United States presidential election in Delaware, 2000

United States presidential election in Delaware, 2000

November 7, 2000

Nominee Al Gore George W. Bush Party Democratic Republican Home state Tennessee Texas Running mate Joe Lieberman Dick Cheney Electoral vote 3 0 Popular vote 180,068 137,288 Percentage 55.0% 41.9%

County Results

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

The 2000 United States presidential election in Delaware took place on November 7, 2000, part of the 2000 United States presidential election in all 50 states and D.C.. Voters chose 3 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Delaware was won by Vice President Al Gore by a 13.1% margin of victory. From 1952-1996, it gave the winning presidential candidate its electoral votes every single time. Gore won only one of Delaware's 3 counties, but he won New Castle County with almost 60% of the vote, and was able to carry the state because of the county's large population. Also, Bush won the other two counties, but with very small margins of victory.

Results

United States presidential election in Delaware, 2000
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Al Gore	Joe Lieberman	180,068	55.0%	3
	Republican	George W. Bush	Dick Cheney	137,288	41.9%	0
	Green	Ralph Nader	Winona LaDuke	8,307	2.5%	0
	Reform	Pat Buchanan	Ezola Foster	777	0.2%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	Wayne Allyn Root	774	0.2%	0
	Constitution	Howard Phillips	Michael Peroutka	289	0.1%	0
	Natural Law	John Hagelin	Mary Alice Herbert	107	0.0%	0
Totals				327,610	100.00%	3
Voter turnout (Voting age)						56%

Results breakdown

By county

County[1]	Al Gore		George W. Bush		Other
	Percentage	Count	Percentage	Count	Percentage	Count
New Castle	59.9%	127,539	36.9%	78,587	3.2%	6,934
Kent	47.2%	22,790	49.9%	24,081	2.9%	1,383
Sussex	44.9%	29,739	52.2%	34,620	2.9%	1,929

By congressional district

Due to the state's low population, only one congressional district is allocated. This district, called the At-Large district, because it covers the entire state, and thus is equivalent to the statewide election results.

District	Bush	Gore	Representative
At-large	41.9%	55.0%	Michael N. Castle

Electors

Technically the voters of Delaware cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Delaware is allocated 3 electors because it has 1 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 3 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 3 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^[2] 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 Gore and Lieberman:^[3]

1. Michael Begatto
2. Margaret Rose Henry
3. Ruth Ann Messick

References

1. uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/
2. http://www.uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/ARTICLES/pe2000timeline.php
3. http://presidentelect.org/e2000.html