2000 United States presidential election in Delaware

none June 2025 September 2023 2000 United States presidential election 2000 United States presidential election in Delaware Delaware presidential no 1996 United States presidential election in Delaware 1996 2004 United States presidential election in Delaware 2004 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 3 180,068 54.96% GeorgeWBush (1).jpg George W. Bush Republican Party (United States) Texas Dick Cheney 0 137,288 41.90% 120px County results 120px State House district 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% President Bill Clinton Democratic Party (United States) George W. Bush Republican Party (United States) The 2000 United States presidential election in Delaware took place on November 7, 2000, part of the 2000 United States presidential election in all 50 states and D.C. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Delaware was won by Vice President Al Gore with a 13.1% margin of victory. Gore carried Delaware's most populous county, New Castle County, with almost 60% of the vote. Bush won the other two counties, but by relatively narrow margins. This was the first election since 1948, and only the fourth since 1892, in which Delaware backed the losing nominee, indicating its transformation from historical bellwether state to reliable blue state. Bush became the first Republican since Benjamin Harrison in 1888 to win a presidential election without New Castle County or Delaware at-large. Gore also became the first losing Democrat since John W. Davis in 1924 to win any of Delaware's counties. Delaware 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. Results 2000 United States presidential election in DelawarePartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Albert Arnold Gore Jr. Joseph Isadore Lieberman 180,068 54.96% 3 Republican George Walker Bush Richard Bruce Cheney 137,288 41.91% 0 Green Ralph Nader Winona LaDuke 8,307 2.54% 0 Reform Pat Buchanan Ezola Foster 777 0.24% 0 Libertarian Harry Browne Wayne Allyn Root 774 0.24% 0 Constitution Howard Phillips Michael Peroutka 289 0.09% 0 Natural Law John Hagelin Mary Alice Herbert 107 0.03% 0 write-ins 93 0.03% 0 Totals 327,703 100.00% 3 Voter turnout (voting age) 56% By county County Al GoreDemocratic George W. BushRepublican Ralph NaderGreen Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % Kent 22,790 47.23% 24,081 49.90% 1,082 2.24% 301 0.62% -1,291 -2.67% 48,254 New Castle 127,539 59.86% 78,587 36.88% 5,767 2.71% 1,167 0.55% 48,952 22.98% 213,060 Sussex 29,739 44.86% 34,620 52.23% 1,458 2.20% 470 0.71% -4,881 -7.37% 66,287Totals180,06854.96%137,28841.90%8,3072.54%1,9590.60%42,78013.06%327,622 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Kent (largest city: Dover) Sussex (largest city: Seaford) right 110px Swing by county 110px Trend relative to the state by county Legend #ff5555 Republican — +7.5−10% #ff8080 Republican — +5−7.5% #d5f6ff Democratic — +0−2.5% #aaeeff Democratic — +2.5−5% 110px County flips Legend Democratic #92c5de Hold Republican #ca0120 Flip By congressional district Due to the state's low population, only 1 congressional district, Delaware's at-large congressional district is allocated. District Bush Gore RepresentativeAt-large 41.9% 55.0%Mike Castle Electors List of 2000 United States presidential electors Technically the voters of Delaware cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Delaware is allocated three electors because it has one congressional district and two senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of three electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and their running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all three 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 US Election Atlas 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 2000 President Elect 2009-10-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20120212174238/http://presidentelect.org/e2000.html 2012-02-12 dead Michael Begatto Margaret Rose Henry Ruth Ann Messick See also United States presidential elections in Delaware References 2000 Delaware Category:2000 Delaware elections