The 2000 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Oklahoma was won by the Republican Party candidate, Texas Governor George W. Bush with a 21.88% margin of victory. This is the last time that the Republican presidential nominee failed to win all 77 counties in Oklahoma. This was also the last time until 2016 that any third-party candidates were granted ballot access in Oklahoma and the last time until 2020 that any county was won by only a plurality.
Primaries edit
Democrat edit
| Candidate | Votes | % | Delegates[2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Gore | 92,654 | 68.71 | 38 |
| Bill Bradley | 34,311 | 25.44 | 7 |
| Lyndon LaRouche, Jr. | 7,885 | 5.85 | |
| Total | 134,850 | 100% | 45 |
Results edit
| 2000 United States presidential election in Oklahoma[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | George W. Bush | 744,337 | 60.31% | 8 | |
| Democratic | Al Gore | 474,276 | 38.43% | 0 | |
| Reform | Pat Buchanan | 9,014 | 0.73% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | 6,602 | 0.53% | 0 | |
By county edit
| County | George W. Bush Republican | Al Gore Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 3,503 | 58.61% | 2,361 | 39.50% | 113 | 1.89% | 1,142 | 19.11% | 5,977 |
| Alfalfa | 1,886 | 75.23% | 583 | 23.25% | 38 | 1.52% | 1,303 | 51.98% | 2,507 |
| Atoka | 2,375 | 54.93% | 1,906 | 44.08% | 43 | 0.99% | 469 | 10.85% | 4,324 |
| Beaver | 2,092 | 85.18% | 339 | 13.80% | 25 | 1.02% | 1,753 | 71.38% | 2,456 |
| Beckham | 4,067 | 62.26% | 2,408 | 36.86% | 57 | 0.87% | 1,659 | 25.40% | 6,532 |
| Blaine | 2,633 | 64.31% | 1,402 | 34.25% | 59 | 1.44% | 1,231 | 30.06% | 4,094 |
| Bryan | 6,084 | 51.80% | 5,554 | 47.28% | 108 | 0.92% | 530 | 4.52% | 11,746 |
| Caddo | 4,835 | 52.50% | 4,272 | 46.38% | 103 | 1.12% | 563 | 6.12% | 9,210 |
| Canadian | 22,679 | 72.32% | 8,367 | 26.68% | 314 | 1.00% | 14,312 | 45.64% | 31,360 |
| Carter | 9,667 | 58.74% | 6,659 | 40.46% | 132 | 0.80% | 3,008 | 18.28% | 16,458 |
| Cherokee | 6,918 | 47.82% | 7,256 | 50.15% | 294 | 2.03% | -338 | -2.33% | 14,468 |
| Choctaw | 2,461 | 46.30% | 2,799 | 52.66% | 55 | 1.03% | -338 | -6.36% | 5,315 |
| Cimarron | 1,230 | 82.88% | 227 | 15.30% | 27 | 1.82% | 1,003 | 67.58% | 1,484 |
| Cleveland | 47,393 | 62.22% | 27,792 | 36.49% | 986 | 1.29% | 19,601 | 25.73% | 76,171 |
| Coal | 1,196 | 50.64% | 1,148 | 48.60% | 18 | 0.76% | 48 | 2.04% | 2,362 |
| Comanche | 17,103 | 58.31% | 11,971 | 40.81% | 259 | 0.88% | 5,132 | 17.50% | 29,333 |
| Cotton | 1,388 | 55.92% | 1,068 | 43.03% | 26 | 1.05% | 320 | 12.89% | 2,482 |
| Craig | 2,815 | 51.33% | 2,568 | 46.83% | 101 | 1.84% | 247 | 4.50% | 5,484 |
| Creek | 13,580 | 57.20% | 9,753 | 41.08% | 408 | 1.72% | 3,827 | 16.12% | 23,741 |
| Custer | 6,527 | 66.99% | 3,115 | 31.97% | 101 | 1.04% | 3,412 | 35.02% | 9,743 |
| Delaware | 7,618 | 57.05% | 5,514 | 41.29% | 221 | 1.66% | 2,104 | 15.76% | 13,353 |
| Dewey | 1,607 | 72.39% | 599 | 26.98% | 14 | 0.63% | 1,008 | 45.41% | 2,220 |
| Ellis | 1,513 | 75.16% | 468 | 23.25% | 32 | 1.59% | 1,045 | 51.91% | 2,013 |
| Garfield | 14,902 | 68.73% | 6,543 | 30.18% | 238 | 1.10% | 8,359 | 38.55% | 21,683 |
| Garvin | 5,536 | 56.24% | 4,189 | 42.56% | 118 | 1.20% | 1,347 | 13.68% | 9,843 |
| Grady | 10,040 | 61.69% | 6,037 | 37.09% | 199 | 1.22% | 4,003 | 24.60% | 16,276 |
| Grant | 1,762 | 70.40% | 709 | 28.33% | 32 | 1.28% | 1,053 | 42.07% | 2,503 |
| Greer | 1,287 | 59.80% | 839 | 38.99% | 26 | 1.21% | 448 | 20.81% | 2,152 |
| Harmon | 692 | 57.43% | 507 | 42.07% | 6 | 0.50% | 185 | 15.36% | 1,205 |
| Harper | 1,296 | 77.01% | 374 | 22.22% | 13 | 0.77% | 922 | 54.79% | 1,683 |
| Haskell | 2,039 | 44.06% | 2,510 | 54.24% | 79 | 1.71% | -471 | -10.18% | 4,628 |
| Hughes | 2,196 | 47.90% | 2,334 | 50.91% | 55 | 1.20% | -138 | -3.01% | 4,585 |
| Jackson | 5,591 | 68.53% | 2,515 | 30.82% | 53 | 0.65% | 3,076 | 37.71% | 8,159 |
| Jefferson | 1,320 | 50.91% | 1,245 | 48.01% | 28 | 1.08% | 75 | 2.90% | 2,593 |
| Johnston | 2,072 | 52.72% | 1,809 | 46.03% | 49 | 1.25% | 263 | 6.69% | 3,930 |
| Kay | 11,768 | 64.79% | 6,122 | 33.71% | 272 | 1.50% | 5,646 | 31.08% | 18,162 |
| Kingfisher | 4,693 | 77.49% | 1,304 | 21.53% | 59 | 0.97% | 3,389 | 55.96% | 6,056 |
| Kiowa | 2,173 | 57.95% | 1,544 | 41.17% | 33 | 0.88% | 629 | 16.78% | 3,750 |
| Latimer | 1,739 | 47.40% | 1,865 | 50.83% | 65 | 1.77% | -126 | -3.43% | 3,669 |
| Le Flore | 8,215 | 54.82% | 6,536 | 43.62% | 234 | 1.56% | 1,679 | 11.20% | 14,985 |
| Lincoln | 7,387 | 63.13% | 4,140 | 35.38% | 174 | 1.49% | 3,247 | 27.25% | 11,701 |
| Logan | 8,187 | 63.61% | 4,510 | 35.04% | 173 | 1.34% | 3,677 | 28.57% | 12,870 |
| Love | 1,807 | 53.59% | 1,530 | 45.37% | 35 | 1.04% | 277 | 8.22% | 3,372 |
| McClain | 6,750 | 64.05% | 3,679 | 34.91% | 110 | 1.04% | 3,071 | 29.14% | 10,539 |
| McCurtain | 6,601 | 62.97% | 3,752 | 35.79% | 129 | 1.23% | 2,849 | 27.18% | 10,482 |
| McIntosh | 3,444 | 44.26% | 4,206 | 54.05% | 131 | 1.68% | -762 | -9.79% | 7,781 |
| Major | 2,672 | 79.71% | 635 | 18.94% | 45 | 1.34% | 2,037 | 60.77% | 3,352 |
| Marshall | 2,641 | 53.90% | 2,210 | 45.10% | 49 | 1.00% | 431 | 8.80% | 4,900 |
| Mayes | 7,132 | 50.94% | 6,618 | 47.27% | 251 | 1.79% | 514 | 3.67% | 14,001 |
| Murray | 2,609 | 53.01% | 2,263 | 45.98% | 50 | 1.02% | 346 | 7.03% | 4,922 |
| Muskogee | 11,820 | 47.87% | 12,520 | 50.70% | 353 | 1.43% | -700 | -2.83% | 24,693 |
| Noble | 3,230 | 68.77% | 1,416 | 30.15% | 51 | 1.09% | 1,814 | 38.62% | 4,697 |
| Nowata | 2,069 | 53.75% | 1,703 | 44.25% | 77 | 2.00% | 366 | 9.50% | 3,849 |
| Okfuskee | 1,910 | 50.42% | 1,814 | 47.89% | 64 | 1.69% | 96 | 2.53% | 3,788 |
| Oklahoma | 139,078 | 62.34% | 81,590 | 36.57% | 2,443 | 1.09% | 57,488 | 25.77% | 223,111 |
| Okmulgee | 5,797 | 43.99% | 7,186 | 54.53% | 195 | 1.48% | -1,389 | -10.54% | 13,178 |
| Osage | 8,138 | 51.15% | 7,540 | 47.39% | 231 | 1.45% | 598 | 3.76% | 15,909 |
| Ottawa | 5,625 | 49.29% | 5,647 | 49.49% | 139 | 1.22% | -22 | -0.20% | 11,411 |
| Pawnee | 3,386 | 57.15% | 2,435 | 41.10% | 104 | 1.76% | 951 | 16.05% | 5,925 |
| Payne | 15,256 | 61.15% | 9,319 | 37.36% | 372 | 1.49% | 5,937 | 23.79% | 24,947 |
| Pittsburg | 8,514 | 52.05% | 7,627 | 46.63% | 216 | 1.32% | 887 | 5.42% | 16,357 |
| Pontotoc | 7,299 | 56.86% | 5,387 | 41.97% | 150 | 1.17% | 1,912 | 14.89% | 12,836 |
| Pottawatomie | 13,235 | 59.31% | 8,763 | 39.27% | 318 | 1.42% | 4,472 | 20.04% | 22,316 |
| Pushmataha | 2,331 | 53.61% | 1,969 | 45.29% | 48 | 1.10% | 362 | 8.32% | 4,348 |
| Roger Mills | 1,234 | 73.15% | 441 | 26.14% | 12 | 0.71% | 793 | 47.01% | 1,687 |
| Rogers | 17,713 | 61.18% | 10,813 | 37.35% | 425 | 1.47% | 6,900 | 23.83% | 28,951 |
| Seminole | 4,011 | 50.99% | 3,783 | 48.09% | 72 | 0.92% | 228 | 2.90% | 7,866 |
| Sequoyah | 6,614 | 53.97% | 5,425 | 44.27% | 215 | 1.75% | 1,189 | 9.70% | 12,254 |
| Stephens | 10,860 | 62.10% | 6,467 | 36.98% | 161 | 0.92% | 4,393 | 25.12% | 17,488 |
| Texas | 4,964 | 81.54% | 1,084 | 17.81% | 40 | 0.66% | 3,880 | 63.73% | 6,088 |
| Tillman | 1,920 | 57.33% | 1,400 | 41.80% | 29 | 0.87% | 520 | 15.53% | 3,349 |
| Tulsa | 134,152 | 61.34% | 81,656 | 37.34% | 2,883 | 1.32% | 52,496 | 24.00% | 218,691 |
| Wagoner | 12,981 | 60.33% | 8,244 | 38.31% | 292 | 1.36% | 4,737 | 22.02% | 21,517 |
| Washington | 13,788 | 66.47% | 6,644 | 32.03% | 312 | 1.50% | 7,144 | 34.44% | 20,744 |
| Washita | 2,850 | 63.79% | 1,564 | 35.00% | 54 | 1.21% | 1,286 | 28.79% | 4,468 |
| Woods | 2,774 | 68.56% | 1,235 | 30.52% | 37 | 0.91% | 1,539 | 38.04% | 4,046 |
| Woodward | 5,067 | 71.37% | 1,950 | 27.46% | 83 | 1.17% | 3,117 | 43.91% | 7,100 |
| Totals | 744,337 | 60.31% | 474,276 | 38.43% | 15,616 | 1.27% | 270,061 | 21.88% | 1,234,229 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican edit
- Atoka (Largest city: Atoka)
- Bryan (Largest city: Durant)
- Caddo (Largest city: Anadarko)
- Carter (Largest city: Ardmore)
- Coal (Largest city: Coalgate)
- Cotton (Largest city: Walters)
- Craig (Largest city: Vinita)
- Garvin (Largest city: Pauls Valley)
- Greer (Largest city: Mangum)
- Harmon (Largest city: Hollis)
- Jefferson (Largest city: Waurika)
- Johnston (Largest city: Tishomingo)
- Kiowa (Largest city: Hobart)
- Le Flore (Largest city: Poteau)
- Love (Largest city: Marietta)
- Marshall (Largest city: Madill)
- Mayes (Largest city: Pryor Creek)
- McCurtain (Largest city: Idabel)
- Murray (Largest city: Sulphur)
- Nowata (Largest city: Nowata)
- Okfuskee (Largest city: Okemah)
- Osage (Largest city: Hominy)
- Pawnee (Largest city: Cleveland)
- Pittsburg (Largest city: McAlester)
- Pontotoc (Largest city: Ada)
- Pushmataha (Largest city: Antlers)
- Seminole (Largest city: Seminole)
- Sequoyah (Largest city: Sallisaw)
- Tillman (Largest city: Frederick)
By congressional district edit
Bush won all 6 congressional districts, including one held by a Democrat.[4]
| District | Bush | Gore | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 62% | 37% | Steve Largent |
| 2nd | 53% | 46% | Tom Coburn |
| Brad Carson | |||
| 3rd | 56% | 43% | Wes Watkins |
| 4th | 61% | 38% | J. C. Watts |
| 5th | 68% | 31% | Ernest Istook |
| 6th | 61% | 38% | Frank Lucas |
Electors edit
The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 18, 2000[5] 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:[6]
- Steve Byas
- James Cruson
- Paul Hollrah
- Kristal Markowitz
- Bob McDowell
- Donald O'Nesky
- Tom Prince
- George W. Wiland
The slates of electors for the defeated candidates are as follows:
Reform: Robert Kiwanis Bell, Jr., Isabel Faith Lyman, Patrick S. J. Carmack, Ivette P. Farmer, Earl David Shaffer, William Bruce Charles, Gregory D. Brown, Mary Patricia Ziglinski
Democrat: George Nigh, Carma Lee Brock, Edmund Synar, Beulah Vernon, Jay Parmley, Rhonda Walters, Mary Jac Rauh, Obera Bergdall
Libertarian: Charles Burris, Agnes Regier, Christine M. Kane, Mary Laurent, Anne Fruits, Jack Litherland, David Lewis, Lynn Atherton[7]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "OKLAHOMA STATE ELECTION BOARD PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION March 14, 2000 SUMMARY RESULTS" (PDF).
- ^ "Election 2000: Missouri Democrat". The Green Papers. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
- ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".
- ^ 2000 Presidential General Election Results - Oklahoma US Election Atlas
- ^ 2000 Presidential General Election Results - Pennsylvania US Election Atlas
- ^ "President Elect - 2000". Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved May 10, 2011.
- ^ 2000 Presidential Electors - Oklahoma US Election Atlas
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