2000 United States presidential election in North Carolina

The 2000 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 7, 2000, and 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.

Main article: 2000 United States presidential election
2000 United States presidential election in North Carolina
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 56.03% 43.20%
County Results
President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

 Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

Elections in North Carolina
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2012
Amendment 1
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North Carolina was won by Governor George W. Bush with a 12.83% 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] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Guilford County and Mecklenburg County voted for a Republican presidential candidate and the last election in which Columbus County, Chowan County, and Tyrrell County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.

Results
2000 United States presidential election in North Carolina
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%

Results by county
County George Walker Bush
Republican		 Albert Arnold Gore, jr.
Democratic		 Harry Edson Browne
Libertarian		 Patrick Joseph Buchanan
Reform		 Margin
% # % # % # % # % #
Yadkin 76.27% 10,435 22.85% 3,127 0.39% 53 0.49% 67 53.42% 7,308
Mitchell 75.52% 4,984 23.26% 1,535 0.39% 26 0.83% 55 52.26% 3,449
Avery 74.04% 4,956 25.19% 1,686 0.36% 24 0.42% 28 48.85% 3,270
Davie 72.75% 10,184 26.08% 3,651 0.48% 67 0.69% 96 46.67% 6,533
Randolph 72.51% 30,959 26.62% 11,366 0.35% 149 0.52% 222 45.89% 19,593
Stokes 70.00% 12,028 29.27% 5,030 0.33% 56 0.40% 68 40.73% 6,998
Wilkes 69.18% 16,826 29.71% 7,226 0.32% 79 0.49% 120 39.47% 9,600
Graham 68.55% 2,304 29.93% 1,006 0.62% 21 0.77% 26 38.62% 1,298
Alexander 68.50% 9,242 30.88% 4,166 0.27% 36 0.32% 43 37.62% 5,076
Stanly 68.14% 15,548 30.97% 7,066 0.30% 69 0.59% 135 37.17% 8,482
Davidson 67.99% 35,387 31.12% 16,199 0.33% 173 0.55% 288 36.87% 19,188
Union 67.41% 31,876 31.49% 14,890 0.52% 247 0.31% 146 35.92% 16,986
Catawba 67.36% 34,244 31.95% 16,246 0.41% 209 0.28% 141 35.41% 17,998
Gaston 66.67% 39,453 32.58% 19,281 0.43% 253 0.32% 192 34.09% 20,172
Henderson 66.54% 25,688 32.54% 12,562 0.47% 183 0.45% 174 34.00% 13,126
Caldwell 66.39% 17,337 32.89% 8,588 0.36% 95 0.36% 95 33.50% 8,749
Cabarrus 66.05% 32,704 32.89% 16,284 0.49% 242 0.30% 151 33.16% 16,420
Johnston 66.12% 27,212 33.30% 13,704 0.38% 157 0.20% 82 32.82% 13,508
Surry 65.93% 15,401 33.21% 7,757 0.36% 85 0.49% 115 32.72% 7,644
Carteret 65.39% 17,381 33.25% 8,839 0.40% 106 0.50% 132 32.14% 8,542
Rowan 65.53% 28,922 33.74% 14,891 0.33% 146 0.39% 174 31.79% 14,031
Cherokee 65.17% 6,305 33.48% 3,239 0.54% 52 0.81% 78 31.69% 3,066
Iredell 65.49% 29,853 33.86% 15,434 1.02% 463 0.96% 436 31.63% 14,419
McDowell 65.01% 9,109 33.88% 4,747 0.28% 39 0.41% 57 31.13% 4,362
Onslow 65.06% 19,657 33.99% 10,269 0.55% 167 0.40% 122 31.07% 9,388
Lincoln 65.03% 15,951 34.29% 8,412 0.37% 90 0.31% 76 30.74% 7,539
Macon 63.52% 8,406 35.39% 4,683 0.55% 73 0.54% 72 28.13% 3,723
Rutherford 63.34% 13,755 35.44% 7,697 0.43% 93 0.79% 171 27.90% 6,058
Transylvania 63.35% 9,011 35.46% 5,044 0.64% 91 0.56% 79 27.89% 3,967
Moore 63.52% 19,882 35.88% 11,232 0.34% 106 0.26% 81 27.64% 8,650
Clay 62.72% 2,416 35.33% 1,361 0.78% 30 0.65% 25 27.39% 1,055
Alamance 62.23% 29,305 37.08% 17,459 0.33% 157 0.36% 170 25.15% 11,846
Polk 61.11% 5,074 37.50% 3,114 0.75% 62 0.64% 53 23.61% 1,960
Harnett 61.08% 14,762 37.88% 9,155 0.30% 72 0.31% 74 23.20% 5,607
Wayne 61.26% 20,758 38.38% 13,005 0.19% 65 0.17% 56 22.88% 7,753
Craven 60.95% 19,494 38.18% 12,213 0.35% 113 0.52% 165 22.77% 7,281
Beaufort 60.83% 10,531 38.32% 6,634 0.36% 63 0.23% 40 22.51% 3,897
Currituck 60.77% 4,095 38.51% 2,595 0.46% 31 0.27% 18 22.26% 1,500
Ashe 60.35% 6,226 38.88% 4,011 0.41% 42 0.36% 37 21.47% 2,215
Burke 60.23% 18,466 38.89% 11,924 0.41% 125 0.47% 143 21.34% 6,542
Alleghany 58.68% 2,531 39.76% 1,715 0.37% 16 1.18% 51 18.92% 816
Nash 58.97% 17,995 40.56% 12,376 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 18.41% 5,619
Rockingham 58.35% 18,979 40.76% 13,260 0.23% 75 0.39% 127 17.59% 5,719
Cleveland 58.22% 19,064 41.09% 13,455 0.33% 109 0.32% 104 17.13% 5,609
Lee 57.77% 9,406 41.67% 6,785 0.31% 51 0.25% 41 16.10% 2,621
Camden 57.51% 1,628 41.93% 1,187 0.32% 9 0.25% 7 15.58% 441
Pamlico 57.21% 2,999 41.74% 2,188 0.69% 36 0.36% 19 15.47% 811
Greene 57.12% 3,353 42.21% 2,478 0.14% 8 0.51% 30 14.91% 875
Yancey 56.71% 4,970 42.38% 3,714 0.11% 10 0.67% 59 14.33% 1,256
Person 56.81% 6,722 42.61% 5,042 0.36% 43 0.22% 26 14.20% 1,680
Madison 56.17% 4,676 42.10% 3,505 0.48% 40 0.66% 55 14.07% 1,171
Watauga 55.75% 10,438 42.51% 7,959 0.81% 151 0.30% 57 13.24% 2,479
Dare 56.15% 7,301 42.99% 5,589 0.61% 79 0.25% 33 13.16% 1,712
Forsyth 55.98% 67,700 43.37% 52,457 0.37% 442 0.28% 343 12.61% 15,243
New Hanover 55.04% 36,503 44.17% 29,292 0.57% 377 0.22% 147 10.87% 7,211
Montgomery 55.11% 4,946 44.34% 3,979 0.21% 19 0.22% 20 10.77% 967
Haywood 50.79% 12,118 41.05% 9,793 0.45% 107 0.44% 104 9.74% 2,325
Duplin 54.48% 7,840 45.00% 6,475 0.25% 36 0.22% 32 9.48% 1,365
Lenoir 54.40% 11,512 45.02% 9,527 0.20% 43 0.25% 53 9.38% 1,985
Wilson 54.24% 13,466 45.38% 11,266 0.21% 51 0.17% 43 8.86% 2,200
Buncombe 53.93% 46,101 45.09% 38,545 0.55% 471 0.42% 359 8.84% 7,556
Pender 54.13% 7,661 45.32% 6,415 0.26% 37 0.29% 41 8.81% 1,246
Sampson 54.11% 10,410 45.57% 8,768 0.17% 33 0.15% 28 8.54% 1,642
Pitt 53.84% 23,192 45.70% 19,685 0.27% 115 0.19% 81 8.14% 3,507
Brunswick 53.49% 15,427 45.49% 13,118 0.47% 136 0.55% 158 8.00% 2,309
Jones 53.33% 2,114 45.96% 1,822 0.33% 13 0.38% 15 7.37% 292
Wake 52.90% 142,494 45.83% 123,466 0.65% 1,754 0.18% 497 7.07% 19,028
Franklin 52.96% 8,501 46.44% 7,454 0.39% 62 0.21% 34 6.52% 1,047
Perquimans 51.79% 2,230 47.21% 2,033 0.53% 23 0.46% 20 4.58% 197
Jackson 51.46% 6,237 47.21% 5,722 0.73% 88 0.61% 74 4.25% 515
Swain 50.89% 2,224 47.99% 2,097 0.50% 22 0.57% 25 2.90% 127
Mecklenburg 50.97% 134,068 48.25% 126,911 0.49% 1,291 0.19% 487 2.72% 7,157
Guilford 50.76% 84,394 48.59% 80,787 0.34% 569 0.29% 485 2.17% 3,607
Caswell 50.70% 4,270 48.58% 4,091 0.31% 26 0.42% 35 2.12% 179
Hyde 50.60% 1,132 48.64% 1,088 0.45% 10 0.31% 7 1.96% 44
Chowan 49.39% 2,415 49.69% 2,430 0.57% 28 0.35% 17 -0.30% -15
Cumberland 49.42% 38,129 50.07% 38,626 0.31% 237 0.21% 159 -0.65% -497
Chatham 48.96% 10,248 49.98% 10,461 0.71% 148 0.28% 58 -1.02% -213
Granville 48.47% 7,364 50.90% 7,733 0.46% 70 0.18% 27 -2.43% -369
Martin 47.19% 4,420 52.63% 4,929 0.04% 4 0.14% 13 -5.44% -509
Bladen 45.63% 4,977 53.99% 5,889 0.17% 18 0.22% 24 -8.36% -912
Pasquotank 45.34% 4,943 53.88% 5,874 0.35% 38 0.44% 48 -8.54% -931
Columbus 45.28% 8,342 54.20% 9,986 0.26% 48 0.27% 49 -8.92% -1,644
Tyrrell 45.08% 706 54.21% 849 0.32% 5 0.38% 6 -9.13% -143
Washington 44.36% 2,169 55.30% 2,704 0.14% 7 0.20% 10 -10.94% -535
Richmond 43.89% 6,263 55.61% 7,935 0.21% 30 0.29% 41 -11.72% -1,672
Vance 43.81% 5,564 55.84% 7,092 0.25% 32 0.10% 13 -12.03% -1,528
Gates 42.95% 1,480 56.41% 1,944 0.15% 5 0.20% 7 -13.46% -464
Hoke 40.07% 3,439 58.46% 5,017 1.06% 91 0.41% 35 -18.39% -1,578
Scotland 39.77% 3,740 59.84% 5,627 0.12% 11 0.27% 25 -20.07% -1,887
Anson 39.59% 3,161 60.01% 4,792 0.18% 14 0.23% 18 -20.42% -1,631
Robeson 39.40% 11,721 59.95% 17,834 0.17% 52 0.27% 81 -20.55% -6,113
Halifax 39.47% 6,698 60.24% 10,222 0.15% 25 0.15% 25 -20.77% -3,524
Edgecombe 37.56% 6,836 62.16% 11,315 0.16% 30 0.12% 21 -24.60% -4,479
Orange 36.34% 17,930 62.66% 30,921 0.79% 392 0.15% 75 -26.32% -12,991
Durham 35.39% 30,150 63.27% 53,907 0.51% 433 0.12% 103 -27.88% -23,757
Bertie 34.67% 2,488 64.94% 4,660 0.15% 11 0.24% 17 -30.27% -2,172
Northampton 32.52% 2,667 67.23% 5,513 0.11% 9 0.13% 11 -34.71% -2,846
Warren 32.41% 2,202 67.34% 4,576 0.10% 7 0.12% 8 -34.93% -2,374
Hertford 30.16% 2,382 69.44% 5,484 0.22% 17 0.18% 14 -39.28% -3,102

By congressional district

Bush won 9 of 12 congressional districts.[2]

District Bush Gore Representative
1st 42% 58% Eva Clayton
2nd 56% 44% Bob Etheridge
3rd 62% 38% Walter B. Jones
4th 47% 52% David Price
5th 66% 33% Richard Burr
6th 65% 34% Howard Coble
7th 53% 47% Mike McIntyre
8th 56% 43% Robin Hayes
9th 61% 38% Sue Wilkins Myrick
10th 67% 33% Cass Ballenger
11th 59% 40% Charles H. Taylor
12th 37% 62% Mel Watt

Electors
Main article: List of 2000 United States presidential electors

Technically the voters of North Carolina cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. North Carolina 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[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 George W. Bush and Dick Cheney:[4]

  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. "2000 Presidential General Election Results – North Carolina". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  2. "2000 Presidential General Election Data – North Carolina". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  3. "2000 Events Timeline". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2009-11-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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