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2000 presidential election | |
  Nominees Bush and Cheney | |
| Convention | |
|---|---|
| Date(s) | July 31 – August 3, 2000 |
| City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Venue | First Union Center |
| Candidates | |
| Presidential nominee | George W. Bush ofTexas |
| Vice-presidential nominee | Dick Cheney ofWyoming |
| Voting | |
| Total delegates | 2,066 |
| Votes needed for nomination | 1,034 |
| Results (president) | Bush (TX): 2,058 (99.61%) Keyes (MD): 6 (0.29%) McCain (AZ): 1 (0.05%) Abstention: 1 (0.05%) |
| Results (vice president) | Cheney (WY): 100% (Acclamation) |
| Ballots | 1 |
| ‹ 1996 · 2004 › | |
The2000 Republican National Convention convened at theFirst Union Center (now theXfinity Mobile Arena) inPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania, from July 31 to August 3, 2000. The 2,066 delegates assembled at theconvention nominatedTexas GovernorGeorge W. Bush forpresident and formerU.S. Secretary of DefenseRichard B. "Dick" Cheney forvice president.
Bush, eldest son of the41st president, was identified[by whom?] early as the party establishment's frontrunner and turned back a strong primary challenge fromJohn McCain, aVietnam War veteran andU.S. Senator fromArizona. At the convention, the party and campaign sought to showcase Bush's slogan ofcompassionate conservatism to persuade undecided voters.[citation needed]
Instead of holding the roll call of states on one night, the Bush campaign arranged for the voting to take place over four nights, so that Bush would eventually build up support throughout the week, culminating with Cheney's home state ofWyoming finally putting him over the top on the final night. There were few defections, despite a large contingent of delegates having been elected to support McCain, who formally released them to Bush.
| Republican National Convention presidential vote, 2000[1] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| George W. Bush | 2,058 | 99.61% |
| Alan Keyes | 6 | 0.29% |
| John McCain | 1 | 0.05% |
| Abstentions | 1 | 0.05% |
| Totals | 2,066 | 100.00% |
The convention then voted byacclamation to make the convention nomination unanimous. Cheney's nomination as vice president had also been approved by acclamation on Wednesday night, so Cheney could address the convention later that night as the official nominee.
Cheney's convention address was the first to include sustained attacks on Vice PresidentAl Gore, the presumptive Democratic nominee—whereas most of the speakers who came before him criticized the vice president only briefly, or without mentioning his name. (This was part of the Bush campaign's strategy to "change the tone" in national politics by moving beyond the division and bitterness of recent partisan discourse.) Cheney, however, was given latitude to lob various direct attacks on Clinton and Gore, and even reprised a line that Gore had used in his 1992 convention address attacking the first President Bush: "It is time for them to go."
This was the first vice-presidential acceptance speech in recent memory to be held the night before the presidential nominee's address. The standard practice at the time was for both nominees to give their speeches the same night. Cheney's speech began a tradition of vice-presidential nominees headlining their own night at the convention; two weeks later, at the Democratic convention, that party's vice-presidential nominee,Joe Lieberman, also spoke on the third night as opposed to the final night.
In his speech, Bush attacked the Clinton administration on defense and military topics, high taxes, underfunded schools, high pollution, and a lack of dignity and respect for the presidency. He attacked Clinton's military policies, claiming that American troops were "not ready for duty, sir." He also claimed the Clinton administration had failed to provide leadership, saying, "They've had their chance. They have not led. We will."
| Speaker | Position/Notability | |
|---|---|---|
.jpg) | Colin Powell | FormerChairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989-1993) |
.jpg) | Elaine Chao | Former president of theUnited Way of America (1993-1996) 4th U.S.Deputy Secretary of Transportation (1989-1991) Wife of U.S. SenatorMitch McConnell fromKentucky |
| Speaker | Position/Notability | |
|---|---|---|
.jpg) | John McCain | U.S. Senator ofArizona (1987-2018) |
 | Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. | Retiredgeneral Allied Commander during thePersian Gulf War |
 | Bob Dole | Former U.S. Senator fromKansas (1969-1996) 1976 Vice presidential nominee 1996 Presidential Nominee |
.jpg) | George Pataki | 53rdGovernor of New York (1995-2006) |
.jpg) | Condoleezza Rice | Professor ofpolitical science and formerprovost ofStanford University |
.jpg) | Laura Bush | 40thFirst Lady of Texas (1995-2000) Wife ofGeorge W. Bush |
 | Elizabeth Dole | 20thU.S. Secretary of Labor (1989-1990) 8th U.S.Secretary of Transportation (1983-1987) Wife ofBob Dole |
| Speaker | Position/Notability | |
|---|---|---|
 | Lynne Cheney | Former chair of theNational Endowment for the Humanities (1986-1993) Wife ofDick Cheney |
 | Dick Cheney | 17thU.S. Secretary of Defense (1989-1993) Vice presidential nominee |
| Speaker | Position/Notability | |
|---|---|---|
.jpg) | Tom Ridge | 43rdGovernor of Pennsylvania (1995-2001) |
.jpg) | George W. Bush | 46thGovernor of Texas (1995-2000) Presidential nominee |
| Speaker | Position/Notability | |
|---|---|---|
 | Henry Bonilla | U.S. Congressman ofTX-23 (1993-2007) |
_(cropped).jpg) | Barbara Bush | FormerFirst Lady of the United States (1989-1993) FormerSecond Lady of the United States (1981-1989) |
.jpg) | George H. W. Bush | 41stPresident of the United States (1989-1993) |
 | George P. Bush | Son of GovernorJeb Bush ofFlorida Nephew ofGeorge W. Bush |
 | Andrew Card | 11th U.S.Secretary of Transportation (1992-1993) FormerWhite House Deputy Chief of Staff (1988-1992) |
 | Robert Conrad | Actor (1952-2019) |
 | Bo Derek | Actress (1973-present) |
 | Jennifer Dunn | Former Vice Chairwoman of the House Republican Conference (1997-1999) U.S. Congresswoman ofWA-08 (1993-2005) |
_(cropped2).png) | Gerald Ford | 38thPresident of the United States (1974-1977) |
.jpg) | Bill Frist | U.S. Senator fromTennessee (1995-2007) |
 | Chuck Hagel | U.S. Senator fromNebraska (1997-2009) |
 | Melissa Hart | Senator fromPennsylvania's 40th State Senate District (1991-2001) Republican nominee forPennsylvania's 4th Congressional District |
 | Dennis Hastert | 51stSpeaker of the United States House of Representatives (1999-2007) Leader of theHouse Republican Conference (1999-2007) U.S. Congressman fromIL-14 (1987-2007) |
 | Dwayne Johnson | Wrestler (1996-2004; 2013-2019; 2023-present) Actor (1999-present) |
| Lorrie Morgan | Musician (1972-present) | |
.jpg) | Trent Lott | U.S. Senator fromMississippi (1989-2007) Senate Majority Leader (1995-2001) |
 | Sue Myrick | U.S. Congresswoman fromNC-09 (1995-2013) |
| Jim Nicholson | Chair of theRepublican National Committee (1997-2001) | |
.jpg) | Nancy Reagan | FormerFirst Lady of the United States (1981-1989) |
 | Richard J. Riordan | Mayor ofLos Angeles (1993-2001) |
.jpg) | Rick Schroder | Actor (1976-2016) |
 | Ben Stein | Writer and Lawyer (1970-present) Actor and comedian (1986-present) |
| Connie Stevens | Actress and singer (1957-present) | |
_a.jpg) | Tommy Thompson | 42ndGovernor of Wisconsin (1987-2001) |
| Tom Patrick Waring | Editor of theNortheast Times | |
 | J. C. Watts | U.S. Congressman fromOK-04 (1995-2003) |
 | Hank Williams Jr. | Singer-songwriter and musician (1963-present) Son of famous singer-songwriterHank Williams [1923-1953] |
.jpg) | Bruce Willis | Actor (1980-2022) |
_(cropped).jpg) | Steve Young | NFL Athlete |
In July 1999, the LGBT+ community of Philadelphia held two protests on July 29 and 30. They did this in objection to Philadelphia hosting the Republican National Convention.[2] The protests resulted in the arrest of over 300 people.[3]
The initial protest was not target to the Republican Party specifically, rather, it was a call to change from both Republican and Democratic parties. The protesters felt that both political parties for the most part, ignored the needs and issues surrounding the LGBT community.[3]
| Preceded by 1996 San Diego, California | Republican National Conventions | Succeeded by 2004 New York, New York |
