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2000 United States presidential election in West Virginia
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The 2000 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 7, 2000, as part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 5 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
West Virginia gave its 5 electoral votes to the Republican nominee, Governor of Texas George W. Bush, marking the first time a Republican carried the state since Ronald Reagan in 1984, and only the fourth time since 1928. While West Virginia was traditionally a Democratic stronghold, this election marked the beginning of a political realignment. West Virginia would become the only state to vote against George H. W. Bush twice and for George W. Bush twice. It is also the only state lost by George H. W. Bush in 1988 to be carried by George W. Bush in 2000. The state was also won by Bill Clinton twice but voted against Gore who at the time of the 2000 presidential election was serving under Clinton as vice president. As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which the Democratic candidate won Kanawha County, Harrison County, Lincoln County, and Wyoming County. In 2016, West Virginia had the highest percentage of voters for Donald Trump of all states in the country.[1] This was the first time since 1928 that a non-incumbent Republican won West Virginia, and was only the fourth time since that election where a Democrat lost the state. Gore's environmental advocacy was particularly damaging in the state of West Virginia, a strong coal mining state. Gore also didn't campaign sufficiently in the state, which led to his defeat by a relatively comfortable margin in favor of Bush.
As of 2020, this is the last presidential election in which a Democrat won any congressional district in the state and the last time the state was won by single digits.
In this election, West Virginia voted 6.84% more Republican than the nation at-large.[2]
Primaries
[edit]- 2000 West Virginia Democratic presidential primary
- 2000 West Virginia Republican presidential primary
Results
[edit]| 2000 United States presidential election in West Virginia | |||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | Swing | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | ||||||
| Republican | George W. Bush of Texas | Dick Cheney of Wyoming | 336,475 | 51.92% | 5 | 100.00% |  15.16%
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| Democratic | Al Gore of Tennessee | Joe Lieberman of Connecticut | 295,497 | 45.59% | 0 | 0.00% |  5.92%
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| Green | Ralph Nader of Connecticut | Winona LaDuke of Minnesota | 10,680 | 1.65% | 0 | 0.00% | 1.65%
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| Reform | Pat Buchanan of Virginia | Ezola B. Foster of California | 3,169 | 0.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 10.77%
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| Libertarian | Harry Browne of Tennessee | Art Olivier of California | 1,912 | 0.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 0.18%
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| Constitution | Howard Phillips of Virginia | Darrell Castle of Tennessee | 23 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 
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| Natural Law | John Hagelin of Iowa | Nat Goldhaber of California | 367 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 0.06%
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| Write-in | Various of Various | Various of Various | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| Total | 648,124 | 100.00% | 5 | 100.00% | |||||
By county
[edit]| County | George W. Bush Republican |
Al Gore Democratic |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Barbour | 3,411 | 56.37% | 2,503 | 41.37% | 137 | 2.26% | 908 | 15.00% | 6,051 |
| Berkeley | 13,619 | 59.19% | 8,797 | 38.23% | 594 | 2.58% | 4,822 | 20.96% | 23,010 |
| Boone | 3,353 | 36.68% | 5,656 | 61.88% | 132 | 1.44% | -2,303 | -25.20% | 9,141 |
| Braxton | 2,529 | 47.47% | 2,719 | 51.03% | 80 | 1.50% | -190 | -3.56% | 5,328 |
| Brooke | 4,195 | 44.60% | 4,678 | 49.74% | 532 | 5.66% | -483 | -5.14% | 9,405 |
| Cabell | 16,440 | 51.03% | 14,896 | 46.24% | 880 | 2.73% | 1,544 | 4.79% | 32,216 |
| Calhoun | 1,425 | 54.49% | 1,112 | 42.52% | 78 | 2.98% | 313 | 11.97% | 2,615 |
| Clay | 1,887 | 52.68% | 1,617 | 45.14% | 78 | 2.18% | 270 | 7.54% | 3,582 |
| Doddridge | 1,955 | 69.42% | 773 | 27.45% | 88 | 3.13% | 1,182 | 41.97% | 2,816 |
| Fayette | 5,897 | 40.34% | 8,371 | 57.26% | 351 | 2.40% | -2,474 | -16.92% | 14,619 |
| Gilmer | 1,560 | 56.93% | 1,092 | 39.85% | 88 | 3.21% | 468 | 17.08% | 2,740 |
| Grant | 3,571 | 78.76% | 891 | 19.65% | 72 | 1.59% | 2,680 | 59.11% | 4,534 |
| Greenbrier | 6,866 | 53.61% | 5,627 | 43.93% | 315 | 2.46% | 1,239 | 9.68% | 12,808 |
| Hampshire | 3,879 | 63.62% | 2,069 | 33.93% | 149 | 2.44% | 1,810 | 29.69% | 6,097 |
| Hancock | 6,458 | 47.94% | 6,249 | 46.39% | 765 | 5.68% | 209 | 1.55% | 13,472 |
| Hardy | 2,816 | 62.38% | 1,621 | 35.91% | 77 | 1.71% | 1,195 | 26.47% | 4,514 |
| Harrison | 12,948 | 48.72% | 13,009 | 48.95% | 621 | 2.34% | -61 | -0.23% | 26,578 |
| Jackson | 6,341 | 55.05% | 4,937 | 42.86% | 240 | 2.08% | 1,404 | 12.19% | 11,518 |
| Jefferson | 7,045 | 49.00% | 6,860 | 47.71% | 473 | 3.29% | 185 | 1.29% | 14,378 |
| Kanawha | 36,809 | 48.01% | 38,524 | 50.25% | 1,337 | 1.74% | -1,715 | -2.24% | 76,670 |
| Lewis | 3,606 | 58.79% | 2,355 | 38.39% | 173 | 2.82% | 1,251 | 20.40% | 6,134 |
| Lincoln | 3,389 | 45.40% | 3,939 | 52.77% | 136 | 1.82% | -550 | -7.37% | 7,464 |
| Logan | 5,334 | 36.94% | 8,927 | 61.83% | 178 | 1.23% | -3,593 | -24.89% | 14,439 |
| Marion | 9,972 | 43.60% | 12,315 | 53.84% | 586 | 2.56% | -2,343 | -10.24% | 22,873 |
| Marshall | 6,859 | 50.81% | 6,000 | 44.45% | 639 | 4.73% | 859 | 6.36% | 13,498 |
| Mason | 5,972 | 53.21% | 4,963 | 44.22% | 288 | 2.57% | 1,009 | 8.99% | 11,223 |
| McDowell | 2,348 | 32.15% | 4,845 | 66.34% | 110 | 1.51% | -2,497 | -34.19% | 7,303 |
| Mercer | 10,206 | 54.07% | 8,347 | 44.22% | 322 | 1.71% | 1,859 | 9.85% | 18,875 |
| Mineral | 6,180 | 63.18% | 3,341 | 34.15% | 261 | 2.67% | 2,839 | 29.03% | 9,782 |
| Mingo | 3,866 | 38.49% | 6,049 | 60.23% | 128 | 1.27% | -2,183 | -21.74% | 10,043 |
| Monongalia | 13,595 | 49.68% | 12,603 | 46.05% | 1,169 | 4.27% | 992 | 3.63% | 27,367 |
| Monroe | 2,940 | 57.21% | 2,094 | 40.75% | 105 | 2.04% | 846 | 16.46% | 5,139 |
| Morgan | 3,639 | 63.05% | 1,939 | 33.59% | 194 | 3.36% | 1,700 | 29.46% | 5,772 |
| Nicholas | 4,359 | 50.81% | 4,059 | 47.31% | 161 | 1.88% | 300 | 3.50% | 8,579 |
| Ohio | 9,607 | 53.48% | 7,653 | 42.60% | 704 | 3.92% | 1,954 | 10.88% | 17,964 |
| Pendleton | 1,996 | 61.97% | 1,172 | 36.39% | 53 | 1.65% | 824 | 25.58% | 3,221 |
| Pleasants | 1,884 | 58.73% | 1,267 | 39.50% | 57 | 1.78% | 617 | 19.23% | 3,208 |
| Pocahontas | 1,970 | 56.82% | 1,392 | 40.15% | 105 | 3.03% | 578 | 16.67% | 3,467 |
| Preston | 6,607 | 63.29% | 3,515 | 33.67% | 317 | 3.04% | 3,092 | 29.62% | 10,439 |
| Putnam | 12,173 | 59.60% | 7,891 | 38.63% | 362 | 1.77% | 4,282 | 20.97% | 20,426 |
| Raleigh | 12,587 | 52.31% | 11,047 | 45.91% | 427 | 1.77% | 1,540 | 6.40% | 24,061 |
| Randolph | 5,248 | 55.00% | 4,028 | 42.21% | 266 | 2.79% | 1,220 | 12.79% | 9,542 |
| Ritchie | 2,717 | 71.27% | 1,024 | 26.86% | 71 | 1.86% | 1,693 | 44.41% | 3,812 |
| Roane | 3,172 | 56.39% | 2,332 | 41.46% | 121 | 2.15% | 840 | 14.93% | 5,625 |
| Summers | 2,304 | 48.89% | 2,299 | 48.78% | 110 | 2.33% | 5 | 0.11% | 4,713 |
| Taylor | 3,124 | 54.69% | 2,473 | 43.29% | 115 | 2.01% | 651 | 11.40% | 5,712 |
| Tucker | 1,935 | 57.83% | 1,319 | 39.42% | 92 | 2.75% | 616 | 18.41% | 3,346 |
| Tyler | 2,582 | 65.73% | 1,214 | 30.91% | 132 | 3.36% | 1,368 | 34.82% | 3,928 |
| Upshur | 5,165 | 63.58% | 2,770 | 34.10% | 188 | 2.31% | 2,395 | 29.48% | 8,123 |
| Wayne | 7,993 | 49.21% | 7,940 | 48.89% | 308 | 1.90% | 53 | 0.32% | 16,241 |
| Webster | 1,484 | 44.86% | 1,764 | 53.33% | 60 | 1.81% | -280 | -8.47% | 3,308 |
| Wetzel | 3,239 | 51.51% | 2,849 | 45.31% | 200 | 3.18% | 390 | 6.20% | 6,288 |
| Wirt | 1,518 | 63.73% | 818 | 34.34% | 46 | 1.93% | 700 | 29.39% | 2,382 |
| Wood | 20,428 | 60.34% | 12,664 | 37.40% | 765 | 2.26% | 7,764 | 22.94% | 33,857 |
| Wyoming | 3,473 | 44.08% | 4,289 | 54.44% | 116 | 1.47% | -816 | -10.36% | 7,878 |
| Totals | 336,475 | 51.92% | 295,497 | 45.59% | 16,152 | 2.49% | 40,978 | 6.33% | 648,124 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]- Barbour (Largest city: Philippi)
- Cabell (Largest city: Huntington)
- Calhoun (Largest city: Grantsville)
- Clay (Largest city: Clay)
- Gilmer (Largest city: Glenville)
- Greenbrier (Largest city: Lewisburg)
- Hancock (Largest city: Weirton)
- Hardy (Largest city: Moorefield)
- Jackson (Largest city: Ravenswood)
- Jefferson (Largest city: Charles Town)
- Lewis (Largest city: Weston)
- Marshall (Largest city: Moundsville)
- Mason (Largest city: Point Pleasant)
- Mercer (Largest city: Bluefield)
- Monongalia (Largest city: Morgantown)
- Monroe (Largest city: Peterstown)
- Nicholas (Largest city: Summersville)
- Ohio (Largest city: Wheeling)
- Pendleton (Largest city: Franklin)
- Pleasants (Largest city: St. Marys)
- Pocahontas (Largest city: Marlinton)
- Raleigh (Largest city: Beckley)
- Randolph (Largest city: Elkins)
- Roane (Largest city: Spencer)
- Summers (Largest city: Hinton)
- Taylor (Largest city: Grafton)
- Tucker (Largest city: Parsons)
- Tyler (Largest city: Paden City)
- Wayne (Largest city: Kenova)
- Wetzel (Largest city: New Martinsville)
By congressional district
[edit]Bush won 2 of the 3 congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat.[3]
| District | Bush | Gore | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 54% | 43% | Alan Mollohan |
| 2nd | 54% | 44% | Bob Wise |
| Shelley Moore Capito | |||
| 3rd | 47% | 51% | Nick Rahall |
References
[edit]- ^ "West Virginia Most Pro-Trump State, Election Results Show". West Virginia Public Broadcasting. December 5, 2016. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
- ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
- ^ "2000 Presidential General Election Results - West Virginia". uselectionatlas.org.
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