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2000 United States presidential election in Indiana Indiana presidential no 1996 United States presidential election in Indiana 1996 2004 United States presidential election in Indiana 2004 November 7, 2000 58.5%Jamieson Shin Day 2002 Table 4a 2.7 pp 200x200px GeorgeWBush (1).jpg George W. Bush Republican Party (United States) Texas Dick Cheney 12 1,245,836 56.65% Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, official portrait 1994 (3x4 close cropped).jpg Al Gore Democratic Party (United States) Tennessee Joe Lieberman 0 901,980 41.01% 180px County results 180px Congressional district results Bush
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#4389e3 60–70% President Bill Clinton Democratic Party (United States) George W. Bush Republican Party (United States)
2000 United States presidential election
A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. The Republican ticket of the governor of Texas George W. Bush and the former U.S. secretary of defense Dick Cheney defeated the Democratic ticket of the vice president of the United States Al Gore and the junior U.S. senator from Connecticut Joe Lieberman. Bush defeated Gore in the national election with 271 electoral votes.Congressional Quarterly 2010 799, 889
Primary elections
Republican Party
2000 Republican Party presidential primaries
Indiana Republican primary, May 2, 2000Congressional Quarterly 2010 466
George W. Bush
Republican Party (United States)
330,095
81.17
John McCain (withdrawn)
Republican Party (United States)
76,569
18.83
406,664
100.00
Democratic Party
2000 Democratic Party presidential primaries
Indiana Democratic primary, May 2, 2000Congressional Quarterly 2010 466
Al Gore
Democratic Party (United States)
219,604
74.91
Bill Bradley (withdrawn)
Democratic Party (United States)
64,339
21.94
Lyndon LaRouche
Democratic Party (United States)
9,229
3.15
293,172
100.00
Reform Party
2000 Reform Party presidential primaries
Indiana Reform primary, July 4–August 10, 19962000 Reform Party Presidential Mail Ballot (table) http://ballot-access.org/2000/0901.html March 9, 2026 Ballot Access News September 1, 1996 https://web.archive.org/web/20020820004727/http://ballot-access.org/2000/0901.html#13 August 20, 2002
Pat Buchanan
Reform Party of the United States of America
931
77.39
John Hagelin
Reform Party of the United States of America
272
22.61
1,203
100.00
General election
Statistics
Bush carried Vigo County, Indiana, which voted for the successful presidential candidate in every election from 1956 to 2016. This is the most recent presidential election in which the Democratic ticket carried Scott County, Indiana. Bush became the first Republican presidential candidate to win the national election without carrying LaPorte County since Benjamin Harrison in 1888 United States presidential election.Menendez 2009 188–92
Results
2000 United States presidential election in IndianaGilroy 2000 45–50
George W. BushDick Cheney
Republican Party (United States)
1,245,836
56.65
9.52
Al GoreJoe Lieberman
Democratic Party (United States)
901,980
41.01
0.54
Ralph Nader (write-in)Winona LaDuke (write-in)
Green
Green Party of the United States
18,506
0.84
0.79
Pat BuchananBuchanan and Foster were the national nominees of the Reform Party of the United States of America.Ezola Foster
Independent politician
16,959
0.77
9.73
Harry BrowneArt Olivier
Libertarian Party (United States)
15,530
0.71
0.02
John Hagelin (write-in)Nat Goldhaber (write-in)
Natural Law Party (United States)
198
0.01
Howard Phillips (write-in)J. Curtis Frazier (write-in)
Constitution Party (United States)
197
0.01
0.01
David McReynolds (write-in)McReynolds was the national nominee of the Socialist Party USA.N/AMcReynolds had no registered running mate in Indiana.Gilroy 2000 47
Independent politician
43
0.00
Joe Schriner (write-in)N/ASchriner had no registered running mate in Indiana.Gilroy 2000 47
Independent politician
24
0.00
0.00
Keith Judd (write-in)N/AJudd had no registered running mate in Indiana.Gilroy 2000 47
Independent politician
15
0.00
0.00
David Harold Bircher (write-in)N/ABircher had no registered running mate in Indiana.Gilroy 2000 47
Independent Republican (United States)
8
0.00
0.00
Earnest Lee Easton (write-in)N/AEaston had no registered running mate in Indiana.Gilroy 2000 47
Veterans Industrial
5
0.00
0.00
Gloria Dawn Strickland (write-in)N/AStrickland had no registered running mate in Indiana.Gilroy 2000 47
Independent politician
4
0.00
0.00
2,199,305
100.00
By county
CountyGeorge W. BushRepublicanAl GoreDemocraticVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal#%#%#%#%Adams8,55567.95%3,77529.98%2602.07%4,78037.97%12,590Allen70,42661.60%41,63636.42%2,2581.98%28,79025.18%114,320Bartholomew16,20062.87%9,01534.98%5542.15%7,18527.89%25,769Benton2,44163.01%1,32834.28%1052.71%1,11328.73%3,874Blackford2,69955.16%2,10342.98%911.86%59612.18%4,893Boone13,16171.54%4,76325.89%4722.57%8,39845.65%18,396Brown3,87156.78%2,60838.26%3384.96%1,26318.52%6,817Carroll5,10261.71%2,96535.86%2012.43%2,13725.85%8,268Cass9,30561.60%5,41235.83%3892.58%3,89325.77%15,106Clark19,41752.01%17,36046.50%5591.50%2,0575.51%37,336Clay6,39362.94%3,60535.49%1601.58%2,78827.45%10,158Clinton7,14164.97%3,64333.15%2071.88%3,49831.82%10,991Crawford2,32755.29%1,81743.17%651.54%51012.12%4,209Daviess6,87270.40%2,69727.63%1921.97%4,17542.77%9,761Dearborn11,45264.88%6,02034.11%1781.01%5,43230.77%17,650Decatur6,11566.68%2,88931.50%1671.82%3,22635.18%9,171DeKalb8,70163.12%4,77634.65%3082.23%3,92528.47%13,785Delaware22,10550.07%20,87647.29%1,1662.64%1,2292.78%44,147Dubois10,13465.36%5,09032.83%2801.81%5,04432.53%15,504Elkhart36,75667.46%16,40230.11%1,3242.43%20,35437.35%54,482Fayette5,06058.52%3,41539.49%1721.99%1,64519.03%8,647Floyd16,48654.90%13,20943.99%3351.12%3,27710.91%30,030Fountain4,40860.54%2,71737.32%1562.14%1,69123.22%7,281Franklin5,58767.00%2,59131.07%1611.93%2,99635.93%8,339Fulton5,21862.66%2,96035.55%1491.79%2,25827.11%8,327Gibson7,73456.16%5,80242.13%2361.71%1,93214.03%13,772Grant16,15361.22%9,71236.81%5211.97%6,44124.41%26,386Greene7,45259.05%4,89838.81%2692.13%2,55420.24%12,619Hamilton56,37274.25%18,00223.71%1,5522.04%38,37050.54%75,926Hancock15,94369.47%6,50328.34%5042.20%9,44041.13%22,950Harrison8,71158.48%5,87039.41%3152.11%2,84119.07%14,896Hendricks28,65171.23%10,78626.82%7841.95%17,86544.41%40,221Henry10,32156.35%7,64741.75%3471.89%2,67414.60%18,315Howard20,33159.63%12,89937.83%8652.54%7,43221.80%34,095Huntington10,11369.17%4,11928.17%3882.65%5,99441.00%14,620Jackson9,05462.01%5,33036.50%2181.49%3,72425.51%14,602Jasper7,21264.58%3,74433.53%2111.89%3,46831.05%11,167Jay4,68758.37%3,16739.44%1762.19%1,52018.93%8,030Jefferson6,58255.17%5,11742.89%2321.94%1,46512.28%11,931Jennings5,73260.37%3,54937.38%2132.24%2,18322.99%9,494Johnson29,40469.54%11,95228.27%9282.19%17,45241.27%42,284Knox8,48556.36%6,30041.85%2691.79%2,18514.51%15,054Kosciusko19,04075.30%5,78522.88%4591.82%13,25552.42%25,284LaGrange5,43765.25%2,73332.80%1631.96%2,70432.45%8,333Lake63,38936.02%109,07861.98%3,5272.00%-45,689-25.96%175,994LaPorte18,99447.79%19,73649.65%1,0172.56%-742-1.86%39,747Lawrence10,67766.14%5,07131.41%3942.44%5,60634.73%16,142Madison27,95653.54%23,40344.82%8571.64%4,5538.72%52,216Marion137,81049.23%134,18947.94%7,9042.82%3,6211.29%279,903Marshall10,26663.57%5,54134.31%3432.12%4,72529.26%16,150Martin3,00865.26%1,51832.94%831.80%1,49032.32%4,609Miami8,40164.98%4,15532.14%3722.88%4,24632.84%12,928Monroe19,14747.61%17,52343.57%3,5508.83%1,6244.04%40,220Montgomery8,89167.87%3,89929.76%3112.37%4,99238.11%13,101Morgan15,28669.37%6,22828.26%5222.37%9,05841.11%22,036Newton3,25058.98%2,10138.13%1592.89%1,14920.85%5,510Noble9,10364.03%4,82233.92%2912.05%4,28130.11%14,216Ohio1,51560.79%95138.16%261.04%56422.63%2,492Orange4,68762.85%2,60134.88%1702.28%2,08627.97%7,458Owen4,01961.80%2,25334.65%2313.55%1,76627.15%6,503Parke3,84159.58%2,48138.48%1251.94%1,36021.10%6,447Perry3,46146.85%3,82351.75%1031.39%-362-4.90%7,387Pike3,56656.59%2,60541.34%1312.08%96115.25%6,302Porter31,15752.47%26,79045.12%1,4312.41%4,3677.35%59,378Posey6,49858.49%4,43039.87%1821.64%2,06818.62%11,110Pulaski3,49763.37%1,91934.78%1021.85%1,57828.59%5,518Putnam7,35261.93%4,12334.73%3963.34%3,22927.20%11,871Randolph6,02059.42%3,90638.55%2062.03%2,11420.87%10,132Ripley6,98865.46%3,49832.77%1891.77%3,49032.69%10,675Rush4,74965.20%2,37032.54%1652.27%2,37932.66%7,284Scott3,76147.94%3,91549.90%1702.17%-154-1.96%7,846Shelby9,59062.64%5,37435.10%3462.26%4,21627.54%15,310Spencer5,09656.70%3,75241.75%1391.55%1,34414.95%8,987St. Joseph47,58148.81%47,70348.94%2,1902.25%-122-0.13%97,474Starke4,34949.98%4,13647.53%2162.48%2132.45%8,701Steuben6,95361.66%4,10336.38%2211.96%2,85025.28%11,277Sullivan4,31952.28%3,83346.39%1101.33%4865.89%8,262Switzerland1,83156.53%1,33641.25%722.22%49515.28%3,239Tippecanoe26,10656.39%18,22039.36%1,9694.25%7,88617.03%46,295Tipton4,78465.39%2,39232.70%1401.91%2,39232.69%7,316Union1,83864.99%92732.78%632.23%91132.21%2,828Vanderburgh35,84654.13%29,22244.13%1,1531.74%6,62410.00%66,221Vermillion3,13047.19%3,37050.81%1332.01%-240-3.62%6,633Vigo18,02149.74%17,57048.50%6371.76%4511.24%36,228Wabash8,32164.59%4,27733.20%2852.21%4,04431.39%12,883Warren2,21858.86%1,47139.04%792.10%74719.82%3,768Warrick13,20559.19%8,74939.22%3551.59%4,45619.97%22,309Washington5,86859.87%3,67537.50%2582.63%2,19322.37%9,801Wayne14,27356.75%10,27340.85%6052.41%4,00015.90%25,151Wells7,75568.74%3,31929.42%2071.83%4,43639.32%11,281White6,03760.96%3,65536.90%2122.14%2,38224.06%9,904Whitley8,08064.99%4,10733.04%2451.97%3,97331.95%12,432Totals1,245,83656.65%901,98041.01%51,4862.34%343,85615.64%2,199,302
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
10em
Blackford
Clark
Crawford
Delaware
Floyd
Gibson
Jefferson
Knox
Madison
Monroe
Pike
Porter
Posey
Spencer
Starke
Sullivan
Switzerland
Vanderburgh
Vigo
Warrick
By congressional district
+ 2000 United States presidential election in Indiana by congressional districtPark-Egan n.d. District Bush Gore RepresentativeIndiana 1 1st 38% 58%Pete ViscloskyIndiana 2 2nd55%41%David M. McIntoshMike PenceIndiana 3 3rd 55% 42%Tim RoemerIndiana 4 4th 62% 34%Mark SouderIndiana 5 5th 60% 36%Steve BuyerIndiana 6 6th 67% 28%Dan BurtonIndiana 7 7th60%35%Edward A. PeaseBrian D. KernsIndiana 8 8th 55% 40%John HostettlerIndiana 9 9th 57% 39%Baron HillIndiana 10 10th 38% 59%Julia Carson
Electors
List of 2000 United States presidential electors
Voters in Indiana chose 12 electors in accordance with Article Two of the United States Constitution, which provides that each state appoint a number of electors equal to its representation in the United States Congress. Since 1936, Indiana's electors have been selected by block voting in a statewide general election. The electors meet in the Indiana House of Representatives chamber of the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis on the second Wednesday in December following the election and vote for president and vice president.Indiana Election Division 2020
The following electors were nominated by the Indiana Republican Party and voted for Bush and Cheney at the meeting of the Indiana Electoral College on December 18, 2000.Indiana Election Division 2020
Rodric D. Bray
Roger A. Chiabai
Beverly Gard
Don Heckard
Marla Irving
Virginia Lee
P.E. MacAllister
Barbara L. McClellan
Michael D. McDaniel
Max Middendorf
Michael Miner
Virgil Scheidt
See also
United States presidential elections in Indiana
Notes
References
Bibliography
Congressional Quarterly Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections 6th 2010 Congressional Quarterly Washington D.C. https://archive.org/details/cq-press-guide-to-u.-s.-elections-6th-edition-congressional-quarterlys-guide-to-u-s-elections-2009
Gilroy Sue Anne 2000 Election Report State of Indiana 2000 Indiana Election Division Indianapolis https://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16066coll37/id/3000
Indiana Election Division Presidential Electors FAQ 2020 Indiana Secretary of State [Indianapolis] https://www.in.gov/sos/elections/files/Presidential-Elector-Listing-and-Statistics-2020-PDF.pdf
Jamieson Amie Shin Hyon B. Day Jenniver Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2000 2002 United States Department of Commerce Washington, D.C. https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2002/demo/p20-542.html
Menendez Albert J. The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868–2004 2009 McFarland and Company Jefferson, NC https://archive.org/details/geographyofpresi0000mene
Park-Egan Kiernan 2000 Presidential General Election Results, Results by Congressional District n.d. Atlas of U.S. Presidential Election Results https://wwu.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/minimalist/index.html?appid=ec3ad6a61b334fb6b858e1f4e791c583 March 9, 2026
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