United States presidential election in Nevada, 2000

United States presidential election in Nevada, 2000

November 7, 2000

Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore Party Republican Democratic Home state Texas Tennessee Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman Electoral vote 4 0 Popular vote 301,575 279,978 Percentage 49.52% 45.98%

275px County Results   Gore—50-60%   Bush—50-60%   Bush—60-70%   Bush—70-80%

President before election Bill Clinton Democratic Elected President George W. Bush Republican

The 2000 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 7, 2000 throughout all 50 states and D.C., which was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 4 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Nevada was won by Texas Governor George W. Bush, who won the state with 49.52% of the vote over Al Gore, who took 45.98%. Bush won every county except Clark County, which is home of Las Vegas. Bush also won Nevada's 1st congressional district, as Gore won Nevada's 2nd congressional district. Also, Ralph Nader got over 2% of the vote.

Results

United States presidential election in Nevada, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	George W. Bush	301,575	49.52%	4
	Democratic	Al Gore	279,978	45.98%	0
	Green	Ralph Nader	15,008	2.46%	0
	Reform	Patrick Buchanan	4,747	0.78%	0
	N/A	None of these candidates	3,315	0.54%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	3,311	0.54%	0
	Ind. American	Howard Phillips	621	0.10%	0
	Natural Law	John Hagelin	415	0.07%	0
Totals			608,970	100.00%	4
Voter turnout (Voting age/registered)					41%/70%

Results breakdown

By county

County	Gore %	Gore #	Bush %	Bush #	Others %	Others #
Churchill	24.8%	2,191	70.7%	6,237	4.5%	395
Clark	51.3%	196,100	44.7%	170,932	4.0%	15,166
Douglas	32.5%	5,837	62.3%	11,193	5.2%	944
Elko	17.9%	2,542	77.8%	11,025	4.3%	613
Esmeralda	23.6%	116	67.8%	333	8.6%	42
Eureka	17.9%	150	75.5%	632	3.1%	6.6%
Humboldt	22.4%	1,128	72.3%	3,638	5.3%	264
Lander	18.6%	395	76.4%	1,619	5.0%	105
Lincoln	23.6%	461	70.2%	1,372	6.2%	123
Lyon	33.0%	3,955	60.6%	7,270	6.4%	767
Mineral	40.0%	916	53.5%	1,227	6.5%	150
Nye	37.2%	4,525	56.7%	6,904	6.1%	752
Pershing	26.4%	476	67.8%	1,221	5.8	105
Storey	37.0%	666	56.4%	1,014	6.6%	118
Washoe	42.6%	52,097	52.0%	63,640	5.4	6,564
White Pine	30.2%	1,069	63.1%	2,234	6.7%	240

Electors

Main article: List of United States presidential electors, 2000

Technically the voters of Nevada cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Nevada is allocated 4 electors because it has 2 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 4 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 4 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 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:

1. Jane Ham
2. Trudy Hushbeck
3. William Raggio
4. Tom Wiesner