2000 United States presidential election in Texas
← 1996 November 7, 2000 2004 →
Turnout51.8% (of registered voters) Decrease
44.3% (of voting age population)[1]
 
Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Texas Tennessee
Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman
Electoral vote 32 0
Popular vote 3,799,639 2,433,746
Percentage 59.30% 37.98%
President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

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The 2000 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. State voters chose 32 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Texas was won by the Republican Party candidate, the state's incumbent governor, George W. Bush, by a 21.32% margin of victory. This was the first time since 1928 that Cottle County voted Republican. Many counties that Bill Clinton won in 1996 swung towards Bush in this election, in part due to the increasingly conservative bent of rural areas and Bush's favorite son status within the state. Perhaps the most notable and surprising county to be won by Bush was the very liberal Travis County. Bush's win in the county is likely due to the somewhat strong showing of left-wing third-party candidate Ralph Nader, who got 10.37% of the vote on the Green ticket, his best showing in any Texas county. Had those voters voted for Gore, he would have narrowly won the county by 5.16% (52.04% to Bush's 46.88%).[2]

Results

2000 United States presidential election in Texas[3]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican George W. Bush 3,799,639 59.30% 32
Democratic Al Gore 2,433,746 37.98% 0
Green Ralph Nader 137,994 2.15% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne 23,160 0.36% 0
Reform Pat Buchanan 12,394 0.19% 0

By county

County George W. Bush
Republican 		Al Gore
Democratic 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total
# % # % # % # %
Anderson 9,835 65.22% 5,041 33.43% 204 1.35% 4,794 31.79% 15,080
Andrews 3,091 76.81% 876 21.77% 57 1.42% 2,215 55.04% 4,024
Angelina 16,648 61.72% 9,957 36.91% 369 1.37% 6,691 24.81% 26,974
Aransas 5,390 65.36% 2,637 31.98% 220 2.67% 2,753 33.38% 8,247
Archer 2,951 73.83% 993 24.84% 53 1.33% 1,958 48.99% 3,997
Armstrong 772 82.30% 150 15.99% 16 1.71% 622 66.31% 938
Atascosa 6,231 57.98% 4,322 40.22% 193 1.80% 1,909 17.76% 10,746
Austin 6,661 72.19% 2,407 26.09% 159 1.72% 4,254 46.10% 9,227
Bailey 1,589 76.03% 488 23.35% 13 0.62% 1,101 52.68% 2,090
Bandera 5,613 77.18% 1,426 19.61% 234 3.22% 4,187 57.57% 7,273
Bastrop 10,310 56.31% 6,973 38.09% 1,025 5.60% 3,337 18.22% 18,308
Baylor 1,285 64.77% 663 33.42% 36 1.81% 622 31.35% 1,984
Bee 4,429 53.17% 3,795 45.56% 106 1.27% 634 7.61% 8,330
Bell 41,208 65.11% 21,011 33.20% 1,072 1.69% 20,197 31.91% 63,291
Bexar 215,613 52.24% 185,158 44.86% 11,955 2.90% 30,455 7.38% 412,726
Blanco 2,777 73.72% 811 21.53% 179 4.75% 1,966 52.19% 3,767
Borden 283 80.17% 62 17.56% 8 2.27% 221 62.61% 353
Bosque 4,745 70.09% 1,930 28.51% 95 1.40% 2,815 41.58% 6,770
Bowie 18,325 60.44% 11,662 38.46% 333 1.10% 6,663 21.98% 30,320
Brazoria 53,445 66.79% 24,883 31.10% 1,691 2.11% 28,562 35.69% 80,019
Brazos 32,864 70.01% 12,359 26.33% 1,718 3.66% 20,505 43.68% 46,941
Brewster 1,867 52.15% 1,349 37.68% 364 10.17% 518 14.47% 3,580
Briscoe 544 70.47% 224 29.02% 4 0.52% 320 41.45% 772
Brooks 556 22.87% 1,854 76.26% 21 0.86% -1,298 -53.39% 2,431
Brown 9,609 74.37% 3,138 24.29% 173 1.34% 6,471 50.08% 12,920
Burleson 3,542 60.38% 2,235 38.10% 89 1.52% 1,307 22.28% 5,866
Burnet 9,286 70.18% 3,557 26.88% 389 2.94% 5,729 43.30% 13,232
Caldwell 5,216 55.34% 3,872 41.08% 337 3.58% 1,344 14.26% 9,425
Calhoun 3,724 56.74% 2,766 42.15% 73 1.11% 958 14.59% 6,563
Callahan 3,656 74.67% 1,174 23.98% 66 1.35% 2,482 50.69% 4,896
Cameron 27,800 44.80% 33,214 53.52% 1,043 1.68% -5,414 -8.72% 62,057
Camp 2,121 56.05% 1,625 42.94% 38 1.00% 496 13.11% 3,784
Carson 2,216 80.82% 480 17.51% 46 1.68% 1,736 63.31% 2,742
Cass 6,295 57.13% 4,618 41.91% 106 0.96% 1,677 15.22% 11,019
Castro 1,607 68.27% 727 30.88% 20 0.85% 880 37.39% 2,354
Chambers 6,769 69.03% 2,888 29.45% 149 1.52% 3,881 39.58% 9,806
Cherokee 9,599 66.03% 4,755 32.71% 183 1.26% 4,844 33.32% 14,537
Childress 1,506 70.84% 602 28.32% 18 0.85% 904 42.52% 2,126
Clay 3,112 67.11% 1,460 31.49% 65 1.40% 1,652 35.62% 4,637
Cochran 807 68.92% 344 29.38% 20 1.71% 463 39.54% 1,171
Coke 1,137 75.05% 355 23.43% 23 1.52% 782 51.62% 1,515
Coleman 2,687 75.10% 853 23.84% 38 1.06% 1,834 51.26% 3,578
Collin 128,179 73.07% 42,884 24.45% 4,357 2.48% 85,295 48.62% 175,420
Collingsworth 974 68.83% 429 30.32% 12 0.85% 545 38.51% 1,415
Colorado 4,913 67.77% 2,229 30.75% 107 1.48% 2,684 37.02% 7,249
Comal 24,599 75.12% 7,131 21.78% 1,018 3.11% 17,468 53.34% 32,748
Comanche 3,334 66.39% 1,636 32.58% 52 1.04% 1,698 33.81% 5,022
Concho 818 74.16% 268 24.30% 17 1.54% 550 49.86% 1,103
Cooke 10,128 75.19% 3,153 23.41% 188 1.40% 6,975 51.78% 13,469
Coryell 10,321 68.41% 4,493 29.78% 273 1.81% 5,828 38.63% 15,087
Cottle 502 66.31% 241 31.84% 14 1.85% 261 34.47% 757
Crane 1,246 75.33% 387 23.40% 21 1.27% 859 51.93% 1,654
Crockett 924 66.09% 467 33.40% 7 0.50% 457 32.69% 1,398
Crosby 1,270 63.44% 705 35.21% 27 1.35% 565 28.23% 2,002
Culberson 413 40.81% 577 57.02% 22 2.17% -164 -16.21% 1,012
Dallam 1,385 79.42% 341 19.55% 18 1.03% 1,044 59.87% 1,744
Dallas 322,345 52.58% 275,308 44.91% 15,386 2.51% 47,037 7.67% 613,039
Dawson 3,337 68.96% 1,463 30.23% 39 0.81% 1,874 38.73% 4,839
Deaf Smith 3,687 73.98% 1,240 24.88% 57 1.14% 2,447 49.10% 4,984
Delta 1,143 60.16% 726 38.21% 31 1.63% 417 21.95% 1,900
Denton 102,171 69.60% 40,144 27.35% 4,475 3.05% 62,027 42.25% 146,790
DeWitt 4,541 73.44% 1,570 25.39% 72 1.16% 2,971 48.05% 6,183
Dickens 589 66.86% 284 32.24% 8 0.91% 305 34.62% 881
Dimmit 1,032 27.50% 2,678 71.36% 43 1.15% -1,646 -43.86% 3,753
Donley 1,333 77.55% 360 20.94% 26 1.51% 973 56.61% 1,719
Duval 1,010 20.08% 3,990 79.32% 30 0.60% -2,980 -59.24% 5,030
Eastland 4,531 70.64% 1,774 27.66% 109 1.70% 2,757 42.98% 6,414
Ector 22,893 69.58% 9,425 28.65% 583 1.77% 13,468 40.93% 32,901
Edwards 663 70.76% 261 27.85% 13 1.39% 402 42.91% 937
El Paso 57,574 39.69% 83,848 57.81% 3,620 2.50% -26,274 -18.12% 145,042
Ellis 26,091 69.94% 10,629 28.49% 587 1.57% 15,462 41.45% 37,307
Erath 8,126 73.11% 2,804 25.23% 185 1.66% 5,322 47.88% 11,115
Falls 3,239 56.68% 2,417 42.29% 59 1.03% 822 14.39% 5,715
Fannin 6,074 58.74% 4,102 39.67% 164 1.59% 1,972 19.07% 10,340
Fayette 6,658 70.93% 2,542 27.08% 187 1.99% 4,116 43.85% 9,387
Fisher 968 51.71% 884 47.22% 20 1.07% 84 4.49% 1,872
Floyd 1,830 75.62% 580 23.97% 10 0.41% 1,250 51.65% 2,420
Foard 286 51.44% 263 47.30% 7 1.26% 23 4.14% 556
Fort Bend 73,567 59.56% 47,569 38.51% 2,373 1.92% 25,998 21.05% 123,509
Franklin 2,420 69.70% 1,018 29.32% 34 0.98% 1,402 40.38% 3,472
Freestone 4,247 63.95% 2,316 34.87% 78 1.17% 1,931 29.08% 6,641
Frio 1,774 42.97% 2,317 56.13% 37 0.90% -543 -13.16% 4,128
Gaines 2,691 77.80% 723 20.90% 45 1.30% 1,968 56.90% 3,459
Galveston 50,397 54.20% 40,020 43.04% 2,566 2.76% 10,377 11.16% 92,983
Garza 1,302 73.56% 454 25.65% 14 0.79% 848 47.91% 1,770
Gillespie 8,096 81.61% 1,511 15.23% 313 3.16% 6,585 66.38% 9,920
Glasscock 528 92.47% 39 6.83% 4 0.70% 489 85.64% 571
Goliad 2,108 62.15% 1,233 36.35% 51 1.50% 875 25.80% 3,392
Gonzales 4,092 67.42% 1,877 30.93% 100 1.65% 2,215 36.49% 6,069
Gray 6,732 82.25% 1,376 16.81% 77 0.94% 5,356 65.44% 8,185
Grayson 25,596 64.09% 13,647 34.17% 697 1.75% 11,949 29.92% 39,940
Gregg 26,739 69.57% 11,244 29.26% 450 1.17% 15,495 40.31% 38,433
Grimes 4,197 61.70% 2,450 36.02% 155 2.28% 1,747 25.68% 6,802
Guadalupe 21,499 70.33% 8,311 27.19% 757 2.48% 13,188 43.14% 30,567
Hale 6,868 75.39% 2,158 23.69% 84 0.92% 4,710 51.70% 9,110
Hall 966 66.80% 472 32.64% 8 0.55% 494 34.16% 1,446
Hamilton 2,447 72.48% 878 26.01% 51 1.51% 1,569 46.47% 3,376
Hansford 1,874 89.75% 198 9.48% 16 0.77% 1,676 80.27% 2,088
Hardeman 976 62.68% 566 36.35% 15 0.96% 410 26.33% 1,557
Hardin 11,962 67.07% 5,595 31.37% 279 1.56% 6,367 35.70% 17,836
Harris 529,159 54.28% 418,267 42.91% 27,396 2.81% 110,892 11.37% 974,822
Harrison 13,834 60.23% 8,878 38.65% 258 1.12% 4,956 21.58% 22,970
Hartley 1,645 80.99% 359 17.68% 27 1.33% 1,286 63.31% 2,031
Haskell 1,488 50.84% 1,401 47.86% 38 1.30% 87 2.98% 2,927
Hays 20,170 58.78% 11,387 33.18% 2,760 8.04% 8,783 25.60% 34,317
Hemphill 1,203 81.61% 251 17.03% 20 1.36% 952 64.58% 1,474
Henderson 16,607 64.80% 8,704 33.96% 316 1.23% 7,903 30.84% 25,627
Hidalgo 38,301 37.90% 61,390 60.75% 1,359 1.34% -23,089 -22.85% 101,150
Hill 7,054 65.71% 3,524 32.83% 157 1.46% 3,530 32.88% 10,735
Hockley 5,250 77.84% 1,419 21.04% 76 1.13% 3,831 56.80% 6,745
Hood 12,429 71.00% 4,704 26.87% 372 2.13% 7,725 44.13% 17,505
Hopkins 7,076 64.86% 3,692 33.84% 142 1.30% 3,384 31.02% 10,910
Houston 5,308 64.45% 2,833 34.40% 95 1.15% 2,475 30.05% 8,236
Howard 6,668 69.84% 2,744 28.74% 136 1.42% 3,924 41.10% 9,548
Hudspeth 514 55.75% 380 41.21% 28 3.04% 134 14.54% 922
Hunt 16,177 66.12% 7,857 32.11% 432 1.77% 8,320 34.01% 24,466
Hutchinson 7,443 79.60% 1,796 19.21% 112 1.20% 5,647 60.39% 9,351
Irion 624 78.69% 162 20.43% 7 0.88% 462 58.26% 793
Jack 2,107 70.85% 822 27.64% 45 1.51% 1,285 43.21% 2,974
Jackson 3,365 69.30% 1,446 29.78% 45 0.93% 1,919 21.95% 4,856
Jasper 7,071 60.22% 4,533 38.61% 138 1.18% 2,538 21.61% 11,742
Jeff Davis 708 66.79% 283 26.70% 69 6.51% 425 40.09% 1,060
Jefferson 40,320 46.39% 45,409 52.25% 1,180 1.36% -5,089 -5.86% 86,909
Jim Hogg 623 28.88% 1,512 70.10% 22 1.02% -889 -41.22% 2,157
Jim Wells 4,498 37.41% 7,418 61.70% 107 0.89% -2,920 -24.29% 12,023
Johnson 26,202 67.66% 11,778 30.41% 746 1.93% 14,424 37.25% 38,726
Jones 4,080 67.46% 1,899 31.40% 69 1.14% 2,181 36.06% 6,048
Karnes 2,638 61.23% 1,617 37.53% 53 1.23% 1,021 23.70% 4,308
Kaufman 15,290 66.30% 7,455 32.32% 318 1.38% 7,835 33.98% 23,063
Kendall 8,788 79.36% 1,901 17.17% 384 3.47% 6,887 62.19% 11,073
Kenedy 106 46.49% 119 52.19% 3 1.32% -13 -5.70% 228
Kent 346 64.55% 185 34.51% 5 0.93% 161 30.04% 536
Kerr 14,637 76.12% 4,002 20.81% 589 3.06% 10,635 55.31% 19,228
Kimble 1,313 78.81% 328 19.69% 25 1.50% 985 59.12% 1,666
King 120 87.59% 14 10.22% 3 2.19% 106 77.37% 137
Kinney 932 64.54% 486 33.66% 26 1.80% 446 30.88% 1,444
Kleberg 4,526 49.23% 4,481 48.74% 187 2.03% 45 0.49% 9,194
Knox 947 60.09% 617 39.15% 12 0.76% 330 20.94% 1,576
La Salle 731 36.30% 1,266 62.86% 17 0.84% -535 -26.56% 2,014
Lamar 9,775 63.35% 5,553 35.99% 102 0.66% 4,222 27.36% 15,430
Lamb 3,451 75.05% 1,114 24.23% 33 0.72% 2,337 50.82% 4,598
Lampasas 4,526 72.84% 1,569 25.25% 119 1.92% 2,957 47.59% 6,214
Lavaca 5,288 70.08% 2,171 28.77% 87 1.15% 3,117 41.31% 7,546
Lee 3,699 66.82% 1,733 31.30% 104 1.88% 1,966 35.52% 5,536
Leon 4,362 68.95% 1,893 29.92% 71 1.12% 2,469 39.03% 6,326
Liberty 12,458 62.05% 7,311 36.41% 308 1.53% 5,147 25.64% 20,077
Limestone 4,212 59.53% 2,768 39.12% 95 1.34% 1,444 20.41% 7,075
Lipscomb 1,072 82.84% 206 15.92% 16 1.24% 866 66.92% 1,294
Live Oak 2,828 70.63% 1,114 27.82% 62 1.55% 1,714 42.81% 4,004
Llano 6,295 72.97% 2,143 24.84% 189 2.19% 4,152 48.13% 8,627
Loving 124 79.49% 29 18.59% 3 1.92% 95 60.90% 156
Lubbock 56,054 73.75% 18,469 24.30% 1,485 1.95% 37,585 49.45% 76,008
Lynn 1,507 72.31% 562 26.97% 15 0.72% 945 45.34% 2,084
Madison 2,333 64.39% 1,241 34.25% 49 1.35% 1,092 30.14% 3,623
Marion 2,039 51.88% 1,852 47.12% 39 0.99% 187 4.76% 3,930
Martin 1,520 77.99% 415 21.29% 14 0.72% 1,105 56.70% 1,949
Mason 1,352 75.07% 417 23.15% 32 1.78% 935 51.92% 1,801
Matagorda 7,584 60.87% 4,696 37.69% 179 1.44% 2,888 23.18% 12,459
Maverick 3,143 34.06% 5,995 64.96% 91 0.99% -2,852 -30.90% 9,229
McCulloch 2,084 71.37% 794 27.19% 42 1.44% 1,290 44.18% 2,920
McLennan 43,955 63.90% 23,462 34.11% 1,372 1.99% 20,493 29.79% 68,789
McMullen 358 81.55% 77 17.54% 4 0.91% 281 64.01% 439
Medina 8,590 66.73% 4,025 31.27% 258 2.00% 4,565 35.46% 12,873
Menard 642 64.85% 334 33.74% 14 1.41% 308 31.11% 990
Midland 31,514 79.30% 7,534 18.96% 692 1.74% 23,980 60.34% 39,740
Milam 4,706 56.91% 3,429 41.47% 134 1.62% 1,277 15.44% 8,269
Mills 1,738 75.11% 548 23.68% 28 1.21% 1,190 51.43% 2,314
Mitchell 1,708 66.36% 837 32.52% 29 1.13% 871 33.84% 2,574
Montague 4,951 67.54% 2,256 30.78% 123 1.68% 2,695 36.76% 7,330
Montgomery 80,600 75.89% 23,286 21.92% 2,327 2.19% 57,314 53.97% 106,213
Moore 4,201 79.41% 1,040 19.66% 49 0.93% 3,161 59.75% 5,290
Morris 2,381 48.70% 2,455 50.21% 53 1.08% -74 -1.51% 4,889
Motley 514 80.06% 118 18.38% 10 1.56% 396 61.68% 642
Nacogdoches 13,145 66.39% 6,204 31.33% 450 2.27% 6,941 35.06% 19,799
Navarro 8,358 60.17% 5,366 38.63% 166 1.20% 2,992 21.54% 13,890
Newton 2,423 48.56% 2,503 50.16% 64 1.28% -80 -1.60% 4,990
Nolan 3,337 62.82% 1,874 35.28% 101 1.90% 1,463 27.54% 5,312
Nueces 49,906 51.28% 45,349 46.59% 2,071 2.13% 4,557 4.69% 97,326
Ochiltree 2,687 90.72% 251 8.47% 24 0.81% 2,436 82.25% 2,962
Oldham 659 85.14% 108 13.95% 7 0.91% 551 71.19% 774
Orange 17,325 58.42% 11,887 40.09% 442 1.49% 5,438 18.33% 29,654
Palo Pinto 5,690 62.40% 3,263 35.79% 165 1.81% 2,427 26.61% 9,118
Panola 5,975 65.85% 3,011 33.18% 88 0.97% 2,964 32.67% 9,074
Parker 23,651 71.18% 8,878 26.72% 696 2.09% 14,773 44.46% 33,225
Parmer 2,274 82.87% 447 16.29% 23 0.84% 1,827 66.58% 2,744
Pecos 2,700 62.75% 1,539 35.77% 64 1.49% 1,161 26.98% 4,303
Polk 11,746 61.84% 6,877 36.21% 371 1.95% 4,869 25.63% 18,994
Potter 17,629 69.47% 7,242 28.54% 505 1.99% 10,387 40.93% 25,376
Presidio 618 35.17% 1,064 60.56% 75 4.27% -446 -25.39% 1,757
Rains 2,049 61.48% 1,225 36.75% 59 1.77% 824 24.73% 3,333
Randall 33,921 81.17% 7,209 17.25% 660 1.58% 26,712 63.92% 41,790
Reagan 959 76.41% 282 22.47% 14 1.12% 677 53.94% 1,255
Real 1,146 76.91% 316 21.21% 28 1.88% 830 55.70% 1,490
Red River 2,941 56.54% 2,219 42.66% 42 0.81% 722 13.88% 5,202
Reeves 1,273 40.08% 1,872 58.94% 31 0.98% -599 -18.86% 3,176
Refugio 1,721 58.92% 1,172 40.12% 28 0.96% 549 18.80% 2,921
Roberts 472 85.97% 72 13.11% 5 0.91% 400 72.86% 549
Robertson 3,007 47.21% 3,283 51.55% 79 1.24% -276 -4.34% 6,369
Rockwall 13,666 77.42% 3,642 20.63% 344 1.95% 10,024 56.79% 17,652
Runnels 3,020 74.64% 969 23.95% 57 1.41% 2,051 50.69% 4,046
Rusk 11,611 69.81% 4,841 29.10% 181 1.09% 6,770 40.71% 16,633
Sabine 2,764 60.20% 1,753 38.18% 74 1.61% 1,011 22.02% 4,591
San Augustine 2,116 55.61% 1,636 43.00% 53 1.39% 480 12.61% 3,805
San Jacinto 4,623 59.93% 2,946 38.19% 145 1.88% 1,677 21.74% 7,714
San Patricio 10,599 56.68% 7,840 41.93% 260 1.39% 2,759 14.75% 18,699
San Saba 1,691 72.48% 618 26.49% 24 1.03% 1,073 45.99% 2,333
Schleicher 826 70.42% 338 28.82% 9 0.77% 488 41.60% 1,173
Scurry 4,060 76.23% 1,193 22.40% 73 1.37% 2,867 53.83% 5,326
Shackelford 1,066 79.14% 264 19.60% 17 1.26% 802 59.54% 1,347
Shelby 5,692 63.21% 3,227 35.84% 86 0.96% 2,465 27.37% 9,005
Sherman 998 85.81% 144 12.38% 21 1.81% 854 73.43% 1,163
Smith 43,320 71.46% 16,470 27.17% 834 1.38% 26,850 44.29% 60,624
Somervell 2,120 72.65% 752 25.77% 46 1.58% 1,368 46.88% 2,918
Starr 1,911 22.58% 6,505 76.85% 48 0.57% -4,594 -54.27% 8,464
Stephens 2,425 73.69% 811 24.64% 55 1.67% 1,614 49.05% 3,291
Sterling 520 78.91% 132 20.03% 7 1.06% 388 58.88% 659
Stonewall 496 62.08% 294 36.80% 9 1.13% 202 25.28% 799
Sutton 1,063 69.03% 468 30.39% 9 0.58% 595 38.64% 1,540
Swisher 1,612 64.45% 856 34.23% 33 1.32% 756 30.22% 2,501
Tarrant 286,921 60.74% 173,758 36.78% 11,710 2.48% 113,163 23.96% 472,389
Taylor 31,701 73.69% 10,504 24.42% 815 1.89% 21,197 49.27% 43,020
Terrell 243 50.94% 219 45.91% 15 3.14% 24 5.03% 477
Terry 2,910 71.78% 1,108 27.33% 36 0.89% 1,802 44.45% 4,054
Throckmorton 608 72.21% 228 27.08% 6 0.71% 380 45.13% 842
Titus 4,995 61.64% 3,008 37.12% 100 1.23% 1,987 24.52% 8,103
Tom Green 24,733 71.43% 9,288 26.82% 605 1.75% 15,445 44.61% 34,626
Travis 141,235 46.88% 125,526 41.67% 34,502 11.45% 15,709 5.21% 301,263
Trinity 3,093 58.39% 2,142 40.44% 62 1.17% 951 17.95% 5,297
Tyler 4,236 59.53% 2,775 39.00% 105 1.48% 1,461 20.53% 7,116
Upshur 8,448 65.96% 4,180 32.64% 180 1.41% 4,268 33.32% 12,808
Upton 982 77.14% 266 20.90% 25 1.96% 716 56.24% 1,273
Uvalde 4,855 57.66% 3,436 40.81% 129 1.53% 1,419 16.85% 8,420
Val Verde 6,223 54.24% 5,056 44.06% 195 1.70% 1,167 10.18% 11,474
Van Zandt 12,383 69.21% 5,245 29.32% 263 1.47% 7,138 39.89% 17,891
Victoria 18,787 68.55% 8,176 29.83% 445 1.62% 10,611 38.72% 27,408
Walker 9,076 63.14% 4,943 34.39% 355 2.47% 4,133 28.75% 14,374
Waller 5,686 52.37% 5,046 46.47% 126 1.16% 640 5.90% 10,858
Ward 2,534 65.41% 1,256 32.42% 84 2.17% 1,278 32.99% 3,874
Washington 8,645 73.21% 2,996 25.37% 168 1.42% 5,649 47.84% 11,809
Webb 13,076 41.42% 18,120 57.39% 375 1.19% -5,044 -15.97% 31,571
Wharton 8,455 62.97% 4,838 36.03% 133 0.99% 3,617 26.94% 13,426
Wheeler 1,787 74.80% 579 24.24% 23 0.96% 1,208 50.56% 2,389
Wichita 27,802 65.09% 14,108 33.03% 803 1.88% 13,694 32.06% 42,713
Wilbarger 3,138 68.56% 1,356 29.63% 83 1.81% 1,782 38.93% 4,577
Willacy 1,789 35.34% 3,218 63.57% 55 1.09% -1,429 -28.23% 5,062
Williamson 65,041 67.80% 26,591 27.72% 4,303 4.49% 38,450 40.08% 95,935
Wilson 7,509 64.19% 3,997 34.17% 192 1.64% 3,512 30.02% 11,698
Winkler 1,468 71.86% 556 27.21% 19 0.93% 912 44.65% 2,043
Wise 11,234 68.63% 4,830 29.51% 304 1.86% 6,404 39.12% 16,368
Wood 9,810 70.66% 3,893 28.04% 181 1.30% 5,917 42.62% 13,884
Yoakum 1,911 77.53% 531 21.54% 23 0.93% 1,380 55.99% 2,465
Young 5,022 72.22% 1,843 26.50% 89 1.28% 3,179 45.72% 6,954
Zapata 953 36.43% 1,638 62.61% 25 0.96% -685 -26.18% 2,616
Zavala 751 22.15% 2,616 77.15% 24 0.71% -1,865 -55.00% 3,391
Totals 3,799,639 59.30% 2,433,746 37.98% 174,252 2.72% 1,365,893 21.32% 6,407,637

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Bush won 20 of 30 congressional districts, including seven held by Democrats.[4]

District Bush Gore Representative
1st 63% 35% Max Sandlin
2nd 61% 37% Jim Turner
3rd 68% 29% Sam Johnson
4th 71% 27% Ralph Hall
5th 56% 41% Pete Sessions
6th 70% 29% Joe Barton
7th 70% 26% Bill Archer
John Culberson
8th 76% 22% Kevin Brady
9th 53% 44% Nick Lampson
10th 46% 43% Lloyd Doggett
11th 65% 33% Chet Edwards
12th 59% 40% Kay Granger
13th 68% 31% Mac Thornberry
14th 63% 34% Ron Paul
15th 44% 54% Rubén Hinojosa
16th 40% 59% Silvestre Reyes
17th 70% 28% Charles Stenholm
18th 26% 70% Sheila Jackson Lee
19th 79% 19% Larry Combest
20th 43% 56% Charlie Gonzalez
21st 74% 24% Lamar S. Smith
22nd 62% 35% Tom DeLay
23rd 57% 41% Henry Bonilla
24th 47% 51% Martin Frost
25th 47% 49% Ken Bentsen Jr.
26th 71% 27% Dick Armey
27th 48% 49% Solomon Ortiz
28th 42% 56% Ciro Rodriguez
29th 38% 59% Gene Green
30th 28% 69% Eddie Bernice Johnson

Analysis

The 2000 election in Texas was a very partisan election, with nearly 60% of voters voting for the Republican Party candidate. The third party vote shrunk to a total of 2.7%, likely because Ross Perot was not on the ballot that year. The vast majority of counties voted heavily for Governor Bush as his approval rating and popularity in the state was high. Many of the long time rural Democratic counties, including those in East Texas along the border of Louisiana, swung Republican as the national Democratic Party moved further to the left. Texas Democrats are more moderate to conservative by national standards, and many had a favorable view towards Bush because of his bipartisan approach with the Democratic state legislature during his tenure as governor.

Bush carried 230 of Texas's 254 counties. He racked up big margins in the Texas Panhandle, East Texas, the Permian Basin, the Texas Hill Country, and the Gulf Coast. He won every major and mid-sized city with the exceptions of El Paso, Laredo, Brownsville, McAllen, and Beaumont, all of which were carried by Vice President Al Gore. Two thinly populated counties, Glasscock and Ochiltree, gave Bush over 90% of the vote, with the former being the strongest Republican voting county in 2000.[5] This marked the first time since 1956 that a Republican candidate won any of Texas's counties with over 90% of the vote, and the first time since Texas native Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 any candidate has done so.

Vice President Al Gore, the Democratic Party candidate, performed strongly in South Texas, which is composed of a heavy Latino population, and the city of El Paso. Three counties in East Texas voted for Gore by narrow margins: Jefferson, Morris, and Newton. This was the worst performance for a Democrat in East Texas since the 1984 election.

The Green Party candidate Ralph Nader, had his best performance in Travis County, home to the state capital Austin, winning 10.37% of the vote. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time a Republican won this liberal Democratic-leaning county.[6] This is also the last time Robertson County, and the East Texas counties of Newton and Morris voted Democratic, leaving Jefferson, home of Beaumont and Port Arthur, as the sole Democratic stronghold in this region until Donald Trump won it in 2016.

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,[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 Bush and Dick Cheney:[8]

  1. Ernie Angelo
  2. James R. Batsell
  3. Carmen P. Castillo
  4. Mary Ceverha
  5. Ken Clark
  6. Hally B. Clements
  7. Mary E. Cowart
  8. Sue Daniel
  9. Michael Dugas
  10. Betty R. Hines
  11. Jim Hamlin
  12. Cruz G. Hernandez
  13. Chuck Jones
  14. William Earl Juett
  15. Neal J. Katz
  16. Betsy Lake
  17. Adair Margo
  18. Loyce McCarter
  19. Joseph I. Oniell III
  20. Michael Paddie
  21. Nancy Palm
  22. Howard Pebley Jr.
  23. Robert J. Peden
  24. Helen Quiram
  25. James B. Randall
  26. Clyde Moody Siebman
  27. Stan Stanart
  28. Henry W. Teich Jr.
  29. Randal Tye Thomas
  30. James Davidson Walker
  31. Tom F. Ward Jr.
  32. Gayle West

See also

References

  1. ^ "Turnout and Voter Registration Figures (1970-current)". www.sos.state.tx.us.
  2. ^ Southwell, Priscilla L (September 1, 2004). "Nader voters in the 2000 Presidential Election: what would they have done without him?". The Social Science Journal. 41 (3): 423–431. doi:10.1016/j.soscij.2004.04.009. S2CID 144552793.
  3. ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org.
  4. ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - County Data".
  5. ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org.
  6. ^ "Texas Presidential Election Results" – via NYTimes.com.
  7. ^ "2000 Presidential General Election Results - Pennsylvania".
  8. ^ "President Elect - 2000". Archived from the original on March 3, 2009. Retrieved May 10, 2011.

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