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2000 United States presidential election in Delaware

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Field	Value
election_name	2000 United States presidential election in Delaware
country	Delaware
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1996 United States presidential election in Delaware
previous_year	1996
next_election	2004 United States presidential election in Delaware
next_year	2004
election_date	November 7, 2000
image_size	x200px
image1	Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, official portrait 1994 (3x4 close cropped).jpg
nominee1	Al Gore
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
home_state1	Tennessee
running_mate1	Joe Lieberman
electoral_vote1	3
popular_vote1	180,068
percentage1	54.96%
image2	GeorgeWBush (1).jpg
nominee2	George W. Bush
party2	Republican Party (United States)
home_state2	Texas
running_mate2	Dick Cheney
electoral_vote2	0
popular_vote2	137,288
percentage2	41.90%
map_image	{{Switcher
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

| [[File:Delaware Presidential Election Results 2000.svg|120px]] | County results | [[File:2000 United States Presidential election in Delaware results map by state house district.svg|120px]] | State House district results Gore Bush The 2000 United States presidential election in Delaware took place on November 7, 2000, part of the 2000 United States presidential election in all 50 states and D.C. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Delaware was won by Vice President Al Gore with a 13.1% margin of victory. Gore carried Delaware's most populous county, New Castle County, with almost 60% of the vote. Bush won the other two counties, but by relatively narrow margins. This was the first election since 1948, and only the fourth since 1892, in which Delaware backed the losing nominee, indicating its transformation from historical bellwether state to reliable blue state. Bush became the first Republican since Benjamin Harrison in 1888 to win a presidential election without New Castle County or Delaware at-large. Gore also became the first losing Democrat since John W. Davis in 1924 to win any of Delaware's counties.

Delaware was one of ten states that backed George H. W. Bush for president in 1988 that did not back George W. Bush in either 2000 or 2004.

Results

2000 United States presidential election in Delaware	Party	Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage
Democratic	Albert Arnold Gore Jr.	Joseph Isadore Lieberman	180,068	54.96%	3
Republican	George Walker Bush	Richard Bruce Cheney	137,288	41.91%	0
Green	Ralph Nader	Winona LaDuke	8,307	2.54%	0
Reform	Pat Buchanan	Ezola Foster	777	0.24%	0
Libertarian	Harry Browne	Wayne Allyn Root	774	0.24%	0
Constitution	Howard Phillips	Michael Peroutka	289	0.09%	0
Natural Law	John Hagelin	Mary Alice Herbert	107	0.03%	0
	write-ins	93	0.03%	0
Totals	327,703	100.00%	3
Voter turnout (voting age)	56%

By county

County	Al Gore
Democratic	George W. Bush
Republican	Ralph Nader
Green	Various candidates
Other parties	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Totals	180,068	54.96%	137,288	41.90%	8,307	2.54%	1,959	0.60%	42,780	13.06%	327,622
	Kent		22,790		47.23%		24,081		49.90%		1,082		2.24%		301		0.62%		-1,291		-2.67%		48,254
	New Castle		127,539		59.86%		78,587		36.88%		5,767		2.71%		1,167		0.55%		48,952		22.98%		213,060
	Sussex		29,739		44.86%		34,620		52.23%		1,458		2.20%		470		0.71%		-4,881		-7.37%		66,287

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Kent (largest city: Dover)
Sussex (largest city: Seaford)

By congressional district

Due to the state's low population, only 1 congressional district, Delaware's at-large congressional district is allocated.

District	Bush	Gore	Representative		At-large
41.9%	55.0%		Mike Castle

Electors

Main article: List of 2000 United States presidential electors

Technically the voters of Delaware cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Delaware is allocated three electors because it has one congressional district and two senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of three electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and their running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all three 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 Gore and Lieberman:

Michael Begatto
Margaret Rose Henry
Ruth Ann Messick

References

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