2000 United States presidential election in Montana

none June 2025 September 2023 2000 United States presidential election 2000 United States presidential election in Montana Montana presidential no 1996 United States presidential election in Montana 1996 2004 United States presidential election in Montana 2004 November 7, 2000 x160px GeorgeWBush (1).jpg George W. Bush Republican Party (United States) Texas Dick Cheney 3 240,178 58.44% Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, official portrait 1994 (3x4 close cropped).jpg Al Gore Democratic Party (United States) Tennessee Joe Lieberman 0 137,126 33.37% Ralph Nader 1999 (cropped).jpg Ralph Nader Green Party (United States) Connecticut Winona LaDuke 0 24,437 5.95% 350px 350px County results Bush #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% Gore #86b6f2 50–60% President Bill Clinton Democratic Party (United States) George W. Bush Republican Party (United States) The 2000 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose three electors to the Electoral College, which voted for president and vice president. Montana was won by Governor George W. Bush. Bush won most of the counties in the state, and only obtained less than 40% in three counties. Bush won the highest populated county, Yellowstone County with 59% of the vote. Gore won a total of five counties, and did the best in Deer Lodge County. Ralph Nader, the Green party nominee, performed very well here, getting 5.95% of the vote statewide. He did very well in the western part of the state, getting over 5% of the vote in most of the counties in the region. His best performance by far was in Missoula County, where he got over 15% of the vote, which was the only county Nader cracked double digits. Nader's performance in Montana made it his fifth strongest state after Alaska, Vermont, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=2000&f=1&off=0&elect=0 2000 Presidential Election Statistics Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2018-03-05 2020 11 As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which Missoula County voted for the Republican candidate. Al Gore's 33.4% of the vote was the worst performance for a Democrat in Montana since Jimmy Carter in 1980, and no Democrat has fallen under that number since. Gore's margin of loss is the largest for a Democrat in Montana since James M. Cox in 1920. Results 2000 United States presidential election in Montanahttps://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2000&off=0&elect=0&fips=30&f=0 2000 Presidential General Election Results - MontanaPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican George W. Bush 240,178 58.44% 3 Democratic Al Gore 137,126 33.37% 0 Green Ralph Nader 24,437 5.95% 0 Reform Patrick Buchanan 5,697 1.39% 0 Libertarian Harry Browne 1,718 0.42% 0 Constitution Howard Phillips 1,155 0.28% 0 Natural Law John Hagelin 675 0.16% 0 Totals 410,986 100.00% 3 Voter turnout (Voting age/registered) 61%/59% By county CountyGeorge W. BushRepublicanAl GoreDemocraticVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal#%#%#%#%Beaverhead3,11374.19%79919.04%2846.77%2,31455.15%4,196Big Horn1,65139.68%2,34556.36%1653.97%-694-16.68%4,161Blaine1,41051.11%1,24645.16%1033.73%1645.95%2,759Broadwater1,48871.75%46222.28%1245.98%1,02649.47%2,074Carbon3,00862.81%1,43429.94%3477.25%1,57432.87%4,789Carter57388.84%538.22%192.95%52080.62%645Cascade18,16454.52%13,13739.43%2,0166.05%5,02715.09%33,317Chouteau2,03970.68%68623.78%1605.55%1,35346.90%2,885Custer3,15664.34%1,50130.60%2485.06%1,65533.74%4,905Daniels75067.57%30327.30%575.14%44740.27%1,110Dawson2,72363.76%1,36431.94%1844.31%1,35931.82%4,271Deer Lodge1,49332.93%2,67258.93%3698.14%-1,179-26.00%4,534Fallon1,06177.50%25618.70%523.80%80558.80%1,369Fergus4,35372.62%1,35222.56%2894.82%3,00150.06%5,994Flathead22,51966.55%8,32924.61%2,9918.84%14,19041.94%33,839Gallatin18,83358.78%10,00931.24%3,1989.98%8,82427.54%32,040Garfield65187.50%618.20%324.30%59079.30%744Glacier1,70941.44%2,21153.61%2044.95%-502-12.17%4,124Golden Valley40576.27%8816.57%387.16%31759.70%531Granite1,18174.28%29518.55%1147.17%88655.73%1,590Hill3,39251.72%2,76042.09%4066.19%6329.63%6,558Jefferson3,30864.07%1,51329.30%3426.62%1,79534.77%5,163Judith Basin1,05775.82%27819.94%594.23%77955.88%1,394Lake6,44156.26%3,88433.93%1,1239.81%2,55722.33%11,448Lewis and Clark15,09155.34%9,98236.61%2,1968.05%5,10918.73%27,269Liberty75272.03%24323.28%494.69%50948.75%1,044Lincoln5,57871.09%1,62920.76%6398.14%3,94950.33%7,846Madison2,65672.65%75820.73%2426.62%1,89851.92%3,656McCone82772.42%26723.38%484.20%56049.04%1,142Meagher69874.65%17618.82%616.52%52255.83%935Mineral1,07865.77%38223.31%17910.92%69642.46%1,639Missoula21,47446.11%17,24137.02%7,86116.88%4,2339.09%46,576Musselshell1,58271.68%51223.20%1135.12%1,07048.48%2,207Park4,52361.07%2,15429.08%7299.84%2,36931.99%7,406Petroleum25483.01%3611.76%165.23%21871.25%306Phillips1,72777.51%42318.99%783.50%1,30458.52%2,228Pondera1,94867.27%79227.35%1565.39%1,15639.92%2,896Powder River86085.32%11511.41%333.27%74573.91%1,008Powell1,97169.60%63822.53%2237.87%1,33347.07%2,832Prairie54172.52%16421.98%415.50%37750.54%746Ravalli11,24165.21%4,45125.82%1,5468.97%6,79039.39%17,238Richland2,85870.87%1,01825.24%1573.89%1,84045.63%4,033Roosevelt1,60542.09%2,05954.00%1493.91%-454-11.91%3,813Rosebud1,82653.35%1,39440.72%2035.93%43212.63%3,423Sanders3,14466.60%1,16524.68%4128.73%1,97941.92%4,721Sheridan1,17659.85%70235.73%874.43%47424.12%1,965Silver Bow6,29937.71%8,96753.68%1,4378.60%-2,628-15.97%16,703Stillwater2,76570.57%92523.61%2285.82%1,84046.96%3,918Sweet Grass1,45078.55%30516.52%914.93%1,14562.03%1,846Teton2,29469.22%84725.56%1735.22%1,44743.66%3,314Toole1,63968.92%63026.49%1094.58%1,00942.43%2,378Treasure34471.82%10622.13%296.05%23849.69%479Valley2,50063.08%1,27332.12%1904.79%1,22730.96%3,963Wheatland70870.87%24324.32%484.80%46546.55%999Wibaux36971.24%12123.36%285.41%24847.88%518Yellowstone33,92259.00%20,37035.43%3,2075.58%13,55223.57%57,499Totals240,17858.44%137,12633.36%33,6938.20%103,05225.08%410,997 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Blaine (largest city: Chinook) Cascade (largest city: Great Falls) Dawson (largest city: Glendive) Hill (largest city: Havre) Mineral (largest city: Superior) Missoula (largest city: Missoula) Rosebud (largest city: Colstrip) Sheridan (largest city: Plentywood) right 300px Swing by county 300px 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% #4bdbff Democratic — +7.5-10% #09ceff Democratic — +10−12.5% #00bdec Democratic — +12.5−15% 300px County flips Legend Democratic #92c5de Hold Republican #f48882 Hold #ca0120 Flip By congressional district Due to the state's low population, only one congressional district is allocated. This district is an at-large district (it covers the entire state), and thus is equivalent to the statewide election results. District Bush Gore RepresentativeAt-large 58.4% 33.4%Denny Rehberg Electors List of 2000 United States presidential electors 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 following were the members of the Electoral College from the state, each of whom was pledged to and voted for George W. Bush: Thelma Baker, Jack Galt, and Tillie Pierce.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 See also United States presidential elections in Montana Presidency of George W. Bush References Montana Category:2000 Montana elections 2000