2000 United States presidential election in Minnesota

none June 2025 January 2025 2000 United States presidential election 2000 United States presidential election in Minnesota Minnesota 1983 File:Flag of Minnesota (1983-2024).svg presidential no 1996 United States presidential election in Minnesota 1996 2004 United States presidential election in Minnesota 2004 70.11%http://www.sos.state.mn.us/election-administration-campaigns/data-maps/historical-voter-turnout-statistics/ Office of the State Of Minnesota Secretary of State www.sos.state.mn.us en 2017-07-22 November 7, 2000 x160px Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, official portrait 1994 (3x4 close cropped).jpg Al Gore Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Tennessee Joe Lieberman 10 1,168,266 47.91% GeorgeWBush (1).jpg George W. Bush Republican Party of Minnesota Texas Dick Cheney 0 1,109,659 45.50% Ralph Nader 1999 (cropped).jpg Ralph Nader Green Party of Minnesota Connecticut Winona LaDuke 0 126,696 5.20% 320px County results 320px Congressional district results 320px Precinct results Gore #B9D7FF 40–50% #86B6F2 50–60% #4389E3 60–70% #1666CB 70–80% #0645B4 80–90% #002B84 90–100% Bush #FFCCD0 30–40% #F2B3BE 40–50% #E27F90 50–60% #CC2F4A 60–70% #D40000 70–80% #AA0000 80–90% #800000 90–100% Tie/No Data #D4C4DC #808080 President Bill Clinton Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party George W. Bush Republican Party of Minnesota The 2000 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 7, 2000, as part of the 2000 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all 50 states and D.C. Voters chose ten representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Minnesota was won by Vice President Al Gore by a 2.39% margin of victory, a much weaker performance than President Bill Clinton had in 1996, when he carried the state with 51% of the vote and a 16% margin of victory. Despite winning the state, Gore lost most of the counties and congressional districts in the state. However, Gore won highly populated counties such as Hennepin County, Ramsey County, and St. Louis County by safe margins. In terms of congressional districts, Gore won three districts including the urban 4th and 5th and won the 8th district with less than fifty percent of the vote. Bush overall dominated the rural areas, located in the western and southern parts of the state, and became the first Republican presidential nominee to win Red Lake County since Warren G. Harding in 1920.Menendez, Albert J. The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 121 0786422173 Nonetheless, he became the first ever Republican to win the White House without carrying Fillmore County. No Republican has won the state since Richard Nixon in 1972, a Democratic streak longer than any other state.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/compare.php?year=2000&fips=27&f=0&off=0&elect=0&type=state Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Minnesota Dave Leip Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas Gore carried the state by a fairly close margin, largely on the strength of his performance in the Twin Cities metro. 2020 11 As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which Cook County voted for a Republican presidential candidate.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 Results 2000 United States presidential election in Minnesotahttps://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2000&fips=27&f=0&off=0&elect=0 2000 Presidential General Election Results - MinnesotaPartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic (DFL) Al Gore Joe Lieberman 1,168,266 47.91% 10 Republican George W. Bush Dick Cheney 1,109,659 45.50% 0 Green Ralph Nader Winona LaDuke 126,696 5.20% 0 Reform Pat Buchanan Ezola Foster 22,166 0.91% 0 Libertarian Harry Browne Art Olivier 5,282 0.22% 0 Constitution Howard Phillips J. Curtis Frazier 3,272 0.13% 0 Natural Law John Hagelin A. Nat. Goldhaber 2,294 0.09% 0 Socialist Workers James Harris Margaret Trowe 1,022 0.04% 0 Write Ins 28 0.00% 0 Totals 2,438,685 100.00% 10 Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered) 67%/75% Results by county County Al GoreDFL George W. BushRepublican Ralph NaderGreen Pat BuchananReform Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # % Aitkin 3,830 46.37% 3,755 45.46% 403 4.88% 220 2.66% 52 0.63% 75 0.91% 8,260 Anoka 68,008 46.70% 69,256 47.56% 6,616 4.54% 1,040 0.71% 699 0.48% -1,248 -0.86% 145,619 Becker 5,253 36.65% 8,152 56.88% 591 4.12% 264 1.84% 73 0.51% -2,899 -20.23% 14,333 Beltrami 7,301 42.41% 8,346 48.48% 1,269 7.37% 211 1.23% 90 0.52% -1,045 -6.07% 17,217 Benton 6,009 40.31% 7,663 51.40% 862 5.78% 278 1.86% 96 0.64% -1,654 -11.09% 14,908 Big Stone 1,430 47.99% 1,370 45.97% 109 3.66% 59 1.98% 12 0.40% 60 2.02% 2,980 Blue Earth 12,329 44.99% 12,942 47.23% 1,761 6.43% 238 0.87% 132 0.48% -613 -2.24% 27,402 Brown 4,650 36.23% 7,370 57.43% 561 4.37% 200 1.56% 53 0.41% -2,720 -21.20% 12,834 Carlton 8,620 57.16% 5,578 36.99% 634 4.20% 183 1.21% 66 0.44% 3,042 20.17% 15,081 Carver 12,462 35.58% 20,790 59.36% 1,381 3.94% 221 0.63% 167 0.48% -8,328 -23.78% 35,021 Cass 5,534 40.71% 7,134 52.48% 663 4.88% 197 1.45% 65 0.48% -1,600 -11.77% 13,593 Chippewa 2,952 46.47% 2,977 46.87% 268 4.22% 113 1.78% 42 0.66% -25 -0.40% 6,352 Chisago 9,593 43.63% 10,937 49.74% 1,116 5.08% 239 1.09% 102 0.46% -1,344 -6.11% 21,987 Clay 10,128 43.36% 11,712 50.14% 963 4.12% 428 1.83% 127 0.54% -1,584 -6.78% 23,358 Clearwater 1,466 38.34% 2,137 55.88% 134 3.50% 69 1.80% 18 0.47% -671 -17.54% 3,824 Cook 1,171 41.52% 1,295 45.92% 290 10.28% 25 0.89% 39 1.38% -124 -4.40% 2,820 Cottonwood 2,503 40.50% 3,369 54.51% 208 3.37% 74 1.20% 27 0.44% -866 -14.01% 6,181 Crow Wing 11,255 40.01% 15,035 53.45% 1,314 4.67% 398 1.41% 126 0.45% -3,780 -13.44% 28,128 Dakota 85,446 46.88% 87,250 47.87% 7,799 4.28% 989 0.54% 765 0.42% -1,804 -0.99% 182,249 Dodge 3,370 41.86% 4,213 52.34% 327 4.06% 96 1.19% 44 0.55% -843 -10.48% 8,050 Douglas 6,352 36.92% 9,811 57.02% 746 4.34% 218 1.27% 78 0.45% -3,459 -20.10% 17,205 Faribault 3,624 43.02% 4,336 51.47% 309 3.67% 113 1.34% 42 0.50% -712 -8.45% 8,424 Fillmore 5,020 49.10% 4,646 45.45% 409 4.00% 95 0.93% 53 0.52% 374 3.65% 10,223 Freeborn 8,514 52.75% 6,843 42.40% 555 3.44% 138 0.86% 89 0.55% 1,671 10.35% 16,139 Goodhue 9,981 44.84% 10,852 48.76% 1,093 4.91% 233 1.05% 98 0.44% -871 -3.92% 22,257 Grant 1,507 41.58% 1,804 49.78% 214 5.91% 81 2.24% 18 0.50% -297 -8.20% 3,624 Hennepin 307,599 53.60% 225,657 39.32% 35,584 6.20% 2,300 0.40% 2,706 0.47% 81,942 14.28% 573,846 Houston 4,502 44.28% 5,077 49.94% 421 4.14% 117 1.15% 50 0.49% -575 -5.66% 10,167 Hubbard 3,632 37.78% 5,307 55.21% 484 5.03% 131 1.36% 59 0.61% -1,675 -17.43% 9,613 Isanti 6,247 41.84% 7,668 51.36% 753 5.04% 175 1.17% 86 0.58% -1,421 -9.52% 14,929 Itasca 10,583 48.74% 9,545 43.96% 1,137 5.24% 296 1.36% 153 0.70% 1,038 4.78% 21,714 Jackson 2,364 43.47% 2,773 50.99% 194 3.57% 77 1.42% 30 0.55% -409 -7.52% 5,438 Kanabec 2,831 41.57% 3,480 51.09% 344 5.05% 108 1.59% 48 0.70% -649 -9.52% 6,811 Kandiyohi 8,220 42.62% 10,026 51.99% 734 3.81% 228 1.18% 77 0.40% -1,806 -9.37% 19,285 Kittson 1,107 41.98% 1,353 51.31% 68 2.58% 88 3.34% 21 0.80% -246 -9.33% 2,637 Koochiching 2,903 42.20% 3,523 51.21% 302 4.39% 101 1.47% 50 0.73% -620 -9.01% 6,879 Lac qui Parle 2,244 50.39% 1,941 43.59% 160 3.59% 87 1.95% 21 0.47% 303 6.80% 4,453 Lake 3,579 54.53% 2,465 37.56% 426 6.49% 58 0.88% 35 0.53% 1,114 16.97% 6,563 Lake of the Woods 848 38.77% 1,216 55.60% 74 3.38% 33 1.51% 16 0.73% -368 -16.83% 2,187 Le Sueur 5,361 43.48% 6,138 49.78% 603 4.89% 183 1.48% 46 0.37% -777 -6.30% 12,331 Lincoln 1,590 48.42% 1,513 46.07% 105 3.20% 54 1.64% 22 0.67% 77 2.35% 3,284 Lyon 4,737 41.23% 6,087 52.98% 460 4.00% 144 1.25% 61 0.53% -1,350 -11.75% 11,489 Mahnomen 921 41.41% 1,122 50.45% 96 4.32% 71 3.19% 14 0.63% -201 -9.04% 2,224 Marshall 1,910 36.74% 2,912 56.01% 160 3.08% 191 3.67% 26 0.50% -1,002 -19.27% 5,199 Martin 4,166 40.17% 5,686 54.83% 376 3.63% 96 0.93% 47 0.45% -1,520 -14.66% 10,371 McLeod 5,609 36.44% 8,782 57.05% 681 4.42% 231 1.50% 91 0.59% -3,173 -20.61% 15,394 Meeker 4,402 41.25% 5,520 51.72% 517 4.84% 174 1.63% 59 0.55% -1,118 -10.47% 10,672 Mille Lacs 4,376 42.68% 5,223 50.94% 448 4.37% 156 1.52% 50 0.49% -847 -8.26% 10,253 Morrison 5,274 35.93% 8,197 55.85% 633 4.31% 493 3.36% 80 0.55% -2,923 -19.92% 14,677 Mower 10,693 57.86% 6,873 37.19% 678 3.67% 143 0.77% 93 0.50% 3,820 20.67% 18,480 Murray 2,093 44.04% 2,407 50.64% 149 3.13% 73 1.54% 31 0.65% -314 -6.60% 4,753 Nicollet 7,041 45.94% 7,221 47.11% 842 5.49% 169 1.10% 54 0.35% -180 -1.17% 15,327 Nobles 3,760 42.38% 4,766 53.72% 238 2.68% 72 0.81% 36 0.41% -1,006 -11.34% 8,872 Norman 1,575 43.26% 1,808 49.66% 123 3.38% 115 3.16% 20 0.55% -233 -6.40% 3,641 Olmsted 25,822 43.48% 30,641 51.59% 2,198 3.70% 369 0.62% 362 0.61% -4,819 -8.11% 59,392 Otter Tail 9,844 34.53% 16,963 59.50% 1,120 3.93% 450 1.58% 134 0.47% -7,119 -24.97% 28,511 Pennington 2,458 38.89% 3,380 53.48% 255 4.03% 193 3.05% 34 0.54% -922 -14.59% 6,320 Pine 6,148 47.05% 5,854 44.80% 734 5.62% 258 1.97% 74 0.57% 294 2.25% 13,068 Pipestone 1,970 40.25% 2,693 55.03% 140 2.86% 64 1.31% 27 0.55% -723 -14.78% 4,894 Polk 5,764 40.76% 7,609 53.81% 369 2.61% 337 2.38% 61 0.43% -1,845 -13.05% 14,140 Pope 2,771 46.28% 2,808 46.90% 264 4.41% 123 2.05% 21 0.35% -37 -0.62% 5,987 Ramsey 138,470 56.69% 87,669 35.89% 15,522 6.35% 1,395 0.57% 1,222 0.50% 50,801 20.80% 244,278 Red Lake 830 39.71% 1,090 52.15% 68 3.25% 88 4.21% 14 0.67% -260 -12.44% 2,090 Redwood 2,681 34.60% 4,589 59.23% 314 4.05% 123 1.59% 41 0.53% -1,908 -24.63% 7,748 Renville 3,533 43.50% 4,036 49.69% 355 4.37% 171 2.11% 27 0.33% -503 -6.19% 8,122 Rice 13,140 50.50% 10,876 41.80% 1,639 6.30% 234 0.90% 132 0.51% 2,264 8.70% 26,021 Rock 2,081 41.54% 2,772 55.33% 116 2.32% 18 0.36% 23 0.46% -691 -13.79% 5,010 Roseau 2,128 29.70% 4,695 65.52% 176 2.46% 126 1.76% 41 0.57% -2,567 -35.82% 7,166 St. Louis 64,237 59.78% 35,420 32.96% 6,290 5.85% 977 0.91% 540 0.50% 28,817 26.82% 107,464 Scott 17,503 39.97% 23,954 54.70% 1,829 4.18% 307 0.70% 200 0.46% -6,451 -14.73% 43,793 Sherburne 12,109 39.27% 16,813 54.53% 1,501 4.87% 289 0.94% 123 0.40% -4,704 -15.26% 30,835 Sibley 2,687 36.63% 4,087 55.72% 361 4.92% 156 2.13% 44 0.60% -1,400 -19.09% 7,335 Stearns 24,800 39.70% 32,402 51.86% 3,820 6.11% 1,131 1.81% 323 0.52% -7,602 -12.16% 62,476 Steele 6,900 42.95% 8,223 51.18% 697 4.34% 179 1.11% 67 0.42% -1,323 -8.23% 16,066 Stevens 2,434 42.32% 2,831 49.22% 393 6.83% 68 1.18% 26 0.45% -397 -6.90% 5,752 Swift 2,698 49.62% 2,376 43.70% 218 4.01% 118 2.17% 27 0.50% 322 5.92% 5,437 Todd 4,132 37.25% 6,031 54.37% 485 4.37% 388 3.50% 56 0.50% -1,899 -17.12% 11,092 Traverse 884 41.98% 1,074 51.00% 86 4.08% 54 2.56% 8 0.38% -190 -9.02% 2,106 Wabasha 4,522 42.94% 5,245 49.81% 571 5.42% 136 1.29% 57 0.54% -723 -6.87% 10,531 Wadena 2,251 35.27% 3,733 58.49% 253 3.96% 115 1.80% 30 0.47% -1,482 -23.22% 6,382 Waseca 3,694 41.67% 4,608 51.99% 398 4.49% 129 1.46% 35 0.39% -914 -10.32% 8,864 Washington 49,637 46.39% 51,502 48.13% 4,891 4.57% 582 0.54% 397 0.37% -1,865 -1.74% 107,009 Watonwan 2,258 43.98% 2,562 49.90% 212 4.13% 79 1.54% 23 0.45% -304 -5.92% 5,134 Wilkin 1,046 31.65% 2,032 61.48% 77 2.33% 129 3.90% 21 0.64% -986 -29.83% 3,305 Winona 11,069 46.28% 10,773 45.04% 1,750 7.32% 190 0.79% 136 0.57% 296 1.24% 23,918 Wright 16,762 38.65% 23,861 55.02% 1,977 4.56% 485 1.12% 281 0.65% -7,099 -16.37% 43,366 Yellow Medicine 2,528 45.84% 2,598 47.11% 232 4.21% 121 2.19% 36 0.65% -70 -1.27% 5,515Totals1,168,26647.91%1,109,65945.50%126,6965.20%22,1660.91%11,8980.49%58,6072.41%2,438,685 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 22em Anoka (Largest city: Blaine) Becker (Largest city: Detroit Lakes) Beltrami (Largest city: Bemidji) Benton (Largest city: Sauk Rapids) Blue Earth (Largest city: Mankato) Cass (Largest city: Lake Shore) Chippewa (Largest city: Montevideo) Chisago (Largest city: North Branch) Clay (Largest city: Moorhead) Clearwater (Largest city: Bagley) Cook (Largest city: Grand Marais) Cottonwood (Largest city: Windom) Crow Wing (Largest city: Brainerd) Dakota (Largest city: Hastings) Dodge (Largest city: Kasson) Faribault (Largest city: Blue Earth) Goodhue (Largest city: Red Wing) Grant (Largest city: Elbow Lake) Houston (Largest city: La Crescent) Hubbard (Largest city: Park Rapids) Isanti (Largest city: Cambridge) Jackson (Largest city: Jackson) Kanabec (Largest city: Mora) Kandiyohi (Largest city: Willmar) Kittson (Largest city: Hallock) Koochiching (Largest city: International Falls) Lake of the Woods (Largest city: Baudette) Le Sueur (Largest city: Le Sueur) Lyon (Largest city: Marshall) Mahnomen (Largest city: Mahnomen) Marshall (Largest city: Warren) Martin (Largest city: Fairmont) McLeod (Largest city: Hutchinson) Meeker (Largest city: Litchfield) Mille Lacs (Largest city: Princeton) Morrison (Largest city: Little Falls) Murray (Largest city: Slayton) Nicollet (Largest city: North Mankato) Nobles (Largest city: Worthington) Norman (Largest city: Ada) Pennington (Largest city: Thief River Falls) Polk (Largest city: East Grand Forks) Pope (Largest city: Glenwood) Red Lake (Largest city: Red Lake Falls) Renville (Largest city: Olivia) Scott (Largest city: Shakopee) Sherburne (Largest city: Elk River) Sibley (Largest city: Gaylord) Stearns (Largest city: St. Cloud) Steele (Largest city: Owatonna) Stevens (Largest city: Morris) Todd (Largest city: Long Prairie) Traverse (Largest city: Wheaton) Wabasha (Largest city: Lake City) Waseca (Largest city: Waseca) Washington (Largest city: Stillwater) Watonwan (Largest city: St. James) Wright (Largest city: Otsego) Yellow Medicine (Largest city: Granite Falls) By congressional district Despite losing the state, Bush won five of eight congressional districts, including two that elected Democrats.2000 Presidential General Election Results - Minnesota US Election Atlas District Gore Bush RepresentativeMinnesota 1 1st 46% 48%Gil GutknechtMinnesota 2 2nd40%54%David MingeMark KennedyMinnesota 3 3rd 45% 50%Jim RamstadMinnesota 4 4th56%36%Bruce VentoBetty McCollumMinnesota 5 5th63% 28%Martin Olav SaboMinnesota 6 6th 46% 48%Bill LutherMinnesota 7 7th 39% 54%Collin PetersonMinnesota 8 8th49% 44%Jim Oberstar Electors List of 2000 United States presidential electors Technically the voters of Minnesota cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Minnesota is allocated ten electors because it has eight congressional districts and two senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 10 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 10 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, 2000http://www.uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/ARTICLES/pe2000timeline.php 2000 Post-Election Timeline of Events 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 Gore and Lieberman:http://presidentelect.org/e2000.html President Elect - 2000 2009-10-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20120212174238/http://presidentelect.org/e2000.html 2012-02-12 dead Carol Bartels Prudy Cameron Joan Campbell Elmer Deutschmann Elizabeth Kalisch Matthew Little Glenda Meixell John Meuers Janis Ray Georgiana Ruzich See also United States presidential elections in Minnesota References 2000 Minnesota