2000 United States presidential election in Utah

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

2000 United States presidential election in Utah

November 7, 2000

Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore Party Republican Democratic Home state Texas Tennessee Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman Electoral vote 5 0 Popular vote 515,096 203,053 Percentage 66.83% 26.34%

County Results Bush   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90%

President before election Bill Clinton Democratic Elected President George W. Bush Republican

Utah was won by Texas Governor George W. Bush by a 40.49 percent margin of victory. With 66.83 percent of the popular vote, the state proved to be Bush's third strongest state in the 2000 election after neighboring Wyoming and Idaho.[1] The state also proved to be Gore's worst performing state.

Results

2000 United States presidential election in Utah[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	George W. Bush	515,096	66.8%	5
	Democratic	Al Gore	203,053	26.3%	0
	Green Party	Ralph Nader	35,850	4.7%	0
	Reform	Patrick Buchanan	9,319	1.2%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	3,616	0.5%	0
	Independent	Howard Phillips	2,709	0.4%	0
	Natural Law	John Hagelin	763	0.1%	0
	Socialist Workers	James Harris	186	0.0%	0
	Independent	Louie Youngkeit	161	0.0%	0
	Write Ins	-	1	0.0%	0
Totals			-	100.00%	5
Voter turnout (Voting age population)

Results by county

County	George Walker Bush Republican		Albert Arnold Gore Jr. Democratic		Ralph Nader Green		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Beaver	1,653	73.40%	541	24.02%	38	1.69%	20	0.89%	1,112	49.38%	2,252
Box Elder	12,288	79.36%	2,555	16.50%	326	2.11%	314	2.03%	9,733	62.86%	15,483
Cache	25,920	78.21%	5,170	15.60%	1,511	4.56%	541	1.63%	20,750	62.61%	33,142
Carbon	3,758	50.89%	3,298	44.66%	213	2.88%	115	1.56%	460	6.23%	7,384
Daggett	317	72.87%	104	23.91%	9	2.07%	5	1.15%	213	48.97%	435
Davis	64,375	73.27%	18,845	21.45%	2,891	3.29%	1,744	1.99%	45,530	51.82%	87,855
Duchesne	3,622	79.67%	779	17.14%	76	1.67%	69	1.52%	2,843	62.54%	4,546
Emery	3,243	73.74%	958	21.78%	81	1.84%	116	2.64%	2,285	51.96%	4,398
Garfield	1,719	87.35%	178	9.04%	43	2.18%	28	1.42%	1,541	78.30%	1,968
Grand	1,822	50.42%	1,158	32.04%	540	14.94%	94	2.60%	664	18.37%	3,614
Iron	10,106	80.24%	1,789	14.21%	341	2.71%	358	2.84%	8,317	66.04%	12,594
Juab	2,023	72.64%	619	22.23%	60	2.15%	83	2.98%	1,404	50.41%	2,785
Kane	2,254	80.44%	387	13.81%	102	3.64%	59	2.11%	1,867	66.63%	2,802
Millard	3,850	80.63%	696	14.58%	73	1.53%	156	3.27%	3,154	66.05%	4,775
Morgan	2,464	77.70%	553	17.44%	80	2.52%	74	2.33%	1,911	60.26%	3,171
Piute	626	80.15%	133	17.03%	10	1.28%	12	1.54%	493	63.12%	781
Rich	736	81.51%	152	16.83%	10	1.11%	5	0.55%	584	64.67%	903
Salt Lake	171,585	55.84%	107,576	35.01%	21,252	6.92%	6,845	2.23%	64,009	20.83%	307,258
San Juan	2,721	57.36%	1,838	38.74%	107	2.26%	78	1.64%	883	18.61%	4,744
Sanpete	5,781	77.81%	1,211	16.30%	153	2.06%	285	3.84%	4,570	61.51%	7,430
Sevier	5,763	81.43%	1,046	14.78%	125	1.77%	143	2.02%	4,717	66.65%	7,077
Summit	6,168	50.89%	4,601	37.96%	1,156	9.54%	196	1.62%	1,567	12.93%	12,121
Tooele	7,807	62.56%	4,001	32.06%	387	3.10%	285	2.28%	3,806	30.50%	12,480
Uintah	6,733	80.18%	1,387	16.52%	132	1.57%	145	1.73%	5,346	63.67%	8,397
Utah	98,255	81.70%	16,445	13.67%	2,732	2.27%	2,824	2.35%	81,810	68.03%	120,256
Wasatch	3,819	67.30%	1,476	26.01%	259	4.56%	121	2.13%	2,343	41.29%	5,675
Washington	25,481	78.50%	5,465	16.84%	714	2.20%	801	2.47%	20,016	61.66%	32,461
Wayne	953	77.80%	202	16.49%	58	4.73%	12	0.98%	751	61.31%	1,225
Weber	39,254	62.56%	19,890	31.70%	2,371	3.78%	1,227	1.96%	19,364	30.86%	62,742
Totals	515,096	66.83%	203,053	26.34%	35,850	4.65%	16,755	2.17%	312,043	40.49%	770,754

By congressional district

Bush won all three congressional districts. [3]

District	Bush	Gore	Representative
1st	72%	22%	James V. Hansen
2nd	57%	34%	Merrill Cook
			Jim Matheson
3rd	72%	23%	Chris Cannon

Electors

Technically the voters of Utah cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Utah is allocated five electors because it has three congressional districts and two senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of five 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 five 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 George W. Bush and Dick Cheney:[5]

1. Michael Leavitt
2. Olene Walker
3. Lewis Billings
4. Arlene Ellis
5. Ron Fox

References

1. "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
2. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 2000 Presidential General Election Results – Utah
3. https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/data.php?year=2000&fips=49&f=0&off=0&elect=0&datatype=cd&def=1
4. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 2000 Events Timeline
5. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 2000 Presidential electors – Utah