United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 2000

United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 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 23 0 Popular vote 2,485,967 2,281,127 Percentage 50.6% 46.4%

County Results   Gore—80-90%   Gore—50-60%   Gore—<50%   Bush—<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 Pennsylvania 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 23 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Pennsylvania was won by Vice President Al Gore by a 4.17% margin of victory. However, voter enthusiasm for both candidates was generally low throughout the campaign. Gore failed to capture Clinton's appeal in strongly Democratic regions such as Pittsburgh and Scranton, and thus carried these areas by a smaller number than his precessor. However, opposition to Bush was particularly strong in the suburban counties of Philadelphia; although these areas at the time were typically Republican leaning, they featured a strong culturally liberal bent, and thus Bush was unable to appeal to voters. Bush support was particularly strong in rural, central Pennsylvania, where the Texas Governor appealed to Evangelical voters and where Gore's connection to gun control policies was strongly rejected. Marginal wins in both of the state's metropolitan areas helped the Vice President to capture the state.^[1] This was the first election since 1968 that the candidate who won Pennsylvania did not win the general election, and only the fourth time that has happened since 1916.

Electors

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 Al Gore and Joe Lieberman:^[3]

1. Kathy Black
2. Richard W. Bloomingdale
3. Robert P. Casey Jr.
4. Nelson Diaz
5. William M. George
6. Ken Jarin
7. James J. Johnston
8. Edward Keller
9. Robert Mellow
10. Thomas J. Murphy, Jr.
11. Elsa Favila
12. Robert O'Connor
13. Lazar M. Palnick
14. Stephen R. Reed
15. T. J. Rooney
16. Joyce Savocchio
17. John F. Street
18. Patsy J. Tallarico
19. Christine M. Tartaglione
20. Margaret M. Tartaglione
21. Marian Tasco
22. Sala Udin
23. Anna Verna

Results

United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 2000[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Al Gore	2,485,967	50.60%	23
	Republican	George W. Bush	2,281,127	46.43%	0
	Green	Ralph Nader	103,392	2.10%	0
	Reform	Pat Buchanan	16,023	0.33%	0
	Constitution	Howard Phillips	14,428	0.29%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	11,248	0.23%	0
	Write-ins	-	934	0.02%	0
Totals			4,913,119	100.00%	23
Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered)					53%/63%

References

1. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec00/pennsylvania_10-9.html
2. http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2000&fips=42&f=0&off=0&elect=0
3. http://presidentelect.org/e2000.html
4. http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html

See also