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The2000 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Kansas was won byGovernorGeorge W. Bush. He won all of the congressional districts and counties in the state, except forDouglas County andWyandotte County. Gore won Douglas, home toLawrence and theUniversity of Kansas, with just 45.8 percent of the vote, thereby making Bush the first ever Republican to win the White House without carrying this county.IndependentRalph Nader also achieved his best performance by far in Douglas, where he got over ten percent of the vote. Bush performed very well in the first district, which is the western and most rural part of the state.
| 2000 United States presidential election in Kansas[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | George W. Bush | 622,332 | 58.04% | 6 | |
| Democratic | Al Gore | 399,276 | 37.24% | 0 | |
| Independent | Ralph Nader | 36,086 | 3.37% | 0 | |
| Reform | Patrick Buchanan | 7,370 | 0.69% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | 4,525 | 0.42% | 0 | |
| Independent | John Hagelin | 1,373 | 0.13% | 0 | |
| Independent | Howard Phillips | 1,254 | 0.12% | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,072,216 | 100.00% | 6 | ||
| Voter turnout (Voting age/registered) | 54%/66% | ||||
| County[2] | George W. Bush Republican | Al Gore Democratic | Ralph Nader Independent | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Allen | 3,379 | 58.60% | 2,132 | 36.98% | 164 | 2.84% | 91 | 1.58% | 1,247 | 21.62% | 5,766 |
| Anderson | 1,984 | 57.04% | 1,327 | 38.15% | 94 | 2.70% | 73 | 2.10% | 657 | 18.89% | 3,478 |
| Atchison | 3,378 | 48.96% | 3,171 | 45.96% | 233 | 3.38% | 118 | 1.71% | 207 | 3.00% | 6,900 |
| Barber | 1,755 | 70.26% | 637 | 25.50% | 73 | 2.92% | 33 | 1.32% | 1,118 | 44.76% | 2,498 |
| Barton | 7,302 | 66.65% | 3,238 | 29.56% | 251 | 2.29% | 164 | 1.50% | 4,064 | 37.09% | 10,955 |
| Bourbon | 3,852 | 61.07% | 2,211 | 35.05% | 159 | 2.52% | 86 | 1.36% | 1,641 | 26.02% | 6,308 |
| Brown | 2,985 | 63.63% | 1,512 | 32.23% | 120 | 2.56% | 74 | 1.58% | 1,473 | 31.40% | 4,691 |
| Butler | 13,377 | 63.69% | 6,755 | 32.16% | 497 | 2.37% | 373 | 1.78% | 6,622 | 31.53% | 21,002 |
| Chase | 848 | 64.39% | 391 | 29.69% | 56 | 4.25% | 22 | 1.67% | 457 | 34.70% | 1,317 |
| Chautauqua | 1,347 | 71.65% | 443 | 23.56% | 36 | 1.91% | 54 | 2.87% | 904 | 48.09% | 1,880 |
| Cherokee | 5,014 | 54.92% | 3,783 | 41.43% | 225 | 2.46% | 108 | 1.18% | 1,231 | 13.49% | 9,130 |
| Cheyenne | 1,312 | 75.97% | 350 | 20.27% | 47 | 2.72% | 18 | 1.04% | 962 | 55.70% | 1,727 |
| Clark | 926 | 73.43% | 292 | 23.16% | 34 | 2.70% | 9 | 0.71% | 634 | 50.27% | 1,261 |
| Clay | 2,998 | 73.34% | 951 | 23.26% | 93 | 2.27% | 46 | 1.13% | 2,047 | 50.08% | 4,088 |
| Cloud | 2,918 | 64.80% | 1,314 | 29.18% | 210 | 4.66% | 61 | 1.35% | 1,604 | 35.62% | 4,503 |
| Coffey | 2,700 | 66.83% | 1,196 | 29.60% | 96 | 2.38% | 48 | 1.19% | 1,504 | 37.23% | 4,040 |
| Comanche | 760 | 75.55% | 211 | 20.97% | 18 | 1.79% | 17 | 1.69% | 549 | 54.58% | 1,006 |
| Cowley | 8,080 | 56.86% | 5,535 | 38.95% | 416 | 2.93% | 179 | 1.26% | 2,545 | 17.91% | 14,210 |
| Crawford | 7,160 | 47.63% | 7,076 | 47.07% | 630 | 4.19% | 168 | 1.12% | 84 | 0.56% | 15,034 |
| Decatur | 1,255 | 71.35% | 424 | 24.10% | 51 | 2.90% | 29 | 1.65% | 831 | 47.25% | 1,759 |
| Dickinson | 5,243 | 64.79% | 2,413 | 29.82% | 322 | 3.98% | 114 | 1.41% | 2,830 | 34.97% | 8,092 |
| Doniphan | 2,350 | 64.40% | 1,134 | 31.08% | 90 | 2.47% | 75 | 2.06% | 1,216 | 33.32% | 3,649 |
| Douglas | 17,062 | 42.83% | 18,249 | 45.81% | 4,031 | 10.12% | 496 | 1.25% | -1,187 | -2.98% | 39,838 |
| Edwards | 1,062 | 67.95% | 447 | 28.60% | 33 | 2.11% | 21 | 1.34% | 615 | 39.35% | 1,563 |
| Elk | 1,080 | 69.68% | 402 | 25.94% | 34 | 2.19% | 34 | 2.19% | 678 | 43.74% | 1,550 |
| Ellis | 6,516 | 58.39% | 3,926 | 35.18% | 543 | 4.87% | 175 | 1.57% | 2,590 | 23.21% | 11,160 |
| Ellsworth | 1,845 | 64.99% | 825 | 29.06% | 130 | 4.58% | 39 | 1.37% | 1,020 | 35.93% | 2,839 |
| Finney | 6,442 | 70.40% | 2,431 | 26.57% | 182 | 1.99% | 95 | 1.04% | 4,011 | 43.83% | 9,150 |
| Ford | 6,050 | 67.85% | 2,566 | 28.78% | 200 | 2.24% | 101 | 1.13% | 3,484 | 39.07% | 8,917 |
| Franklin | 5,925 | 61.35% | 3,321 | 34.39% | 306 | 3.17% | 106 | 1.10% | 2,604 | 26.96% | 9,658 |
| Geary | 3,977 | 57.92% | 2,660 | 38.74% | 158 | 2.30% | 71 | 1.03% | 1,317 | 19.18% | 6,866 |
| Gove | 1,122 | 75.05% | 296 | 19.80% | 44 | 2.94% | 33 | 2.21% | 826 | 55.25% | 1,495 |
| Graham | 1,058 | 71.78% | 346 | 23.47% | 47 | 3.19% | 23 | 1.56% | 712 | 48.31% | 1,474 |
| Grant | 2,126 | 74.44% | 683 | 23.91% | 39 | 1.37% | 8 | 0.28% | 1,443 | 50.53% | 2,856 |
| Gray | 1,631 | 75.51% | 482 | 22.31% | 27 | 1.25% | 20 | 0.93% | 1,149 | 53.20% | 2,160 |
| Greeley | 628 | 78.21% | 143 | 17.81% | 24 | 2.99% | 8 | 1.00% | 485 | 60.40% | 803 |
| Greenwood | 2,392 | 67.17% | 1,027 | 28.84% | 81 | 2.27% | 61 | 1.71% | 1,365 | 38.33% | 3,561 |
| Hamilton | 901 | 75.59% | 264 | 22.15% | 15 | 1.26% | 12 | 1.01% | 637 | 53.44% | 1,192 |
| Harper | 2,076 | 67.95% | 869 | 28.45% | 75 | 2.45% | 35 | 1.15% | 1,207 | 39.50% | 3,055 |
| Harvey | 8,271 | 60.44% | 4,591 | 33.55% | 651 | 4.76% | 171 | 1.25% | 3,680 | 26.89% | 13,684 |
| Haskell | 1,323 | 81.87% | 263 | 16.27% | 16 | 0.99% | 14 | 0.87% | 1,060 | 65.60% | 1,616 |
| Hodgeman | 835 | 76.75% | 217 | 19.94% | 21 | 1.93% | 15 | 1.38% | 618 | 56.81% | 1,088 |
| Jackson | 3,001 | 57.16% | 1,990 | 37.90% | 123 | 2.34% | 136 | 2.59% | 1,011 | 19.26% | 5,250 |
| Jefferson | 4,423 | 56.15% | 3,000 | 38.09% | 321 | 4.08% | 133 | 1.69% | 1,423 | 18.06% | 7,877 |
| Jewell | 1,400 | 74.59% | 380 | 20.25% | 57 | 3.04% | 40 | 2.13% | 1,020 | 54.34% | 1,877 |
| Johnson | 129,965 | 59.74% | 79,118 | 36.37% | 6,493 | 2.98% | 1,960 | 0.90% | 50,847 | 23.37% | 217,536 |
| Kearny | 1,084 | 75.54% | 320 | 22.30% | 16 | 1.11% | 15 | 1.05% | 764 | 53.24% | 1,435 |
| Kingman | 2,672 | 70.17% | 991 | 26.02% | 86 | 2.26% | 59 | 1.55% | 1,681 | 44.15% | 3,808 |
| Kiowa | 1,262 | 78.48% | 294 | 18.28% | 34 | 2.11% | 18 | 1.12% | 968 | 60.20% | 1,608 |
| Labette | 4,475 | 52.41% | 3,745 | 43.86% | 230 | 2.69% | 88 | 1.03% | 730 | 8.55% | 8,538 |
| Lane | 846 | 74.67% | 252 | 22.24% | 23 | 2.03% | 12 | 1.06% | 594 | 52.43% | 1,133 |
| Leavenworth | 12,583 | 54.07% | 9,733 | 41.82% | 679 | 2.92% | 276 | 1.19% | 2,850 | 12.25% | 23,271 |
| Lincoln | 1,295 | 68.52% | 469 | 24.81% | 98 | 5.19% | 28 | 1.48% | 826 | 43.71% | 1,890 |
| Linn | 2,513 | 59.00% | 1,587 | 37.26% | 91 | 2.14% | 68 | 1.60% | 926 | 21.74% | 4,259 |
| Logan | 1,088 | 77.88% | 231 | 16.54% | 49 | 3.51% | 29 | 2.08% | 857 | 61.34% | 1,397 |
| Lyon | 6,652 | 53.41% | 5,190 | 41.67% | 417 | 3.35% | 196 | 1.57% | 1,462 | 11.74% | 12,455 |
| Marion | 4,156 | 70.40% | 1,475 | 24.99% | 189 | 3.20% | 83 | 1.41% | 2,681 | 45.41% | 5,903 |
| Marshall | 3,066 | 59.94% | 1,831 | 35.80% | 134 | 2.62% | 84 | 1.64% | 1,235 | 24.14% | 5,115 |
| McPherson | 8,501 | 68.22% | 3,272 | 26.26% | 534 | 4.29% | 154 | 1.24% | 5,229 | 41.96% | 12,461 |
| Meade | 1,604 | 78.13% | 400 | 19.48% | 33 | 1.61% | 16 | 0.78% | 1,204 | 58.65% | 2,053 |
| Miami | 6,611 | 56.96% | 4,554 | 39.23% | 294 | 2.53% | 148 | 1.28% | 2,057 | 17.73% | 11,607 |
| Mitchell | 2,350 | 71.95% | 751 | 22.99% | 115 | 3.52% | 50 | 1.53% | 1,599 | 48.96% | 3,266 |
| Montgomery | 8,496 | 61.81% | 4,770 | 34.70% | 269 | 1.96% | 210 | 1.53% | 3,726 | 27.11% | 13,745 |
| Morris | 1,599 | 60.55% | 882 | 33.40% | 104 | 3.94% | 56 | 2.12% | 717 | 27.15% | 2,641 |
| Morton | 1,203 | 77.26% | 321 | 20.62% | 19 | 1.22% | 14 | 0.90% | 882 | 56.64% | 1,557 |
| Nemaha | 3,578 | 67.64% | 1,494 | 28.24% | 102 | 1.93% | 116 | 2.19% | 2,084 | 39.40% | 5,290 |
| Neosho | 4,014 | 58.29% | 2,588 | 37.58% | 194 | 2.82% | 90 | 1.31% | 1,426 | 20.71% | 6,886 |
| Ness | 1,420 | 75.69% | 383 | 20.42% | 49 | 2.61% | 24 | 1.28% | 1,037 | 55.27% | 1,876 |
| Norton | 1,744 | 71.15% | 598 | 24.40% | 65 | 2.65% | 44 | 1.80% | 1,146 | 46.75% | 2,451 |
| Osage | 3,770 | 57.01% | 2,530 | 38.26% | 171 | 2.59% | 142 | 2.15% | 1,240 | 18.75% | 6,613 |
| Osborne | 1,432 | 70.54% | 484 | 23.84% | 74 | 3.65% | 40 | 1.97% | 948 | 46.70% | 2,030 |
| Ottawa | 1,977 | 70.83% | 631 | 22.61% | 145 | 5.20% | 38 | 1.36% | 1,346 | 48.22% | 2,791 |
| Pawnee | 1,850 | 62.93% | 968 | 32.93% | 93 | 3.16% | 29 | 0.99% | 882 | 30.00% | 2,940 |
| Phillips | 2,057 | 73.67% | 611 | 21.88% | 85 | 3.04% | 39 | 1.40% | 1,446 | 51.79% | 2,792 |
| Pottawatomie | 4,985 | 64.48% | 2,037 | 26.35% | 252 | 3.26% | 457 | 5.91% | 2,948 | 38.13% | 7,731 |
| Pratt | 2,885 | 65.33% | 1,314 | 29.76% | 149 | 3.37% | 68 | 1.54% | 1,571 | 35.57% | 4,416 |
| Rawlins | 1,349 | 77.53% | 306 | 17.59% | 49 | 2.82% | 36 | 2.07% | 1,043 | 59.94% | 1,740 |
| Reno | 15,179 | 59.69% | 9,025 | 35.49% | 877 | 3.45% | 349 | 1.37% | 6,154 | 24.20% | 25,430 |
| Republic | 2,239 | 75.01% | 604 | 20.23% | 103 | 3.45% | 39 | 1.31% | 1,635 | 54.78% | 2,985 |
| Rice | 2,903 | 64.23% | 1,422 | 31.46% | 128 | 2.83% | 67 | 1.48% | 1,481 | 32.77% | 4,520 |
| Riley | 10,672 | 58.47% | 6,188 | 33.90% | 1,171 | 6.42% | 222 | 1.22% | 4,484 | 24.57% | 18,253 |
| Rooks | 2,016 | 72.65% | 597 | 21.51% | 105 | 3.78% | 57 | 2.05% | 1,419 | 51.14% | 2,775 |
| Rush | 1,235 | 66.61% | 505 | 27.24% | 82 | 4.42% | 32 | 1.73% | 730 | 39.37% | 1,854 |
| Russell | 2,434 | 69.90% | 886 | 25.45% | 121 | 3.48% | 41 | 1.18% | 1,548 | 44.45% | 3,482 |
| Saline | 12,412 | 57.66% | 7,487 | 34.78% | 1,367 | 6.35% | 261 | 1.21% | 4,925 | 22.88% | 21,527 |
| Scott | 1,811 | 78.64% | 418 | 18.15% | 52 | 2.26% | 22 | 0.96% | 1,393 | 60.49% | 2,303 |
| Sedgwick | 93,724 | 57.35% | 62,561 | 38.28% | 4,669 | 2.86% | 2,463 | 1.51% | 31,163 | 19.07% | 163,417 |
| Seward | 3,869 | 75.92% | 1,126 | 22.10% | 60 | 1.18% | 41 | 0.80% | 2,743 | 53.82% | 5,096 |
| Shawnee | 35,894 | 48.26% | 34,818 | 46.82% | 2,529 | 3.40% | 1,132 | 1.52% | 1,076 | 1.44% | 74,373 |
| Sheridan | 1,132 | 76.02% | 281 | 18.87% | 55 | 3.69% | 21 | 1.41% | 851 | 57.15% | 1,489 |
| Sherman | 1,894 | 70.62% | 681 | 25.39% | 60 | 2.24% | 47 | 1.75% | 1,213 | 45.23% | 2,682 |
| Smith | 1,534 | 70.24% | 534 | 24.45% | 79 | 3.62% | 37 | 1.69% | 1,000 | 45.79% | 2,184 |
| Stafford | 1,546 | 70.27% | 567 | 25.77% | 54 | 2.45% | 33 | 1.50% | 979 | 44.50% | 2,200 |
| Stanton | 785 | 76.29% | 215 | 20.89% | 16 | 1.55% | 13 | 1.26% | 570 | 55.40% | 1,029 |
| Stevens | 1,714 | 81.19% | 345 | 16.34% | 34 | 1.61% | 18 | 0.85% | 1,369 | 64.85% | 2,111 |
| Sumner | 6,176 | 60.36% | 3,549 | 34.69% | 306 | 2.99% | 201 | 1.96% | 2,627 | 25.67% | 10,232 |
| Thomas | 2,822 | 74.66% | 807 | 21.35% | 93 | 2.46% | 58 | 1.53% | 2,015 | 53.31% | 3,780 |
| Trego | 1,220 | 66.41% | 516 | 28.09% | 69 | 3.76% | 32 | 1.74% | 704 | 38.32% | 1,837 |
| Wabaunsee | 2,182 | 63.80% | 1,025 | 29.97% | 96 | 2.81% | 117 | 3.42% | 1,157 | 33.83% | 3,420 |
| Wallace | 737 | 85.60% | 103 | 11.96% | 14 | 1.63% | 7 | 0.81% | 634 | 73.64% | 861 |
| Washington | 2,446 | 74.87% | 687 | 21.03% | 77 | 2.36% | 57 | 1.74% | 1,759 | 53.84% | 3,267 |
| Wichita | 859 | 78.81% | 207 | 18.99% | 15 | 1.38% | 9 | 0.83% | 652 | 59.82% | 1,090 |
| Wilson | 2,748 | 67.11% | 1,186 | 28.96% | 100 | 2.44% | 61 | 1.49% | 1,562 | 38.15% | 4,095 |
| Woodson | 974 | 61.07% | 521 | 32.66% | 59 | 3.70% | 41 | 2.57% | 453 | 28.41% | 1,595 |
| Wyandotte | 14,024 | 29.05% | 32,411 | 67.14% | 1,287 | 2.67% | 550 | 1.14% | -18,387 | -38.09% | 48,272 |
| Totals | 622,332 | 58.04% | 399,276 | 37.24% | 36,086 | 3.37% | 14,522 | 1.35% | 223,056 | 20.80% | 1,072,216 |
Bush won all four congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat.[3]
| District | Bush | Gore | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 67% | 28% | Jerry Moran |
| 2nd | 55% | 40% | Jim Ryun |
| 3rd | 53% | 42% | Dennis Moore |
| 4th | 59% | 37% | Todd Tiahrt |
Technically the voters of Kansas cast their ballots for electors: representatives to theElectoral College. Kansas is allocated 6 electors because it has 4congressional districts and 2senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 6 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 6 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 afaithless elector.
The electors of each state and theDistrict 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]
State and district results of the2000 United States presidential election | ||
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