2000 United States presidential election in Connecticut

none June 2025 September 2023 2000 United States presidential election 2000 United States presidential election in Connecticut Connecticut presidential no 1996 United States presidential election in Connecticut 1996 2004 United States presidential election in Connecticut 2004 77.54%https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073065867&seq=786 Connecticut State Register and Manual, 2001 CT State Library November 7, 2000 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 8 816,015 55.91% GeorgeWBush (1).jpg George W. Bush Republican Party (United States) Texas Dick Cheney 0 561,094 38.44% 250px County results 250px Municipality results 250px Congressional district results Gore #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666CB 70–80% #0645B4 80–90% Bush #F2B3BE 40–50% #E27F90 50–60% #CC2F4A 60–70% President Bill Clinton Democratic Party (United States) George W. Bush Republican Party (United States) The 2000 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Connecticut was won by Vice President Al Gore by a 17.5% margin of victory. Gore's vice presidential running mate, Joe Lieberman, had been a U.S. senator from Connecticut since 1989. Connecticut is also birth state of Republican nominee George W. Bush; however, as a presidential candidate, Bush identified his home state as Texas, where he was governor, and he did not attempt to compete in Connecticut. Since the 1990s, Connecticut has remained a safe Democratic state, having not been won by a Republican presidential candidate since Bush's father George H. W. Bush in 1988. Connecticut is also the home state of major Green Party candidate Ralph Nader. Bush became the first Republican to win the White House without Fairfield County since James A. Garfield in 1880, and the first since 1876 to win without Litchfield County. This was also the first election since 1976 when Connecticut failed to support the overall winner of the electoral college, and presidency. Bush became the first Republican to win without Connecticut since 1968. Connecticut was one of ten states that backed the elder Bush for president in 1988 but not the younger Bush in either 2000 or 2004. To date, this is the last election which the towns of Beacon Falls, Sterling, and Wolcott voted for the Democratic candidate, and the last time every municipality bordering Rhode Island voted for a Democrat. Results 2000 United States presidential election in Connecticuthttp://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2000&fips=9&f=1&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - Connecticut 2024-08-11PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Al Gore 816,015 55.91% 8 Republican George W. Bush 561,094 38.44% 0 Green Ralph Nader 64,452 4.42% 0 Concerned Citizens Howard Phillips 9,695 0.66% 0 Reform Patrick Buchanan 4,731 0.32% 0 Libertarian Harry Browne 3,484 0.24% 0 Natural Law John Hagelin (write-in) 40 0.00% 0 Independent Write Ins 14 0.00% 0 Totals 1,459,525 100.00% 8 Voter turnout (Voting age) 57% By county County Al GoreDemocratic George W. BushRepublican Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Fairfield 193,769 52.33% 159,659 43.12% 16,861 4.55% 34,110 9.21% 370,289 Hartford 221,167 60.17% 127,468 34.68% 18,921 5.15% 93,699 25.49% 367,556 Litchfield 41,806 47.87% 39,172 44.85% 6,360 7.28% 2,634 3.02% 87,338 Middlesex 43,319 55.94% 29,295 37.83% 4,819 6.22% 14,024 18.11% 77,433 New Haven 197,928 58.03% 122,919 36.04% 20,252 5.94% 75,009 21.99% 341,099 New London 60,449 55.38% 41,168 37.72% 7,530 6.90% 19,281 17.66% 109,147 Tolland 33,554 53.52% 24,705 39.40% 4,441 7.08% 8,849 14.12% 62,700 Windham 24,023 54.64% 16,708 38.00% 3,232 7.35% 7,315 16.64% 43,963Totals816,01555.91%561,09438.44%82,4165.65%254,92117.47%1,459,525 right 300px Swing by county 300px Trend relative to the state by county Legend #ffaaaa Republican — +2.5−5% #ffd5d5 Republican — +0−2.5% #d5f6ff Democratic — +0−2.5% By congressional district Gore won all six congressional districts, including three that elected Republicans.https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/sots/electionservices/statementofvote_pdfs/2000sovpdf.pdf?rev=aef1556df78d45b799ffbe9ddc6d5e89&hash=44D8B4333490EDC3A2235CF2E62CFF35 Statement of Vote Secretary of the State of Connecticut August 26, 2025 live https://web.archive.org/web/20250323105445/https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/sots/electionservices/statementofvote_pdfs/2000sovpdf.pdf?rev=aef1556df78d45b799ffbe9ddc6d5e89&hash=44D8B4333490EDC3A2235CF2E62CFF35 March 23, 2025 District Gore Bush RepresentativeConnecticut 1 1st 62% 32%John LarsonConnecticut 2 2nd55%38%Sam Gejdenson (106th Congress)Rob Simmons (107th Congress)Connecticut 3 3rd 60% 34%Rosa DeLauroConnecticut 4 4th 55% 41%Chris ShaysConnecticut 5 5th 51% 44%James MaloneyConnecticut 6 6th 52% 42%Nancy Johnson Electors List of 2000 United States presidential electors Technically the voters of Connecticut cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Connecticut is allocated eight electors because it has six congressional districts and two senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of eight electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and their running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all eight 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 their 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 2009-10-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20120212174238/http://presidentelect.org/e2000.html 2012-02-12 dead Nick Balletto Frank Cirillo Marilyn Cohen Gloria Collins Kimberly Ford Thomas McDonough Ken Slapin Clorinda Soldevila See also United States presidential elections in Connecticut Presidency of George W. Bush References 2000 Connecticut Category:2000 Connecticut elections