2000 United States presidential election in Maine County results Congressional district results Municipality results Gore
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
Bush
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90–100%
Tie
The2000 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the2000 United States presidential election .Maine is one of two states in the U.S. that instead of all of the state's four electors of theElectoral College to vote based upon the statewide results of the voters, two of the individual electors vote based on their congressional district because Maine has two congressional districts. The other two electors vote based upon the statewide results.
Democratic nomineeVice President Al Gore won the state with 49.09% of the vote overRepublican Governor of Texas George W. Bush , who received 43.97%.[ 1] 2024 presidential election [update] Waldo County andLincoln County voted for the Republican candidate.
Bush was the first Republican to win election without winning the state sinceRichard Nixon in1968 , as well as the first ever to do so withoutHancock County and the first to do so withoutKnox County sinceWilliam McKinley in1900 .
Maine was one of ten states that backedGeorge H. W. Bush for president in1988 that did not back George W. Bush in either 2000 or 2004.
By congressional districts [ edit ] Gore won both congressional districts.[ 3]
County Al Gore George W. Bush Ralph Nader Various candidates Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % Androscoggin 26,251 53.31% 19,948 40.51% 2,388 4.85% 658 1.34% 6,303 12.80% 49,245 Aroostook 17,196 48.93% 16,555 47.11% 1,055 3.00% 337 0.96% 641 1.82% 35,143 Cumberland 74,203 52.03% 58,543 41.05% 8,576 6.01% 1,298 0.91% 15,660 10.98% 142,620 Franklin 7,593 49.15% 6,459 41.81% 1,115 7.22% 281 1.82% 1,134 7.34% 15,448 Hancock 12,983 45.44% 12,732 44.56% 2,513 8.79% 346 1.21% 251 0.88% 28,574 Kennebec 31,198 52.96% 23,967 40.69% 2,955 5.02% 787 1.34% 7,231 12.28% 58,907 Knox 9,453 46.11% 8,968 43.74% 1,810 8.83% 270 1.32% 485 2.37% 20,501 Lincoln 8,634 43.89% 9,457 48.08% 1,323 6.73% 257 1.31% -823 -4.18% 19,671 Oxford 13,649 49.65% 11,835 43.05% 1,509 5.49% 500 1.82% 1,814 6.60% 27,493 Penobscot 32,868 44.90% 35,620 48.66% 3,772 5.15% 946 1.29% -2,752 -3.76% 73,206 Piscataquis 3,745 40.46% 4,845 52.34% 471 5.09% 195 2.11% -1,100 -11.88% 9,256 Sagadahoc 8,844 48.05% 8,052 43.75% 1,278 6.94% 232 1.26% 792 4.30% 18,406 Somerset 11,538 48.17% 10,684 44.61% 1,239 5.17% 490 2.05% 854 3.57% 23,951 Waldo 8,477 44.29% 8,689 45.40% 1,690 8.83% 282 1.47% -212 -1.11% 19,138 Washington 6,701 42.66% 7,958 50.66% 802 5.11% 247 1.57% -1,257 -8.00% 15,708 York 46,618 49.31% 42,304 44.74% 4,631 4.90% 997 1.05% 4,314 4.56% 94,550 Total 319,951 49.09% 286,616 43.97% 37,127 5.70% 8,123 1.25% 33,335 5.12% 651,817
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican [ edit ]
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