United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 2000

United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 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 12 0 0 Popular vote 1,616,487 878,502 173,564 Percentage 59.8% 32.5% 6.4%

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

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 throughout all 50 states and D.C., which 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 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.

Results

United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 2004
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

Counties are listed in order of % of Gore vote: the last column shows the county winner in 1996 and the gain of the Democratic party between the two elections.

County	Albert Gore Jr.		George W. Bush		Ralph Nader		Others		1996 result
Suffolk	71.4%	154,888	20.5%	44,441	6.9%	15,051	1.2%	2,620	−1.6
Bristol	64.5%	136,325	29.7%	62,848	4.5%	9,554	1.2%	2,610	+0.1
Berkshire	63.9%	37,934	26.6%	15,805	7.5%	4,472	2.0%	1,200	−0.8
Dukes	61.8%	5,474	26.1%	2,315	11.1%	983	0.9%	84	−4.9
Middlesex	61.5%	404,043	30.3%	198,914	6.9%	45,529	1.3%	8,562	−1.9
Norfolk	59.4%	188,450	33.7%	107,033	5.5%	17,505	1.3%	4,189	−0.7
Nantucket	58.3%	2,874	33.0%	1,624	7.7%	378	1.0%	50	−0.7
Hampden	58.2%	100.103	34.6%	59,558	6.0%	10,326	1.2%	2,106	−2.8
Essex	57.5%	178,400	35.4%	110,010	5.8%	17,955	1.3%	3,968	−1.2
Hampshire	56.2%	38,543	28.0%	19,202	14.6%	10,010	1.3%	871	−7.9
Worcester	56.0%	173,679	36.8%	114,139	5.9%	18,177	1.3%	4,063	−2.3
Plymouth	54.5%	115,376	39.1%	82,751	5.2%	11,021	1.1%	2,429	−0.2
Franklin	53.8%	17,945	30.5%	10,176	13.9%	4,627	1.9%	618	−6.5
Barnstable	51.5%	62,363	41.0%	49,686	6.6%	7,976	0.9%	1,061	−2.0

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%

References

See also