United States presidential election in Maine, 2000

United States presidential election in Maine, 2000

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 4 0 0 Popular vote 319,951 286,616 37,127 Percentage 49.1% 44.0% 5.7%

County Results   Gore—50-60%   Gore—<50%   Bush—<50%   Bush—50-60%

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

The 2000 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 7, 2000 throughout all 50 states and D.C., which was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Maine is one of two states in the U.S. that instead of all of the state's 4 electors of the Electoral College to vote based upon the statewide results of the voters, two of the individual electors vote based on their congressional district because Maine has two congressional districts. The other two electors vote based upon the statewide results.

Maine confirmed its status as a blue state, with Democratic nominee Vice President Al Gore carrying the state with 49.09% of the vote over Republican Governor of Texas George W. Bush, who received 43.97%.^[1] Maine has voted Democratic since 1992, and is the only state other than Nebraska to split its electoral votes, doing so in the 2016 United States Presidential election, awarding one electoral vote from the second congressional district to Donald J Trump, the eventual winner of that election. The last time Maine went Republican was for George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle in 1988.

Results

Statewide

United States presidential election in Maine, 2000[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Al Gore	319,951	49.09%	4
	Republican	George W. Bush	286,616	43.97%	0
	Green	Ralph Nader	37,127	5.70%	0
	Reform	Pat Buchanan	4,443	0.68%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	3,074	0.47%	0
	Constitution	Howard Phillips	579	0.09%	0
Write-in			27	<0.01%	—
Totals			651,817	100.00%	4
Voter turnout			67%		-5%

Congressional District

^[3]

Maine's 1st congressional district
Candidate	# of Votes	% of Votes
Al Gore	176,293	50.52%
George W. Bush	148,618	42.59%

Maine's 2nd congressional district
Candidate	# of Votes	% of Votes
Al Gore	143,658	47.43%
George W. Bush	137,998	45.56%

Results Breakdown

By county

County	Gore	Votes	Bush	Votes	Nader	Votes	Others	Votes
Androscoggin	53.3%	26,251	40.5%	19,948	4.8%	2,388	1.3%	658
Aroostook	48.9%	17,196	47.1%	16,555	3.0%	1,055	1.0%	337
Cumberland	52.0%	74,203	41.0%	58,543	6.0%	8,576	0.9%	1,298
Franklin	49.2%	7,593	41.8%	6,459	7.2%	1,115	1.8%	281
Hancock	45.4%	12,983	44.6%	12,732	8.8%	2,513	1.2%	346
Kennebec	53.0%	31,198	40.7%	23,967	5.0%	2,955	1.3%	787
Knox	46.1%	9,453	43.7%	8,968	8.8%	1,810	1.3%	270
Lincoln	43.9%	8,634	48.1%	9,457	6.7%	1,323	1.3%	257
Oxford	49.6%	13,649	43.0%	11,835	5.5%	1,509	1.8%	500
Penobscot	44.9%	32,868	48.7%	35,620	5.2%	3,772	1.3%	946
Piscataquis	40.5%	3,745	52.3%	4,845	5.1%	471	2.1%	195
Sagadahoc	48.0%	8,844	43.7%	8,052	6.9%	1,278	1.3%	232
Somerset	48.2%	11,538	44.6%	10,684	5.2%	1,239	2.0%	490
Waldo	44.3%	8,477	45.4%	8,689	8.8%	1,690	1.5%	282
Washington	42.7%	6,701	50.7%	7,958	5.1%	802	1.6%	247
York	49.3%	46,618	44.7%	42,304	4.9%	4,631	1.1%	997

References

1. http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/
2. "2000 Presidential General Election Results - Maine" (HTML). Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2001. Retrieved 2009-03-21. External link in |publisher= (help)
3. http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/2000g/gen00p-c.htm

See also