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2000 United States presidential election in Arizona

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Field	Value
election_name	2000 United States presidential election in Arizona
country	Arizona
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1996 United States presidential election in Arizona
previous_year	1996
next_election	2004 United States presidential election in Arizona
next_year	2004
election_date	November 7, 2000
image_size	x200px
image1	GeorgeWBush (1).jpg
nominee1	George W. Bush
party1	Republican Party (United States)
home_state1	Texas
running_mate1	Dick Cheney
electoral_vote1	8
popular_vote1	781,652
percentage1	50.95%
image2	Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, official portrait 1994 (3x4 close cropped).jpg
nominee2	Al Gore
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
home_state2	Tennessee
running_mate2	Joe Lieberman
electoral_vote2	0
popular_vote2	685,341
percentage2	44.67%
map_image
title	President
before_election	Bill Clinton
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	George W. Bush
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

Main article: 2000 United States presidential election

Bush Gore The 2000 United States presidential election in Arizona took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Arizona was won by Governor George W. Bush by a 6.3 point margin of victory. Ralph Nader received 3%, whilst all of the other candidates received a combined 1%. Pre-election polling showed that Bush had a solid lead over Gore. Bush won all the congressional districts, except Arizona's 2nd congressional district. The key for Bush's victory was Maricopa County, which has by far the highest population in the state. After breaking the longest Republican streak in the last election, last voting Democratic in 1948 prior to 1996, Arizona made a return to the Republican column in 2000. Bush made history by winning Greenlee County, the first Republican presidential candidate to ever do so. This thinly populated working class county, which has been dependent on copper mining as the basis for its economy, had previously voted Democratic in every election since Arizona achieved statehood in 1912, but has not done so since.

Bush became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Coconino or Pima Counties since Arizona statehood, as well as the first to do so without carrying Santa Cruz County since Herbert Hoover in 1928.

Results

2000 United States presidential election in Arizona	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Republican	George W. Bush	781,652	51.0%	8
Democratic	Al Gore	685,341	44.7%	0
Green	Ralph Nader	45,645	3.0%	0
Reform	Patrick Buchanan	12,373	0.8%	0
Libertarian	L. Neil Smith	5,775	0.4%	0
Write-ins	Various candidates	2,097	0.1%	0
Natural Law	John Hagelin	1,120	0.1%	0
Constitution	Howard Phillips	110	0.0%	0
Totals	1,534,113	100.0%	8
Voter turnout	40%

By county

County	George W. Bush
Republican	Al Gore
Democratic	Ralph Nader
Green	Pat Buchanan
Reform	Various candidates
Other parties	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total	781,652	50.95%	685,341	44.67%	45,645	2.98%	12,373	0.81%	9,102	0.60%	96,311	6.28%	1,534,113
	Apache		5,947		30.57%		13,025		66.95%		245		1.26%		135		0.69%		104		0.54%		-7,078		-36.38%		19,456
	Cochise		18,180		54.69%		13,360		40.19%		1,113		3.35%		315		0.95%		273		0.82%		4,820		14.50%		33,241
	Coconino		17,562		42.96%		20,280		49.60%		2,478		6.06%		244		0.60%		319		0.78%		-2,718		-6.64%		40,883
	Gila		9,158		51.64%		7,700		43.41%		497		2.80%		227		1.28%		154		0.87%		1,458		8.23%		17,736
	Graham		6,007		62.16%		3,355		34.73%		144		1.49%		131		1.36%		27		0.28%		2,652		27.43%		9,664
	Greenlee		1,619		54.70%		1,216		41.08%		68		2.30%		42		1.42%		15		0.51%		403		13.62%		2,960
	La Paz		2,543		56.73%		1,769		39.46%		91		2.03%		53		1.18%		27		0.61%		774		17.27%		4,483
	Maricopa		479,967		53.23%		386,683		42.88%		22,465		2.49%		7,156		0.79%		5,428		0.60%		93,284		10.35%		901,699
	Mohave		24,386		55.25%		17,470		39.58%		1,323		3.00%		622		1.41%		340		0.77%		6,916		15.67%		44,141
	Navajo		12,386		49.25%		11,794		46.90%		517		2.06%		266		1.06%		184		0.73%		592		2.35%		25,147
	Pima		124,579		43.31%		147,688		51.34%		12,355		4.30%		1,731		0.60%		1,287		0.44%		-23,109		-8.03%		287,640
	Pinal		20,122		48.73%		19,650		47.59%		904		2.19%		442		1.07%		172		0.42%		472		1.14%		41,290
	Santa Cruz		3,344		37.60%		5,233		58.84%		217		2.44%		44		0.49%		55		0.62%		-1,889		-21.24%		8,893
	Yavapai		40,144		58.84%		24,063		35.27%		2,733		4.01%		749		1.10%		539		0.79%		16,081		23.57%		68,228
	Yuma		15,708		54.82%		12,055		42.07%		495		1.73%		216		0.75%		178		0.63%		3,653		12.75%		28,652

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Gila (Largest city: Payson)
Greenlee (Largest city: Clifton)
La Paz (Largest city: Parker)
Navajo (Largest city: Show Low)
Pinal (Largest city: San Tan Valley)

County flips from 1996 to 2000: {{col-begin}}

Republican ]]

By congressional district

Bush won five of six congressional districts.

District	Bush	Representative
51%	44%	Matt Salmon
	Jeff Flake
34%	62%	Ed Pastor
56%	40%	Bob Stump
52%	44%	John Shadegg
49%	46%	Jim Kolbe
54%	42%	J.D. Hayworth

Electors

Main article: List of 2000 United States presidential electors

Technically the voters of Arizona cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Arizona is allocated eight electors because it has 6 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 8 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and their running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 8 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, 2000 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:

Joe Arpaio
Linda Barber
Dennis Booth
Webb Crockett
Paul Robert Fannin
LaVelle McCoy
Susan Minnaugh
Frank Straka

References

"Eugene Register-Guard".
Menendez Albert J.; ''The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868–2004'', p. 121 {{ISBN. 0786422173
"How close were U.S. Presidential Elections?".
"2000 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona".
Our campaigns; [https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=378 AZ US President Race, November 07, 2000]
"2000 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona".
"2000 Post-Election Timeline of Events".

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