2000 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

The 2000 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 23 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

2000 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

November 7, 2000

Nominee Al Gore George W. Bush Party Democratic Republican Home state Tennessee Texas Running mate Joe Lieberman Dick Cheney Electoral vote 23 0 Popular vote 2,485,967 2,281,127 Percentage 50.60% 46.43%

County Results Gore   40-50%   50-60%   80-90% Bush   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%

President before election Bill Clinton Democratic Elected President George W. Bush Republican

Pennsylvania was won by Vice President Al Gore by a 4.17% margin of victory. However, voter enthusiasm for both candidates was generally low throughout the campaign. Gore failed to capture Clinton's appeal in strongly Democratic regions such as Pittsburgh and Scranton, and thus carried these areas by a smaller number than his predecessor. However, opposition to George W. Bush was particularly strong in the suburban counties of Philadelphia; although these areas at the time were typically Republican leaning, they featured a strong culturally liberal bent, and thus Bush was unable to appeal to voters. Bush support was particularly strong in rural, central Pennsylvania, where the Texas Governor appealed to Evangelical voters and where Gore's connection to gun control policies was strongly rejected. Marginal wins in both of the state's metropolitan areas helped the Vice President to capture the state.[1] This was the first election since 1968 that the candidate who won Pennsylvania did not win the general election, and only the fourth time that has happened since 1916. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Greene County, Mercer County, and Lawrence County voted for the Democratic candidate.

Bush became the first Republican ever to win the White House without carrying Delaware County, and the first to win the White House without carrying Montgomery County since Rutherford Hayes in 1876.

Primaries

Democratic Primary

Candidates	Votes	Percent
Al Gore Jr.	525,306	74.60%
Bill Bradley	146,797	20.85%
Lyndon LaRouche	32,047	4.55%
Totals	704,150	Turnout: 19.38%

Republican Primary

Candidates	Votes	Percent
George W. Bush	472,008	73.44%
John S. McCain III	145,719	22.67%
Others	24,967	3.88%
Totals	642,694	Turnout: 20.33%

Electors

The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 18, 2000[2] 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:[3]

1. Kathy Black
2. Richard W. Bloomingdale
3. Robert P. Casey Jr.
4. Nelson Diaz
5. William M. George
6. Ken Jarin
7. James J. Johnston
8. Edward Keller
9. Robert Mellow
10. Thomas J. Murphy, Jr.
11. Elsa Favila
12. Robert O'Connor
13. Lazar M. Palnick
14. Stephen R. Reed
15. T. J. Rooney
16. Joyce Savocchio
17. John F. Street
18. Patsy J. Tallarico
19. Christine M. Tartaglione
20. Margaret M. Tartaglione
21. Marian Tasco
22. Sala Udin
23. Anna Verna

Results

2000 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Al Gore	2,485,967	50.60%	23
	Republican	George W. Bush	2,281,127	46.43%	0
	Green	Ralph Nader	103,392	2.10%	0
	Reform	Pat Buchanan	16,023	0.33%	0
	Constitution	Howard Phillips	14,428	0.29%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	11,248	0.23%	0
	Write-ins	-	934	0.02%	0
Totals			4,913,119	100.00%	23
Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered)					53%/63%

By county

County[5]	Albert Arnold Gore Jr. Democratic		George Walker Bush Republican		Ralph Nader Green		Patrick Joseph Buchanan Reform		Howard Jay Phillips Constitution		Harry Edson Browne Libertarian		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Adams	11,682	34.94%	20,848	62.36%	696	2.08%	108	0.32%	27	0.08%	72	0.22%	-9,166	-27.42%	33,433
Allegheny	329,963	56.65%	235,361	40.41%	10,575	1.82%	2,112	0.36%	3,522	0.60%	945	0.16%	94,602	16.24%	582,478
Armstrong	11,127	40.58%	15,508	56.55%	485	1.77%	242	0.88%	31	0.11%	30	0.11%	-4,381	-15.98%	27,423
Beaver	38,925	52.89%	32,491	44.15%	1,450	1.97%	470	0.64%	104	0.14%	153	0.21%	6,434	8.74%	73,593
Bedford	5,474	28.17%	13,598	69.97%	265	1.36%	71	0.37%	8	0.04%	19	0.10%	-8,124	-41.80%	19,435
Berks	59,150	43.76%	71,273	52.73%	3,494	2.59%	439	0.32%	125	0.09%	682	0.50%	-12,123	-8.97%	135,163
Blair	15,774	34.94%	28,376	62.86%	693	1.54%	147	0.33%	76	0.17%	74	0.16%	-12,602	-27.92%	45,140
Bradford	7,911	33.91%	14,660	62.84%	600	2.57%	89	0.38%	22	0.09%	48	0.21%	-6,749	-28.93%	23,330
Bucks	132,914	50.46%	121,927	46.29%	6,294	2.39%	601	0.23%	669	0.25%	1,017	0.39%	10,987	4.17%	263,422
Butler	25,037	35.35%	44,009	62.14%	1,287	1.82%	316	0.45%	50	0.07%	125	0.18%	-18,972	-26.79%	70,824
Cambria	30,308	50.27%	28,001	46.45%	1,369	2.27%	350	0.58%	170	0.28%	88	0.15%	2,307	3.83%	60,286
Cameron	779	34.68%	1,383	61.58%	50	2.23%	26	1.16%	5	0.22%	3	0.13%	-604	-26.89%	2,246
Carbon	10,668	50.14%	9,717	45.67%	574	2.70%	90	0.42%	187	0.88%	41	0.19%	951	4.47%	21,277
Centre	21,409	43.22%	26,172	52.83%	1,623	3.28%	147	0.30%	39	0.08%	148	0.30%	-4,763	-9.61%	49,538
Chester	82,047	43.74%	100,080	53.36%	4,302	2.29%	314	0.17%	103	0.05%	716	0.38%	-18,033	-9.61%	187,562
Clarion	5,605	35.38%	9,796	61.83%	293	1.85%	102	0.64%	16	0.10%	31	0.20%	-4,191	-26.45%	15,843
Clearfield	11,718	38.28%	18,019	58.87%	570	1.86%	233	0.76%	26	0.08%	43	0.14%	-6,301	-20.59%	30,609
Clinton	5,521	46.03%	6,064	50.56%	307	2.56%	43	0.36%	46	0.38%	13	0.11%	-543	-4.53%	11,994
Columbia	8,975	40.99%	12,095	55.24%	663	3.03%	91	0.42%	21	0.10%	49	0.22%	-3,120	-14.25%	21,894
Crawford	13,250	39.76%	18,858	56.59%	854	2.56%	130	0.39%	155	0.47%	74	0.22%	-5,608	-16.83%	33,321
Cumberland	31,053	35.26%	54,802	62.23%	1,749	1.99%	189	0.21%	47	0.05%	222	0.25%	-23,749	-26.97%	88,062
Dauphin	44,390	44.10%	53,631	53.28%	2,059	2.05%	255	0.25%	102	0.10%	221	0.22%	-9,241	-9.18%	100,658
Delaware	134,861	54.36%	105,836	42.66%	5,348	2.16%	587	0.24%	702	0.28%	743	0.30%	29,025	11.70%	248,077
Elk	5,754	42.38%	7,347	54.11%	352	2.59%	90	0.66%	18	0.13%	17	0.13%	-1,593	-11.73%	13,578
Erie	59,399	52.88%	49,027	43.64%	2,980	2.65%	238	0.21%	449	0.40%	242	0.22%	10,372	9.23%	112,335
Fayette	28,152	56.84%	20,013	40.40%	798	1.61%	286	0.58%	225	0.45%	58	0.12%	8,139	16.43%	49,532
Forest	843	36.93%	1,371	60.05%	57	2.50%	9	0.39%	1	0.04%	2	0.09%	-528	-23.13%	2,283
Franklin	14,922	30.47%	33,042	67.48%	761	1.55%	132	0.27%	43	0.09%	69	0.14%	-18,120	-37.00%	48,969
Fulton	1,425	26.96%	3,753	71.01%	77	1.46%	20	0.38%	1	0.02%	9	0.17%	-2,328	-44.05%	5,285
Greene	7,230	53.03%	5,890	43.20%	337	2.47%	120	0.88%	18	0.13%	39	0.29%	1,340	9.83%	13,634
Huntingdon	5,073	31.79%	10,408	65.23%	340	2.13%	103	0.65%	12	0.08%	21	0.13%	-5,335	-33.43%	15,957
Indiana	13,667	43.52%	16,799	53.50%	711	2.26%	161	0.51%	17	0.05%	46	0.15%	-3,132	-9.97%	31,401
Jefferson	5,566	31.67%	11,473	65.28%	339	1.93%	120	0.68%	29	0.17%	47	0.27%	-5,907	-33.61%	17,574
Juniata	2,656	30.64%	5,795	66.86%	158	1.82%	28	0.32%	9	0.10%	21	0.24%	-3,139	-36.22%	8,667
Lackawanna	57,471	59.63%	35,096	36.41%	2,134	2.21%	264	0.27%	1,341	1.39%	75	0.08%	22,375	23.22%	96,381
Lancaster	54,968	31.35%	115,900	66.11%	3,341	1.91%	389	0.22%	379	0.22%	340	0.19%	-60,932	-34.76%	175,317
Lawrence	20,593	51.95%	18,060	45.56%	653	1.65%	257	0.65%	27	0.07%	50	0.13%	2,533	6.39%	39,640
Lebanon	16,093	35.08%	28,534	62.19%	873	1.90%	135	0.29%	143	0.31%	102	0.22%	-12,441	-27.12%	45,880
Lehigh	56,667	48.73%	55,492	47.72%	3,278	2.82%	307	0.26%	214	0.18%	322	0.28%	1,175	1.01%	116,280
Luzerne	62,199	52.01%	52,328	43.76%	3,456	2.89%	474	0.40%	981	0.82%	148	0.12%	9,871	8.25%	119,586
Lycoming	14,663	33.96%	27,137	62.84%	965	2.23%	139	0.32%	217	0.50%	62	0.14%	-12,474	-28.89%	43,183
Mckean	5,510	34.86%	9,661	61.13%	403	2.55%	64	0.40%	129	0.82%	37	0.23%	-4,151	-26.27%	15,804
Mercer	23,817	48.88%	23,132	47.47%	1,073	2.20%	285	0.58%	348	0.71%	70	0.14%	685	1.41%	48,725
Mifflin	4,835	33.08%	9,400	64.32%	264	1.81%	41	0.28%	49	0.34%	25	0.17%	-4,565	-31.24%	14,614
Monroe	21,939	46.80%	23,265	49.63%	1,319	2.81%	123	0.26%	116	0.25%	116	0.25%	-1,326	-2.83%	46,878
Montgomery	177,990	53.54%	145,623	43.81%	6,816	2.05%	562	0.17%	200	0.06%	1,231	0.37%	32,367	9.74%	332,422
Montour	2,356	36.29%	3,960	61.00%	132	2.03%	26	0.40%	8	0.12%	10	0.15%	-1,604	-24.71%	6,492
Northampton	53,097	50.72%	47,396	45.27%	3,012	2.88%	324	0.31%	592	0.57%	269	0.26%	5,701	5.45%	104,690
Northumberland	13,670	41.11%	18,142	54.56%	956	2.88%	329	0.99%	109	0.33%	45	0.14%	-4,472	-13.45%	33,251
Perry	4,459	27.75%	11,184	69.59%	309	1.92%	65	0.40%	15	0.09%	39	0.24%	-6,725	-41.85%	16,071
Philadelphia	449,182	80.04%	100,959	17.99%	8,206	1.46%	822	0.15%	1,032	0.18%	979	0.17%	348,223	62.05%	561,180
Pike	7,330	42.21%	9,339	53.78%	498	2.87%	57	0.33%	99	0.57%	41	0.24%	-2,009	-11.57%	17,364
Potter	2,037	28.73%	4,858	68.52%	146	2.06%	24	0.34%	7	0.10%	18	0.25%	-2,821	-39.79%	7,090
Schuylkill	26,215	44.97%	29,841	51.19%	1,713	2.94%	399	0.68%	40	0.07%	92	0.16%	-3,626	-6.22%	58,300
Snyder	3,536	27.54%	8,963	69.80%	271	2.11%	46	0.36%	10	0.08%	15	0.12%	-5,427	-42.26%	12,841
Somerset	12,028	36.47%	20,218	61.29%	487	1.48%	181	0.55%	24	0.07%	47	0.14%	-8,190	-24.83%	32,985
Sullivan	1,066	34.33%	1,928	62.09%	91	2.93%	10	0.32%	4	0.13%	6	0.19%	-862	-27.76%	3,105
Susquehanna	6,481	37.53%	10,226	59.21%	459	2.66%	61	0.35%	12	0.07%	32	0.19%	-3,745	-21.68%	17,271
Tioga	4,617	31.26%	9,635	65.22%	404	2.73%	52	0.35%	24	0.16%	40	0.27%	-5,018	-33.97%	14,772
Union	4,209	31.95%	8,523	64.69%	373	2.83%	33	0.25%	17	0.13%	20	0.15%	-4,314	-32.74%	13,175
Venango	8,196	39.94%	11,642	56.73%	467	2.28%	121	0.59%	55	0.27%	42	0.20%	-3,446	-16.79%	20,523
Warren	7,537	42.97%	9,290	52.96%	466	2.66%	87	0.50%	129	0.74%	32	0.18%	-1,753	-9.99%	17,541
Washington	44,961	53.25%	37,339	44.22%	1,442	1.71%	528	0.63%	60	0.07%	111	0.13%	7,622	9.03%	84,441
Wayne	6,904	36.50%	11,201	59.22%	625	3.30%	88	0.47%	63	0.33%	33	0.17%	-4,297	-22.72%	18,914
Westmoreland	71,792	45.81%	80,858	51.60%	2,601	1.66%	908	0.58%	323	0.21%	227	0.14%	-9,066	-5.79%	156,709
Wyoming	4,363	37.31%	6,922	59.20%	344	2.94%	32	0.27%	6	0.05%	26	0.22%	-2,559	-21.88%	11,693
York	51,958	36.02%	87,652	60.77%	3,305	2.29%	331	0.23%	580	0.40%	418	0.29%	-35,694	-24.75%	144,244
Totals	2,485,967	50.61%	2,281,127	46.44%	103,392	2.10%	16,023	0.33%	14,428	0.29%	11,248	0.23%	204,840	4.17%	4,912,185

By congressional district

Gore won 11 of 21 congressional districts. Gore won 3 that elected Republican representatives while Bush won 2 that elected Democrats.[6]

District	Bush	Gore	Representative
1st	13%	85%	Bob Brady
2nd	11%	88%	Chaka Fattah
3rd	31%	66%	Robert Borski
4th	51%	47%	Ron Klink
			Melissa Hart
5th	59%	38%	John E. Peterson
6th	53%	44%	Tim Holden
7th	47%	50%	Curt Weldon
8th	47%	50%	James C. Greenwood
9th	65%	32%	Bud Shuster
10th	50%	47%	Don Sherwood
11th	47%	49%	Paul Kanjorski
12th	52%	45%	John Murtha
13th	43%	54%	Joe Hoeffel
14th	35%	62%	William J. Coyne
15th	47%	49%	Pat Toomey
16th	58%	39%	Joe Pitts
17th	60%	37%	George Gekas
18th	41%	57%	Mike Doyle
19th	61%	36%	William F. Goodling
			Todd Platts
20th	46%	51%	Frank Mascara
21st	49%	48%	Phil English

See also

• List of United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania

References

1. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec00/pennsylvania_10-9.html
2. http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2000&fips=42&f=0&off=0&elect=0
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2010-06-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html
5. "Pennsylvania Elections – County Breakdown Results". electionreturns.pa.gov. November 7, 2000. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
6. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openelections/openelections-data-pa/master/2000/20001107__pa__general__precinct.csv