2000 United States presidential election in Michigan

The 2000 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 18 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

2000 United States presidential election in Michigan

November 7, 2000
Turnout	58.2% [1]
Nominee Al Gore George W. Bush Party Democratic Republican Home state Tennessee Texas Running mate Joe Lieberman Dick Cheney Electoral vote 18 0 Popular vote 2,170,418 1,953,139 Percentage 51.28% 46.15%
County Results Gore   40-50%   50-60%   60-70% Bush   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%
President before election Bill Clinton Democratic Elected President George W. Bush Republican

Michigan was won by Vice President Al Gore by a sizable margin of 5.2%. The western part of the state, which is more rural, was overwhelmingly Republican and Bush won most of the congressional districts and counties in that region of the state. His best performance was in Ottawa County, where he won with over 70%. Gore did fairly well in the eastern region of the state. His best performance was in Wayne County, the highest populated county in the state and home of the city of Detroit. He won the county with 69%, with his second best performance in Genesee County, where he got over 62% of the vote.[2]

This election marked the first time since 1976 in which Michigan's electoral votes did not go to the overall winner of the general election, although the state was carried by the candidate who ultimately won the popular vote.

Bush became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Oakland County since Benjamin Harrison in 1888.

Results

2000 United States presidential election in Michigan
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Al Gore	Joe Lieberman	2,170,418	51.3%	18
	Republican	George W. Bush	Dick Cheney	1,953,139	46.1%	0
	Green	Ralph Nader	Winona LaDuke	84,165	2.0%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	Art Olivier	16,711	0.4%	0
	U.S. Taxpayers	Howard Phillips	Michael Peroutka	3,791	0.1%	0
	Natural Law	John Hagelin	Mary Alice Herbert	2,426	0.1%	0
	Write In	Patrick Buchanan		2,061	0.1%	0
Totals				4,232,711	100.00%	3
Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered)						58%/62%

By congressional district

Gore won 9 of 16 congressional districts. Both candidates won 2 districts won by the opposite party.[3]

District	Bush	Gore	Representative
1st	53%	43%	Bart Stupak
2nd	59%	38%	Peter Hoekstra
3rd	59%	38%	Vern Ehlers
4th	53%	45%	Dave Camp
5th	45%	53%	James A. Barcia
6th	52%	46%	Fred Upton
7th	51%	46%	Nick Smith
8th	47%	50%	Debbie Stabenow
			Mike Rogers
9th	45%	52%	Dale Kildee
10th	49%	48%	David Bonior
11th	49%	49%	Joe Knollenberg
12th	43%	54%	Sander Levin
13th	39%	58%	Lynn N. Rivers
14th	11%	87%	John Conyers Jr.
15th	12%	87%	Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick
16th	44%	54%	John Dingell

By county

County	Albert Arnold Gore jr. Democratic		George Walker Bush Republican		Various candidates Others parties		Total votes
	%	#	%	#	%	#
Alcona	44.96%	2,696	52.56%	3,152	02.48%	149	5,997
Alger	47.43%	2,071	49.06%	2,142	03.50%	153	4,366
Allegan	34.52%	15,495	62.81%	28,197	02.67%	1,199	44,891
Alpena	49.91%	7,053	47.90%	6,769	02.19%	310	14,132
Antrim	37.62%	4,329	58.92%	6,780	03.46%	398	11,507
Arenac	50.71%	3,685	47.08%	3,421	02.22%	161	7,267
Baraga	41.26%	1,400	54.11%	1,836	04.63%	157	3,393
Barry	37.22%	9,769	59.88%	15,716	02.89%	759	26,244
Bay	54.71%	28,251	42.90%	22,150	02.39%	1,235	51,636
Benzie	43.93%	3,546	51.68%	4,172	04.39%	354	8,072
Berrien	43.15%	28,152	54.70%	35,689	02.15%	1,400	65,241
Branch	42.39%	6,691	55.40%	8,743	02.21%	349	15,783
Calhoun	49.59%	27,312	47.73%	26,291	02.68%	1,477	55,080
Cass	44.43%	8,808	53.19%	10,545	02.38%	472	19,825
Charlevoix	39.71%	4,958	56.20%	7,018	04.09%	511	12,487
Cheboygan	43.47%	5,484	54.01%	6,815	02.52%	318	12,617
Chippewa	44.38%	6,370	52.43%	7,526	03.19%	458	14,354
Clare	49.87%	6,287	47.09%	5,937	03.04%	383	12,607
Clinton	41.60%	13,394	56.07%	18,054	02.33%	751	32,199
Crawford	43.84%	2,790	52.56%	3,345	03.60%	229	6,364
Delta	46.03%	7,970	51.23%	8,871	02.74%	475	17,316
Dickinson	43.12%	5,533	54.02%	6,932	02.86%	367	12,832
Eaton	47.11%	23,211	50.34%	24,803	02.55%	1,258	49,272
Emmet	37.05%	5,451	58.47%	8,602	04.47%	658	14,711
Genesee	62.78%	119,833	34.92%	66,641	02.30%	4,391	190,865
Gladwin	47.92%	5,573	49.39%	5,743	02.69%	313	11,629
Gogebic	48.76%	4,066	47.12%	3,929	04.13%	344	8,339
Grand Traverse	37.59%	14,371	58.48%	22,358	03.92%	1,500	38,229
Gratiot	43.07%	6,538	54.76%	8,312	02.17%	329	15,179
Hillsdale	37.17%	6,495	60.00%	10,483	02.83%	495	17,473
Houghton	40.01%	5,688	55.54%	7,895	04.45%	633	14,216
Huron	42.86%	6,899	55.37%	8,911	01.77%	285	16,095
Ingham	57.41%	69,231	39.23%	47,314	03.36%	4,050	120,595
Ionia	39.55%	9,481	58.05%	13,915	02.39%	574	23,970
Iosco	49.20%	6,505	47.99%	6,345	02.81%	372	13,222
Iron	48.71%	3,014	47.95%	2,967	03.35%	207	6,188
Isabella	48.55%	10,228	47.71%	10,053	03.74%	788	21,069
Jackson	45.46%	28,160	51.76%	32,066	02.78%	1,720	61,946
Kalamazoo	48.49%	48,807	47.94%	48,254	03.57%	3,595	100,656
Kalkaska	40.50%	2,774	56.10%	3,842	03.40%	233	6,849
Kent	38.13%	95,442	59.37%	148,602	02.51%	6,274	250,318
Keweenaw	40.21%	540	55.10%	740	04.69%	63	1,343
Lake	55.06%	2,584	41.79%	1,961	03.15%	148	4,693
Lapeer	42.30%	15,749	54.66%	20,351	03.05%	1,134	37,234
Leelanau	38.60%	4,635	56.96%	6,840	04.45%	534	12,009
Lenawee	45.81%	18,365	51.58%	20,681	02.61%	1,047	40,093
Livingston	38.13%	28,780	59.14%	44,637	02.73%	2,058	75,475
Luce	37.70%	956	58.36%	1,480	03.94%	100	2,536
Mackinac	42.43%	2,533	54.81%	3,272	02.76%	165	5,970
Macomb	49.96%	172,625	47.54%	164,265	02.51%	8,669	345,559
Manistee	49.34%	5,639	47.26%	5,401	03.40%	388	11,428
Marquette	53.13%	15,503	43.10%	12,577	03.77%	1,099	29,179
Mason	42.86%	5,579	54.29%	7,066	02.85%	371	13,016
Mecosta	42.70%	6,300	54.71%	8,072	02.59%	382	14,754
Menominee	44.06%	4,597	52.99%	5,529	02.95%	308	10,434
Midland	41.04%	15,959	56.28%	21,887	02.68%	1,042	38,888
Missaukee	31.74%	2,062	65.79%	4,274	02.46%	160	6,496
Monroe	51.06%	31,555	46.83%	28,940	02.10%	1,300	61,795
Montcalm	42.03%	9,627	55.43%	12,696	02.54%	581	22,904
Montmorency	42.70%	2,139	54.90%	2,750	02.40%	120	5,009
Muskegon	54.66%	37,865	43.35%	30,028	01.99%	1,377	69,270
Newaygo	39.25%	7,677	58.29%	11,399	02.46%	481	19,557
Oakland	49.31%	281,201	48.10%	274,319	02.59%	14,745	570,265
Oceana	42.68%	4,597	54.89%	5,913	02.43%	262	10,772
Ogemaw	49.68%	4,896	47.75%	4,706	02.57%	253	9,855
Ontonagon	36.47%	1,514	59.55%	2,472	03.97%	165	4,151
Osceola	40.34%	4,006	57.20%	5,680	02.46%	244	9,930
Oscoda	42.01%	1,677	55.29%	2,207	02.71%	108	3,992
Otsego	38.40%	4,034	58.14%	6,108	03.46%	363	10,505
Ottawa	26.76%	29,600	71.16%	78,703	02.08%	2,296	110,599
Presque Isle	45.79%	3,242	51.69%	3,660	02.51%	178	7,080
Roscommon	49.76%	6,433	47.88%	6,190	02.36%	305	12,928
Saginaw	54.21%	50,825	43.89%	41,152	01.90%	1,779	93,756
St. Clair	48.17%	33,002	49.00%	33,571	02.84%	1,943	68,516
St. Joseph	38.93%	8,574	58.60%	12,906	02.47%	544	22,024
Sanilac	38.53%	7,153	59.06%	10,966	02.41%	447	18,566
Schoolcraft	48.50%	2,036	49.74%	2,088	01.76%	74	4,198
Shiawassee	48.17%	15,520	49.09%	15,816	02.74%	882	32,218
Tuscola	43.99%	10,845	53.60%	13,213	02.41%	594	24,652
Van Buren	46.79%	13,796	50.17%	14,792	03.03%	894	29,482
Washtenaw	59.78%	86,647	36.19%	52,459	04.03%	5,834	144,940
Wayne	69.03%	530,414	29.02%	223,021	01.95%	14,982	768,417
Wexford	41.03%	5,326	55.58%	7,215	03.40%	441	12,982

Electors

Technically the voters of Michigan cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. For this election, Michigan was allocated 18 electors because it had 16 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 18 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 18 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[4] 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 Gore and Lieberman:[5]

• Lana Boldi
• John Cherry
• Patty Fedewa
• Sigrid L. Grace
• Dona Jean Graham
• Freman Hendrix
• Jeff Jenks
• John Kelly
• Don Oetman
• Ken Oke
• Charles Prather
• Jim Ramey
• Iris K. Salters
• Judith L. Strong
• David P. Taylor
• Juli Trudell
• Mary Warner
• Marie Weigold

References

1. http://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,4670,7-127-1633_8722-29616--,00.html
2. http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/
3. https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/data.php?year=2000&fips=26&f=0&off=0&elect=0&datatype=cd&def=1
4. http://www.uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/ARTICLES/pe2000timeline.php
5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2009-10-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)