United States presidential election in Arkansas, 2000

United States presidential election in Arkansas, 2000
Arkansas
November 7, 2000
 
Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Texas Tennessee
Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman
Electoral vote 6 0
Popular vote 472,940 422,768
Percentage 51.3% 45.9%

County Results
  Gore—60-70%
  Gore—50-60%
  Gore—<50%
  Bush—<50%
  Bush—50-60%
  Bush—60-70%
President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

 Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

The 2000 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 7, 2000 throughout all 50 states and D.C., which was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 6 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Arkansas was won by Governor George W. Bush by a 5.4% margin of victory. He won a majority of the popular vote and the state's six electoral votes. Bush was the first Republican to carry the state since 1988. Had Gore won Arkansas he would have won the presidency without Florida.

Results

United States presidential election in Arkansas, 2000
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican George W. Bush 472,940 51.31% 6
Democratic Al Gore 422,768 45.86% 0
Green Party Ralph Nader 13,421 1.46% 0
Reform Patrick Buchanan 5,192 0.80% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne 2,781 0.30% 0
Independent Howard Phillips 1,145 0.14% 0
Natural Law John Hagelin 1,098 0.13% 0
Totals 919,345 100.00% 6
Voter turnout 46%

By county

County[1] Bush% Bush# Gore% Gore# Others% Others Total
Arkansas52.62%3,35345.15%2,8772.23%1426,372
Ashley46.86%3,87651.42%4,2531.72%1428,271
Baxter57.09%9,53839.0%6,5163.92%65416,708
Benton64.94%34,83832.21%17,2772.86%1,53153,646
Boone62.85%8,56932.95%4,4934.2%57313,635
Bradley45.06%1,79353.33%2,1221.61%643,979
Calhoun51.62%1,12846.54%1,0171.83%402,185
Carroll57.94%5,55637.49%3,5954.58%4399,590
Chicot35.13%1,56463.34%2,8201.52%684,452
Clark43.77%3,77654.03%4,6612.19%1898,626
Clay38.2%2,25459.78%3,5272.02%1195,900
Cleburne56.14%5,73040.36%4,1203.50%35710,207
Cleveland52.75%1,67844.45%1,4142.79%893,181
Columbia53.92%5,01843.01%4,0033.07%2869,307
Conway49.00%3,54548.33%3,4962.67%1937,234
Craighead48.33%12,15849.20%12,3762.48%62325,157
Crawford61.30%10,80435.68%6,2883.03%53317,625
Crittenden44.26%5,85754.59%7,2241.15%15313,234
Cross48.80%3,03349.81%3,0961.38%866,215
Dallas47.25%1,57151.43%1,7101.32%443,325
Desha35.66%1,60361.76%2,7762.58%1164,495
Drew46.54%2,75651.67%3,0601.78%1065,922
Faulkner54.95%16,05540.90%11,9504.14%1,21129,216
Franklin53.37%3,27743.55%2,6743.08%1896,140
Fulton49.56%2,03648.10%1,9762.34%964,108
Garland53.15%19,09844.08%15,8402.79%99735,935
Grant54.63%3,28542.16%2,5353.21%1936,013
Greene46.71%5,83150.62%6,3192.67%33412,484
Hempstead44.68%3,25754.01%3,9371.31%957,289
Hot Spring45.92%5,04250.33%5,5273.75%41210,981
Howard52.16%2,32646.27%2,0631.57%704,459
Independence53.00%6,14544.39%5,1462.61%30311,594
Izard45.73%2,30151.41%2,5872.86%1445,032
Jackson37.55%2,28060.13%3,6512.33%1416,072
Jefferson32.22%8,76565.13%17,7162.64%72027,201
Johnson51.07%3,65745.66%3,2703.27%2347,161
Lafayette45.46%1,53853.38%1,8061.15%393,383
Lawrence43.48%2,62653.89%3,2552.63%1596,040
Lee32.78%1,35166.17%2,7271.05%434,121
Lincoln43.03%1,52655.19%1,9571.78%633,546
Little River43.38%2,28354.78%2,8831.84%975,263
Logan55.42%4,48740.55%3,2834.03%3268,096
Lonoke59.11%10,60638.18%6,8512.71%48617,943
Madison60.18%3,38736.51%2,0553.30%1865,628
Marion56.56%3,40237.12%2,2336.32%3806,015
Miller52.94%7,27645.67%6,2781.39%19113,745
Mississippi41.31%5,19956.47%7,1072.22%28012,586
Monroe40.36%1,32958.00%1,9101.64%543,293
Montgomery56.91%2,12838.46%1,4384.62%1733,739
Nevada48.05%1,79649.95%1,8672.00%753,738
Newton64.40%2,52930.69%1,2054.91%1933,927
Ouachita45.59%4,73952.56%5,4641.85%19210,395
Perry52.76%2,11441.13%1,6486.10%2454,007
Phillips33.87%3,15464.62%6,0181.52%1419,313
Pike57.29%2,27540.39%1,6042.32%923,971
Poinsett41.30%2,98856.70%4,1022.00%1457,235
Polk63.95%4,60032.18%2,3153.86%2787,193
Pope61.04%11,24436.20%6,6692.77%50918,422
Prairie53.09%1,86244.57%1,5632.34%823,507
Pulaski43.94%55,86653.73%68,3202.34%2,965127,151
Randolph45.48%2,67351.37%3,0193.15%1855,877
St. Francis40.18%3,41458.69%4,9861.13%968,496
Saline57.48%18,61739.21%12,7003.32%1,07432,391
Scott60.26%2,39936.27%1,4443.47%1383,981
Searcy64.32%2,61030.29%1,2295.41%2194,058
Sebastian58.48%23,48338.73%15,5552.78%1,12140,159
Sevier49.17%2,11148.80%2,0952.03%874,293
Sharp51.89%3,69845.41%3,2362.70%1927,126
Stone53.97%2,62342.04%2,0433.99%1944,860
Union55.40%8,64740.11%6,2614.48%70115,609
Van Buren49.90%3,48545.85%3,2024.25%2976,984
Washington54.86%28,23141.64%21,4253.50%1,80351,459
White59.46%13,17037.66%8,3422.88%63822,150
Woodruff33.87%89864.09%1,6992.04%542,651
Yell49.75%3,22347.26%3,0622.99%1946,479
George W. Bush Al Gore Total
Counties won 43 32 75
Best score Benton County (64.94%) Lee County (66.17%) .
Counties won under statewide margin (5.45%) 7 8 15
Sevier County (0.37%)
Conway County (0.67%)
Fulton County (1.46%)
Yell County (2.49%)
Van Buren County (4.05%)
Calhoun County (5.08%)
Johnson County (5.41%)		 Craighead County (0.87%)
Cross County (1.01%)
Nevada County (1.90%)
Greene County (3.91%)
Dallas County (4.18%)
Hot Spring County (4.41%)
Ashley County (4.56%)
Drew County (5.13%)		 .
Counties won under nationwide margin (0.51%) 1 0 1
Sevier County (0.37%) . .

By congressional district

Bush won 2 of 4 congressional districts.[2]

District Bush Gore Representative
1st 48% 50% Marion Berry
2nd 49% 48% Vic Snyder
3rd 60% 37% Asa Hutchinson
4th 48% 49% Jay Dickey

Electors

Technically the voters of Arkansas cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Arkansas is allocated 6 electors because it has 4 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 6 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 6 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 his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.

The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 18, 2000[3] 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:[4]

  1. Pat Dodge
  2. Bud Cummins
  3. Mildred Homan
  4. Betsy Thompson
  5. Kim Hendren
  6. Sarah Agee

References

  1. ↑ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/
  2. ↑ http://www.swingstateproject.com/diary/4161/
  3. ↑ http://www.uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/ARTICLES/pe2000timeline.php
  4. ↑ http://presidentelect.org/e2000.html

See also

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