The 2000 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Maine is one of two states in the U.S. that instead of all of the state's four electors of the Electoral College to vote based upon the statewide results of the voters, two of the individual electors vote based on their congressional district because Maine has two congressional districts. The other two electors vote based upon the statewide results.
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Democratic nominee Vice President Al Gore won the state with 49.09% of the vote over Republican Governor of Texas George W. Bush, who received 43.97%.[1] As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which Waldo County and Lincoln County voted for the Republican candidate.
Bush was the first Republican to win election without winning the state since Richard Nixon in 1968, as well as the first ever to do so without Hancock County and the first to do so without Knox County since William McKinley in 1900.
Maine was one of ten states that backed George H. W. Bush for President in 1988 that didn't backed George W. Bush in either 2000 or 2004.
Results edit
Statewide edit
| 2000 United States presidential election in Maine[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Al Gore | 319,951 | 49.09% | 4 | |
| Republican | George W. Bush | 286,616 | 43.97% | 0 | |
| Green | Ralph Nader | 37,127 | 5.70% | 0 | |
| Reform | Pat Buchanan | 4,443 | 0.68% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | 3,074 | 0.47% | 0 | |
| Constitution | Howard Phillips | 579 | 0.09% | 0 | |
| Write-in | 27 | <0.01% | — | ||
| Totals | 651,817 | 100.00% | 4 | ||
| Voter turnout | 67% | -5% | |||
Congressional District edit
Gore won both congressional districts.[3]
| Maine's 1st congressional district | ||
| Candidate | # of Votes | % of Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Al Gore | 176,293 | 50.52% |
| George W. Bush | 148,618 | 42.59% |
| Maine's 2nd congressional district | ||
| Candidate | # of Votes | % of Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Al Gore | 143,658 | 47.43% |
| George W. Bush | 137,998 | 45.56% |
By county edit
| County | Al Gore Democratic | George W. Bush Republican | Ralph Nader Green | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Androscoggin | 26,251 | 53.31% | 19,948 | 40.51% | 2,388 | 4.85% | 658 | 1.34% | 6,303 | 12.80% | 49,245 |
| Aroostook | 17,196 | 48.93% | 16,555 | 47.11% | 1,055 | 3.00% | 337 | 0.96% | 641 | 1.82% | 35,143 |
| Cumberland | 74,203 | 52.03% | 58,543 | 41.05% | 8,576 | 6.01% | 1,298 | 0.91% | 15,660 | 10.98% | 142,620 |
| Franklin | 7,593 | 49.15% | 6,459 | 41.81% | 1,115 | 7.22% | 281 | 1.82% | 1,134 | 7.34% | 15,448 |
| Hancock | 12,983 | 45.44% | 12,732 | 44.56% | 2,513 | 8.79% | 346 | 1.21% | 251 | 0.88% | 28,574 |
| Kennebec | 31,198 | 52.96% | 23,967 | 40.69% | 2,955 | 5.02% | 787 | 1.34% | 7,231 | 12.28% | 58,907 |
| Knox | 9,453 | 46.11% | 8,968 | 43.74% | 1,810 | 8.83% | 270 | 1.32% | 485 | 2.37% | 20,501 |
| Lincoln | 8,634 | 43.89% | 9,457 | 48.08% | 1,323 | 6.73% | 257 | 1.31% | -823 | -4.18% | 19,671 |
| Oxford | 13,649 | 49.65% | 11,835 | 43.05% | 1,509 | 5.49% | 500 | 1.82% | 1,814 | 6.60% | 27,493 |
| Penobscot | 32,868 | 44.90% | 35,620 | 48.66% | 3,772 | 5.15% | 946 | 1.29% | -2,752 | -3.76% | 73,206 |
| Piscataquis | 3,745 | 40.46% | 4,845 | 52.34% | 471 | 5.09% | 195 | 2.11% | -1,100 | -11.88% | 9,256 |
| Sagadahoc | 8,844 | 48.05% | 8,052 | 43.75% | 1,278 | 6.94% | 232 | 1.26% | 792 | 4.30% | 18,406 |
| Somerset | 11,538 | 48.17% | 10,684 | 44.61% | 1,239 | 5.17% | 490 | 2.05% | 854 | 3.57% | 23,951 |
| Waldo | 8,477 | 44.29% | 8,689 | 45.40% | 1,690 | 8.83% | 282 | 1.47% | -212 | -1.11% | 19,138 |
| Washington | 6,701 | 42.66% | 7,958 | 50.66% | 802 | 5.11% | 247 | 1.57% | -1,257 | -8.00% | 15,708 |
| York | 46,618 | 49.31% | 42,304 | 44.74% | 4,631 | 4.90% | 997 | 1.05% | 4,314 | 4.56% | 94,550 |
| Total | 319,951 | 49.09% | 286,616 | 43.97% | 37,127 | 5.70% | 8,123 | 1.25% | 33,335 | 5.12% | 651,817 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican edit
- Lincoln (Largest city: Waldoboro)
- Penobscot (Largest city: Bangor)
- Piscataquis (Largest city: Dover-Foxcroft)
- Waldo (Largest city: Belfast)
- Washington (Largest city: Calais)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "United States Presidential Election Results".
- ^ "2000 Presidential General Election Results - Maine". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2001. Retrieved March 21, 2009.
- ^ "General Election Tabulations November 7, 2000-President of the United States". Archived from the original on September 6, 2012.