2000 United States presidential election in Idaho

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2000 United States presidential election in Idaho

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Nominee  | George W. Bush | Al Gore |
Party  | Republican | Democratic
Home state  | Texas | Tennessee
Running mate  | Dick Cheney | Joe Lieberman
Electoral vote  | 4 | 0
Popular vote  | 336,937 | 138,637
Percentage  | 67.17% | 27.64%

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County Results

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

Idaho is one of the most reliable red states in the country; in 2000, Republican George W. Bush easily carried the state, winning every congressional district, and every county except Blaine, which made him the first Republican to win the White House without carrying this county since William Howard Taft in 1908. In fact, Gore received more than forty percent of the vote in only one other county: Shoshone. Third party candidates received 5.2% of the vote.

Winning 67.17% of the vote, Idaho proved to be Bush's second strongest state in the 2000 election after neighboring Wyoming.[1]

## Results

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2000 United States presidential election in Idaho[2]

Party  | Candidate  | Running mate  | Votes  | Percentage  | Electoral votes
| Republican | George W. Bush | Dick Cheney | 336,937 | 67.17% | 4
| Democratic | Al Gore | Joe Lieberman | 138,637  | 27.64%  | 0
| Write in  | Ralph Nader | Winona LaDuke | 12,292  | 2.45%  | 0
| Reform | Patrick Buchanan | Ezola Foster | 7,615  | 1.52%  | 0
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | Art Olivier | 3,488  | 0.70%  | 0
| Constitution | Howard Phillips | J. Curtis Frazier  | 1,469  | 0.29%  | 0
| Natural Law | John Hagelin | A. Nat. Goldhaber  | 1,177  | 0.23%  | 0
| Write-ins  | —  | —  | 6  | 0.00%  | 0
Totals  | 501,621 | 100.00% | 4
Voter turnout  | %

### Results by county

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County  | George W. Bush
Republican  | Al Gore
Democratic  | Ralph Nader[3]
Write-in  | Pat Buchanan[3]
Reform  | Various candidates[3]
Other parties  | Margin  | Total votes cast

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Ada | 75,050  | 60.78%  | 40,650  | 32.92%  | 4,846  | 3.92%  | 1,463  | 1.18%  | 1,476  | 1.20%  | 34,400  | 27.86%  | 123,485
Adams | 1,476  | 77.30%  | 336  | 17.60%  | 41  | 2.15%  | 31  | 1.62%  | 25  | 1.31%  | 1,140  | 59.70%  | 1,909
Bannock | 18,223  | 59.07%  | 10,892  | 35.30%  | 920  | 2.98%  | 510  | 1.65%  | 302  | 0.98%  | 7,331  | 23.77%  | 30,852
Bear Lake | 2,296  | 79.20%  | 517  | 17.83%  | 15  | 0.52%  | 50  | 1.72%  | 21  | 0.72%  | 1,779  | 61.37%  | 2,899
Benewah | 2,606  | 70.68%  | 895  | 24.27%  | 56  | 1.52%  | 60  | 1.63%  | 70  | 1.90%  | 1,711  | 46.41%  | 3,687
Bingham | 10,628  | 73.47%  | 3,310  | 22.88%  | 74  | 0.51%  | 327  | 2.26%  | 126  | 0.87%  | 7,318  | 50.59%  | 14,465
Blaine | 3,528  | 44.44%  | 3,748  | 47.22%  | 428  | 5.39%  | 56  | 0.71%  | 178  | 2.24%  | -220  | -2.78%  | 7,938
Boise | 2,019  | 66.09%  | 745  | 24.39%  | 123  | 4.03%  | 93  | 3.04%  | 75  | 2.45%  | 1,274  | 41.70%  | 3,055
Bonner | 8,945  | 61.53%  | 4,318  | 29.70%  | 893  | 6.14%  | 147  | 1.01%  | 234  | 1.61%  | 4,627  | 31.83%  | 14,537
Bonneville | 24,988  | 74.47%  | 7,235  | 21.56%  | 363  | 1.08%  | 583  | 1.74%  | 387  | 1.15%  | 17,753  | 52.91%  | 33,556
Boundary | 2,797  | 72.01%  | 832  | 21.42%  | 132  | 3.40%  | 47  | 1.21%  | 76  | 1.96%  | 1,965  | 50.59%  | 3,884
Butte | 1,054  | 72.19%  | 354  | 24.25%  | 5  | 0.34%  | 35  | 2.40%  | 12  | 0.82%  | 700  | 47.94%  | 1,460
Camas | 359  | 70.81%  | 113  | 22.29%  | 7  | 1.38%  | 20  | 3.94%  | 8  | 1.58%  | 246  | 48.52%  | 507
Canyon | 30,560  | 71.07%  | 10,588  | 24.62%  | 588  | 1.37%  | 766  | 1.78%  | 498  | 1.16%  | 19,972  | 46.45%  | 43,000
Caribou | 2,601  | 81.87%  | 475  | 14.95%  | 28  | 0.88%  | 49  | 1.54%  | 24  | 0.76%  | 2,126  | 66.92%  | 3,177
Cassia | 5,983  | 82.20%  | 1,087  | 14.93%  | 20  | 0.27%  | 138  | 1.90%  | 51  | 0.70%  | 4,896  | 67.27%  | 7,279
Clark | 311  | 81.41%  | 63  | 16.49%  | 1  | 0.26%  | 6  | 1.57%  | 1  | 0.26%  | 248  | 64.92%  | 382
Clearwater | 2,885  | 74.05%  | 841  | 21.59%  | 34  | 0.87%  | 65  | 1.67%  | 71  | 1.82%  | 2,044  | 52.46%  | 3,896
Custer | 1,794  | 77.00%  | 416  | 17.85%  | 44  | 1.89%  | 47  | 2.02%  | 29  | 1.24%  | 1,378  | 59.15%  | 2,330
Elmore | 4,891  | 70.21%  | 1,840  | 26.41%  | 97  | 1.39%  | 80  | 1.15%  | 58  | 0.83%  | 3,051  | 43.80%  | 6,966
Franklin | 3,594  | 84.70%  | 513  | 12.09%  | 19  | 0.45%  | 88  | 2.07%  | 29  | 0.68%  | 3,081  | 72.61%  | 4,243
Fremont | 4,242  | 83.37%  | 699  | 13.74%  | 33  | 0.65%  | 63  | 1.24%  | 51  | 1.00%  | 3,543  | 69.63%  | 5,088
Gem | 4,376  | 73.14%  | 1,346  | 22.50%  | 45  | 0.75%  | 146  | 2.44%  | 70  | 1.17%  | 3,030  | 50.64%  | 5,983
Gooding | 3,502  | 69.68%  | 1,282  | 25.51%  | 55  | 1.09%  | 134  | 2.67%  | 53  | 1.05%  | 2,220  | 44.17%  | 5,026
Idaho | 5,806  | 77.91%  | 1,187  | 15.93%  | 106  | 1.42%  | 176  | 2.36%  | 177  | 2.38%  | 4,619  | 61.98%  | 7,452
Jefferson | 6,480  | 82.70%  | 1,100  | 14.04%  | 25  | 0.32%  | 175  | 2.23%  | 56  | 0.71%  | 5,380  | 68.66%  | 7,836
Jerome | 4,418  | 73.55%  | 1,360  | 22.64%  | 24  | 0.40%  | 139  | 2.31%  | 66  | 1.10%  | 3,058  | 50.91%  | 6,007
Kootenai | 28,162  | 64.28%  | 13,488  | 30.79%  | 1,083  | 2.47%  | 525  | 1.20%  | 554  | 1.26%  | 14,674  | 33.49%  | 43,812
Latah | 8,161  | 53.30%  | 5,661  | 36.97%  | 999  | 6.52%  | 119  | 0.78%  | 371  | 2.42%  | 2,500  | 16.33%  | 15,311
Lemhi | 2,859  | 78.52%  | 660  | 18.13%  | 12  | 0.33%  | 59  | 1.62%  | 51  | 1.40%  | 2,199  | 60.39%  | 3,641
Lewis | 1,295  | 76.72%  | 335  | 19.85%  | 13  | 0.77%  | 23  | 1.36%  | 22  | 1.30%  | 960  | 56.87%  | 1,688
Lincoln | 1,049  | 66.65%  | 437  | 27.76%  | 18  | 1.14%  | 49  | 3.11%  | 21  | 1.33%  | 612  | 38.89%  | 1,574
Madison | 7,941  | 88.53%  | 816  | 9.10%  | 37  | 0.41%  | 119  | 1.33%  | 57  | 0.64%  | 7,125  | 79.43%  | 8,970
Minidoka | 4,907  | 75.28%  | 1,344  | 20.62%  | 30  | 0.46%  | 137  | 2.10%  | 100  | 1.53%  | 3,563  | 54.66%  | 6,518
Nez Perce | 10,577  | 66.02%  | 4,995  | 31.18%  | 141  | 0.88%  | 131  | 0.82%  | 177  | 1.10%  | 5,582  | 34.84%  | 16,021
Oneida | 1,426  | 79.31%  | 307  | 17.07%  | 8  | 0.44%  | 42  | 2.34%  | 15  | 0.83%  | 1,119  | 62.24%  | 1,798
Owyhee | 2,450  | 76.85%  | 623  | 19.54%  | 22  | 0.69%  | 67  | 2.10%  | 26  | 0.82%  | 1,827  | 57.31%  | 3,188
Payette | 4,961  | 72.34%  | 1,643  | 23.96%  | 80  | 1.17%  | 112  | 1.63%  | 62  | 0.90%  | 3,318  | 48.38%  | 6,858
Power | 1,872  | 69.10%  | 755  | 27.87%  | 9  | 0.33%  | 51  | 1.88%  | 22  | 0.81%  | 1,117  | 41.23%  | 2,709
Shoshone | 2,879  | 53.46%  | 2,225  | 41.32%  | 92  | 1.71%  | 74  | 1.37%  | 115  | 2.14%  | 654  | 12.14%  | 5,385
Teton | 1,745  | 65.33%  | 720  | 26.96%  | 151  | 5.65%  | 31  | 1.16%  | 24  | 0.90%  | 1,025  | 38.37%  | 2,671
Twin Falls | 15,794  | 70.10%  | 5,777  | 25.64%  | 310  | 1.38%  | 436  | 1.94%  | 213  | 0.95%  | 10,017  | 44.46%  | 22,530
Valley | 2,548  | 64.05%  | 1,129  | 28.38%  | 201  | 5.05%  | 57  | 1.43%  | 43  | 1.08%  | 1,419  | 35.67%  | 3,978
Washington | 2,899  | 71.23%  | 980  | 24.08%  | 64  | 1.57%  | 89  | 2.19%  | 37  | 0.91%  | 1,919  | 47.15%  | 4,070
Totals | 336,937 | 67.17% | 138,637 | 27.64% | 12,292 | 2.45% | 7,615 | 1.52% | 6,140 | 1.22% | 198,300 | 39.53% | 501,621

#### Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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* Latah (Largest city: Moscow)
* Nez Perce (Largest city: Lewiston)
* Shoshone (Largest city: Kellogg)

### By Congressional District

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Bush won both congressional districts.[4]

District  | Bush  | Gore  | Representative

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1st | 68% | 28%  | Butch Otter
2nd | 67% | 28%  | Mike Simpson

## Electors

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Main article: List of 2000 United States presidential electors

Technically the voters of Idaho cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Idaho is allocated four electors because it has two congressional districts and two senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of four electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins a plurality of votes in the state is awarded all four 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[5] 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:[6]

1. Phil Batt
2. Connie Hansen
3. James McClure
4. Orriette Sinclair

## See also

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* United States presidential elections in Idaho
* Presidency of George W. Bush

## References

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1. ^ "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
2. ^ Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 2000 Presidential General Election Results – Idaho
3. ^ a b c Our Campaigns; ID US President, November 07, 2000
4. ^ "Swing State Project".
5. ^ "2000 Post-Election Timeline of Events".
6. ^ "President Elect - 2000". Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2009.

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