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2000 United States presidential election in Connecticut

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2000 United States presidential election in Connecticut

← 1996 November 7, 2000 2004 →
 
Nominee Al Gore George W. Bush
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Tennessee Texas
Running mate Joe Lieberman Dick Cheney
Electoral vote 8 0
Popular vote 816,015 561,094
Percentage 55.91% 38.44%


President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

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

Connecticut was won by Vice President Al Gore by a 17.5% margin of victory. Gore's vice presidential running mate, Joe Lieberman, had been a U.S. Senator from Connecticut since 1989. Connecticut had also been the birth state of Republican nominee George W. Bush, however as a presidential candidate Bush identified his home state as Texas, where he was governor, and he did not attempt to compete in Connecticut. Connecticut is considered a safe Democratic state, having not been won by a Republican presidential candidate since Bush's father George H. W. Bush in 1988. Connecticut is also the birth state of Bush and major Green Party candidate Ralph Nader.

Bush became the first Republican to win the White House without Fairfield County since James A. Garfield in 1880, and the first since 1876 to win without Litchfield County. This was also the first election since 1976 when Connecticut failed to support the overall winner of the electoral college, and presidency. Bush became the first Republican to win without Connecticut since 1968.

Connecticut was one of ten states that backed George H. W. Bush for president in 1988 that didn't back George W. Bush in either 2000 or 2004.

Results

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2000 United States presidential election in Connecticut[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Al Gore 816,015 55.91% 8
Republican George W. Bush 561,094 38.44% 0
Green Ralph Nader 64,452 4.42% 0
Concerned Citizens Howard Phillips 9,695 0.66% 0
Reform Patrick Buchanan 4,731 0.32% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne 3,484 0.24% 0
Natural Law John Hagelin (write-in) 40 0.00% 0
Independent Write Ins 14 0.00% 0
Totals 1,459,525 100.00% 8
Voter turnout (Voting age) 57%

By county

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County Al Gore
Democratic
George W. Bush
Republican
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Fairfield 193,769 52.33% 159,659 43.12% 16,861 4.55% 34,110 9.21% 370,289
Hartford 221,167 60.17% 127,468 34.68% 18,921 5.15% 93,699 25.49% 367,556
Litchfield 41,806 47.87% 39,172 44.85% 6,360 7.28% 2,634 3.02% 87,338
Middlesex 43,319 55.94% 29,295 37.83% 4,819 6.22% 14,024 18.11% 77,433
New Haven 197,928 58.03% 122,919 36.04% 20,252 5.94% 75,009 21.99% 341,099
New London 60,449 55.38% 41,168 37.72% 7,530 6.90% 19,281 17.66% 109,147
Tolland 33,554 53.52% 24,705 39.40% 4,441 7.08% 8,849 14.12% 62,700
Windham 24,023 54.64% 16,708 38.00% 3,232 7.35% 7,315 16.64% 43,963
Totals 816,015 55.91% 561,094 38.44% 82,416 5.65% 254,921 17.47% 1,459,525

By congressional district

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Gore won all 6 congressional districts, including three that elected Republicans.

District Bush Gore Representative
1st 32% 62% John Larson
2nd 38% 56% Sam Gejdenson
Rob Simmons
3rd 34% 60% Rosa DeLauro
4th 41% 55% Chris Shays
5th 44% 51% Jim Maloney
6th 42% 52% Nancy Johnson

Electors

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Technically the voters of Connecticut cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Connecticut is allocated 8 electors because it has 6 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 8 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 8 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[2] 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:[3]

  1. Nick Balletto
  2. Frank Cirillo
  3. Marilyn Cohen
  4. Gloria Collins
  5. Kimberly Ford
  6. Thomas McDonough
  7. Ken Slapin
  8. Clorinda Soldevila

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - Connecticut". Retrieved August 11, 2024.
  2. ^ "2000 Post-Election Timeline of Events".
  3. ^ "President Elect - 2000". Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2009.