57.77%
120,508
40.33%
84,117
01.90%
3,963
208,588
Decatur
52.13%
2,278
46.82%
2,046
01.05%
46
4,370
DeKalb
60.10%
3,765
38.48%
2,411
01.42%
89
6,265
Dickson
53.56%
8,332
45.10%
7,016
01.34%
208
15,556
Dyer
45.82%
5,425
53.05%
6,282
01.13%
134
11,841
Fayette
43.69%
5,037
55.53%
6,402
00.78%
90
11,529
Fentress
41.95%
2,529
56.68%
3,417
01.38%
83
6,029
Franklin
53.28%
7,828
44.65%
6,560
02.06%
303
14,691
Gibson
50.55%
8,663
48.35%
8,286
01.10%
188
17,137
Giles
54.91%
5,527
43.48%
4,377
01.61%
162
10,066
Grainger
38.12%
2,361
60.48%
3,746
01.40%
87
6,194
Greene
37.99%
7,909
60.24%
12,540
01.76%
367
20,816
Grundy
64.62%
2,970
33.79%
1,553
01.59%
73
4,596
Hamblen
38.40%
7,564
60.02%
11,824
01.58%
311
19,699
Hamilton
42.95%
51,708
55.33%
66,605
01.72%
2,066
120,379
Hancock
33.25%
690
64.72%
1,343
02.02%
42
2,075
Hardeman
56.26%
4,953
42.36%
3,729
01.37%
121
8,803
Hardin
42.53%
3,735
56.38%
4,951
01.09%
96
8,782
Hawkins
39.50%
6,753
58.90%
10,071
01.60%
274
17,098
Haywood
60.00%
3,887
39.43%
2,554
00.57%
37
6,478
Henderson
37.69%
3,166
61.35%
5,153
00.95%
80
8,399
Henry
49.50%
6,093
48.29%
5,944
02.21%
272
12,309
Hickman
58.36%
4,239
40.12%
2,914
01.53%
111
7,264
Houston
66.55%
2,081
31.76%
993
01.69%
53
3,127
Humphreys
62.94%
4,205
35.73%
2,387
01.33%
89
6,681
Jackson
69.50%
3,304
29.11%
1,384
01.39%
66
4,754
Jefferson
37.10%
5,226
61.45%
8,657
01.45%
204
14,087
Johnson
32.05%
1,813
66.11%
3,740
01.84%
104
5,657
Knox
40.49%
60,969
57.68%
86,851
01.84%
2,766
150,586
Lake
63.80%
1,419
35.12%
781
01.08%
24
2,224
Lauderdale
55.45%
4,224
43.70%
3,329
00.85%
65
7,618
Lawrence
45.91%
6,643
52.61%
7,613
01.48%
214
14,470
Lewis
51.61%
2,281
46.09%
2,037
02.31%
102
4,420
Lincoln
47.47%
5,060
50.99%
5,435
01.54%
164
10,659
Loudon
35.99%
5,905
62.57%
10,266
01.43%
235
16,406
Macon
47.13%
3,059
51.86%
3,366
01.02%
66
6,491
Madison
46.51%
15,781
52.64%
17,862
00.85%
287
33,930
Marion
53.08%
5,441
45.38%
4,651
01.54%
158
10,250
Marshall
54.57%
5,107
43.86%
4,105
01.57%
147
9,359
Maury
47.55%
11,127
50.98%
11,930
01.47%
343
23,400
McMinn
37.00%
6,142
61.17%
10,155
01.83%
303
16,600
McNairy
44.53%
4,003
54.48%
4,897
00.99%
89
8,989
Meigs
45.87%
1,555
53.01%
1,797
01.12%
38
3,390
Monroe
40.97%
5,327
57.79%
7,514
01.25%
162
13,003
Montgomery
48.20%
18,818
50.31%
19,644
01.49%
582
39,044
Moore
48.11%
1,107
49.76%
1,145
02.13%
49
2,301
Morgan
47.40%
2,921
51.02%
3,144
01.57%
97
6,162
Obion
48.68%
6,056
49.58%
6,168
01.74%
216
12,440
Overton
60.13%
4,507
38.35%
2,875
01.52%
114
7,496
Perry
57.57%
1,650
40.65%
1,165
01.78%
51
2,866
Pickett
41.94%
939
57.21%
1,281
00.85%
19
2,239
Polk
46.01%
2,574
51.97%
2,907
02.02%
113
5,594
Putnam
48.07%
10,785
50.13%
11,248
01.80%
405
22,438
Rhea
38.09%
3,722
60.38%
5,900
01.53%
150
9,772
Roane
44.90%
9,575
53.20%
11,345
01.90%
406
21,326
Robertson
50.83%
10,249
47.98%
9,675
01.19%
240
20,164
Rutherford
44.00%
27,360
53.79%
33,445
02.21%
1,377
62,182
Scott
44.85%
2,967
54.10%
3,579
01.04%
69
6,615
Sequatchie
42.40%
1,648
55.80%
2,169
01.80%
70
3,887
Sevier
32.36%
8,208
65.97%
16,734
01.67%
423
25,365
Shelby
56.54%
190,404
42.09%
141,756
01.36%
4,595
336,755
Smith
66.47%
4,884
32.44%
2,384
01.09%
80
7,348
Stewart
60.02%
2,870
38.18%
1,826
01.80%
86
4,782
Sullivan
38.32%
21,354
60.08%
33,482
01.60%
891
55,727
Sumner
43.82%
22,118
54.68%
27,601
01.50%
758
50,477
Tipton
38.06%
6,300
60.84%
10,070
01.10%
182
16,552
Trousdale
66.76%
1,966
32.26%
950
00.98%
29
2,945
Unicoi
39.91%
2,566
58.80%
3,780
01.29%
83
6,429
Union
44.05%
2,564
54.96%
3,199
01.00%
58
5,821
Van Buren
58.89%
1,255
39.65%
845
01.45%
31
2,131
Warren
56.19%
7,378
42.28%
5,552
01.53%
201
13,131
Washington
38.93%
14,769
59.51%
22,579
01.57%
594
37,942
Wayne
35.04%
1,859
63.51%
3,370
01.45%
77
5,306
Weakley
47.03%
5,570
51.55%
6,106
01.42%
168
11,844
White
53.18%
4,135
45.34%
3,525
01.48%
115
7,775
Williamson
32.08%
18,745
66.58%
38,901
01.34%
783
58,429
Wilson
46.11%
16,561
52.47%
18,844
01.42%
511
35,916
References
See also