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The2000 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the2000 United States presidential election. State voters chose six representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
In this election,Arkansas was seen as aswing state, as George W. Bush's opposition toabortion and support for thedeath penalty, issues that resonated with many Arkansans[1][2] combined with Gore distancing himself from the popularity of Arkansas native and sitting presidentBill Clinton created a battleground environment in the state.[3]
In the end, Bush won the state by 5.45%; this represents a hard swing to the right fromthe 16.94-point Democratic victory four years prior. As of the2024 presidential election[update], this is the last election in whichAshley County,Craighead County,Cross County,Dallas County,Drew County,Greene County,Hot Spring County,Izard County,Lafayette County,Nevada County, andOuachita County have voted for the Democratic candidate. This is the last time the Democratic nominee for president won any congressional district in the state.
| 2000 United States presidential election in West Virginia | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | Swing | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | ||||||
| Republican | George W. Bush ofTexas | Dick Cheney ofWyoming | 472,960 | 51.31% | 6 | 100.00% |  14.51% | ||
| Democratic | Al Gore ofTennessee | Joe Lieberman ofConnecticut | 422,768 | 45.86% | 0 | 0.00% |  7.88% | ||
| Green | Ralph Nader ofConnecticut | Winona LaDuke ofMinnesota | 13,421 | 1.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 1.05% | ||
| Reform | Pat Buchanan ofVirginia | Ezola B. Foster ofCalifornia | 5,192 | 0.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 7.10% | ||
| Libertarian | Harry Browne ofTennessee | Art Olivier ofCalifornia | 2,781 | 0.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 0.05% | ||
| Constitution | Howard Phillips ofVirginia | Darrell Castle ofTennessee | 23 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |  | ||
| Natural Law | John Hagelin ofIowa | Nat Goldhaber ofCalifornia | 367 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 0.06% | ||
| Write-in | Various of Various | Various of Various | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | | ||
| Total | 917,513 | 100.00% | 6 | 100.00% | |||||
| County | George W. Bush Republican | Al Gore Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Arkansas | 3,353 | 52.62% | 2,877 | 45.15% | 142 | 2.23% | 476 | 7.47% | 6,372 |
| Ashley | 3,876 | 46.86% | 4,253 | 51.42% | 142 | 1.72% | -377 | -4.56% | 8,271 |
| Baxter | 9,538 | 57.09% | 6,516 | 39.00% | 654 | 3.91% | 3,022 | 18.09% | 16,708 |
| Benton | 34,838 | 64.94% | 17,277 | 32.21% | 1,531 | 2.85% | 17,561 | 32.73% | 53,646 |
| Boone | 8,569 | 62.85% | 4,493 | 32.95% | 573 | 4.20% | 4,076 | 29.90% | 13,635 |
| Bradley | 1,793 | 45.06% | 2,122 | 53.33% | 64 | 1.61% | -329 | -8.27% | 3,979 |
| Calhoun | 1,128 | 51.62% | 1,017 | 46.54% | 40 | 1.83% | 111 | 5.08% | 2,185 |
| Carroll | 5,556 | 57.94% | 3,595 | 37.49% | 439 | 4.58% | 1,961 | 20.45% | 9,590 |
| Chicot | 1,564 | 35.13% | 2,820 | 63.34% | 68 | 1.53% | -1,256 | -28.21% | 4,452 |
| Clark | 3,376 | 43.77% | 4,661 | 54.03% | 189 | 2.19% | -1,285 | -10.26% | 8,626 |
| Clay | 2,254 | 38.20% | 3,527 | 59.78% | 119 | 2.02% | -1,273 | -21.58% | 5,900 |
| Cleburne | 5,730 | 56.14% | 4,120 | 40.36% | 357 | 3.50% | 1,610 | 15.78% | 10,207 |
| Cleveland | 1,678 | 52.75% | 1,414 | 44.45% | 89 | 2.80% | 264 | 8.30% | 3,181 |
| Columbia | 5,018 | 53.92% | 4,003 | 43.01% | 286 | 3.07% | 1,015 | 10.91% | 9,307 |
| Conway | 3,545 | 49.00% | 3,496 | 48.33% | 193 | 2.67% | 49 | 0.67% | 7,234 |
| Craighead | 12,158 | 48.33% | 12,376 | 49.20% | 623 | 2.48% | -218 | -0.87% | 25,157 |
| Crawford | 10,804 | 61.30% | 6,288 | 35.68% | 533 | 3.02% | 4,516 | 25.62% | 17,625 |
| Crittenden | 5,857 | 44.26% | 7,224 | 54.59% | 153 | 1.15% | -1,367 | -10.33% | 13,234 |
| Cross | 3,033 | 48.80% | 3,096 | 49.81% | 86 | 1.38% | -63 | -1.01% | 6,215 |
| Dallas | 1,571 | 47.25% | 1,710 | 51.43% | 44 | 1.32% | -139 | -4.18% | 3,325 |
| Desha | 1,603 | 35.66% | 2,776 | 61.76% | 116 | 2.58% | -1,173 | -26.10% | 4,495 |
| Drew | 2,756 | 46.54% | 3,060 | 51.67% | 106 | 1.79% | -304 | -5.13% | 5,922 |
| Faulkner | 16,055 | 54.95% | 11,950 | 40.90% | 1,211 | 4.14% | 4,105 | 14.05% | 29,216 |
| Franklin | 3,277 | 53.37% | 2,674 | 43.55% | 189 | 3.08% | 603 | 9.82% | 6,140 |
| Fulton | 2,036 | 49.56% | 1,976 | 48.10% | 96 | 2.34% | 60 | 1.46% | 4,108 |
| Garland | 19,098 | 53.15% | 15,840 | 44.08% | 997 | 2.77% | 3,258 | 9.07% | 35,935 |
| Grant | 3,285 | 54.63% | 2,535 | 42.16% | 193 | 3.21% | 750 | 12.47% | 6,013 |
| Greene | 5,831 | 46.71% | 6,319 | 50.62% | 334 | 2.68% | -488 | -3.91% | 12,484 |
| Hempstead | 3,257 | 44.68% | 3,937 | 54.01% | 95 | 1.30% | -680 | -9.33% | 7,289 |
| Hot Spring | 5,042 | 45.92% | 5,527 | 50.33% | 412 | 3.75% | -485 | -4.41% | 10,981 |
| Howard | 2,326 | 52.16% | 2,063 | 46.27% | 70 | 1.57% | 263 | 5.89% | 4,459 |
| Independence | 6,145 | 53.00% | 5,146 | 44.39% | 303 | 2.61% | 999 | 8.61% | 11,594 |
| Izard | 2,301 | 45.73% | 2,587 | 51.41% | 144 | 2.86% | -286 | -5.68% | 5,032 |
| Jackson | 2,280 | 37.55% | 3,651 | 60.13% | 141 | 2.32% | -1,371 | -22.58% | 6,072 |
| Jefferson | 8,765 | 32.22% | 17,716 | 65.13% | 720 | 2.65% | -8,951 | -32.91% | 27,201 |
| Johnson | 3,657 | 51.07% | 3,270 | 45.66% | 234 | 3.27% | 387 | 5.41% | 7,161 |
| Lafayette | 1,538 | 45.46% | 1,806 | 53.38% | 39 | 1.15% | -268 | -7.92% | 3,383 |
| Lawrence | 2,626 | 43.48% | 3,255 | 53.89% | 159 | 2.63% | -629 | -10.41% | 6,040 |
| Lee | 1,351 | 32.78% | 2,727 | 66.17% | 43 | 1.04% | -1,376 | -33.39% | 4,121 |
| Lincoln | 1,526 | 43.03% | 1,957 | 55.19% | 63 | 1.78% | -431 | -12.16% | 3,546 |
| Little River | 2,283 | 43.38% | 2,883 | 54.78% | 97 | 1.84% | -600 | -11.40% | 5,263 |
| Logan | 4,487 | 55.42% | 3,283 | 40.55% | 326 | 4.03% | 1,204 | 14.87% | 8,096 |
| Lonoke | 10,606 | 59.11% | 6,851 | 38.18% | 486 | 2.71% | 3,755 | 20.93% | 17,943 |
| Madison | 3,387 | 60.18% | 2,055 | 36.51% | 186 | 3.30% | 1,332 | 23.67% | 5,628 |
| Marion | 3,402 | 56.56% | 2,233 | 37.12% | 380 | 6.32% | 1,169 | 19.44% | 6,015 |
| Miller | 7,276 | 52.94% | 6,278 | 45.67% | 191 | 1.39% | 998 | 7.27% | 13,745 |
| Mississippi | 5,199 | 41.31% | 7,107 | 56.47% | 280 | 2.22% | -1,908 | -15.16% | 12,586 |
| Monroe | 1,329 | 40.36% | 1,910 | 58.00% | 54 | 1.64% | -581 | -17.64% | 3,293 |
| Montgomery | 2,128 | 56.91% | 1,438 | 38.46% | 173 | 4.63% | 690 | 18.45% | 3,739 |
| Nevada | 1,796 | 48.05% | 1,867 | 49.95% | 75 | 2.00% | -71 | -1.90% | 3,738 |
| Newton | 2,529 | 64.40% | 1,205 | 30.69% | 193 | 4.91% | 1,324 | 33.71% | 3,927 |
| Ouachita | 4,739 | 45.59% | 5,464 | 52.56% | 192 | 1.85% | -725 | -6.97% | 10,395 |
| Perry | 2,114 | 52.76% | 1,648 | 41.13% | 245 | 6.11% | 466 | 11.63% | 4,007 |
| Phillips | 3,154 | 33.87% | 6,018 | 64.62% | 141 | 1.51% | -2,864 | -30.75% | 9,313 |
| Pike | 2,275 | 57.29% | 1,604 | 40.39% | 92 | 2.32% | 671 | 16.90% | 3,971 |
| Poinsett | 2,988 | 41.30% | 4,102 | 56.70% | 145 | 2.00% | -1,114 | -15.40% | 7,235 |
| Polk | 4,600 | 63.95% | 2,315 | 32.18% | 278 | 3.86% | 2,285 | 31.77% | 7,193 |
| Pope | 11,244 | 61.04% | 6,669 | 36.20% | 509 | 2.76% | 4,575 | 24.84% | 18,422 |
| Prairie | 1,862 | 53.09% | 1,563 | 44.57% | 82 | 2.34% | 299 | 8.52% | 3,507 |
| Pulaski | 55,866 | 43.94% | 68,320 | 53.73% | 2,965 | 2.33% | -12,454 | -9.79% | 127,151 |
| Randolph | 2,673 | 45.48% | 3,019 | 51.37% | 185 | 3.15% | -346 | -5.89% | 5,877 |
| St. Francis | 3,414 | 40.18% | 4,986 | 58.69% | 96 | 1.13% | -1,572 | -18.51% | 8,496 |
| Saline | 18,617 | 57.48% | 12,700 | 39.21% | 1,074 | 3.32% | 5,917 | 18.27% | 32,391 |
| Scott | 2,399 | 60.26% | 1,444 | 36.27% | 138 | 3.47% | 955 | 23.99% | 3,981 |
| Searcy | 2,610 | 64.32% | 1,229 | 30.29% | 219 | 5.40% | 1,381 | 34.03% | 4,058 |
| Sebastian | 23,483 | 58.48% | 15,555 | 38.73% | 1,121 | 2.79% | 7,928 | 19.75% | 40,159 |
| Sevier | 2,111 | 49.17% | 2,095 | 48.80% | 87 | 2.03% | 16 | 0.37% | 4,293 |
| Sharp | 3,698 | 51.89% | 3,236 | 45.41% | 192 | 2.70% | 462 | 6.48% | 7,126 |
| Stone | 2,623 | 53.97% | 2,043 | 42.04% | 194 | 3.99% | 580 | 11.93% | 4,860 |
| Union | 8,647 | 55.40% | 6,261 | 40.11% | 701 | 4.49% | 2,386 | 15.29% | 15,609 |
| Van Buren | 3,485 | 49.90% | 3,202 | 45.85% | 297 | 4.25% | 283 | 4.05% | 6,984 |
| Washington | 28,231 | 54.86% | 21,425 | 41.64% | 1,803 | 3.50% | 6,806 | 13.22% | 51,459 |
| White | 13,170 | 59.46% | 8,342 | 37.66% | 638 | 2.88% | 4,828 | 21.80% | 22,150 |
| Woodruff | 898 | 33.87% | 1,699 | 64.09% | 54 | 2.04% | -801 | -30.22% | 2,651 |
| Yell | 3,223 | 49.75% | 3,062 | 47.26% | 194 | 2.99% | 161 | 2.49% | 6,479 |
| Totals | 472,940 | 51.31% | 422,768 | 45.86% | 26,073 | 2.83% | 50,172 | 5.45% | 921,781 |
Bush won two of four congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat.[4]
| District | Gore | Bush | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 50% | 47% | Marion Berry |
| 2nd | 48% | 49% | Vic Snyder |
| 3rd | 37% | 59% | Asa Hutchinson |
| John Boozman | |||
| 4th | 50% | 47% | Jay Dickey |
| Mike Ross |
Technically the voters of Arkansas cast their ballots for electors: representatives to theElectoral College. Arkansas 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[5] 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:[6]
State and district results of the2000 United States presidential election | ||
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