2000 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

Main article: 2000 United States presidential election

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November 7, 2000

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Nominee	Al Gore	George W. Bush	Ralph Nader
Party	Democratic	Republican	Green
Home state	Tennessee	Texas	Connecticut
Running mate	Joe Lieberman	Dick Cheney	Winona LaDuke
Electoral vote	12	0	0
Popular vote	1,616,487	878,502	173,564
Percentage	59.80%	32.50%	6.42%

County Results

Municipality Results

Gore

40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%

Bush

40–50% 50–60%

President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

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The 2000 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Massachusetts is one of the most reliable blue states in the nation: no Republican has won the state since Ronald Reagan in 1984. The 2000 presidential election featured Democratic United States Vice President Al Gore versus Republican Texas Governor George W. Bush. Despite Bush's tight victory nationwide, Gore handily won Massachusetts, with a 27% margin of victory against George W. Bush who did not actively campaign there. Gore didn't campaign in Massachusetts as well although his wife Tipper and the wife of his running mate Joe Lieberman, Hadassah, held a rally in Lieberman's hometown of Gardner. Gore won every county and congressional district. Massachusetts had been a Democratic-leaning state since 1928, and a Democratic stronghold since 1960, and has kept up its intense level of the sizable Democratic margins since 1996.

Bush became the first Republican ever to win the White House without carrying Barnstable County. As of 2020, this is the last time that a Democratic presidential nominee has failed to reach 60 percent of the vote in Massachusetts. This is also the last time that the towns of Ashby, Charlton, Douglas, East Bridgewater, Middleborough, Middleton, Lakeville, and North Brookfield voted Democratic in a presidential election and the last time that the towns of Chatham, Chesterfield, Orleans, Otis, and Rowe voted Republican.

With 6.42% of the popular vote, Massachusetts proved to be Ralph Nader's third best state in the 2000 election after Alaska and neighboring Vermont. Nader received 36.2% of the vote in the town of Wendell.

Results

2000 United States presidential election in Massachusetts
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Albert A. Gore Jr. and Joseph I. Lieberman	1,616,487	59.80%	12
	Republican	George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney	878,502	32.50%	0
	Green	Ralph Nader and Winona LaDuke	173,564	6.42%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	16,366	0.61%	0
	Reform	Pat Buchanan	11,149	0.41%	0
	Independent	Others (Write-In)	3,990	0.15%	0
	Independent (a)	John Hagelin	2,884	0.11%	0
	Socialist	David McReynolds (Write-In)	42	0.15%	0
Totals			2,702,984	100.0%	12

(a) John Hagelin was the candidate of the Natural Law Party nationally.

By county

County	Al Gore Democratic		George W. Bush Republican		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes cast
Barnstable	62,363	51.50%	49,686	41.03%	9,037	7.46%	12,677	10.47%	121,086
Berkshire	37,934	63.85%	15,805	26.60%	5,672	9.55%	22,129	37.25%	59,411
Bristol	136,325	64.51%	62,848	29.74%	12,164	5.76%	73,477	34.77%	211,337
Dukes	5,474	61.81%	2,315	26.14%	1,067	12.05%	3,159	35.67%	8,856
Essex	178,400	57.49%	110,010	35.45%	21,923	7.06%	68,390	22.04%	310,333
Franklin	17,945	53.78%	10,176	30.50%	5,245	15.72%	7,769	23.28%	33,366
Hampden	100,103	58.17%	59,558	34.61%	12,432	7.22%	40,545	23.56%	172,093
Hampshire	38,543	56.16%	19,202	27.98%	10,881	15.86%	19,341	28.18%	68,626
Middlesex	404,043	61.49%	198,914	30.27%	54,091	8.23%	205,129	31.22%	657,048
Nantucket	2,874	58.34%	1,624	32.97%	428	8.69%	1,250	25.37%	4,926
Norfolk	188,450	59.41%	107,033	33.75%	21,694	6.84%	81,417	25.66%	317,177
Plymouth	115,376	54.53%	82,751	39.11%	13,450	6.36%	32,625	15.42%	211,577
Suffolk	154,888	71.38%	44,441	20.48%	17,671	8.14%	110,447	50.90%	217,000
Worcester	173,769	56.03%	114,139	36.80%	22,240	7.17%	59,630	19.23%	310,148
Totals	1,616,487	59.80%	878,502	32.50%	207,995	7.70%	737,985	27.30%	2,702,984

Results by Congressional district

Gore won all 10 Congressional districts.

District	Bush	Gore	Nader	Representative
1st	33%	57%	9%	John Olver
2nd	34%	58%	7%	Richard Neal
3rd	35%	58%	6%	Jim McGovern
4th	30%	63%	5%	Barney Frank
5th	36%	56%	6%	Marty Meehan
6th	36%	57%	6%	John F. Tierney
7th	29%	63%	6%	Ed Markey
8th	17%	72%	10%	Mike Capuano
9th	31%	62%	6%	Joe Moakley
9th	31%	62%	6%	Stephen F. Lynch
10th	38%	55%	6%	Bill Delahunt

Results by municipality

References

"Democratic Wives Stress Roots". Associated Press. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
"2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.

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(← 1996) 2000 United States presidential election (2004 →)

General election results

Florida results

Republican Party

Candidates

Nominee: George W. Bush
- campaign
- positions
VP nominee: Dick Cheney

Democratic Party

Candidates

Nominee: Al Gore
- campaign
VP nominee: Joe Lieberman
- positions

Other candidates: Bill Bradley
- campaign
Lyndon LaRouche
- campaign
- positions

Constitution Party

Convention
Nominee: Howard Phillips
VP nominee: Curtis Frazier
Other candidates: Herb Titus

Green Party

Convention
Nominee: Ralph Nader
- campaign
VP nominee: Winona LaDuke
Other candidates: Jello Biafra
Stephen Gaskin
Joel Kovel

Libertarian Party

Convention
Nominee: Harry Browne
- campaign
VP nominee: Art Olivier
Other candidates:
L. Neil Smith

Reform Party

Primaries
Nominee: Pat Buchanan
- campaign
VP nominee: Ezola B. Foster
Other candidates: John Hagelin
Donald Trump
- campaign
- positions

Natural Law Party

Nominee: John Hagelin
VP nominee: Nat Goldhaber

Prohibition Party

Nominee: Earl Dodge
VP nominee: W. Dean Watkins

Socialist Party

Nominee: David McReynolds
VP nominee: Mary Cal Hollis

Socialist Workers Party

Nominee: James Harris
VP nominee: Margaret Trowe

Workers World Party

Nominee: Monica Moorehead
VP nominee: Gloria La Riva

Independent

Florida election recount and legal proceedings
Key figures	Katherine Harris Jeb Bush David Boies Theodore Olson James Baker Ron Klain Warren Christopher Michael Whouley Benjamin Ginsberg Bob Butterworth Joe Allbaugh Mac Stipanovich Craig Waters Theresa LePore Carol Roberts
Election day	Florida Central Voter File (scrub list) Volusia error Chad Butterfly ballot
Aftermath and legal proceedings	Florida election recount Brooks Brothers riot Palm Beach County Canvassing Board v. Harris (Harris I) Gore v. Harris (Harris II) Bush v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Board Bush v. Gore
Films	Recount (2008) Bush Family Fortunes (2004) Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election (2002)

Other 2000 elections: House; Senate; Gubernatorial

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Results

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Results by municipality

See also

References