2000 United States presidential election in Nebraska
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The 2000 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Nebraska was won by Governor George W. Bush by a 29% margin of victory, winning every county. Also, with 62.25% of the popular vote, the state proved to be his fourth strongest state in the 2000 election after Wyoming, Idaho and Utah.[1] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time the Democratic ticket did not win a single county in Nebraska.
Results
[edit]2000 United States presidential election in Nebraska[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | George W. Bush | 433,862 | 62.25% | 5 | |
Democratic | Al Gore | 231,780 | 33.25% | 0 | |
Green | Ralph Nader | 24,540 | 3.52% | 0 | |
Reform | Pat Buchanan | 3,646 | 0.52% | 0 | |
Libertarian | Harry Browne | 2,245 | 0.32% | 0 |
Results by county
[edit]County[3] | George W. Bush Republican | Al Gore Democratic | Ralph Nader Green | Pat Buchanan Independent | Harry E. Browne Libertarian | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 8,162 | 65.62% | 3,686 | 29.63% | 472 | 3.79% | 64 | 0.51% | 31 | 0.25% | 23 | 0.18% | 4,476 | 35.99% | 12,438 |
Antelope | 2,562 | 76.07% | 678 | 20.13% | 84 | 2.49% | 31 | 0.92% | 7 | 0.21% | 6 | 0.18% | 1,884 | 55.94% | 3,368 |
Arthur | 235 | 86.40% | 26 | 9.56% | 6 | 2.21% | 4 | 1.47% | 1 | 0.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 209 | 76.84% | 272 |
Banner | 390 | 84.42% | 65 | 14.07% | 2 | 0.43% | 4 | 0.87% | 1 | 0.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 325 | 70.35% | 462 |
Blaine | 299 | 85.67% | 43 | 12.32% | 5 | 1.43% | 1 | 0.29% | 1 | 0.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 256 | 73.35% | 349 |
Boone | 2,196 | 76.73% | 575 | 20.09% | 65 | 2.27% | 22 | 0.77% | 4 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,621 | 56.64% | 2,862 |
Box Butte | 3,208 | 63.04% | 1,614 | 31.72% | 203 | 3.99% | 40 | 0.79% | 12 | 0.24% | 12 | 0.24% | 1,594 | 31.32% | 5,089 |
Boyd | 931 | 74.96% | 265 | 21.34% | 25 | 2.01% | 10 | 0.81% | 3 | 0.24% | 8 | 0.64% | 666 | 53.62% | 1,242 |
Brown | 1,375 | 81.65% | 250 | 14.85% | 36 | 2.14% | 14 | 0.83% | 4 | 0.24% | 5 | 0.30% | 1,125 | 66.80% | 1,684 |
Buffalo | 11,931 | 72.48% | 3,927 | 23.86% | 483 | 2.93% | 65 | 0.39% | 42 | 0.26% | 13 | 0.08% | 8,004 | 48.62% | 16,461 |
Burt | 2,056 | 60.61% | 1,223 | 36.06% | 73 | 2.15% | 22 | 0.65% | 12 | 0.35% | 6 | 0.18% | 833 | 24.55% | 3,392 |
Butler | 2,638 | 68.91% | 1,028 | 26.85% | 108 | 2.82% | 34 | 0.89% | 11 | 0.29% | 9 | 0.24% | 1,610 | 42.06% | 3,828 |
Cass | 6,144 | 59.77% | 3,656 | 35.56% | 369 | 3.59% | 55 | 0.54% | 41 | 0.40% | 15 | 0.15% | 2,488 | 24.21% | 10,280 |
Cedar | 2,989 | 70.02% | 1,062 | 24.88% | 140 | 3.28% | 62 | 1.45% | 10 | 0.23% | 6 | 0.14% | 1,927 | 45.14% | 4,269 |
Chase | 1,505 | 80.27% | 306 | 16.32% | 38 | 2.03% | 15 | 0.80% | 8 | 0.43% | 3 | 0.16% | 1,199 | 63.95% | 1,875 |
Cherry | 2,322 | 81.56% | 446 | 15.67% | 50 | 1.76% | 20 | 0.70% | 4 | 0.14% | 5 | 0.18% | 1,876 | 65.89% | 2,847 |
Cheyenne | 3,207 | 76.61% | 844 | 20.16% | 76 | 1.82% | 36 | 0.86% | 16 | 0.38% | 7 | 0.17% | 2,363 | 56.45% | 4,186 |
Clay | 2,326 | 72.35% | 774 | 24.07% | 86 | 2.67% | 17 | 0.53% | 3 | 0.09% | 9 | 0.28% | 1,552 | 48.28% | 3,215 |
Colfax | 2,338 | 70.53% | 863 | 26.03% | 72 | 2.17% | 29 | 0.87% | 6 | 0.18% | 7 | 0.21% | 1,475 | 44.50% | 3,315 |
Cuming | 3,232 | 76.68% | 857 | 20.33% | 91 | 2.16% | 24 | 0.57% | 4 | 0.09% | 7 | 0.17% | 2,375 | 56.35% | 4,215 |
Custer | 4,245 | 78.41% | 976 | 18.03% | 140 | 2.59% | 32 | 0.59% | 11 | 0.20% | 10 | 0.18% | 3,269 | 60.38% | 5,414 |
Dakota | 3,119 | 51.46% | 2,695 | 44.46% | 141 | 2.33% | 87 | 1.44% | 9 | 0.15% | 10 | 0.16% | 424 | 7.00% | 6,061 |
Dawes | 2,549 | 70.39% | 823 | 22.73% | 212 | 5.85% | 22 | 0.61% | 12 | 0.33% | 3 | 0.08% | 1,726 | 47.66% | 3,621 |
Dawson | 5,511 | 73.41% | 1,740 | 23.18% | 143 | 1.90% | 84 | 1.12% | 22 | 0.29% | 7 | 0.09% | 3,771 | 50.23% | 7,507 |
Deuel | 783 | 75.80% | 213 | 20.62% | 27 | 2.61% | 6 | 0.58% | 4 | 0.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 570 | 55.18% | 1,033 |
Dixon | 1,834 | 66.40% | 820 | 29.69% | 30 | 1.09% | 65 | 2.35% | 9 | 0.33% | 4 | 0.14% | 1,014 | 36.71% | 2,762 |
Dodge | 8,871 | 61.30% | 5,021 | 34.69% | 443 | 3.06% | 58 | 0.40% | 63 | 0.44% | 16 | 0.11% | 3,850 | 26.61% | 14,472 |
Douglas | 101,025 | 55.16% | 73,347 | 40.05% | 7,109 | 3.88% | 690 | 0.38% | 749 | 0.41% | 236 | 0.13% | 27,678 | 15.11% | 183,156 |
Dundy | 801 | 79.23% | 179 | 17.71% | 19 | 1.88% | 6 | 0.59% | 3 | 0.30% | 3 | 0.30% | 622 | 61.52% | 1,011 |
Fillmore | 2,024 | 67.51% | 848 | 28.29% | 103 | 3.44% | 14 | 0.47% | 8 | 0.27% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,176 | 39.22% | 2,998 |
Franklin | 1,196 | 71.70% | 420 | 25.18% | 36 | 2.16% | 9 | 0.54% | 2 | 0.12% | 5 | 0.30% | 776 | 46.52% | 1,668 |
Frontier | 1,102 | 79.11% | 244 | 17.52% | 27 | 1.94% | 10 | 0.72% | 6 | 0.43% | 4 | 0.29% | 858 | 61.59% | 1,393 |
Furnas | 1,849 | 76.06% | 534 | 21.97% | 29 | 1.19% | 12 | 0.49% | 6 | 0.25% | 1 | 0.04% | 1,315 | 54.09% | 2,431 |
Gage | 5,538 | 58.26% | 3,516 | 36.99% | 355 | 3.73% | 57 | 0.60% | 33 | 0.35% | 7 | 0.07% | 2,022 | 21.27% | 9,506 |
Garden | 963 | 79.00% | 203 | 16.65% | 38 | 3.12% | 8 | 0.66% | 4 | 0.33% | 3 | 0.25% | 760 | 62.35% | 1,219 |
Garfield | 718 | 74.56% | 202 | 20.98% | 33 | 3.43% | 9 | 0.93% | 1 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 516 | 53.58% | 963 |
Gosper | 757 | 74.65% | 228 | 22.49% | 19 | 1.87% | 9 | 0.89% | 1 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 529 | 52.16% | 1,014 |
Grant | 324 | 84.16% | 49 | 12.73% | 10 | 2.60% | 2 | 0.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 275 | 71.43% | 385 |
Greeley | 839 | 64.05% | 416 | 31.76% | 37 | 2.82% | 13 | 0.99% | 4 | 0.31% | 1 | 0.08% | 423 | 32.29% | 1,310 |
Hall | 11,803 | 63.64% | 5,952 | 32.09% | 595 | 3.21% | 116 | 0.63% | 52 | 0.28% | 28 | 0.15% | 5,851 | 31.55% | 18,546 |
Hamilton | 3,251 | 72.39% | 1,066 | 23.74% | 141 | 3.14% | 21 | 0.47% | 10 | 0.22% | 2 | 0.04% | 2,185 | 48.65% | 4,491 |
Harlan | 1,358 | 73.33% | 438 | 23.65% | 37 | 2.00% | 11 | 0.59% | 7 | 0.38% | 1 | 0.05% | 920 | 49.68% | 1,852 |
Hayes | 486 | 85.11% | 66 | 11.56% | 8 | 1.40% | 8 | 1.40% | 3 | 0.53% | 0 | 0.00% | 420 | 73.55% | 571 |
Hitchcock | 1,126 | 76.08% | 312 | 21.08% | 21 | 1.42% | 14 | 0.95% | 3 | 0.20% | 4 | 0.27% | 814 | 55.00% | 1,480 |
Holt | 3,954 | 79.73% | 846 | 17.06% | 93 | 1.88% | 48 | 0.97% | 5 | 0.10% | 13 | 0.26% | 3,108 | 62.67% | 4,959 |
Hooker | 317 | 77.51% | 74 | 18.09% | 13 | 3.18% | 4 | 0.98% | 1 | 0.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 243 | 59.42% | 409 |
Howard | 1,760 | 62.26% | 955 | 33.78% | 71 | 2.51% | 21 | 0.74% | 13 | 0.46% | 7 | 0.25% | 805 | 28.48% | 2,827 |
Jefferson | 2,351 | 61.11% | 1,361 | 35.38% | 102 | 2.65% | 15 | 0.39% | 16 | 0.42% | 2 | 0.05% | 990 | 25.73% | 3,847 |
Johnson | 1,210 | 57.29% | 794 | 37.59% | 74 | 3.50% | 11 | 0.52% | 11 | 0.52% | 12 | 0.57% | 416 | 19.70% | 2,112 |
Kearney | 2,333 | 74.73% | 680 | 21.78% | 75 | 2.40% | 17 | 0.54% | 12 | 0.38% | 5 | 0.16% | 1,653 | 52.95% | 3,122 |
Keith | 2,953 | 76.72% | 778 | 20.21% | 75 | 1.95% | 30 | 0.78% | 11 | 0.29% | 2 | 0.05% | 2,175 | 56.51% | 3,849 |
Keya Paha | 422 | 82.26% | 78 | 15.20% | 6 | 1.17% | 6 | 1.17% | 1 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 344 | 67.06% | 513 |
Kimball | 1,379 | 75.77% | 379 | 20.82% | 41 | 2.25% | 11 | 0.60% | 5 | 0.27% | 5 | 0.27% | 1,000 | 54.95% | 1,820 |
Knox | 2,784 | 69.98% | 1,037 | 26.07% | 110 | 2.77% | 36 | 0.90% | 5 | 0.13% | 6 | 0.15% | 1,747 | 43.91% | 3,978 |
Lancaster | 55,514 | 51.82% | 44,650 | 41.68% | 6,182 | 5.77% | 297 | 0.28% | 360 | 0.34% | 129 | 0.12% | 10,864 | 10.14% | 107,132 |
Lincoln | 9,220 | 61.00% | 5,205 | 34.44% | 502 | 3.32% | 126 | 0.83% | 41 | 0.27% | 20 | 0.13% | 4,015 | 26.56% | 15,114 |
Logan | 336 | 81.55% | 60 | 14.56% | 11 | 2.67% | 4 | 0.97% | 1 | 0.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 276 | 66.99% | 412 |
Loup | 284 | 75.13% | 84 | 22.22% | 7 | 1.85% | 3 | 0.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 200 | 52.91% | 378 |
Madison | 9,636 | 74.97% | 2,772 | 21.57% | 290 | 2.26% | 108 | 0.84% | 28 | 0.22% | 19 | 0.15% | 6,864 | 53.40% | 12,853 |
McPherson | 244 | 81.06% | 48 | 15.95% | 1 | 0.33% | 4 | 1.33% | 4 | 1.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 196 | 65.11% | 301 |
Merrick | 2,380 | 71.26% | 848 | 25.39% | 84 | 2.51% | 22 | 0.66% | 3 | 0.09% | 3 | 0.09% | 1,532 | 45.87% | 3,340 |
Morrill | 1,597 | 74.70% | 460 | 21.52% | 46 | 2.15% | 26 | 1.22% | 6 | 0.28% | 3 | 0.14% | 1,137 | 53.18% | 2,138 |
Nance | 1,105 | 66.37% | 497 | 29.85% | 46 | 2.76% | 11 | 0.66% | 3 | 0.18% | 3 | 0.18% | 608 | 36.52% | 1,665 |
Nemaha | 2,177 | 64.62% | 1,063 | 31.55% | 94 | 2.79% | 18 | 0.53% | 10 | 0.30% | 7 | 0.21% | 1,114 | 33.07% | 3,369 |
Nuckolls | 1,701 | 69.63% | 644 | 26.36% | 66 | 2.70% | 21 | 0.86% | 8 | 0.33% | 3 | 0.12% | 1,057 | 43.27% | 2,443 |
Otoe | 4,178 | 62.71% | 2,208 | 33.14% | 218 | 3.27% | 35 | 0.53% | 13 | 0.20% | 10 | 0.15% | 1,970 | 29.57% | 6,662 |
Pawnee | 937 | 61.69% | 522 | 34.36% | 38 | 2.50% | 11 | 0.72% | 8 | 0.53% | 3 | 0.20% | 415 | 27.33% | 1,519 |
Perkins | 1,170 | 80.58% | 243 | 16.74% | 31 | 2.13% | 4 | 0.28% | 4 | 0.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 927 | 63.84% | 1,452 |
Phelps | 3,575 | 77.26% | 934 | 20.19% | 86 | 1.86% | 14 | 0.30% | 15 | 0.32% | 3 | 0.06% | 2,641 | 57.07% | 4,627 |
Pierce | 2,534 | 78.99% | 570 | 17.77% | 52 | 1.62% | 43 | 1.34% | 4 | 0.12% | 5 | 0.16% | 1,964 | 61.22% | 3,208 |
Platte | 9,861 | 76.69% | 2,612 | 20.31% | 266 | 2.07% | 66 | 0.51% | 38 | 0.30% | 16 | 0.12% | 7,249 | 56.38% | 12,859 |
Polk | 1,925 | 73.67% | 610 | 23.34% | 52 | 1.99% | 15 | 0.57% | 8 | 0.31% | 3 | 0.11% | 1,315 | 50.33% | 2,613 |
Red Willow | 3,680 | 73.23% | 1,188 | 23.64% | 103 | 2.05% | 33 | 0.66% | 15 | 0.30% | 6 | 0.12% | 2,492 | 49.59% | 5,025 |
Richardson | 2,623 | 63.20% | 1,382 | 33.30% | 83 | 2.00% | 33 | 0.80% | 16 | 0.39% | 13 | 0.31% | 1,241 | 29.90% | 4,150 |
Rock | 725 | 81.10% | 141 | 15.77% | 17 | 1.90% | 9 | 1.01% | 1 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.11% | 584 | 65.33% | 894 |
Saline | 2,581 | 50.17% | 2,321 | 45.11% | 187 | 3.63% | 35 | 0.68% | 15 | 0.29% | 6 | 0.12% | 260 | 5.06% | 5,145 |
Sarpy | 28,979 | 64.00% | 14,637 | 32.33% | 1,308 | 2.89% | 140 | 0.31% | 165 | 0.36% | 49 | 0.11% | 14,342 | 31.67% | 45,278 |
Saunders | 5,688 | 63.77% | 2,852 | 31.98% | 277 | 3.11% | 68 | 0.76% | 24 | 0.27% | 10 | 0.11% | 2,836 | 31.79% | 8,919 |
Scotts Bluff | 9,397 | 67.90% | 3,937 | 28.45% | 400 | 2.89% | 62 | 0.45% | 29 | 0.21% | 14 | 0.10% | 5,460 | 39.45% | 13,839 |
Seward | 4,457 | 63.53% | 2,250 | 32.07% | 245 | 3.49% | 36 | 0.51% | 14 | 0.20% | 14 | 0.20% | 2,207 | 31.46% | 7,016 |
Sheridan | 2,105 | 81.72% | 392 | 15.22% | 54 | 2.10% | 18 | 0.70% | 5 | 0.19% | 2 | 0.08% | 1,713 | 66.50% | 2,576 |
Sherman | 1,072 | 62.87% | 564 | 33.08% | 48 | 2.82% | 9 | 0.53% | 7 | 0.41% | 5 | 0.29% | 508 | 29.79% | 1,705 |
Sioux | 629 | 83.75% | 98 | 13.05% | 17 | 2.26% | 4 | 0.53% | 2 | 0.27% | 1 | 0.13% | 531 | 70.70% | 751 |
Stanton | 1,895 | 76.23% | 500 | 20.11% | 53 | 2.13% | 21 | 0.84% | 8 | 0.32% | 9 | 0.36% | 1,395 | 56.12% | 2,486 |
Thayer | 2,096 | 69.73% | 821 | 27.31% | 65 | 2.16% | 13 | 0.43% | 5 | 0.17% | 6 | 0.20% | 1,275 | 42.42% | 3,006 |
Thomas | 329 | 83.29% | 55 | 13.92% | 9 | 2.28% | 2 | 0.51% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 274 | 69.37% | 395 |
Thurston | 1,040 | 49.95% | 924 | 44.38% | 56 | 2.69% | 51 | 2.45% | 5 | 0.24% | 6 | 0.29% | 116 | 5.57% | 2,082 |
Valley | 1,610 | 71.18% | 583 | 25.77% | 45 | 1.99% | 17 | 0.75% | 4 | 0.18% | 3 | 0.13% | 1,027 | 45.41% | 2,262 |
Washington | 5,758 | 66.75% | 2,550 | 29.56% | 234 | 2.71% | 30 | 0.35% | 41 | 0.48% | 13 | 0.15% | 3,208 | 37.19% | 8,626 |
Wayne | 2,774 | 70.41% | 1,001 | 25.41% | 119 | 3.02% | 33 | 0.84% | 6 | 0.15% | 7 | 0.18% | 1,773 | 45.00% | 3,940 |
Webster | 1,302 | 66.94% | 584 | 30.03% | 48 | 2.47% | 9 | 0.46% | 1 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.05% | 718 | 36.91% | 1,945 |
Wheeler | 351 | 77.48% | 85 | 18.76% | 11 | 2.43% | 4 | 0.88% | 2 | 0.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 266 | 58.72% | 453 |
York | 4,816 | 74.55% | 1,407 | 21.78% | 161 | 2.49% | 59 | 0.91% | 8 | 0.12% | 9 | 0.14% | 3,409 | 52.77% | 6,460 |
Totals | 433,862 | 62.25% | 231,780 | 33.25% | 24,540 | 3.52% | 3,646 | 0.52% | 2,245 | 0.32% | 946 | 0.14% | 202,082 | 28.99% | 697,019 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]- Dakota (Largest city: South Sioux City)
- Saline (Largest city: Crete)
- Thurston (Largest city: Pender)
By congressional district
[edit]Bush won all three congressional districts.[4]
District | Bush | Gore | Representative |
---|---|---|---|
1st | 59% | 36% | Doug Bereuter |
2nd | 57% | 39% | Lee Terry |
3rd | 71% | 25% | Bill Barrett |
Tom Osborne |
Electors
[edit]The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 18, 2000[5] 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 Bush and Dick Cheney:[6]
- Mary Johnson
- Lee Terry, Sr.
- Howard Lamb
- Mildred Curtis
- John Y. McCollister
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".
- ^ "NE US President Race, November 07, 2000". Our Campaigns.
- ^ "Presidential Results by Congressional District, 2000-2008 – Swing State Project".
- ^ 2000 Presidential General Election Results - Nebraska US Election Atlas
- ^ "President Elect - 2000". Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved May 10, 2011.