2000 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia

The 2000 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia took place on November 7, 2000 as part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose three 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 the District of Columbia
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 2 0 0
Popular vote 171,923 18,073 10,576
Percentage 85.16% 8.95% 5.24%
Ward Results
Gore
  60-70%
  70-80%
  80-90%
  90-100%

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District of Columbia voted by an extremely large margin in favor of the Democratic candidate Al Gore with 85% of the vote. Bush got 9% with 18,073 votes compared to Nader who got 5% with 10,576 votes.[1] A total of 44% of the population came out to vote.[2] The District of Columbia has never voted for a Republican. One elector abstained.

Election results
2000 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia
Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Al Gore Joe Lieberman 171,923 85.16% 2
Republican George W. Bush Dick Cheney 18,073 8.95% 0
Green Ralph Nader Winona LaDuke 10,576 5.24% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne Art Oliver 669 0.33% 0
Others Others Others 653 0.32% 0
Totals 201,894 100.00% 2[lower-alpha 1]
Voter turnout 44% —

See also

Footnotes
  1. Electors were elected to all 3 of the District of Columbia's apportioned positions; however, one elector pledged to the Gore/Lieberman ticket abstained from casting a vote for President or Vice President, bringing the total number of electoral votes cast to 2.

References
  1. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org.
  2. "District of Columbia Board of Elections - Official Site". dcboe.org.


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