2000 United States presidential election in Georgia

The 2000 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

2000 United States presidential election in Georgia

November 7, 2000
Turnout	50.9%[1] 1.3 pp
Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore Party Republican Democratic Home state Texas Tennessee Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman Electoral vote 13 0 Popular vote 1,419,720 1,116,230 Percentage 54.67% 42.98%
County Results Bush   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80% Gore   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%
President before election Bill Clinton Democratic Elected President George W. Bush Republican

Georgia was won by Governor George W. Bush (R-TX) by an 11.7% margin of victory. He won a majority of the popular vote, counties, and congressional districts. Bush dominated in most of the rural parts of the state, but Vice President Al Gore (D-TN) did well in the highly populated Fulton County and DeKalb County of the Metro Atlanta area. Within that area are the 4th and 5th congressional districts, which are the only 2 districts Gore won. Author and investment analyst Harry Browne (L-TN) would finish third in the popular vote in Georgia.

In 1992 and 1996, Georgia was the first and third closest state, respectively. In 2000 however, Georgia was not a close state at all, as the Democratic candidate, who happened to then be the vice president, did not do as well as Bill Clinton in the general election.

In other down ballot races, Zell Miller (D), who was appointed by then-Governor Roy Barnes (D) following Senator Paul Coverdell's (R) death in July 2000, won the special election for the unexpired remainder of the term. Another notable down ballot race was the 2000 U.S. House election in Georgia's 2nd congressional district in which Incumbent U.S. Representative Sanford Bishop (D) survived a strong challenge from Dylan Glenn (R). Miller in the Senate race actually outperformed Gore in the presidential race by over 30 points.

As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Chatham County voted Republican and the last in which McIntosh County, Meriwether County, Mitchell County, Telfair County, and Wilkinson County voted Democratic.

Results

United States presidential election in Georgia, 2000
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	George W. Bush	Dick Cheney	1,419,720	54.67%	13
	Democratic	Al Gore	Joe Lieberman	1,116,230	42.98%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	Art Olivier	36,332	1.40%	0
	Green	Ralph Nader (write-in)	Winona LaDuke	13,432	0.52%	0
	Reform	Patrick Buchanan (write-in)	Ezola B. Foster	10,926	0.42%	0
	Constitution	Howard Phillips (write-in)	Curtis Frazier	140	0.0%	0
	Socialist Workers	James Harris (write-in)	Margaret Trowe	11	0.0%	0
	Write-in	Gloria Strickland	n/a	8	0.0%	0
	Independent	Joe Schriner (write-in)	n/a	5	0.0%	0
Totals				2,596,804	100.00%	13
Voter turnout (Voting age)					43%

By county

County	Gore%	Gore#	Bush%	Bush#	Others%	Others#	Total
Appling	34.32%	2,093	64.60%	3,940	1.08%	66	6,099
Atkinson	39.64%	821	59.30%	1,228	1.06%	22	2,071
Bacon	31.92%	956	67.11%	2,010	0.97%	29	2,995
Baker	58.79%	893	40.49%	615	0.72%	11	1,519
Baldwin	48.60%	5,893	49.82%	6,041	1.58%	192	12,126
Banks	26.91%	1,220	70.64%	3,202	2.45%	111	4,533
Barrow	30.22%	3,657	65.49%	7,925	4.30%	520	12,102
Bartow	32.96%	7,508	64.62%	14,720	2.43%	553	22,781
Ben Hill	47.93%	2,234	51.08%	2,381	0.99%	46	4,661
Berrien	37.19%	1,640	61.63%	2,718	1.18%	52	4,410
Bibb	50.22%	24,996	48.36%	24,071	1.42%	709	49,776
Bleckley	33.96%	1,273	64.98%	2,436	1.07%	40	3,749
Brantley	30.05%	1,372	68.29%	3,118	1.66%	76	4,566
Brooks	46.06%	2,096	52.87%	2,406	1.08%	49	4,551
Bryan	30.77%	2,172	68.49%	4,835	0.74%	52	7,059
Bulloch	37.62%	5,561	60.82%	8,990	1.56%	231	14,782
Burke	52.14%	3,720	47.39%	3,381	0.48%	34	7,135
Butts	40.48%	2,281	56.75%	3,198	2.77%	156	5,635
Calhoun	58.66%	1,107	40.70%	768	0.64%	12	1,887
Camden	35.93%	3,636	62.96%	6,371	1.11%	112	10,119
Candler	38.68%	1,053	60.36%	1,643	0.96%	26	2,722
Carroll	34.00%	8,752	63.42%	16,326	2.58%	663	25,741
Catoosa	30.87%	5,470	67.90%	12,033	1.23%	218	17,721
Charlton	36.04%	1,015	62.86%	1,770	1.10%	31	2,816
Chatham	49.15%	37,590	49.49%	37,847	1.36%	1,038	76,475
Chattahoochee	49.71%	600	48.88%	590	1.41%	17	1,207
Chattooga	42.13%	2,729	56.20%	3,640	1.67%	108	6,477
Cherokee	23.49%	12,295	72.65%	38,033	3.86%	2,020	52,348
Clarke	52.47%	15,167	41.00%	11,850	6.53%	1,887	28,904
Clay	64.29%	821	35.08%	448	0.63%	8	1,277
Clayton	65.21%	40,042	32.52%	19,966	2.27%	1,394	61,402
Clinch	42.30%	816	56.56%	1,091	1.14%	22	1,929
Cobb	36.88%	86,676	59.78%	140,494	3.34%	7,857	235,027
Coffee	38.10%	3,593	61.04%	5,756	0.86%	81	9,430
Colquitt	33.06%	3,297	66.08%	6,589	0.86%	86	9,972
Columbia	24.91%	8,969	74.04%	26,660	1.05%	379	36,008
Cook	41.56%	1,639	57.78%	2,279	0.66%	26	3,944
Coweta	29.00%	9,056	68.30%	21,327	2.70%	843	31,226
Crawford	42.42%	1,513	55.71%	1,987	1.88%	67	3,567
Crisp	40.44%	2,268	58.57%	3,285	1.00%	56	5,609
Dade	32.24%	1,628	66.01%	3,333	1.74%	88	5,049
Dawson	24.72%	1,458	71.38%	4,210	3.90%	230	5,898
Decatur	44.43%	3,398	54.75%	4,187	0.82%	63	7,648
DeKalb	70.24%	154,509	26.73%	58,807	3.03%	6,664	219,980
Dodge	39.58%	2,326	59.08%	3,472	1.34%	79	5,877
Dooly	54.01%	1,901	45.11%	1,588	0.88%	31	3,520
Dougherty	57.29%	16,650	42.14%	12,248	0.57%	166	29,064
Douglas	36.05%	11,162	61.02%	18,893	2.94%	909	30,964
Early	45.24%	1,622	54.06%	1,938	0.70%	25	3,585
Echols	30.29%	272	68.37%	614	1.34%	12	898
Effingham	30.35%	3,232	68.79%	7,326	0.86%	92	10,650
Elbert	43.17%	2,527	55.73%	3,262	1.09%	64	5,853
Emanuel	45.27%	2,835	53.38%	3,343	1.36%	85	6,263
Evans	39.51%	1,217	59.77%	1,841	0.71%	22	3,080
Fannin	32.61%	2,736	65.11%	5,463	2.28%	191	8,390
Fayette	28.06%	11,912	69.11%	29,338	2.82%	1,199	42,449
Floyd	38.33%	10,282	60.37%	16,194	1.30%	349	26,825
Forsyth	18.72%	6,694	77.66%	27,769	3.61%	1,292	35,755
Franklin	35.40%	2,040	63.50%	3,659	1.09%	63	5,762
Fulton	57.76%	152,039	39.84%	104,870	2.39%	6,303	263,212
Gilmer	30.26%	2,230	67.04%	4,941	2.70%	199	7,370
Glascock	24.41%	249	74.80%	763	0.78%	8	1,020
Glynn	34.75%	7,778	64.09%	14,346	1.16%	260	22,384
Gordon	33.04%	4,032	65.09%	7,944	1.88%	229	12,205
Grady	40.60%	2,721	58.10%	3,894	1.30%	87	6,702
Greene	41.12%	2,137	57.34%	2,980	1.54%	80	5,197
Gwinnett	32.15%	61,434	63.71%	121,756	4.14%	7,921	191,111
Habersham	26.11%	2,530	71.86%	6,964	2.03%	197	9,691
Hall	26.89%	10,259	70.36%	26,841	2.75%	1,050	38,150
Hancock	78.22%	2,414	21.45%	662	0.32%	10	3,086
Haralson	35.13%	2,869	63.10%	5,153	1.78%	145	8,167
Harris	34.01%	2,912	64.87%	5,554	1.12%	96	8,562
Hart	42.36%	3,192	56.29%	4,242	1.35%	102	7,536
Heard	36.84%	1,178	60.88%	1,947	2.28%	73	3,198
Henry	30.80%	11,971	66.42%	25,815	2.78%	1,081	38,867
Houston	35.96%	13,301	62.65%	23,174	1.39%	513	36,988
Irwin	44.57%	1,405	54.57%	1,720	0.86%	27	3,152
Jackson	29.39%	3,420	67.71%	7,878	2.90%	337	11,635
Jasper	39.51%	1,558	58.28%	2,298	2.21%	87	3,943
Jeff Davis	32.67%	1,379	66.26%	2,797	1.07%	45	4,221
Jefferson	53.41%	2,973	45.98%	2,559	0.61%	34	5,566
Jenkins	48.21%	1,250	50.79%	1,317	1.00%	26	2,593
Johnson	36.94%	1,065	62.33%	1,797	0.73%	21	2,883
Jones	38.45%	3,102	60.11%	4,850	1.44%	116	8,068
Lamar	41.95%	2,194	55.68%	2,912	2.37%	124	5,230
Lanier	43.70%	832	55.04%	1,048	1.26%	24	1,904
Laurens	40.78%	5,724	57.94%	8,133	1.28%	179	14,036
Lee	24.56%	1,936	74.48%	5,872	0.96%	76	7,884
Liberty	53.62%	5,347	44.68%	4,455	1.70%	170	9,972
Lincoln	41.09%	1,275	58.23%	1,807	0.68%	21	3,103
Long	42.13%	975	57.04%	1,320	0.82%	19	2,314
Lowndes	41.74%	10,616	56.87%	14,462	1.39%	354	25,432
Lumpkin	31.42%	2,121	65.59%	4,427	2.99%	202	6,750
Macon	63.31%	2,757	35.96%	1,566	0.73%	32	4,355
Madison	28.59%	2,285	69.17%	5,529	2.24%	179	7,993
Marion	44.96%	982	54.35%	1,187	0.69%	15	2,184
McDuffie	39.39%	2,580	59.94%	3,926	0.67%	44	6,550
McIntosh	53.35%	2,047	46.03%	1,766	0.63%	24	3,837
Meriwether	51.29%	3,441	47.13%	3,162	1.58%	106	6,709
Miller	36.42%	783	62.74%	1,349	0.84%	18	2,150
Mitchell	51.23%	2,971	48.11%	2,790	0.66%	38	5,799
Monroe	37.65%	2,839	60.48%	4,561	1.87%	141	7,541
Montgomery	40.37%	1,013	58.39%	1,465	1.24%	31	2,509
Morgan	37.92%	2,238	59.71%	3,524	2.37%	140	5,902
Murray	32.06%	2,684	66.16%	5,539	1.78%	149	8,372
Muscogee	54.05%	28,193	45.01%	23,479	0.94%	491	52,163
Newton	36.48%	6,703	60.56%	11,127	2.97%	545	18,375
Oconee	28.51%	3,184	68.15%	7,611	3.34%	373	11,168
Oglethorpe	34.64%	1,519	61.71%	2,706	3.65%	160	4,385
Paulding	27.79%	6,743	69.58%	16,881	2.62%	636	24,260
Peach	49.60%	3,540	49.39%	3,525	1.01%	72	7,137
Pickens	30.35%	2,489	66.92%	5,488	2.73%	224	8,201
Pierce	27.77%	1,300	71.52%	3,348	0.70%	33	4,681
Pike	28.93%	1,413	68.74%	3,358	2.33%	114	4,885
Polk	40.65%	4,112	57.74%	5,841	1.61%	163	10,116
Pulaski	41.54%	1,390	57.44%	1,922	1.02%	34	3,346
Putnam	41.47%	2,612	57.09%	3,596	1.44%	91	6,299
Quitman	59.96%	542	38.50%	348	1.55%	14	904
Rabun	33.25%	1,776	64.61%	3,451	2.13%	114	5,341
Randolph	53.76%	1,381	45.70%	1,174	0.54%	14	2,569
Richmond	54.60%	31,413	44.29%	25,485	1.11%	640	57,538
Rockdale	33.65%	8,295	62.64%	15,440	3.71%	914	24,649
Schley	39.12%	460	60.03%	706	0.85%	10	1,176
Screven	47.32%	2,233	52.15%	2,461	0.53%	25	4,719
Seminole	45.64%	1,313	53.42%	1,537	0.94%	27	2,877
Spalding	37.89%	5,831	60.24%	9,271	1.88%	289	15,391
Stephens	34.25%	2,869	64.11%	5,370	1.64%	137	8,376
Stewart	64.84%	1,267	34.54%	675	0.61%	12	1,954
Sumter	48.96%	4,748	49.98%	4,847	1.05%	102	9,697
Talbot	65.67%	1,662	33.35%	844	0.99%	25	2,531
Taliaferro	66.83%	556	32.57%	271	0.60%	5	832
Tattnall	34.99%	1,963	64.12%	3,597	0.89%	50	5,610
Taylor	48.20%	1,340	50.79%	1,412	1.01%	28	2,780
Telfair	50.87%	1,777	48.47%	1,693	0.66%	23	3,493
Terrell	50.88%	1,584	48.31%	1,504	0.80%	25	3,113
Thomas	40.32%	4,862	58.82%	7,093	0.85%	103	12,058
Tift	34.34%	3,547	64.66%	6,678	1.00%	103	10,328
Toombs	36.66%	2,643	62.23%	4,487	1.11%	80	7,210
Towns	33.29%	1,495	64.62%	2,902	2.09%	94	4,491
Treutlen	44.78%	879	54.10%	1,062	1.12%	22	1,963
Troup	35.83%	6,379	62.90%	11,198	1.27%	227	17,804
Turner	47.60%	1,169	51.22%	1,258	1.18%	29	2,456
Twiggs	54.69%	1,977	43.43%	1,570	1.88%	68	3,615
Union	32.06%	2,230	65.66%	4,567	2.29%	159	6,956
Upson	38.13%	3,158	60.60%	5,019	1.27%	105	8,282
Walker	33.56%	6,341	65.23%	12,326	1.21%	228	18,895
Walton	28.74%	5,484	67.95%	12,966	3.32%	633	19,083
Ware	36.14%	3,480	63.35%	6,099	0.51%	49	9,628
Warren	55.76%	1,196	43.50%	933	0.75%	16	2,145
Washington	51.95%	3,476	47.26%	3,162	0.79%	53	6,691
Wayne	34.18%	2,736	65.20%	5,219	0.61%	49	8,004
Webster	59.52%	541	39.49%	359	0.99%	9	909
Wheeler	47.75%	752	51.62%	813	0.63%	10	1,575
White	28.60%	2,014	68.96%	4,857	2.44%	172	7,043
Whitfield	30.19%	7,034	68.03%	15,852	1.79%	416	23,302
Wilcox	40.68%	962	58.39%	1,381	0.93%	22	2,365
Wilkes	48.19%	1,940	50.77%	2,044	1.04%	42	4,026
Wilkinson	50.37%	1,884	48.13%	1,800	1.50%	56	3,740
Worth	36.53%	2,214	62.56%	3,792	0.91%	55	6,061

By congressional district

Bush won 9 of 11 congressional districts.[2]

District	Bush	Gore	Representative
1st	57%	42%	Jack Kingston
2nd	54%	45%	Sanford Bishop
3rd	56%	42%	Mac Collins
4th	29%	69%	Cynthia McKinney
5th	23%	75%	John Lewis
6th	65%	32%	Johnny Isakson
7th	60%	38%	Bob Barr
8th	57%	42%	Saxby Chambliss
9th	69%	28%	Nathan Deal
10th	55%	44%	Charlie Norwood
11th	63%	34%	John Linder

Electors

Technically the voters of Georgia cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Georgia is allocated 13 electors because it has 11 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 13 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 13 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. Anna Cablik
2. Teresa Jeter Chappell
3. Charles Commander Clay
4. Fred Cooper
5. James Edenfield
6. Winnie LeClercq
7. B.J. Lopez
8. Carolyn Dodgen Meadows
9. Alec Poitevint
10. Eric Tanenblatt
11. Cynthia Teasley
12. Virgil Williams
13. Bob Young

References

1. ("Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2000". United States Census Bureau. February 2002. Retrieved December 19, 2020.)
2. https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/data.php?year=2000&fips=13&f=0&off=0&elect=0&datatype=cd&def=1
3. http://www.uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/ARTICLES/pe2000timeline.php
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2009-10-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)