2000 United States presidential election in Mississippi
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Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Texas Tennessee
Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman
Electoral vote 7 0
Popular vote 573,230 404,964
Percentage 57.62% 40.70%
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Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

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The 2000 United States presidential election in Mississippi 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.

Mississippi was won by Governor George W. Bush with a double-digit margin of victory of 16.92%. Bush won most of the counties and congressional districts of the state. Bush dominated the east part of the state and Gore did well in the west. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Jasper County voted for the Republican candidate and the last election in which Yalobusha County voted for the Democratic candidate. This is also the last election in which Mississippi voted to the right of neighboring Alabama. Bush became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Adams or Hinds Counties since Richard Nixon in 1968.

Campaign

Predictions

Source Rating As of
The Orlando Sentinel[1] Safe R September 10, 2000
The News and Observer[2] Likely R October 18, 2000
Richmond Times-Dispatch[3] Safe R October 29, 2000
The Central New Jersey Home News[4] Solid R November 2, 2000
Los Angeles Times[5] Safe R November 3, 2000

Results

2000 United States presidential election in Mississippi[6]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican George W. Bush 573,230 57.6% 7
Democratic Al Gore 404,964 40.7% 0
Green Ralph Nader 8,126 0.8% 0
Constitution Howard Phillips 3,267 0.3% 0
Reform Patrick Buchanan 2,267 0.2% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne 2,009 0.2% 0
Socialist Workers James Harris 613 0.1% 0
Natural Law John Hagelin 450 0.1% 0
Totals - 100.00% 7
Voter turnout (Voting age/registered) 48%/57%

Results by county

County George W. Bush
Republican 		Al Gore
Democratic 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total
# % # % # % # %
Adams 6,691 44.97% 8,065 54.20% 123 0.83% -1,374 -9.23% 14,879
Alcorn 7,254 57.40% 5,059 40.03% 325 2.57% 2,195 17.37% 12,638
Amite 3,677 57.38% 2,673 41.71% 58 0.91% 1,004 15.67% 6,408
Attala 4,206 58.64% 2,922 40.74% 45 0.63% 1,284 17.90% 7,173
Benton 1,561 44.84% 1,886 54.18% 34 0.98% -156 -9.34% 3,481
Bolivar 4,847 35.80% 8,436 62.31% 255 1.88% -3,589 -26.51% 13,538
Calhoun 3,448 59.88% 2,251 39.09% 59 1.02% 1,197 20.79% 5,758
Carroll 3,165 64.28% 1,726 35.05% 33 0.67% 1,439 29.23% 4,924
Chickasaw 3,549 49.46% 3,519 49.05% 107 1.49% 30 0.41% 7,175
Choctaw 2,398 64.48% 1,278 34.36% 43 1.16% 1,120 30.12% 3,719
Claiborne 883 19.13% 3,670 79.52% 62 1.34% -2,787 -60.39% 4,615
Clarke 4,503 65.08% 2,368 34.22% 48 0.69% 2,135 30.86% 6,919
Clay 3,570 43.72% 4,515 55.30% 80 0.98% -945 -11.58% 8,165
Coahoma 3,695 38.68% 5,662 59.27% 196 2.05% -1,967 -20.59% 9,553
Copiah 5,643 53.30% 4,845 45.76% 99 0.94% 798 7.54% 10,587
Covington 4,180 60.75% 2,623 38.12% 78 1.13% 1,557 22.63% 6,881
DeSoto 24,879 71.21% 9,586 27.44% 471 1.35% 15,293 43.77% 34,936
Forrest 13,281 59.69% 8,500 38.20% 470 2.11% 4,781 21.49% 22,251
Franklin 2,427 61.40% 1,486 37.59% 40 1.01% 941 23.81% 3,953
George 5,143 70.61% 1,977 27.14% 164 2.25% 3,166 43.47% 7,284
Greene 3,082 69.48% 1,317 29.69% 37 0.83% 1,765 39.79% 4,436
Grenada 5,129 54.65% 4,163 44.36% 93 0.99% 966 10.29% 9,385
Hancock 9,326 64.11% 4,801 33.00% 421 2.89% 4,525 31.11% 14,548
Harrison 32,256 61.30% 19,142 36.38% 1,218 2.31% 13,114 24.92% 52,616
Hinds 37,753 43.01% 46,789 53.31% 3,228 3.68% -9,036 -10.30% 87,770
Holmes 1,937 26.10% 5,447 73.39% 38 0.51% -3,510 -47.29% 7,422
Humphreys 1,628 41.28% 2,288 58.01% 28 0.71% -660 -16.73% 3,944
Issaquena 366 38.89% 555 58.98% 20 2.13% -189 -20.09% 941
Itawamba 5,424 63.33% 2,994 34.96% 146 1.70% 2,430 28.37% 8,564
Jackson 30,068 66.66% 14,193 31.47% 846 1.88% 15,875 35.19% 45,107
Jasper 3,294 51.09% 3,104 48.15% 49 0.76% 190 2.94% 6,447
Jefferson 600 17.61% 2,786 81.75% 22 0.65% -2,186 -64.14% 3,408
Jefferson Davis 2,437 45.83% 2,835 53.32% 45 0.85% -398 -7.49% 5,317
Jones 16,341 67.14% 7,713 31.69% 286 1.18% 8,628 35.45% 24,340
Kemper 1,915 44.94% 2,311 54.24% 35 0.82% -396 -9.30% 4,261
Lafayette 7,081 55.85% 5,139 40.53% 458 3.61% 1,942 15.32% 12,678
Lamar 12,795 77.07% 3,478 20.95% 329 1.98% 9,317 56.12% 16,602
Lauderdale 17,315 66.67% 8,412 32.39% 243 0.94% 8,903 34.28% 25,970
Lawrence 3,674 55.78% 2,841 43.13% 72 1.09% 833 12.65% 6,587
Leake 4,114 59.18% 2,793 40.18% 45 0.65% 1,321 19.00% 6,952
Lee 15,551 61.97% 9,142 36.43% 401 1.60% 6,409 25.54% 25,094
Leflore 4,626 41.03% 6,401 56.77% 249 2.21% -1,775 -15.74% 11,276
Lincoln 8,540 65.69% 4,358 33.52% 102 0.78% 4,182 32.17% 13,000
Lowndes 11,404 59.30% 7,537 39.19% 289 1.50% 3,867 20.11% 19,230
Madison 19,109 64.00% 10,416 34.88% 334 1.12% 8,693 29.12% 29,859
Marion 6,796 61.79% 4,114 37.41% 88 0.80% 2,682 24.38% 10,998
Marshall 4,723 37.51% 7,735 61.43% 134 1.06% -3,012 -23.92% 12,592
Monroe 7,397 55.37% 5,783 43.29% 180 1.35% 1,614 12.08% 13,360
Montgomery 2,630 54.24% 2,187 45.10% 32 0.66% 443 9.14% 4,849
Neshoba 6,409 70.69% 2,563 28.27% 94 1.04% 3,846 42.42% 9,066
Newton 5,540 71.59% 2,147 27.75% 51 0.66% 3,393 43.84% 7,738
Noxubee 1,530 30.88% 3,383 68.29% 41 0.83% -1,853 -37.41% 4,954
Oktibbeha 7,959 53.76% 6,443 43.52% 402 2.72% 1,516 10.24% 14,804
Panola 5,424 47.62% 5,880 51.63% 85 0.75% -456 -4.01% 11,389
Pearl River 11,575 70.25% 4,611 27.98% 291 1.77% 6,964 42.27% 16,477
Perry 3,026 69.42% 1,285 29.48% 48 1.10% 1,741 39.94% 4,359
Pike 7,464 52.69% 6,544 46.20% 158 1.12% 920 6.49% 14,166
Pontotoc 6,601 69.41% 2,771 29.14% 138 1.45% 3,830 40.27% 9,510
Prentiss 5,101 60.14% 3,287 38.75% 94 1.11% 1,814 21.39% 8,482
Quitman 1,280 37.50% 2,103 61.62% 30 0.88% -823 -24.12% 3,413
Rankin 32,983 79.60% 8,050 19.43% 402 0.97% 24,933 60.17% 41,435
Scott 5,601 60.84% 3,548 38.54% 57 0.62% 2,053 22.30% 9,206
Sharkey 1,074 37.00% 1,706 58.77% 123 4.24% -632 -21.77% 2,903
Simpson 6,254 65.32% 3,227 33.71% 93 0.97% 3,027 31.61% 9,574
Smith 4,838 74.11% 1,620 24.82% 70 1.07% 3,218 49.29% 6,528
Stone 3,702 67.03% 1,677 30.36% 144 2.61% 2,025 36.67% 5,523
Sunflower 3,369 40.04% 4,981 59.19% 65 0.77% -1,612 -19.15% 8,415
Tallahatchie 2,428 43.96% 3,041 55.06% 54 0.98% -613 -11.10% 5,523
Tate 5,148 59.22% 3,441 39.58% 104 1.20% 1,707 19.64% 8,693
Tippah 5,381 64.04% 2,908 34.61% 114 1.36% 2,473 29.43% 8,403
Tishomingo 4,122 58.95% 2,747 39.29% 123 1.76% 1,375 19.66% 6,992
Tunica 792 33.47% 1,539 65.05% 35 1.48% -747 -31.58% 2,366
Union 6,087 65.37% 3,094 33.23% 130 1.40% 2,993 32.14% 9,311
Walthall 3,476 58.97% 2,356 39.97% 63 1.07% 1,120 19.00% 5,895
Warren 10,892 58.49% 7,485 40.19% 246 1.32% 3,407 18.30% 18,623
Washington 7,367 40.20% 10,405 56.77% 556 3.03% -3,038 -16.57% 18,328
Wayne 4,635 60.16% 2,981 38.69% 89 1.16% 1,654 21.47% 7,705
Webster 3,069 67.52% 1,426 31.38% 50 1.10% 1,643 36.14% 4,545
Wilkinson 1,423 34.72% 2,551 62.25% 124 3.03% -1,128 -27.53% 4,098
Winston 4,645 55.51% 3,672 43.88% 51 0.61% 973 11.63% 8,368
Yalobusha 2,470 47.25% 2,674 51.15% 84 1.61% -204 -3.90% 5,228
Yazoo 5,254 49.96% 4,997 47.52% 265 2.52% 257 2.44% 10,516
Totals 573,230 57.62% 404,964 40.70% 16,732 1.68% 168,266 16.90% 944,926

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Results by congressional district

Bush won 4 of the 5 congressional districts, including two held by Democrats.

District Bush Gore Representative
1st 60% 38% Roger Wicker
2nd 39% 59% Bennie G. Thompson
3rd 67% 32% Chip Pickering
4th 54% 44% Ronnie Shows
5th 66% 32% Gene Taylor

Electors

Main article: List of 2000 United States presidential electors

Technically the voters of Mississippi cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Mississippi 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[7] 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:[8]

  1. Bob Anthony
  2. Miki Cassidy
  3. Thomas Colbert
  4. Delbert Hosemann
  5. Ellen Reineke
  6. John Junkin
  7. Kent Nicaud

References

  1. ^ Brown, Peter A. (September 10, 2000). "Electoral College Analysis Shows the Race Is a Dead Heat: Florida Could Be Decisive This November". The Orlando Sentinel. pp. G1, G4.
  2. ^ "The Prize Is Still out There". The News and Observer. Raleigh, North Carolina. October 18, 2000. p. 14A.
  3. ^ "Bush Has Small Electoral Lead". Richmond Times-Dispatch. The Associated Press. October 29, 2000. p. A8.
  4. ^ Raasch, Chuck (November 2, 2000). "Vote May Be Closest in 40 Years: Presidential Outcome Expected to Hinge on Swing States". The Central New Jersey Home News. New Brunswick, New Jersey. pp. A1, A6.
  5. ^ Brownstein, Ronald. "Popular-Vote Winner Could End Up a Loser — NUMBERS: Pollsters See Visions of 1888 Cleveland Victorywork=Los Angeles Timesdate=November 3, 2000". Los Angeles, California. pp. A1, A5.
  6. ^ "2000 Presidential General Election Results — Mississippi".
  7. ^ "2000 Post-Election Timeline of Events".
  8. ^ "President Elect - 2000". Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved October 31, 2009.
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