2000 United States presidential election in Iowa
The 2000 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 7 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
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Iowa was won in 2000 by Vice President Al Gore by a margin of 0.32%, with a lead of less than five thousand votes over Texas Governor George W. Bush, while Green Party candidate Ralph Nader took 2.23% of the vote. Gore's win in Iowa marked the fourth consecutive victory for Democrats in the Hawkeye State; it is also, as of 2020, the last time Iowa has voted for a losing Democrat for President. Iowa is the only state which George W. Bush lost in either of his elections but Donald Trump won in his unsuccessful re-election bid in 2020.
Natural Law Party nominee John Hagelin had his strongest county-level showing in his home county of Jefferson County, Iowa, where he garnered 14.7% of the vote. However, he came in sixth statewide, and his vote total was less than the narrow margin separating Gore and Bush.
Results
| 2000 United States presidential election in Iowa[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Al Gore | 638,517 | 48.54% | 7 | |
| Republican | George W. Bush | 634,373 | 48.22% | 0 | |
| Green | Ralph Nader | 29,374 | 2.23% | 0 | |
| Reform | Pat Buchanan | 5,731 | 0.44% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | 3,209 | 0.24% | 0 | |
| Nominated by Petition | John Hagelin | 2,281 | 0.17% | 0 | |
| Constitution | Howard Phillips | 613 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Socialist Workers | James Harris | 190 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Socialist Party USA | David McReynolds | 107 | <0.01% | 0 | |
| Scattering | 1,168 | 0.09% | — | ||
| Totals | 1,315,563 | 100.00% | 7 | ||
| Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered) | 60%/71% | ||||
Results breakdown
By county
| County | Gore | Votes | Bush | Votes | Others | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adair | 42.5% | 1,753 | 55.2% | 2,275 | 2.3% | 95 |
| Adams | 41.8% | 897 | 54.5% | 1,170 | 3.7% | 78 |
| Allamakee | 44.6% | 2,883 | 50.7% | 3,277 | 4.7% | 302 |
| Appanoose | 44.9% | 2,560 | 52.5% | 2,992 | 2.6% | 152 |
| Audubon | 47.0% | 1,780 | 50.4% | 1,909 | 2.5% | 95 |
| Benton | 50.3% | 5,915 | 46.5% | 5,468 | 3.3% | 383 |
| Black Hawk | 54.7% | 30,112 | 42.6% | 23,468 | 2.8% | 1,505 |
| Boone | 51.2% | 6,270 | 45.9% | 5,625 | 2.9% | 354 |
| Bremer | 46.3% | 5,169 | 50.8% | 5,675 | 2.9% | 331 |
| Buchanan | 53.6% | 5,045 | 43.5% | 4,092 | 2.9% | 273 |
| Buena Vista | 41.3% | 3,297 | 54.6% | 4,354 | 4.0% | 326 |
| Butler | 40.7% | 2,735 | 57.1% | 3,837 | 2.3% | 152 |
| Calhoun | 42.3% | 2,132 | 55.1% | 2,776 | 2.6% | 133 |
| Carroll | 46.6% | 4,463 | 51.0% | 4,879 | 2.3% | 226 |
| Cass | 36.1% | 2,481 | 61.1% | 4,206 | 2.8% | 193 |
| Cedar | 48.3% | 4,033 | 48.3% | 4,031 | 3.3% | 280 |
| Cerro Gordo | 55.0% | 12,185 | 42.4% | 9,397 | 2.6% | 580 |
| Cherokee | 43.2% | 2,988 | 52.5% | 3,758 | 4.3% | 284 |
| Chickasaw | 52.2% | 3,435 | 44.6% | 2,936 | 3.2% | 213 |
| Clarke | 49.8% | 2,081 | 47.5% | 1,984 | 2.7% | 111 |
| Clay | 43.5% | 3,294 | 52.7% | 3,992 | 3.9% | 292 |
| Clayton | 49.4% | 4,238 | 47.1% | 4,034 | 3.5% | 299 |
| Clinton | 55.3% | 12,276 | 41.6% | 9,229 | 3.0% | 675 |
| Crawford | 43.3% | 2,838 | 53.1% | 3,482 | 3.6% | 235 |
| Dallas | 44.3% | 8,561 | 53.3% | 10,306 | 2.4% | 463 |
| Davis | 45.0% | 1,691 | 52.0% | 1,956 | 3.0% | 111 |
| Decatur | 45.1% | 1,674 | 51.3% | 1,903 | 3.5% | 132 |
| Delaware | 45.6% | 3,808 | 51.2% | 4,273 | 3.2% | 268 |
| Des Moines | 58.6% | 11,351 | 38.1% | 7,385 | 3.2% | 629 |
| Dickinson | 45.1% | 3,660 | 52.0% | 4,225 | 2.9% | 236 |
| Dubuque | 55.4% | 22,341 | 40.8% | 16,462 | 3.7% | 1,520 |
| Emmet | 46.8% | 2,165 | 50.3% | 2,331 | 2.9% | 134 |
| Fayette | 48.2% | 4,640 | 49.3% | 4,747 | 2.4% | 234 |
| Floyd | 52.9% | 3,830 | 44.1% | 3,191 | 3.0% | 217 |
| Franklin | 43.0% | 2,122 | 53.8% | 2,657 | 3.2% | 159 |
| Fremont | 40.3% | 1,459 | 57.2% | 2,069 | 2.4% | 88 |
| Greene | 48.8% | 2,301 | 48.4% | 2,282 | 2.8% | 136 |
| Grundy | 35.0% | 2,139 | 63.0% | 3,851 | 1.9% | 121 |
| Guthrie | 45.6% | 2,493 | 51.9% | 2,840 | 2.5% | 136 |
| Hamilton | 45.0% | 3,407 | 52.4% | 3,968 | 2.7% | 199 |
| Hancock | 41.9% | 2,281 | 54.9% | 2,988 | 3.1% | 169 |
| Hardin | 44.3% | 3,734 | 53.2% | 4,486 | 2.6% | 215 |
| Harrison | 39.0% | 2,551 | 58.1% | 3,802 | 2.9% | 190 |
| Henry | 45.1% | 3,907 | 51.6% | 4,476 | 3.3% | 288 |
| Howard | 54.0% | 2,426 | 42.8% | 1,922 | 3.2% | 143 |
| Humboldt | 39.5% | 1,949 | 57.6% | 2,846 | 2.9% | 145 |
| Ida | 40.4% | 1,411 | 56.4% | 1,968 | 3.2% | 112 |
| Iowa | 43.6% | 3,230 | 52.5% | 3,894 | 3.9% | 289 |
| Jackson | 54.7% | 4,945 | 41.7% | 3,769 | 3.5% | 318 |
| Jasper | 48.8% | 8,699 | 48.9% | 8,729 | 2.3% | 407 |
| Jefferson | 37.9% | 2,863 | 43.0% | 3,248 | 19.0% | 1,437 |
| Johnson | 59.1% | 31,174 | 33.9% | 17,899 | 7.0% | 3,696 |
| Jones | 51.3% | 4,690 | 45.9% | 4,201 | 2.7% | 252 |
| Keokuk | 44.1% | 2,181 | 52.0% | 2,571 | 3.9% | 195 |
| Kossuth | 44.6% | 3,960 | 51.9% | 4,612 | 3.4% | 306 |
| Lee | 58.1% | 9,632 | 38.8% | 6,339 | 3.7% | 601 |
| Linn | 53.1% | 48,897 | 43.9% | 40,417 | 3.0% | 2,750 |
| Louisa | 49.5% | 2,294 | 47.6% | 2,207 | 2.9% | 136 |
| Lucas | 44.9% | 1,934 | 52.6% | 2,262 | 2.5% | 107 |
| Lyon | 24.6% | 1,313 | 73.3% | 3,918 | 2.1% | 111 |
| Madison | 44.4% | 3,093 | 52.5% | 3,662 | 3.0% | 214 |
| Mahaska | 35.3% | 3,370 | 62.6% | 5,971 | 2.1% | 202 |
| Marion | 39.8% | 5,741 | 58.0% | 8,358 | 2.1% | 309 |
| Marshall | 47.2% | 8,322 | 49.8% | 8,785 | 2.9% | 517 |
| Mills | 34.5% | 2,039 | 62.3% | 3,684 | 3.2% | 192 |
| Mitchell | 51.3% | 2,650 | 46.3% | 2,388 | 2.4% | 124 |
| Monona | 45.7% | 2,086 | 50.5% | 2,304 | 3.7% | 170 |
| Monroe | 46.6% | 1,699 | 50.9% | 1,858 | 2.5% | 90 |
| Montgomery | 34.1% | 1,838 | 63.3% | 3,417 | 2.6% | 139 |
| Muscatine | 50.1% | 8,058 | 46.5% | 7,483 | 3.3% | 535 |
| O'Brien | 30.8% | 2,170 | 66.4% | 4,674 | 2.8% | 200 |
| Osceola | 29.8% | 913 | 67.4% | 2,064 | 2.8% | 86 |
| Page | 32.5% | 2,293 | 65.0% | 4,588 | 2.6% | 178 |
| Palo Alto | 48.2% | 2,326 | 48.5% | 2,341 | 3.3% | 156 |
| Plymouth | 34.6% | 3,499 | 61.2% | 6,189 | 4.3% | 430 |
| Pocahontas | 41.9% | 1,736 | 54.1% | 2,242 | 4.0% | 163 |
| Polk | 51.5% | 89,715 | 45.9% | 79,927 | 2.6% | 4,525 |
| Pottawattamie | 42.7% | 14,726 | 54.5% | 18,783 | 2.8% | 958 |
| Poweshiek | 47.0% | 4,222 | 49.0% | 4,396 | 4.0% | 362 |
| Ringgold | 46.3% | 1,246 | 50.9% | 1,369 | 2.8% | 77 |
| Sac | 41.7% | 2,099 | 55.2% | 2,776 | 3.1% | 158 |
| Scott | 50.8% | 35,857 | 46.5% | 32,801 | 2.7% | 1,910 |
| Shelby | 36.3% | 2,179 | 60.8% | 3,655 | 2.9% | 175 |
| Sioux | 14.6% | 2,148 | 83.3% | 12,241 | 2.1% | 303 |
| Story | 49.4% | 17,478 | 45.9% | 16,228 | 4.7% | 1,658 |
| Tama | 48.6% | 4,045 | 48.5% | 4,034 | 2.8% | 236 |
| Taylor | 40.3% | 1,247 | 57.2% | 1,770 | 2.6% | 79 |
| Union | 44.3% | 2,540 | 52.3% | 3,003 | 3.5% | 197 |
| Van Buren | 40.4% | 1,440 | 56.6% | 2,016 | 2.9% | 105 |
| Wapello | 55.2% | 8,355 | 41.7% | 6,313 | 3.1% | 471 |
| Warren | 48.4% | 9,521 | 49.0% | 9,621 | 2.6% | 511 |
| Washington | 43.2% | 3,932 | 53.1% | 4,827 | 3.7% | 335 |
| Wayne | 43.0% | 1,300 | 55.1% | 1,666 | 1.8% | 55 |
| Webster | 49.7% | 8,479 | 47.9% | 8,172 | 2.4% | 397 |
| Winnebago | 48.7% | 2,691 | 48.2% | 2,662 | 3.2% | 174 |
| Winneshiek | 46.1% | 4,339 | 49.3% | 4,647 | 4.5% | 431 |
| Woodbury | 46.7% | 17,691 | 49.8% | 18,864 | 3.5% | 1,341 |
| Worth | 55.1% | 2,208 | 41.4% | 1,659 | 3.4% | 137 |
| Wright | 44.1% | 2,796 | 53.4% | 3,384 | 2.5% | 156 |
By congressional district
Bush won 3 of 5 congressional districts.[2]
| District | Bush | Gore | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 43% | 53% | Jim Leach |
| 2nd | 46% | 51% | Jim Nussle |
| 3rd | 49% | 48% | Leonard Boswell |
| 4th | 50% | 48% | Greg Ganske |
| 5th | 55% | 42% | Tom Latham |
Electors
Technically the voters of Iowa cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Iowa is allocated 7 electors because it has 5 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 7 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 7 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 Al Gore and Joe Lieberman:[4]
- Jeff Heland
- Angelyn King
- Paulee Lipsman
- Emil Pavich
- John O'Brien
- Ernest Ricehill
- Evan Giesen
- David Tingwald
References
- "General President/Vice-President" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. 2002-07-16. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
- https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/data.php?year=2000&fips=19&f=0&off=0&elect=0&datatype=cd&def=1
- http://www.uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/ARTICLES/pe2000timeline.php
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2009-10-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
