2000 United States presidential election in Maryland

The 2000 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 7, 2000. Maryland participated in the 2000 United States presidential election along with the 49 other U.S. states and Washington, D.C. Voters chose 10 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for the President and Vice President.

2000 United States presidential election in Maryland

November 7, 2000
 
Nominee Al Gore George W. Bush
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Tennessee Texas
Running mate Joe Lieberman Dick Cheney
Electoral vote 10 0
Popular vote 1,145,782 813,797
Percentage 56.57% 40.18%

County Results

President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

Maryland was easily won by Vice President Al Gore by a safe margin of victory. Maryland was furthermore the only state which, along with Washington, D.C., swung more Democratic than it had been in 1996, even though Gore improved upon Bill Clinton percentage wise in several other states.[1] Gore's strong performance in the most highly-populated counties in the state, which are home to many urban and African American communities, contributed to his victory in the state. Gore became the first Democrat to carry Charles County since 1976; it was one of only two counties in the country to vote for Gore after having voted for Dole in 1996, the other being Orange County, Florida.

Results

2000 United States presidential election in Maryland
Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Al Gore Joe Lieberman 1,145,782 56.6% 10
Republican George W. Bush Dick Cheney 813,797 40.2% 0
Green Ralph Nader Winona LaDuke 53,768 2.7% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne Wayne Allyn Root 5,310 0.3% 0
Reform Pat Buchanan Ezola Foster 4,248 0.2% 0
Write Ins 1,480 0.1% 0
Constitution Howard Phillips Michael Peroutka 919 0.1% 0
Write In John Hagelin 176 0.0% 0
Totals 2,025,480 100.00% 10
Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered) 51%/74%

Results by county

County Albert Arnold Gore Jr.
Democratic
George Walker Bush
Republican
Ralph Nader
Green
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Allegany 10,894 41.31% 14,656 55.58% 610 2.31% 211 0.80% -3,762 -14.27% 26,371
Anne Arundel 89,624 44.67% 104,209 51.93% 5,493 2.74% 1,331 0.66% -14,585 -7.27% 200,657
Baltimore County 160,635 52.83% 133,033 43.75% 8,544 2.81% 1,872 0.62% 27,602 9.08% 304,084
Baltimore City 158,765 82.52% 27,150 14.11% 5,512 2.86% 977 0.51% 131,615 68.41% 192,404
Calvert 12,986 43.57% 16,004 53.69% 660 2.21% 156 0.52% -3,018 -10.13% 29,806
Caroline 3,396 37.94% 5,300 59.20% 198 2.21% 58 0.65% -1,904 -21.27% 8,952
Carroll 20,146 31.46% 41,742 65.19% 1,681 2.63% 458 0.72% -21,596 -33.73% 64,027
Cecil 12,327 42.69% 15,494 53.66% 794 2.75% 261 0.90% -3,167 -10.97% 28,876
Charles 21,873 49.05% 21,768 48.82% 755 1.69% 196 0.44% 105 0.24% 44,592
Dorchester 5,232 45.93% 5,847 51.33% 222 1.95% 91 0.80% -615 -5.40% 11,392
Frederick 30,725 39.06% 45,350 57.65% 2,052 2.61% 534 0.68% -14,625 -18.59% 78,661
Garrett 2,872 26.95% 7,514 70.52% 203 1.91% 66 0.62% -4,642 -43.57% 10,655
Harford 35,665 39.01% 52,862 57.82% 2,298 2.51% 599 0.66% -17,197 -18.81% 91,424
Howard 58,556 51.92% 49,809 44.17% 3,643 3.23% 771 0.68% 8,747 7.76% 112,779
Kent 3,627 44.86% 4,155 51.39% 270 3.34% 33 0.41% -528 -6.53% 8,085
Montgomery 232,453 62.54% 124,580 33.52% 12,485 3.36% 2,170 0.58% 107,873 29.02% 371,688
Prince George's 216,119 79.48% 49,987 18.38% 4,497 1.65% 1,306 0.48% 166,132 61.10% 271,909
Queen Anne's 6,257 37.33% 9,970 59.48% 446 2.66% 88 0.53% -3,713 -22.15% 16,761
Somerset 3,785 49.78% 3,609 47.46% 142 1.87% 68 0.89% 176 2.31% 7,604
St. Mary's 11,912 40.38% 16,856 57.14% 568 1.93% 165 0.56% -4,944 -16.76% 29,501
Talbot 5,854 38.43% 8,874 58.25% 424 2.78% 82 0.54% -3,020 -19.82% 15,234
Washington 18,221 38.38% 27,948 58.88% 1,027 2.16% 274 0.58% -9,727 -20.49% 47,470
Wicomico 14,469 45.51% 16,338 51.39% 762 2.40% 226 0.71% -1,869 -5.88% 31,795
Worcester 9,389 45.24% 10,742 51.76% 482 2.32% 140 0.67% -1,353 -6.52% 20,753
Totals1,145,78256.57%813,79740.18%53,7682.65%12,1330.60%331,98516.39%2,025,480

Results by congressional district

Gore won 5 of the state's 8 congressional districts, including one that elected a Republican to congress. [2]

District Gore Bush Representative
1st 44% 53% Wayne Gilchrest
2nd 41% 55% Bob Ehrlich
3rd 63% 34% Ben Cardin
4th 84% 13% Albert Wynn
5th 55% 42% Steny Hoyer
6th 38% 58% Roscoe Bartlett
7th 84% 14% Elijah Cummings
8th 60% 36% Connie Morella

Electors

Technically the voters of Maryland cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Maryland is allocated 10 electors because it has 8 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 10 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins a plurality of votes in the state is awarded all ten 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[3] 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:[4]

  1. Clarence W. Blount
  2. Gene W. Counihan
  3. Howard Friedman
  4. Mary Ann E. Love
  5. Thomas V. Mike Miller
  6. Mary Butler Murphy
  7. Mary Jo Neville
  8. Gregory Pecoraro
  9. Ina Taylor
  10. Beatrice P. Tignor

See also

References

  1. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections; 2000 Presidential General Election Results – Maryland. Retrieved on 2011-06-17.
  2. https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2000/results/preg01pre.html
  3. 2000 Post-Election Timeline of Events. Uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved on 2011-06-17.
  4. 2000 Archived 2012-02-12 at the Wayback Machine. President Elect. Retrieved on 2011-06-17.
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