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The2000 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 7, 2000.Maryland participated in the2000 United States presidential election along with the 49 otherU.S. states andWashington, D.C. Voters chose 10 representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forPresident andVice President.
Democratic Vice PresidentAl Gore easily carried Maryland on election day, taking 56.57% of the vote toRepublicanTexas GovernorGeorge W. Bush’s 40.18%. Maryland was the only state (along with DC) where Gore improved onBill Clinton's marginfour years earlier.[2][3] Gore's strong performance in the most highly-populated counties in the state, which are home to many urban and African American communities, contributed to his victory in the state.
Gore flippedCharles County; it was one of only two counties in the country to vote for Gore after having voted forBob Dole in 1996, the other beingOrange County, Florida. This was the first time since1888 that Maryland gave a majority of the vote to a losing candidate. Bush became the first Republican ever to win theWhite House without carrying Charles County, as well as the first to do so without carryingBaltimore orHoward Counties sinceCalvin Coolidge in1924.[4] Maryland was one of ten states that backedGeorge H. W. Bush for President in1988 that didn't back George W. Bush in either 2000 or 2004.
| 2000 United States presidential election in Maryland | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Al Gore | Joe Lieberman | 1,145,782 | 56.6% | 10 | |
| Republican | George W. Bush | Dick Cheney | 813,797 | 40.2% | 0 | |
| Green | Ralph Nader | Winona LaDuke | 53,768 | 2.7% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | Wayne Allyn Root | 5,310 | 0.3% | 0 | |
| Reform | Pat Buchanan | Ezola Foster | 4,248 | 0.2% | 0 | |
| Write Ins | 1,480 | 0.1% | 0 | |||
| Constitution | Howard Phillips | Michael Peroutka | 919 | 0.1% | 0 | |
| Write In | John Hagelin | – | 176 | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Totals | 2,025,480 | 100.00% | 10 | |||
| Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered) | 51%/74% | |||||
| County | Al Gore Democratic | George W. Bush Republican | Ralph Nader Green | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
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| Allegany | 10,894 | 41.31% | 14,656 | 55.58% | 610 | 2.31% | 211 | 0.80% | -3,762 | -14.27% | 26,371 |
| Anne Arundel | 89,624 | 44.67% | 104,209 | 51.93% | 5,493 | 2.74% | 1,331 | 0.66% | -14,585 | -7.26% | 200,657 |
| Baltimore | 160,635 | 52.83% | 133,033 | 43.75% | 8,544 | 2.81% | 1,872 | 0.62% | 27,602 | 9.08% | 304,084 |
| Baltimore City | 158,765 | 82.52% | 27,150 | 14.11% | 5,512 | 2.86% | 977 | 0.51% | 131,615 | 68.41% | 192,404 |
| Calvert | 12,986 | 43.57% | 16,004 | 53.69% | 660 | 2.21% | 156 | 0.52% | -3,018 | -10.12% | 29,806 |
| Caroline | 3,396 | 37.94% | 5,300 | 59.20% | 198 | 2.21% | 58 | 0.65% | -1,904 | -21.26% | 8,952 |
| Carroll | 20,146 | 31.46% | 41,742 | 65.19% | 1,681 | 2.63% | 458 | 0.72% | -21,596 | -33.73% | 64,027 |
| Cecil | 12,327 | 42.69% | 15,494 | 53.66% | 794 | 2.75% | 261 | 0.90% | -3,167 | -10.97% | 28,876 |
| Charles | 21,873 | 49.05% | 21,768 | 48.82% | 755 | 1.69% | 196 | 0.44% | 105 | 0.23% | 44,592 |
| Dorchester | 5,232 | 45.93% | 5,847 | 51.33% | 222 | 1.95% | 91 | 0.80% | -615 | -5.40% | 11,392 |
| Frederick | 30,725 | 39.06% | 45,350 | 57.65% | 2,052 | 2.61% | 534 | 0.68% | -14,625 | -18.59% | 78,661 |
| Garrett | 2,872 | 26.95% | 7,514 | 70.52% | 203 | 1.91% | 66 | 0.62% | -4,642 | -43.57% | 10,655 |
| Harford | 35,665 | 39.01% | 52,862 | 57.82% | 2,298 | 2.51% | 599 | 0.66% | -17,197 | -18.81% | 91,424 |
| Howard | 58,556 | 51.92% | 49,809 | 44.17% | 3,643 | 3.23% | 771 | 0.68% | 8,747 | 7.75% | 112,779 |
| Kent | 3,627 | 44.86% | 4,155 | 51.39% | 270 | 3.34% | 33 | 0.41% | -528 | -6.53% | 8,085 |
| Montgomery | 232,453 | 62.54% | 124,580 | 33.52% | 12,485 | 3.36% | 2,170 | 0.58% | 107,873 | 29.02% | 371,688 |
| Prince George's | 216,119 | 79.48% | 49,987 | 18.38% | 4,497 | 1.65% | 1,306 | 0.48% | 166,132 | 61.10% | 271,909 |
| Queen Anne's | 6,257 | 37.33% | 9,970 | 59.48% | 446 | 2.66% | 88 | 0.53% | -3,713 | -22.15% | 16,761 |
| Somerset | 3,785 | 49.78% | 3,609 | 47.46% | 142 | 1.87% | 68 | 0.89% | 176 | 2.32% | 7,604 |
| St. Mary's | 11,912 | 40.38% | 16,856 | 57.14% | 568 | 1.93% | 165 | 0.56% | -4,944 | -16.76% | 29,501 |
| Talbot | 5,854 | 38.43% | 8,874 | 58.25% | 424 | 2.78% | 82 | 0.54% | -3,020 | -19.82% | 15,234 |
| Washington | 18,221 | 38.38% | 27,948 | 58.88% | 1,027 | 2.16% | 274 | 0.58% | -9,727 | -20.50% | 47,470 |
| Wicomico | 14,469 | 45.51% | 16,338 | 51.39% | 762 | 2.40% | 226 | 0.71% | -1,869 | -5.88% | 31,795 |
| Worcester | 9,389 | 45.24% | 10,742 | 51.76% | 482 | 2.32% | 140 | 0.67% | -1,353 | -6.52% | 20,753 |
| Totals | 1,145,782 | 56.57% | 813,797 | 40.18% | 53,768 | 2.65% | 12,133 | 0.60% | 331,985 | 16.39% | 2,025,480 |
Gore won five of the state's eight congressional districts, including one that elected a Republican.[5]
| District | Gore | Bush | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 44% | 53% | Wayne Gilchrest |
| 2nd | 41% | 55% | Bob Ehrlich |
| 3rd | 63% | 34% | Ben Cardin |
| 4th | 84% | 13% | Albert Wynn |
| 5th | 55% | 42% | Steny Hoyer |
| 6th | 38% | 58% | Roscoe Bartlett |
| 7th | 84% | 14% | Elijah Cummings |
| 8th | 60% | 36% | Connie Morella |
Technically the voters of Maryland cast their ballots for electors: representatives to theElectoral College. Maryland is allocated 10 electors because it has 8congressional districts and 2senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 10 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins a plurality of votes in the state is awarded all ten 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[6] 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:[7]
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