2000 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

none June 2025 September 2023 2000 United States presidential election 2000 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania presidential no 1996 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania 1996 2004 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania 2004 November 7, 2000 63.0%Voter Registration Statistics http://www.dos.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/voter_registration_statistics/12725 Pennsylvania Department of State 30 January 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141105045940/http://www.dos.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/voter_registration_statistics/12725 5 November 2014 dead x200px Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, official portrait 1994 (3x4 close cropped).jpg Al Gore Democratic Party (United States) Tennessee Joe Lieberman 23 2,485,967 50.60% GeorgeWBush (1).jpg George W. Bush Republican Party (United States) Texas Dick Cheney 0 2,281,127 46.43% 300px County results 300px Congressional district results 300px Municipality results Gore #B9D7FF 40–50% #86B6F2 50–60% #4389E3 60–70% #1666CB 70–80% #0645B4 80–90% #002B84 90–100% Bush #F2B3BE 40–50% #E27F90 50–60% #CC2F4A 60–70% #D40000 70–80% #AA0000 80–90% #800000 90–100% Tie #D4C4DC President Bill Clinton Democratic Party (United States) George W. Bush Republican Party (United States) The 2000 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 23 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Because President Bill Clinton, a Democrat, had won two elections, he could not run for a third term under the provision of the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Al Gore, won Pennsylvania by a 4.17% margin of victory over his Republican opponent, Texas Governor George W. Bush. However, voter enthusiasm for both candidates was generally low throughout the campaign. Gore failed to capture Clinton's appeal in strongly Democratic regions such as Pittsburgh and Scranton and thus carried these areas by a smaller number than his predecessor. However, opposition to Bush was particularly strong in the suburban counties of Philadelphia; although these areas at the time were typically Republican-leaning, they featured a strong culturally liberal bent, and thus Bush was unable to appeal to voters. Bush support was particularly strong in rural, central Pennsylvania, where he appealed to Evangelical voters and where Gore's connection to gun control policies was strongly rejected. Marginal wins in both of the state's metropolitan areas helped the Vice President to capture the state. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec00/pennsylvania_10-9.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20001019075102/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec00/pennsylvania_10-9.html 2000-10-19 Online NewsHour: Battleground Pennsylvania -- October 9, 2000 PBS This was the first election since 1968 that the candidate who won Pennsylvania did not win the general election, and only the fourth time that has happened since 1916. 2020 11 As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which Greene County, Mercer County, and Lawrence County voted for the Democratic candidate. Bush became the first Republican ever to win the White House without carrying Delaware County, the first to win the White House without carrying Montgomery County since Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876, the first to win the White House without carrying Bucks County – which he had lost by precisely the same margin he had lost the state as a whole – since Benjamin Harrison in 1888, and the first to win the White House without carrying Lehigh County since William McKinley in 1900. Pennsylvania was one of ten states that backed George H. W. Bush for president in 1988 that did not back George W. Bush in either 2000 or 2004. In 2000, George W. Bush lost in eleven states his father won in 1988. In 2004, this was reduced to ten through George W. Bush's gains of New Mexico and Iowa, and his loss in New Hampshire. Primaries Democratic primary The Democratic primary was held on April 4. There were 191 delegates at stake, with 160 pledged and 31 unpledged. Vice President Al Gore won 139 pledged and the support of 28 unpledged, while U.S. Senator Bill Bradley won 21 pledged. Candidates Votes PercentAl Gore525,30674.60%Bill Bradley146,79720.85%Lyndon LaRouche32,0474.55%Totals704,150Turnout: 19.38% Republican primary The Republican primary was held on April 4. There were 78 delegates at stake, with 68 district delegates being decided in the primary and 10 statewide delegates being decided at the state committee meeting in May. While all delegates were technically unbound, Texas Governor George W. Bush won the support of all 78 delegates. Candidates Votes PercentGeorge W. Bush472,00873.44%John McCain145,71922.67%Others24,9673.88%Totals642,694Turnout: 20.33% Results 2000 United States presidential election in Pennsylvaniahttp://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential ElectionsPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Al Gore 2,485,967 50.60% 23 Republican George W. Bush 2,281,127 46.43% 0 Green Ralph Nader 103,392 2.10% 0 Reform Pat Buchanan 16,023 0.33% 0 Constitution Howard Phillips 14,428 0.29% 0 Libertarian Harry Browne 11,248 0.23% 0 Write-ins - 934 0.02% 0 Totals 4,913,119 100.00% 23 Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered) 53%/63% By county CountyAl GoreDemocraticGeorge W. BushRepublicanVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%#%Adams11,68234.93%20,84862.34%9142.73%-9,166-27.41%33,444Allegheny329,96356.65%235,36140.41%17,1542.94%94,60216.24%582,478Armstrong11,12740.58%15,50856.55%7882.87%-4,381-15.97%27,423Beaver38,92552.85%32,49144.12%2,2333.03%6,4348.73%73,649Bedford5,47428.17%13,59869.97%3631.86%-8,124-41.80%19,435Berks59,15043.72%71,27352.68%4,8743.60%-12,123-8.96%135,297Blair15,77434.94%28,37662.86%9902.20%-12,602-27.92%45,140Bradford7,91133.88%14,66062.78%7813.34%-6,749-28.90%23,352Bucks132,91450.46%121,92746.29%8,5813.25%10,9874.17%263,422Butler25,03735.34%44,00962.12%1,8032.54%-18,972-26.78%70,849Cambria30,30850.27%28,00146.45%1,9773.28%2,3073.82%60,286Cameron77934.68%1,38361.58%843.74%-604-26.90%2,246Carbon10,66850.14%9,71745.67%8924.19%9514.47%21,277Centre21,40943.19%26,17252.79%1,9944.02%-4,763-9.60%49,575Chester82,04743.72%100,08053.33%5,5492.95%-18,033-9.61%187,676Clarion5,60535.37%9,79661.81%4482.82%-4,191-26.44%15,849Clearfield11,71838.25%18,01958.82%8962.93%-6,301-20.57%30,633Clinton5,52146.03%6,06450.56%4093.41%-543-4.53%11,994Columbia8,97540.96%12,09555.20%8413.84%-3,120-14.24%21,911Crawford13,25039.76%18,85856.58%1,2203.66%-5,608-16.82%33,328Cumberland31,05335.23%54,80262.17%2,2892.60%-23,749-26.94%88,144Dauphin44,39044.10%53,63153.28%2,6372.62%-9,241-9.18%100,658Delaware134,86154.36%105,83642.66%7,3802.98%29,02511.70%248,077Elk5,75442.37%7,34754.10%4793.53%-1,593-11.73%13,580Erie59,39952.88%49,02743.64%3,9093.48%10,3729.24%112,335Fayette28,15256.84%20,01340.40%1,3672.76%8,13916.44%49,532Forest84336.93%1,37160.05%693.02%-528-23.12%2,283Franklin14,92230.44%33,04267.41%1,0552.15%-18,120-36.97%49,019Fulton1,42526.96%3,75371.01%1072.03%-2,328-44.05%5,285Greene7,23052.96%5,89043.14%5333.90%1,3409.82%13,653Huntingdon5,07331.78%10,40865.21%4803.01%-5,335-33.43%15,961Indiana13,66743.52%16,79953.50%9352.98%-3,132-9.98%31,401Jefferson5,56631.65%11,47365.24%5473.11%-5,907-33.59%17,586Juniata2,65630.64%5,79566.86%2162.50%-3,139-36.22%8,667Lackawanna57,47159.63%35,09636.41%3,8143.96%22,37523.22%96,381Lancaster54,96831.34%115,90066.09%4,4992.57%-60,932-34.75%175,367Lawrence20,59351.95%18,06045.56%9872.49%2,5336.39%39,640Lebanon16,09335.06%28,53462.17%1,2702.77%-12,441-27.11%45,897Lehigh56,66748.72%55,49247.71%4,1483.57%1,1751.01%116,307Luzerne62,19952.01%52,32843.76%5,0594.23%9,8718.25%119,586Lycoming14,66333.95%27,13762.83%1,3933.22%-12,474-28.88%43,193McKean5,51034.86%9,66161.12%6354.02%-4,151-26.26%15,806Mercer23,81748.87%23,13247.47%1,7833.66%6851.40%48,732Mifflin4,83533.08%9,40064.32%3792.60%-4,565-31.24%14,614Monroe21,93946.80%23,26549.63%1,6743.57%-1,326-2.83%46,878Montgomery177,99053.54%145,62343.81%8,8092.65%32,3679.73%332,422Montour2,35636.27%3,96060.97%1792.76%-1,604-24.70%6,495Northampton53,09750.72%47,39645.27%4,1974.01%5,7015.45%104,690Northumberland13,67041.11%18,14254.56%1,4424.33%-4,472-13.45%33,254Perry4,45927.73%11,18469.56%4362.71%-6,725-41.83%16,079Philadelphia449,18280.04%100,95917.99%11,0391.97%348,22362.05%561,180Pike7,33042.21%9,33953.78%6954.01%-2,009-11.57%17,364Potter2,03728.71%4,85868.48%1992.81%-2,821-39.77%7,094Schuylkill26,21544.97%29,84151.19%2,2443.84%-3,626-6.22%58,300Snyder3,53627.54%8,96369.80%3422.66%-5,427-42.26%12,841Somerset12,02836.47%20,21861.29%7392.24%-8,190-24.82%32,985Sullivan1,06634.33%1,92862.09%1113.58%-862-27.76%3,105Susquehanna6,48137.53%10,22659.21%5643.26%-3,745-21.68%17,271Tioga4,61731.26%9,63565.22%5203.52%-5,018-33.96%14,772Union4,20931.95%8,52364.69%4433.36%-4,314-32.74%13,175Venango8,19639.90%11,64256.68%7033.42%-3,446-16.78%20,541Warren7,53742.94%9,29052.93%7254.13%-1,753-9.99%17,552Washington44,96153.25%37,33944.22%2,1412.53%7,6229.03%84,441Wayne6,90436.50%11,20159.21%8114.29%-4,297-22.71%18,916Westmoreland71,79245.81%80,85851.60%4,0592.59%-9,066-5.79%156,709Wyoming4,36337.26%6,92259.12%4243.62%-2,559-21.86%11,709York51,95836.01%87,65260.75%4,6763.24%-35,694-24.74%144,286Totals2,485,96750.60%2,281,12746.43%146,0252.97%204,8404.17%4,913,119 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Armstrong (largest city: Kittanning) Centre (largest city: State College) Clinton (largest city: Lock Haven) Columbia (largest city: Bloomsburg) Elk (largest city: St. Marys) Forest (largest city: Marienville) Indiana (largest city: Indiana) Schuylkill (largest city: Pottsville) Warren (largest city: Warren) Westmoreland (largest township: Hempfield Township) right 260px Swing by county 260px Trend relative to the state by county Legend #d40000 Republican — >15% #ff0000 Republican — +12.5−15% #ff2a2a Republican — +10−12.5% #ff5555 Republican — +7.5−10% #ff8080 Republican — +5−7.5% #ffaaaa Republican — +2.5−5% #ffd5d5 Republican — +0−2.5% #d5f6ff Democratic — +0−2.5% #aaeeff Democratic — +2.5−5% #77e3ff Democratic — +5−7.5% 260px County flips Legend Democratic #92c5de Hold Republican #f48882 Hold #ca0120 Flip By congressional district Gore won 11 of 21 congressional districts. Gore won three that elected Republicans while Bush won two that elected Democrats.Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - County Data https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/data.php?year=2000&fips=42&f=0&off=0&elect=0&datatype=cd&def=1 District Gore Bush RepresentativePennsylvania%27s_1st_congressional_district 722757153 1st 85% 13%Bob BradyPennsylvania%27s_2nd_congressional_district 745006501 2nd 88% 10%Chaka FattahPennsylvania%27s_3rd_congressional_district 747385296 3rd 66% 31%Robert BorskiPennsylvania%27s_4th_congressional_district 728766040 4th47%50%Ron KlinkMelissa HartPennsylvania%27s_5th_congressional_district 748389423 5th 38% 58%John E. PetersonPennsylvania%27s_6th_congressional_district 740413915 6th 44% 53%Tim HoldenPennsylvania%27s_7th_congressional_district 747385330 7th 50% 47%Curt WeldonPennsylvania%27s_8th_congressional_district 744061726 8th 50% 46%James C. GreenwoodPennsylvania%27s_9th_congressional_district 747385384 9th 32% 65%Bud ShusterPennsylvania%27s_10th_congressional_district 748387484 10th 47% 50%Don SherwoodPennsylvania%27s_11th_congressional_district 747384102 11th 49% 47%Paul KanjorskiPennsylvania%27s_12th_congressional_district 747384280 12th 45% 52%John MurthaPennsylvania%27s_13th_congressional_district 741779178 13th 54% 43%Joe HoeffelPennsylvania%27s_14th_congressional_district 747062146 14th 62% 35%William J. CoynePennsylvania%27s_15th_congressional_district 747384321 15th 49% 47%Pat ToomeyPennsylvania%27s_16th_congressional_district 747384360 16th 39% 58%Joe PittsPennsylvania%27s_17th_congressional_district 747384754 17th 37% 60%George GekasPennsylvania%27s_18th_congressional_district 747384803 18th 57% 41%Mike DoylePennsylvania%27s_18th_congressional_district 747384803 19th36%61%William F. GoodlingTodd PlattsPennsylvania%27s_20th_congressional_district 747384803 20th 51% 47%Frank MascaraPennsylvania%27s_21st_congressional_district 747384803 21st 48% 49%Phil English Electors List of 2000 United States presidential electors The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 18, 2000http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2000&fips=42&f=0&off=0&elect=0 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20060602225847/http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2000&fips=42&off=0&elect=0&f=0 2006-06-02 2000 Presidential Election Results - Pennsylvania 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 Al Gore and Joe Lieberman:http://presidentelect.org/e2000.html President Elect - 2000 2010-06-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20120212174238/http://presidentelect.org/e2000.html 2012-02-12 dead Kathy Black Richard W. Bloomingdale Robert P. Casey Jr. Nelson Diaz William M. George Ken Jarin James J. Johnston Edward Keller Robert Mellow Thomas J. Murphy Jr. Elsa Favila Robert O'Connor Lazar M. Palnick Stephen R. Reed T. J. Rooney Joyce Savocchio John F. Street Patsy J. Tallarico Christine M. Tartaglione Margaret M. Tartaglione Marian Tasco Sala Udin Anna Verna See also United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania References Pennsylvania 2000 United States President