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The2000 United States presidential election in Idaho took place on November 7, 2000, as part of the2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Idaho is one of the most reliablered states in the country; in 2000,RepublicanGeorge W. Bush easily carried the state, winning every congressional district, and every county exceptBlaine, which made him the first Republican to win the White House without carrying this county sinceWilliam Howard Taft in1908. In fact, Gore received more than forty percent of the vote in only one other county:Shoshone. Third party candidates received 5.2% of the vote.
Winning 67.17% of the vote, Idaho proved to be Bush's second strongest state in the 2000 election after neighboringWyoming.[1]
| 2000 United States presidential election in Idaho[2] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | George W. Bush | Dick Cheney | 336,937 | 67.17% | 4 | |
| Democratic | Al Gore | Joe Lieberman | 138,637 | 27.64% | 0 | |
| Write in | Ralph Nader | Winona LaDuke | 12,292 | 2.45% | 0 | |
| Reform | Patrick Buchanan | Ezola Foster | 7,615 | 1.52% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | Art Olivier | 3,488 | 0.70% | 0 | |
| Constitution | Howard Phillips | J. Curtis Frazier | 1,469 | 0.29% | 0 | |
| Natural Law | John Hagelin | A. Nat. Goldhaber | 1,177 | 0.23% | 0 | |
| Write-ins | — | — | 6 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Totals | 501,621 | 100.00% | 4 | |||
| Voter turnout | % | |||||
| County | George W. Bush Republican | Al Gore Democratic | Ralph Nader[3] Write-in | Pat Buchanan[3] Reform | Various candidates[3] Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Ada | 75,050 | 60.78% | 40,650 | 32.92% | 4,846 | 3.92% | 1,463 | 1.18% | 1,476 | 1.20% | 34,400 | 27.86% | 123,485 |
| Adams | 1,476 | 77.30% | 336 | 17.60% | 41 | 2.15% | 31 | 1.62% | 25 | 1.31% | 1,140 | 59.70% | 1,909 |
| Bannock | 18,223 | 59.07% | 10,892 | 35.30% | 920 | 2.98% | 510 | 1.65% | 302 | 0.98% | 7,331 | 23.77% | 30,852 |
| Bear Lake | 2,296 | 79.20% | 517 | 17.83% | 15 | 0.52% | 50 | 1.72% | 21 | 0.72% | 1,779 | 61.37% | 2,899 |
| Benewah | 2,606 | 70.68% | 895 | 24.27% | 56 | 1.52% | 60 | 1.63% | 70 | 1.90% | 1,711 | 46.41% | 3,687 |
| Bingham | 10,628 | 73.47% | 3,310 | 22.88% | 74 | 0.51% | 327 | 2.26% | 126 | 0.87% | 7,318 | 50.59% | 14,465 |
| Blaine | 3,528 | 44.44% | 3,748 | 47.22% | 428 | 5.39% | 56 | 0.71% | 178 | 2.24% | -220 | -2.78% | 7,938 |
| Boise | 2,019 | 66.09% | 745 | 24.39% | 123 | 4.03% | 93 | 3.04% | 75 | 2.45% | 1,274 | 41.70% | 3,055 |
| Bonner | 8,945 | 61.53% | 4,318 | 29.70% | 893 | 6.14% | 147 | 1.01% | 234 | 1.61% | 4,627 | 31.83% | 14,537 |
| Bonneville | 24,988 | 74.47% | 7,235 | 21.56% | 363 | 1.08% | 583 | 1.74% | 387 | 1.15% | 17,753 | 52.91% | 33,556 |
| Boundary | 2,797 | 72.01% | 832 | 21.42% | 132 | 3.40% | 47 | 1.21% | 76 | 1.96% | 1,965 | 50.59% | 3,884 |
| Butte | 1,054 | 72.19% | 354 | 24.25% | 5 | 0.34% | 35 | 2.40% | 12 | 0.82% | 700 | 47.94% | 1,460 |
| Camas | 359 | 70.81% | 113 | 22.29% | 7 | 1.38% | 20 | 3.94% | 8 | 1.58% | 246 | 48.52% | 507 |
| Canyon | 30,560 | 71.07% | 10,588 | 24.62% | 588 | 1.37% | 766 | 1.78% | 498 | 1.16% | 19,972 | 46.45% | 43,000 |
| Caribou | 2,601 | 81.87% | 475 | 14.95% | 28 | 0.88% | 49 | 1.54% | 24 | 0.76% | 2,126 | 66.92% | 3,177 |
| Cassia | 5,983 | 82.20% | 1,087 | 14.93% | 20 | 0.27% | 138 | 1.90% | 51 | 0.70% | 4,896 | 67.27% | 7,279 |
| Clark | 311 | 81.41% | 63 | 16.49% | 1 | 0.26% | 6 | 1.57% | 1 | 0.26% | 248 | 64.92% | 382 |
| Clearwater | 2,885 | 74.05% | 841 | 21.59% | 34 | 0.87% | 65 | 1.67% | 71 | 1.82% | 2,044 | 52.46% | 3,896 |
| Custer | 1,794 | 77.00% | 416 | 17.85% | 44 | 1.89% | 47 | 2.02% | 29 | 1.24% | 1,378 | 59.15% | 2,330 |
| Elmore | 4,891 | 70.21% | 1,840 | 26.41% | 97 | 1.39% | 80 | 1.15% | 58 | 0.83% | 3,051 | 43.80% | 6,966 |
| Franklin | 3,594 | 84.70% | 513 | 12.09% | 19 | 0.45% | 88 | 2.07% | 29 | 0.68% | 3,081 | 72.61% | 4,243 |
| Fremont | 4,242 | 83.37% | 699 | 13.74% | 33 | 0.65% | 63 | 1.24% | 51 | 1.00% | 3,543 | 69.63% | 5,088 |
| Gem | 4,376 | 73.14% | 1,346 | 22.50% | 45 | 0.75% | 146 | 2.44% | 70 | 1.17% | 3,030 | 50.64% | 5,983 |
| Gooding | 3,502 | 69.68% | 1,282 | 25.51% | 55 | 1.09% | 134 | 2.67% | 53 | 1.05% | 2,220 | 44.17% | 5,026 |
| Idaho | 5,806 | 77.91% | 1,187 | 15.93% | 106 | 1.42% | 176 | 2.36% | 177 | 2.38% | 4,619 | 61.98% | 7,452 |
| Jefferson | 6,480 | 82.70% | 1,100 | 14.04% | 25 | 0.32% | 175 | 2.23% | 56 | 0.71% | 5,380 | 68.66% | 7,836 |
| Jerome | 4,418 | 73.55% | 1,360 | 22.64% | 24 | 0.40% | 139 | 2.31% | 66 | 1.10% | 3,058 | 50.91% | 6,007 |
| Kootenai | 28,162 | 64.28% | 13,488 | 30.79% | 1,083 | 2.47% | 525 | 1.20% | 554 | 1.26% | 14,674 | 33.49% | 43,812 |
| Latah | 8,161 | 53.30% | 5,661 | 36.97% | 999 | 6.52% | 119 | 0.78% | 371 | 2.42% | 2,500 | 16.33% | 15,311 |
| Lemhi | 2,859 | 78.52% | 660 | 18.13% | 12 | 0.33% | 59 | 1.62% | 51 | 1.40% | 2,199 | 60.39% | 3,641 |
| Lewis | 1,295 | 76.72% | 335 | 19.85% | 13 | 0.77% | 23 | 1.36% | 22 | 1.30% | 960 | 56.87% | 1,688 |
| Lincoln | 1,049 | 66.65% | 437 | 27.76% | 18 | 1.14% | 49 | 3.11% | 21 | 1.33% | 612 | 38.89% | 1,574 |
| Madison | 7,941 | 88.53% | 816 | 9.10% | 37 | 0.41% | 119 | 1.33% | 57 | 0.64% | 7,125 | 79.43% | 8,970 |
| Minidoka | 4,907 | 75.28% | 1,344 | 20.62% | 30 | 0.46% | 137 | 2.10% | 100 | 1.53% | 3,563 | 54.66% | 6,518 |
| Nez Perce | 10,577 | 66.02% | 4,995 | 31.18% | 141 | 0.88% | 131 | 0.82% | 177 | 1.10% | 5,582 | 34.84% | 16,021 |
| Oneida | 1,426 | 79.31% | 307 | 17.07% | 8 | 0.44% | 42 | 2.34% | 15 | 0.83% | 1,119 | 62.24% | 1,798 |
| Owyhee | 2,450 | 76.85% | 623 | 19.54% | 22 | 0.69% | 67 | 2.10% | 26 | 0.82% | 1,827 | 57.31% | 3,188 |
| Payette | 4,961 | 72.34% | 1,643 | 23.96% | 80 | 1.17% | 112 | 1.63% | 62 | 0.90% | 3,318 | 48.38% | 6,858 |
| Power | 1,872 | 69.10% | 755 | 27.87% | 9 | 0.33% | 51 | 1.88% | 22 | 0.81% | 1,117 | 41.23% | 2,709 |
| Shoshone | 2,879 | 53.46% | 2,225 | 41.32% | 92 | 1.71% | 74 | 1.37% | 115 | 2.14% | 654 | 12.14% | 5,385 |
| Teton | 1,745 | 65.33% | 720 | 26.96% | 151 | 5.65% | 31 | 1.16% | 24 | 0.90% | 1,025 | 38.37% | 2,671 |
| Twin Falls | 15,794 | 70.10% | 5,777 | 25.64% | 310 | 1.38% | 436 | 1.94% | 213 | 0.95% | 10,017 | 44.46% | 22,530 |
| Valley | 2,548 | 64.05% | 1,129 | 28.38% | 201 | 5.05% | 57 | 1.43% | 43 | 1.08% | 1,419 | 35.67% | 3,978 |
| Washington | 2,899 | 71.23% | 980 | 24.08% | 64 | 1.57% | 89 | 2.19% | 37 | 0.91% | 1,919 | 47.15% | 4,070 |
| Totals | 336,937 | 67.17% | 138,637 | 27.64% | 12,292 | 2.45% | 7,615 | 1.52% | 6,140 | 1.22% | 198,300 | 39.53% | 501,621 |
Bush won both congressional districts.[4]
| District | Bush | Gore | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 66% | 28% | Butch Otter |
| 2nd | 68% | 27% | Mike Simpson |
Technically the voters of Idaho cast their ballots for electors: representatives to theElectoral College. Idaho is allocated four electors because it has twocongressional districts and twosenators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of four 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 four 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]
