2000 United States presidential election in Montana
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Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore Ralph Nader
Party Republican Democratic Green
Home state Texas Tennessee Connecticut
Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman Winona LaDuke
Electoral vote 3 0 0
Popular vote 240,178 137,126 24,437
Percentage 58.44% 33.37% 5.95%
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The 2000 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose three electors to the Electoral College, which voted for president and vice president.

Montana was won by Governor George W. Bush. Bush won most of the counties in the state, and only obtained less than 40% in three counties. Bush won the highest populated county, Yellowstone County with exactly 59% of the vote. Gore won a total of five counties, and did the best in Deer Lodge County.

Ralph Nader, the Green party nominee, performed very well here, getting 5.95% of the vote statewide. He did very well in the western part of the state, getting over 5% of the vote in most of the counties in the region. His best performance by far was in Missoula County, where he got over 15% of the vote, which was the only county Nader cracked double digits. Nader's performance in Montana made it his fifth strongest state after Alaska, Vermont, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.[1]

As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Missoula County voted for the Republican candidate. Al Gore's 33.4% of the vote was the worst performance for a Democrat in Montana since Jimmy Carter in 1980, and no Democrat has fallen under that number since. Gore's margin of loss is the largest for a Democrat in Montana since James M. Cox in 1920.

Results

2000 United States presidential election in Montana[2]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican George W. Bush 240,178 58.44% 3
Democratic Al Gore 137,126 33.37% 0
Green Ralph Nader 24,437 5.95% 0
Reform Patrick Buchanan 5,697 1.39% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne 1,718 0.42% 0
Constitution Howard Phillips 1,155 0.28% 0
Natural Law John Hagelin 675 0.16% 0
Totals 410,986 100.00% 3
Voter turnout (Voting age/registered) 61%/59%

By county

County George W. Bush
Republican 		Al Gore
Democratic 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total
# % # % # % # %
Beaverhead 3,113 74.19% 799 19.04% 284 6.77% 2,314 55.15% 4,196
Big Horn 1,651 39.68% 2,345 56.36% 165 3.97% -694 -16.68% 4,161
Blaine 1,410 51.11% 1,246 45.16% 103 3.73% 164 5.95% 2,759
Broadwater 1,488 71.75% 462 22.28% 124 5.98% 1,026 49.47% 2,074
Carbon 3,008 62.81% 1,434 29.94% 347 7.25% 1,574 32.87% 4,789
Carter 573 88.84% 53 8.22% 19 2.95% 520 80.62% 645
Cascade 18,164 54.52% 13,137 39.43% 2,016 6.05% 5,027 15.09% 33,317
Chouteau 2,039 70.68% 686 23.78% 160 5.55% 1,353 46.90% 2,885
Custer 3,156 64.34% 1,501 30.60% 248 5.06% 1,655 33.74% 4,905
Daniels 750 67.57% 303 27.30% 57 5.14% 447 40.27% 1,110
Dawson 2,723 63.76% 1,364 31.94% 184 4.31% 1,359 31.82% 4,271
Deer Lodge 1,493 32.93% 2,672 58.93% 369 8.14% -1,179 -26.00% 4,534
Fallon 1,061 77.50% 256 18.70% 52 3.80% 805 58.80% 1,369
Fergus 4,353 72.62% 1,352 22.56% 289 4.82% 3,001 50.06% 5,994
Flathead 22,519 66.55% 8,329 24.61% 2,991 8.84% 14,190 41.94% 33,839
Gallatin 18,833 58.78% 10,009 31.24% 3,198 9.98% 8,824 27.54% 32,040
Garfield 651 87.50% 61 8.20% 32 4.30% 590 79.30% 744
Glacier 1,709 41.44% 2,211 53.61% 204 4.95% -502 -12.17% 4,124
Golden Valley 405 76.27% 88 16.57% 38 7.16% 317 59.70% 531
Granite 1,181 74.28% 295 18.55% 114 7.17% 886 55.73% 1,590
Hill 3,392 51.72% 2,760 42.09% 406 6.19% 632 9.63% 6,558
Jefferson 3,308 64.07% 1,513 29.30% 342 6.62% 1,795 34.77% 5,163
Judith Basin 1,057 75.82% 278 19.94% 59 4.23% 779 55.88% 1,394
Lake 6,441 56.26% 3,884 33.93% 1,123 9.81% 2,557 22.33% 11,448
Lewis and Clark 15,091 55.34% 9,982 36.61% 2,196 8.05% 5,109 18.73% 27,269
Liberty 752 72.03% 243 23.28% 49 4.69% 509 48.75% 1,044
Lincoln 5,578 71.09% 1,629 20.76% 639 8.14% 3,949 50.33% 7,846
Madison 2,656 72.65% 758 20.73% 242 6.62% 1,898 51.92% 3,656
McCone 827 72.42% 267 23.38% 48 4.20% 560 49.04% 1,142
Meagher 698 74.65% 176 18.82% 61 6.52% 522 55.83% 935
Mineral 1,078 65.77% 382 23.31% 179 10.92% 696 42.46% 1,639
Missoula 21,474 46.11% 17,241 37.02% 7,861 16.88% 4,233 9.09% 46,576
Musselshell 1,582 71.68% 512 23.20% 113 5.12% 1,070 48.48% 2,207
Park 4,523 61.07% 2,154 29.08% 729 9.84% 2,369 31.99% 7,406
Petroleum 254 83.01% 36 11.76% 16 5.23% 218 71.25% 306
Phillips 1,727 77.51% 423 18.99% 78 3.50% 1,304 58.52% 2,228
Pondera 1,948 67.27% 792 27.35% 156 5.39% 1,156 39.92% 2,896
Powder River 860 85.32% 115 11.41% 33 3.27% 745 73.91% 1,008
Powell 1,971 69.60% 638 22.53% 223 7.87% 1,333 47.07% 2,832
Prairie 541 72.52% 164 21.98% 41 5.50% 377 50.54% 746
Ravalli 11,241 65.21% 4,451 25.82% 1,546 8.97% 6,790 39.39% 17,238
Richland 2,858 70.87% 1,018 25.24% 157 3.89% 1,840 45.63% 4,033
Roosevelt 1,605 42.09% 2,059 54.00% 149 3.91% -454 -11.91% 3,813
Rosebud 1,826 53.35% 1,394 40.72% 203 5.93% 432 12.63% 3,423
Sanders 3,144 66.60% 1,165 24.68% 412 8.73% 1,979 41.92% 4,721
Sheridan 1,176 59.85% 702 35.73% 87 4.43% 474 24.12% 1,965
Silver Bow 6,299 37.71% 8,967 53.68% 1,437 8.60% -2,628 -15.97% 16,703
Stillwater 2,765 70.57% 925 23.61% 228 5.82% 1,840 46.96% 3,918
Sweet Grass 1,450 78.55% 305 16.52% 91 4.93% 1,145 62.03% 1,846
Teton 2,294 69.22% 847 25.56% 173 5.22% 1,447 43.66% 3,314
Toole 1,639 68.92% 630 26.49% 109 4.58% 1,009 42.43% 2,378
Treasure 344 71.82% 106 22.13% 29 6.05% 238 49.69% 479
Valley 2,500 63.08% 1,273 32.12% 190 4.79% 1,227 30.96% 3,963
Wheatland 708 70.87% 243 24.32% 48 4.80% 465 46.55% 999
Wibaux 369 71.24% 121 23.36% 28 5.41% 248 47.88% 518
Yellowstone 33,922 59.00% 20,370 35.43% 3,207 5.58% 13,552 23.57% 57,499
Totals 240,178 58.44% 137,126 33.36% 33,693 8.20% 103,052 25.08% 410,997

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Due to the state's low population, only one congressional district is allocated. This district, called the At-Large district, because it covers the entire state, and thus is equivalent to the statewide election results.

District Bush Gore Representative
At-large 58.4% 33.4% Denny Rehberg

Electors

Main article: List of 2000 United States presidential electors

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 following were the members of the Electoral College from the state, each of whom was pledged to and voted for George W. Bush: Thelma Baker, Jack Galt, and Tillie Pierce.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  2. ^ "2000 Presidential General Election Results - Montana".
  3. ^ "2000 Post-Election Timeline of Events".
  4. ^ "President Elect - 2000". Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved October 31, 2009.
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