2000 United States presidential election in Maine

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2000 United States presidential election in Maine
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  1996 November 7, 2000 2004  
  Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, official portrait 1994.jpg Official Portrait- President George Walker Bush, 43rd President of the United States, Republican - DPLA - 7482eac0e113bf03014d1686a3733f97.jpeg Ralph Nader 1999 (cropped).jpg
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 vote400
Popular vote319,951286,61637,127
Percentage49.09%43.97%5.70%

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President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

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 , 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.

Results

Statewide

2000 United States presidential election in Maine [2]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Al Gore 319,95149.09%4
Republican George W. Bush 286,61643.97%0
Green Ralph Nader 37,1275.70%0
Reform Pat Buchanan 4,4430.68%0
Libertarian Harry Browne 3,0740.47%0
Constitution Howard Phillips 5790.09%0
Write-in 27<0.01%
Totals651,817100.00%4
Voter turnout67%-5%

Congressional District

Gore won both congressional districts. [3]

Maine's 1st congressional district
Candidate# of Votes % of Votes
Al Gore176,29350.52%
George W. Bush148,61842.59%
Maine's 2nd congressional district
Candidate# of Votes % of Votes
Al Gore143,65847.43%
George W. Bush137,99845.56%

By county

CountyAl Gore
Democratic
George W. Bush
Republican
Ralph Nader
Green
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %
Androscoggin 26,25153.31%19,94840.51%2,3884.85%6581.34%6,30312.80%49,245
Aroostook 17,19648.93%16,55547.11%1,0553.00%3370.96%6411.82%35,143
Cumberland 74,20352.03%58,54341.05%8,5766.01%1,2980.91%15,66010.98%142,620
Franklin 7,59349.15%6,45941.81%1,1157.22%2811.82%1,1347.34%15,448
Hancock 12,98345.44%12,73244.56%2,5138.79%3461.21%2510.88%28,574
Kennebec 31,19852.96%23,96740.69%2,9555.02%7871.34%7,23112.28%58,907
Knox 9,45346.11%8,96843.74%1,8108.83%2701.32%4852.37%20,501
Lincoln 8,63443.89%9,45748.08%1,3236.73%2571.31%-823-4.18%19,671
Oxford 13,64949.65%11,83543.05%1,5095.49%5001.82%1,8146.60%27,493
Penobscot 32,86844.90%35,62048.66%3,7725.15%9461.29%-2,752-3.76%73,206
Piscataquis 3,74540.46%4,84552.34%4715.09%1952.11%-1,100-11.88%9,256
Sagadahoc 8,84448.05%8,05243.75%1,2786.94%2321.26%7924.30%18,406
Somerset 11,53848.17%10,68444.61%1,2395.17%4902.05%8543.57%23,951
Waldo 8,47744.29%8,68945.40%1,6908.83%2821.47%-212-1.11%19,138
Washington 6,70142.66%7,95850.66%8025.11%2471.57%-1,257-8.00%15,708
York 46,61849.31%42,30444.74%4,6314.90%9971.05%4,3144.56%94,550
Total319,95149.09%286,61643.97%37,1275.70%8,1231.25%33,3355.12%651,817

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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References

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  2. "2000 Presidential General Election Results - Maine". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2001. Retrieved March 21, 2009.
  3. "General Election Tabulations November 7, 2000-President of the United States". Archived from the original on September 6, 2012.