United States presidential election in North Carolina, 2000

United States presidential election in North Carolina, 2000

November 7, 2000

Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore Party Republican Democratic Home state Texas Tennessee Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman Electoral vote 14 0 Popular vote 1,631,163 1,257,692 Percentage 56.0% 43.2%

County Results   Gore—60-70%   Gore—50-60%   Gore—<50%   Bush—50-60%   Bush—60-70%   Bush—70-80%

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

The 2000 United States presidential election in North Carolina 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 14 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

North Carolina was won by Governor George W. Bush with a double digit margin of victory. Bush won most of the counties and congressional districts of the state. He won 9 of the 12 districts. He also won the most populated counties of the state including Forsyth County with 56%, Wake County with 53%, Guilford County with 51%, and Mecklenburg County with 51% of the vote.^[1]

Results

United States presidential election in NC, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	George W. Bush	1,631,163	56.03%	14
	Democratic	Al Gore	1,257,692	43.20%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	12,307	0.42%	0
	Reform	Patrick Buchanan	8,874	0.30%	0
	Write-In	David McReynolds	1,226	0.04%	0
Totals			-	100.00%	14
Voter turnout (Voting age/registered)					48%/57%

Electors

Technically the voters of NC cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. NC is allocated 14 electors because it has 12 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 14 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 14 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 George W. Bush and Dick Cheney:^[3]

1. Fran Barnhart
2. Claude Billings
3. Sam Currin
4. Tom Dwiggins
5. A. Dial Gray
6. Barbara Holt
7. Marshall Hurley
8. Margaret King
9. Jeff Mixon
10. Joe L. Morgan
11. Steve Rader
12. Robert Rector
13. Dewitt Rhoades
14. Linda Young

References

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