2000 United States presidential election in Idaho

none June 2025 September 2023 2000 United States presidential election 2000 United States presidential election in Idaho Idaho presidential no 1996 United States presidential election in Idaho 1996 2004 United States presidential election in Idaho 2004 November 7, 2000 x200px GeorgeWBush (1).jpg George W. Bush Republican Party (United States) Texas Dick Cheney 4 336,937 67.17% Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, official portrait 1994 (3x4 close cropped).jpg Al Gore Democratic Party (United States) Tennessee Joe Lieberman 0 138,637 27.64% 2000 United States presidential election in Idaho results map by county.svg 200px County results Bush #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% Gore #b9d7ff 40–50% President Bill Clinton Democratic Party (United States) George W. Bush Republican Party (United States) The 2000 United States presidential election in Idaho took place on November 7, 2000, as part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Idaho is one of the most reliable red states in the country; in 2000, Republican George W. Bush easily carried the state, winning every congressional district, and every county except Blaine, which made him the first Republican to win the White House without carrying this county since William Howard Taft in 1908. In fact, Gore received more than forty percent of the vote in only one other county: Shoshone. Third party candidates received 5.2% of the vote. Winning 67.17% of the vote, Idaho proved to be Bush's second strongest state in the 2000 election after neighboring Wyoming.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 Results 2000 United States presidential election in IdahoDave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; 2000 Presidential General Election Results – IdahoPartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican George W. Bush Dick Cheney 336,937 67.17% 4 Democratic Al Gore Joe Lieberman 138,637 27.64% 0 Write in Ralph Nader Winona LaDuke 12,292 2.45% 0Reform Patrick Buchanan Ezola Foster 7,615 1.52% 0LibertarianHarry BrowneArt Olivier3,488 0.70% 0ConstitutionHoward PhillipsJ. Curtis Frazier1,469 0.29% 0Natural LawJohn Hagelin A. Nat. Goldhaber1,177 0.23% 0 Write-ins — — 6 0.00% 0 Totals 501,621 100.00% 4 Voter turnout % Results by county County George W. BushRepublican Al GoreDemocratic Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Ada 75,050 60.78% 40,650 32.92% 7,785 6.30% 34,400 27.86% 123,485 Adams 1,476 77.32% 336 17.60% 97 5.08% 1,140 59.72% 1,909 Bannock 18,223 59.07% 10,892 35.30% 1,737 5.63% 7,331 23.77% 30,852 Bear Lake 2,296 79.20% 517 17.83% 86 2.97% 1,779 61.37% 2,899 Benewah 2,606 70.68% 895 24.27% 186 5.05% 1,711 46.41% 3,687 Bingham 10,628 73.47% 3,310 22.88% 527 3.65% 7,318 50.59% 14,465 Blaine 3,528 44.44% 3,748 47.22% 662 8.34% -220 -2.78% 7,938 Boise 2,019 66.09% 745 24.39% 291 9.52% 1,274 41.70% 3,055 Bonner 8,945 61.53% 4,318 29.70% 1,274 8.77% 4,627 31.83% 14,537 Bonneville 24,988 74.47% 7,235 21.56% 1,333 3.97% 17,753 52.91% 33,556 Boundary 2,797 72.01% 832 21.42% 255 6.57% 1,965 50.59% 3,884 Butte 1,054 72.19% 354 24.25% 52 3.56% 700 47.94% 1,460 Camas 359 70.81% 113 22.29% 35 6.90% 246 48.52% 507 Canyon 30,560 71.07% 10,588 24.62% 1,852 4.31% 19,972 46.45% 43,000 Caribou 2,601 81.87% 475 14.95% 101 3.18% 2,126 66.92% 3,177 Cassia 5,983 82.20% 1,087 14.93% 209 2.87% 4,896 67.27% 7,279 Clark 311 81.41% 63 16.49% 8 2.10% 248 64.92% 382 Clearwater 2,885 74.05% 841 21.59% 170 4.36% 2,044 52.46% 3,896 Custer 1,794 77.00% 416 17.85% 120 5.15% 1,378 59.15% 2,330 Elmore 4,891 70.21% 1,840 26.41% 235 3.38% 3,051 43.80% 6,966 Franklin 3,594 84.70% 513 12.09% 136 3.21% 3,081 72.61% 4,243 Fremont 4,242 83.37% 699 13.74% 147 2.89% 3,543 69.63% 5,088 Gem 4,376 73.14% 1,346 22.50% 261 4.36% 3,030 50.64% 5,983 Gooding 3,502 69.68% 1,282 25.51% 242 4.81% 2,220 44.17% 5,026 Idaho 5,806 77.91% 1,187 15.93% 459 6.16% 4,619 61.98% 7,452 Jefferson 6,480 82.70% 1,100 14.04% 256 3.26% 5,380 68.66% 7,836 Jerome 4,418 73.55% 1,360 22.64% 229 3.81% 3,058 50.91% 6,007 Kootenai 28,162 64.28% 13,488 30.79% 2,162 4.93% 14,674 33.49% 43,812 Latah 8,161 53.30% 5,661 36.97% 1,489 9.73% 2,500 16.33% 15,311 Lemhi 2,859 78.52% 660 18.13% 122 3.35% 2,199 60.39% 3,641 Lewis 1,295 76.72% 335 19.85% 58 3.43% 960 56.87% 1,688 Lincoln 1,049 66.65% 437 27.76% 88 5.59% 612 38.89% 1,574 Madison 7,941 88.53% 816 9.10% 213 2.37% 7,125 79.43% 8,970 Minidoka 4,907 75.28% 1,344 20.62% 267 4.10% 3,563 54.66% 6,518 Nez Perce 10,577 66.02% 4,995 31.18% 449 2.80% 5,582 34.84% 16,021 Oneida 1,426 79.31% 307 17.07% 65 3.62% 1,119 62.24% 1,798 Owyhee 2,450 76.85% 623 19.54% 115 3.61% 1,827 57.31% 3,188 Payette 4,961 72.34% 1,643 23.96% 254 3.70% 3,318 48.38% 6,858 Power 1,872 69.10% 755 27.87% 82 3.03% 1,117 41.23% 2,709 Shoshone 2,879 53.46% 2,225 41.32% 281 5.22% 654 12.14% 5,385 Teton 1,745 65.33% 720 26.96% 206 7.71% 1,025 38.37% 2,671 Twin Falls 15,794 70.10% 5,777 25.64% 959 4.26% 10,017 44.46% 22,530 Valley 2,548 64.05% 1,129 28.38% 301 7.57% 1,419 35.67% 3,978 Washington 2,899 71.23% 980 24.08% 191 4.69% 1,919 47.15% 4,070Totals336,93767.17%138,63727.64%26,0475.19%198,30039.53%501,621 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Latah (largest city: Moscow) Nez Perce (largest city: Lewiston) Shoshone (largest city: Kellogg) By congressional district Bush won both congressional districts.Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - County Data https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/data.php?year=2000&fips=16&f=0&off=0&elect=0&datatype=cd&def=1 2026-09-15 uselectionatlas.org District Bush Gore RepresentativeIdaho 1 1st 66% 28%Butch OtterIdaho 2 2nd 68% 27%Mike Simpson Electors List of 2000 United States presidential electors Technically the voters of Idaho cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Idaho is allocated four electors because it has two congressional districts and two senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of four electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and their running mate. Whoever wins a plurality of votes in the state is awarded all four 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 George W. Bush and Dick Cheney: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 Phil Batt Connie Hansen James McClure Orriette Sinclair See also United States presidential elections in Idaho Presidency of George W. Bush References 2000 Idaho Category:2000 Idaho elections