United States presidential election in New York, 2000

Main article: 2000 United States presidential election
2000 United States presidential election in New York
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Turnout60.7%
 
Nominee Al Gore George W. Bush
Party Democratic Republican
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Running mate Joe Lieberman Dick Cheney
Electoral vote 33 0
Popular vote 4,113,791 2,405,676
Percentage 60.22% 35.22%
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Bill Clinton
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George W. Bush
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The 2000 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 7, 2000, as part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 33 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

New York was won by Incumbent Democratic Vice President Al Gore in a landslide victory; Gore received 60.22% of the vote to Republican George W. Bush's 35.22%, a Democratic victory margin of 25.00%. This marked the first time since 1964 that a Democratic presidential candidate won more than 60% of the vote in New York State, and only the second time in history, solidifying New York's status as a solid blue state in the 21st century. New York weighed in as about 25% more Democratic than the national average in the 2000 election.

The key to Gore's victory was wide margins of victory in greater New York City and Long Island. He did win some counties in upstate New York, but won with small margins, except for Albany County, which voted almost exactly the same as the statewide results. Since third-party candidates received over 4% of the vote, Bush did very poorly, although he won a majority of the counties in upstate New York, including his largest victory in small and rural Hamilton County.

Primaries

Democratic primary

The Democrats held their primary on March 7. There were 294 delegates at stake, with 243 pledged and 51 unpledged. Vice President Al Gore won 158 pledged and the support of 44 unpledged while U.S. Senator Bill Bradley won 85 pledged and the support of 1 unpledged.

Polling

Source Date Al Gore Bill Bradley
Quinnipiac July 1, 1999 52% 34%
Quinnipiac August 2, 1999 47% 38%
Quinnipiac September 15, 1999 42% 40%
Quinnipiac October 3, 1999 41% 44%
Quinnipiac November 11, 1999 38% 47%
Quinnipiac December 14, 1999 42% 39%
Quinnipiac January 19, 2000 44% 39%
Quinnipiac February 10, 2000 56% 32%
Quinnipiac March 1, 2000 59% 33%
Quinnipiac March 6, 2000 60% 32%

Republican primary

The Republican primary was held on March 7. There were 101 delegates at stake, with 93 district delegates being decided in the primary and 8 statewide delegates being decided at the state committee meeting in May. Texas Governor George W. Bush won 67 district delegates while U.S. Senator John McCain won 26 district delegates. The 8 statewide delegates were unbound.

Polling

Source Date Lamar Alexander Gary Bauer Patrick Buchanan George W. Bush Elizabeth Dole Steve Forbes Orrin Hatch John Kasich Alan Keyes John McCain Dan Quayle Bob Smith
Quinnipiac July 1, 1999 6% 1% 1% 56% 13% 3% - 2% - 7% 2% 1%
Quinnipiac November 11, 1999 - 2% - 56% - 8% 2% - 1% 17% - -
Quinnipiac December 14, 1999 - 2% - 49% - 7% 1% - 1% 24% - -
Quinnipiac January 19, 2000 - 1% - 47% - 5% 2% - 2% 28% - -
Quinnipiac February 10, 2000 - - - 44% - 4% - - 4% 37% - -
Quinnipiac March 1, 2000 - - - 40% - - - - 4% 47% - -
Quinnipiac March 6, 2000 - - - 48% - - - - 7% 39% - -

General election

Polling

Source Date Al Gore (D) George W. Bush (R) Patrick Buchanan (Ref) Ralph Nader (G)
Quinnipiac February 24, 1999 49% 40% - -
Quinnipiac March 24, 1999 47% 42% - -
Quinnipiac July 1, 1999 44% 45% - -
Quinnipiac August 2, 1999 45% 43% - -
Quinnipiac September 15, 1999 46% 43% - -
Quinnipiac October 3, 1999 43% 41% - -
Quinnipiac November 11, 1999 47% 43% - -
Quinnipiac December 14, 1999 47% 39% - -
Quinnipiac January 19, 2000 47% 39% - -
Quinnipiac February 10, 2000 53% 37% - -
Quinnipiac March 1, 2000 53% 36% - -
Quinnipiac April 6, 2000 52% 34% 4% -
Quinnipiac May 2, 2000 50% 34% 4% -
Quinnipiac July 13, 2000 45% 35% 2% 7%
Quinnipiac August 10, 2000 42% 38% 1% 6%
Quinnipiac September 13, 2000 56% 29% 2% 6%
Quinnipiac September 28, 2000 54% 34% 1% 6%
Quinnipiac November 6, 2000 55% 34% 1% 6%
Source Date Bill Bradley (D) George W. Bush (R)
Quinnipiac February 24, 1999 41% 38%
Quinnipiac March 24, 1999 45% 39%
Quinnipiac July 1, 1999 43% 44%
Quinnipiac August 2, 1999 46% 39%
Quinnipiac September 15, 1999 47% 37%
Quinnipiac October 3, 1999 51% 32%
Quinnipiac November 11, 1999 52% 35%
Quinnipiac December 14, 1999 50% 35%
Quinnipiac January 19, 2000 52% 35%
Quinnipiac February 10, 2000 53% 34%
Quinnipiac March 1, 2000 51% 35%
Source Date Al Gore (D) Elizabeth Dole (R)
Quinnipiac February 24, 1999 50% 37%
Quinnipiac March 24, 1999 49% 38%
Quinnipiac July 1, 1999 50% 37%
Source Date Bill Bradley (D) Elizabeth Dole (R)
Quinnipiac February 24, 1999 46% 34%
Quinnipiac March 24, 1999 47% 35%
Quinnipiac July 1, 1999 50% 35%
Source Date Al Gore (D) John McCain (R)
Quinnipiac November 11, 1999 49% 35%
Quinnipiac December 14, 1999 45% 39%
Quinnipiac January 19, 2000 47% 38%
Quinnipiac February 10, 2000 46% 42%
Quinnipiac March 1, 2000 44% 43%
Source Date Bill Bradley (D) John McCain (R)
Quinnipiac November 11, 1999 55% 23%
Quinnipiac December 14, 1999 48% 29%
Quinnipiac January 19, 2000 49% 29%
Quinnipiac February 10, 2000 43% 40%
Quinnipiac March 1, 2000 39% 44%

Results

2000 United States presidential election in New York[1]
Party Candidate Popular votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Al Gore 3,942,215 57.78%
Working Families Al Gore 88,395 1.30%
Liberal Al Gore 77,087 1.13%
Total Albert A. Gore Jr. 4,113,791 60.22% 33
Republican George W. Bush 2,258,577 33.10%
Conservative George W. Bush 144,797 2.12%
Total George W. Bush 2,405,676 35.22% 0
Green Ralph Nader 244,398 3.58% 0
Right to Life Pat Buchanan 25,175 0.37%
Reform Pat Buchanan 6,424 0.09%
Total Pat Buchanan 31,659 0.46% 0
Independence (a) John Hagelin 24,369 0.36% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne 7,718 0.11% 0
Constitution Howard Phillips 1,503 0.02% 0
Socialist Workers James Harris 1,450 0.02% 0
Others - 614 0.01% 0
- Totals 6,831,178 100.00% 33
Voter turnout (Registered) 60.70%

(a) John Hagelin was then nominee of the Natural Law Party nationally.

New York City results

2000 Presidential Election in New York City Manhattan The Bronx Brooklyn Queens Staten Island Total
Democratic-
Working Families-
Liberal 		Al Gore 454,523 265,801 497,513 416,967 73,828 1,708,632 77.86%
79.60% 86.28% 80.60% 75.00% 51.94%
Republican-
Conservative 		George W. Bush 82,113 36,245 96,609 122,052 63,903 400,922 18.27%
14.38% 11.77% 15.65% 21.95% 44.96%
Green Ralph Nader 30,923 4,265 19,977 13,720 3,550 72,435 3.30%
5.49% 1.38% 3.24% 2.47% 2.50%
Right to Life-
Reform 		Pat Buchanan 996 921 1,457 1,889 553 5,816 0.27%
0.18% 0.30% 0.24% 0.34% 0.39%
Independence John Hagelin 855 536 895 721 154 3,161 0.14%
0.15% 0.17% 0.15% 0.13% 0.11%
Libertarian Harry Browne 990 117 419 385 96 2,007 0.09%
0.18% 0.04% 0.07% 0.07% 0.07%
Socialist Workers James Harris 173 109 145 109 20 556 0.03%
0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
Constitution Howard Phillips 74 54 139 87 17 371 0.02%
0.01% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
TOTAL 571,006 308,063 617,237 555,991 142,129 2,194,426 100.00%

By congressional district

Gore won 27 of 31 congressional districts, including 8 that were won by a Republican: the 1st, 3rd, 13th, 19th, 20th, 24th, 25th, and 30th congressional districts, respectively.[2]

District Bush Gore Representative
1st 43% 53% Michael Forbes
Felix Grucci
2nd 40% 56% Rick Lazio
Steve Israel
3rd 42% 55% Peter T. King
4th 38% 59% Carolyn McCarthy
5th 35% 62% Gary Ackerman
6th 11% 88% Gregory W. Meeks
7th 25% 71% Joseph Crowley
8th 17% 77% Jerrold Nadler
9th 29% 68% Anthony D. Weiner
10th 7% 90% Edolphus Towns
11th 7% 89% Major Owens
12th 13% 81% Nydia Velasquez
13th 44% 53% Vito Fossella
14th 23% 71% Carolyn B. Maloney
15th 6% 90% Charlie Rangel
16th 6% 93% Jose Serrano
17th 11% 87% Eliot L. Engel
18th 37% 60% Nita Lowey
19th 45% 50% Sue W. Kelly
20th 42% 54% Benjamin Gilman
21st 37% 57% Michael R. McNulty
22nd 50% 44% John E. Sweeney
23rd 50% 45% Sherwood Boehlert
24th 48% 48% John M. McHugh
25th 42% 53% James T. Walsh
26th 42% 51% Maurice Hinchey
27th 53% 42% Thomas M. Reynolds
28th 42% 53% Louise Slaughter
29th 43% 52% John J. LaFalce
30th 35% 60% Jack Quinn
31st 53% 42% Amo Houghton

By county

County Al Gore
Democratic 		George W. Bush
Republican 		Ralph Nader
Green 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Albany 85,644 60.30% 47,624 33.53% 7,182 5.06% 1,583 1.11% 38,020 26.77% 142,033
Allegany 6,336 33.90% 11,436 61.19% 657 3.52% 261 1.40% -5,100 -27.29% 18,690
Bronx 265,801 86.28% 36,245 11.77% 4,265 1.38% 1,752 0.57% 229,556 74.51% 308,063
Broome 45,381 52.11% 36,946 42.43% 3,826 4.39% 921 1.06% 8,435 9.68% 87,074
Cattaraugus 13,816 40.96% 18,382 54.49% 1,094 3.24% 441 1.31% -4,566 -13.53% 33,733
Cayuga 17,031 50.12% 14,988 44.11% 1,448 4.26% 511 1.50% 2,043 6.01% 33,978
Chautauqua 27,016 46.01% 29,064 49.49% 1,888 3.22% 754 1.28% -2,048 -3.48% 58,722
Chemung 17,424 46.21% 18,779 49.80% 1,195 3.17% 312 0.83% -1,355 -3.59% 37,710
Chenango 9,112 45.00% 10,033 49.55% 869 4.29% 236 1.17% -921 -4.55% 20,250
Clinton 15,542 50.86% 13,274 43.44% 1,205 3.94% 538 1.76% 2,268 7.42% 30,559
Columbia 13,489 47.00% 13,153 45.83% 1,707 5.95% 349 1.22% 336 1.17% 28,698
Cortland 9,691 46.76% 9,857 47.56% 943 4.55% 235 1.13% -166 -0.80% 20,726
Delaware 8,450 41.88% 10,662 52.84% 833 4.13% 231 1.14% -2,212 -10.96% 20,176
Dutchess 52,390 46.87% 52,669 47.12% 5,553 4.97% 1,159 1.04% -279 -0.25% 111,771
Erie 240,176 56.56% 160,176 37.72% 18,166 4.28% 6,136 1.44% 80,000 18.84% 424,654
Essex 7,927 44.19% 8,822 49.18% 848 4.73% 341 1.90% -895 -4.99% 17,938
Franklin 8,870 50.83% 7,643 43.80% 658 3.77% 280 1.60% 1,227 7.03% 17,451
Fulton 9,314 42.97% 11,434 52.75% 668 3.08% 259 1.19% -2,120 -9.78% 21,675
Genesee 10,191 39.08% 14,459 55.45% 924 3.54% 500 1.92% -4,268 -16.37% 26,074
Greene 8,480 40.20% 11,332 53.72% 924 4.38% 359 1.70% -2,852 -13.52% 21,095
Hamilton 1,114 30.26% 2,388 64.86% 133 3.61% 47 1.28% -1,274 -34.60% 3,682
Herkimer 12,224 44.12% 14,147 51.06% 969 3.50% 365 1.32% -1,923 -6.94% 27,705
Jefferson 16,799 46.12% 18,192 49.95% 1,029 2.83% 403 1.11% -1,393 -3.83% 36,423
Kings 497,513 80.60% 96,609 15.65% 19,977 3.24% 3,138 0.51% 400,904 64.95% 617,237
Lewis 4,333 39.64% 6,103 55.83% 324 2.96% 172 1.57% -1,770 -16.19% 10,932
Livingston 10,476 38.48% 15,244 56.00% 1,053 3.87% 450 1.65% -4,768 -17.52% 27,223
Madison 12,017 42.36% 14,879 52.45% 1,092 3.85% 378 1.33% -2,862 -10.09% 28,366
Monroe 161,743 50.89% 141,266 44.45% 11,520 3.62% 3,296 1.04% 20,477 6.44% 317,825
Montgomery 10,249 49.25% 9,765 46.93% 487 2.34% 308 1.48% 484 2.32% 20,809
Nassau 342,226 57.96% 227,060 38.46% 14,780 2.50% 6,373 1.08% 115,166 19.50% 590,439
New York 454,523 79.60% 82,113 14.38% 30,923 5.42% 3,447 0.60% 372,410 65.22% 571,006
Niagara 47,781 51.23% 40,952 43.91% 3,257 3.49% 1,280 1.37% 6,829 7.32% 93,270
Oneida 43,933 45.76% 47,603 49.58% 3,160 3.29% 1,314 1.37% -3,670 -3.82% 96,010
Onondaga 109,896 53.97% 83,678 41.09% 7,670 3.77% 2,399 1.18% 26,218 12.88% 203,643
Ontario 19,761 43.01% 23,885 51.98% 1,793 3.90% 510 1.11% -4,124 -8.97% 45,949
Orange 58,170 45.96% 62,852 49.66% 4,192 3.31% 1,343 1.06% -4,682 -3.70% 126,557
Orleans 5,991 37.81% 9,202 58.08% 474 2.99% 177 1.12% -3,211 -20.27% 15,844
Oswego 22,857 47.15% 23,249 47.96% 1,699 3.50% 674 1.39% -392 -0.81% 48,479
Otsego 11,460 45.19% 12,219 48.19% 1,419 5.60% 260 1.03% -759 -3.00% 25,358
Putnam 18,525 43.53% 21,853 51.35% 1,730 4.07% 446 1.05% -3,328 -7.82% 42,554
Queens 416,967 75.00% 122,052 21.95% 13,720 2.47% 3,252 0.58% 294,915 53.05% 555,991
Rensselaer 34,808 50.86% 29,562 43.20% 3,291 4.81% 775 1.13% 5,246 7.66% 68,436
Richmond 73,828 51.94% 63,903 44.96% 3,550 2.50% 848 0.60% 9,925 6.98% 142,129
Rockland 69,530 56.72% 48,441 39.51% 3,502 2.86% 1,117 0.91% 21,089 17.21% 122,590
Saratoga 43,359 45.61% 46,623 49.05% 4,149 4.36% 926 0.97% -3,264 -3.44% 95,057
Schenectady 35,534 53.07% 27,961 41.76% 2,750 4.11% 709 1.06% 7,573 11.31% 66,954
Schoharie 5,390 39.77% 7,459 55.03% 551 4.07% 154 1.14% -2,069 -15.26% 13,554
Schuyler 3,301 40.49% 4,381 53.73% 369 4.53% 102 1.25% -1,080 -13.24% 8,153
Seneca 6,841 47.71% 6,734 46.97% 560 3.91% 203 1.42% 107 0.74% 14,338
St. Lawrence 21,386 53.75% 16,449 41.34% 1,488 3.74% 463 1.16% 4,937 12.41% 39,786
Steuben 14,600 35.99% 24,200 59.66% 1,248 3.08% 515 1.27% -9,600 -23.67% 40,563
Suffolk 306,306 53.37% 240,992 41.99% 18,130 3.16% 8,516 1.48% 65,314 11.38% 573,944
Sullivan 14,348 50.29% 12,703 44.53% 1,156 4.05% 321 1.13% 1,645 5.76% 28,528
Tioga 9,170 40.83% 12,239 54.50% 846 3.77% 202 0.90% -3,069 -13.67% 22,457
Tompkins 21,807 54.44% 13,351 33.33% 4,548 11.35% 354 0.88% 8,456 21.11% 40,060
Ulster 38,162 48.78% 33,447 42.75% 5,732 7.33% 896 1.15% 4,715 6.03% 78,237
Warren 12,193 42.60% 14,993 52.38% 1,177 4.11% 258 0.90% -2,800 -9.78% 28,621
Washington 9,641 40.93% 12,596 53.47% 997 4.23% 321 1.36% -2,955 -12.54% 23,555
Wayne 14,977 39.07% 21,701 56.62% 1,202 3.14% 449 1.17% -6,724 -17.55% 38,329
Westchester 218,010 58.63% 139,278 37.46% 11,596 3.12% 2,929 0.79% 78,732 21.17% 371,813
Wyoming 5,999 34.02% 10,809 61.30% 548 3.11% 277 1.57% -4,810 -27.28% 17,633
Yates 3,962 39.39% 5,565 55.32% 386 3.84% 146 1.45% -1,603 -15.93% 10,059
Totals 4,113,791 60.22% 2,405,676 35.22% 244,398 3.58% 67,313 0.99% 1,708,115 25.00% 6,831,178

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Analysis

As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which the Democratic candidate won Montgomery County. This is the second consecutive election that a Democrat won every borough of New York City, which has occurred once since, in 2012.

Bush became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Onondaga, Cayuga, St. Lawrence, Broome, Monroe, or Nassau Counties since these counties' founding in 1794, 1799, 1802, 1806, 1821, and 1899, respectively, the first to do so without carrying Clinton, Franklin, Rensselear, or Richmond Counties or any borough of New York City since Herbert Hoover in 1928, the first to do so without carrying Rockland, Seneca or Westchester Counties since Benjamin Harrison in 1888, the first to do so without carrying Sullivan County since James A. Garfield in 1880, and the first to do so without carrying Columbia, Suffolk, or Ulster Counties since Rutherford Hayes in 1876.

Geographic breakdown

Gore won an overwhelming landslide in fiercely Democratic New York City, taking 1,703,364 votes to George W. Bush's 398,726, a 77.90% - 18.23% victory. Gore carried all five boroughs of New York City. Excluding New York City's votes, Gore still would have carried New York State, but by a smaller margin, receiving 2,404,543 votes to Bush's 2,004,648, giving Gore a 54.53% - 45.47% win.

Electors

Main article: List of 2000 United States presidential electors

Technically the voters of New York cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. New York is allocated 33 electors because it has 31 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 33 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 33 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[3] 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:[4]

  1. Susan I. Abramowitz
  2. Leslie Alpert
  3. Martin S. Begun
  4. David L. Cohen
  5. Carolee A. Conklin
  6. Martin Connor
  7. Lorraine Cortez Vasquez
  8. Inez E. Dickens
  9. Cynthia Emmer
  10. Herman D. Farrell Jr.
  11. Emily Giske
  12. Patrick G. Halpin
  13. Raymond B. Harding
  14. Judith Hope
  15. Denis M. Hughes
  16. Virginia Kee
  17. Bertha Lewis
  18. Alberta Madonna
  19. Thomas J. Manton
  20. Deborah Marciano
  21. Helen Marshall
  22. Carl McCall
  23. Elizabeth F. Momrow
  24. Clarence Norman Jr.
  25. Daniel F. Donohue
  26. Shirley O'Connell
  27. G. Steven Pigeon
  28. Roberto Ramirez
  29. Michael Schell
  30. Sheldon Silver
  31. Andrew Spano
  32. Eliot Spitzer
  33. Randi Weingarten

See also

References

  1. ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2000 - New York". Retrieved January 7, 2013.
  2. ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - County Data".
  3. ^ "2000 Post-Election Timeline of Events". www.uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  4. ^ "President Elect - 2000". presidentelect.org. Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved April 9, 2018.