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The2000 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forPresident andVice President.
Iowa was won byDemocraticVice PresidentAl Gore by a margin of 0.32% and 4,144 votes overRepublicanTexas GovernorGeorge W. Bush, withGreen Party candidateRalph Nader taking 2.23% of the vote.
Gore's win in Iowa marked the fourth consecutive victory for Democrats in Iowa, and the first time since1988 that the state did not vote for the national winner, a feat which would not occur again until2020. Gore remains the last Democratic nominee to win Iowa yet lose the presidential election.
Along with the 1988 election, this remains the second (and last) of only two times in history that a Republican was elected president without carrying Iowa as neither George W. Bush norGeorge H. W. Bush carried the state on their first run for the presidency. This is the only state that Gore won in 2000 thatJoe Biden lost in his successful bid for the presidency in 2020.
Natural Law Party nomineeJohn Hagelin had his strongest county-level showing in his home county ofJefferson County, Iowa, where he garnered 14.7% of the vote. However, he came in sixth statewide, and his vote total was less than the narrow margin separating Gore and Bush.
| 2000 United States presidential election in Iowa[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Al Gore | 638,517 | 48.54% | 7 | |
| Republican | George W. Bush | 634,373 | 48.22% | 0 | |
| Green | Ralph Nader | 29,374 | 2.23% | 0 | |
| Reform | Pat Buchanan | 5,731 | 0.44% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | 3,209 | 0.24% | 0 | |
| Nominated by Petition | John Hagelin | 2,281 | 0.17% | 0 | |
| Constitution | Howard Phillips | 613 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Socialist Workers | James Harris | 190 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Socialist Party USA | David McReynolds | 107 | <0.01% | 0 | |
| Scattering | 1,168 | 0.09% | — | ||
| Totals | 1,315,563 | 100.00% | 7 | ||
| Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered) | 60%/71% | ||||
| County | Al Gore Democratic | George W. Bush Republican | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 1,753 | 42.52% | 2,275 | 55.18% | 95 | 2.30% | -522 | -12.66% | 4,123 |
| Adams | 897 | 41.82% | 1,170 | 54.55% | 78 | 3.64% | -273 | -12.73% | 2,145 |
| Allamakee | 2,883 | 44.61% | 3,277 | 50.71% | 302 | 4.67% | -394 | -6.10% | 6,462 |
| Appanoose | 2,560 | 44.88% | 2,992 | 52.45% | 152 | 2.66% | -432 | -7.57% | 5,704 |
| Audubon | 1,780 | 47.04% | 1,909 | 50.45% | 95 | 2.51% | -129 | -3.41% | 3,784 |
| Benton | 5,915 | 50.27% | 5,468 | 46.47% | 383 | 3.26% | 447 | 3.80% | 11,766 |
| Black Hawk | 30,112 | 54.66% | 23,468 | 42.60% | 1,505 | 2.73% | 6,644 | 12.06% | 55,085 |
| Boone | 6,270 | 51.19% | 5,625 | 45.92% | 354 | 2.89% | 645 | 5.27% | 12,249 |
| Bremer | 5,169 | 46.26% | 5,675 | 50.78% | 331 | 2.96% | -506 | -4.52% | 11,175 |
| Buchanan | 5,045 | 53.61% | 4,092 | 43.49% | 273 | 2.90% | 953 | 10.12% | 9,410 |
| Buena Vista | 3,297 | 41.33% | 4,354 | 54.58% | 326 | 4.09% | -1,057 | -13.25% | 7,977 |
| Butler | 2,735 | 40.68% | 3,837 | 57.06% | 152 | 2.26% | -1,102 | -16.38% | 6,724 |
| Calhoun | 2,132 | 42.29% | 2,776 | 55.07% | 133 | 2.64% | -644 | -12.78% | 5,041 |
| Carroll | 4,463 | 46.65% | 4,879 | 50.99% | 226 | 2.36% | -416 | -4.34% | 9,568 |
| Cass | 2,481 | 36.06% | 4,206 | 61.13% | 193 | 2.81% | -1,725 | -25.07% | 6,880 |
| Cedar | 4,033 | 48.33% | 4,031 | 48.31% | 280 | 3.36% | 2 | 0.02% | 8,344 |
| Cerro Gordo | 12,185 | 54.98% | 9,397 | 42.40% | 580 | 2.62% | 2,788 | 12.58% | 22,162 |
| Cherokee | 2,845 | 43.16% | 3,463 | 52.53% | 284 | 4.31% | -618 | -9.37% | 6,592 |
| Chickasaw | 3,435 | 52.17% | 2,936 | 44.59% | 213 | 3.24% | 499 | 7.58% | 6,584 |
| Clarke | 2,081 | 49.83% | 1,984 | 47.51% | 111 | 2.66% | 97 | 2.32% | 4,176 |
| Clay | 3,294 | 43.47% | 3,992 | 52.68% | 292 | 3.85% | -698 | -9.21% | 7,578 |
| Clayton | 4,238 | 49.45% | 4,034 | 47.07% | 299 | 3.49% | 204 | 2.38% | 8,571 |
| Clinton | 12,276 | 55.35% | 9,229 | 41.61% | 675 | 3.04% | 3,047 | 13.74% | 22,180 |
| Crawford | 2,838 | 43.30% | 3,482 | 53.12% | 235 | 3.59% | -644 | -9.82% | 6,555 |
| Dallas | 8,561 | 44.29% | 10,306 | 53.32% | 463 | 2.40% | -1,745 | -9.03% | 19,330 |
| Davis | 1,691 | 45.00% | 1,956 | 52.05% | 111 | 2.95% | -265 | -7.05% | 3,758 |
| Decatur | 1,674 | 45.13% | 1,903 | 51.31% | 132 | 3.56% | -229 | -6.18% | 3,709 |
| Delaware | 3,808 | 45.61% | 4,273 | 51.18% | 268 | 3.21% | -465 | -5.57% | 8,349 |
| Des Moines | 11,351 | 58.62% | 7,385 | 38.14% | 629 | 3.25% | 3,966 | 20.48% | 19,365 |
| Dickinson | 3,660 | 45.07% | 4,225 | 52.03% | 236 | 2.91% | -565 | -6.96% | 8,121 |
| Dubuque | 22,341 | 55.41% | 16,462 | 40.83% | 1,520 | 3.77% | 5,879 | 14.58% | 40,323 |
| Emmet | 2,165 | 46.76% | 2,331 | 50.35% | 134 | 2.89% | -166 | -3.59% | 4,630 |
| Fayette | 4,640 | 48.23% | 4,747 | 49.34% | 234 | 2.43% | -107 | -1.11% | 9,621 |
| Floyd | 3,830 | 52.92% | 3,191 | 44.09% | 217 | 3.00% | 639 | 8.83% | 7,238 |
| Franklin | 2,122 | 42.97% | 2,657 | 53.81% | 159 | 3.22% | -535 | -10.84% | 4,938 |
| Fremont | 1,459 | 40.35% | 2,069 | 57.22% | 88 | 2.43% | -610 | -16.87% | 3,616 |
| Greene | 2,301 | 48.76% | 2,282 | 48.36% | 136 | 2.88% | 19 | 0.40% | 4,719 |
| Grundy | 2,139 | 35.00% | 3,851 | 63.02% | 121 | 1.98% | -1,712 | -28.02% | 6,111 |
| Guthrie | 2,493 | 45.58% | 2,840 | 51.93% | 136 | 2.49% | -347 | -6.35% | 4,123 |
| Hamilton | 3,407 | 44.98% | 3,968 | 52.39% | 199 | 2.63% | -561 | -7.41% | 7,574 |
| Hancock | 2,281 | 41.95% | 2,988 | 54.95% | 169 | 3.11% | -707 | -13.00% | 5,438 |
| Hardin | 3,734 | 44.27% | 4,486 | 53.18% | 215 | 2.55% | -752 | -8.91% | 8,435 |
| Harrison | 2,551 | 38.99% | 3,802 | 58.11% | 190 | 2.90% | -1,251 | -19.12% | 6,543 |
| Henry | 3,907 | 45.06% | 4,476 | 51.62% | 288 | 3.32% | -569 | -6.56% | 8,671 |
| Howard | 2,426 | 54.02% | 1,922 | 42.80% | 143 | 3.18% | 504 | 11.22% | 4,491 |
| Humboldt | 1,949 | 39.45% | 2,846 | 57.61% | 145 | 2.94% | -897 | -18.16% | 4,940 |
| Ida | 1,411 | 40.42% | 1,968 | 56.37% | 112 | 3.21% | -557 | -15.95% | 3,491 |
| Iowa | 3,230 | 43.57% | 3,894 | 52.53% | 289 | 3.90% | -664 | -8.96% | 7,413 |
| Jackson | 4,945 | 54.75% | 3,769 | 41.73% | 318 | 3.52% | 1,176 | 13.02% | 9,032 |
| Jasper | 8,699 | 48.77% | 8,729 | 48.94% | 407 | 2.28% | -30 | -0.17% | 17,835 |
| Jefferson | 2,863 | 37.93% | 3,248 | 43.03% | 1,437 | 19.04% | -385 | -5.10% | 7,548 |
| Johnson | 31,174 | 59.08% | 17,899 | 33.92% | 3,696 | 7.00% | 13,275 | 25.16% | 52,769 |
| Jones | 4,690 | 51.30% | 4,201 | 45.95% | 252 | 2.76% | 489 | 5.35% | 9,143 |
| Keokuk | 2,181 | 44.09% | 2,571 | 51.97% | 195 | 3.94% | -390 | -7.88% | 4,947 |
| Kossuth | 3,960 | 44.60% | 4,612 | 51.95% | 306 | 3.45% | -652 | -7.35% | 8,878 |
| Lee | 9,632 | 58.12% | 6,339 | 38.25% | 601 | 3.63% | 3,293 | 19.87% | 16,572 |
| Linn | 48,897 | 53.11% | 40,417 | 43.90% | 2,750 | 2.99% | 8,480 | 9.21% | 92,064 |
| Louisa | 2,294 | 49.47% | 2,207 | 47.60% | 136 | 2.93% | 87 | 1.87% | 4,637 |
| Lucas | 1,934 | 44.95% | 2,262 | 52.57% | 107 | 2.49% | -328 | -7.62% | 4,303 |
| Lyon | 1,313 | 24.58% | 3,918 | 73.34% | 111 | 2.08% | -2,605 | -48.76% | 5,342 |
| Madison | 3,093 | 44.38% | 3,662 | 52.55% | 214 | 3.07% | -569 | -8.17% | 6,969 |
| Mahaska | 3,370 | 35.31% | 5,971 | 62.57% | 202 | 2.12% | -2,601 | -27.26% | 9,543 |
| Marion | 5,741 | 39.85% | 8,358 | 58.01% | 309 | 2.14% | -2,617 | -18.16% | 14,408 |
| Marshall | 8,322 | 47.22% | 8,785 | 49.85% | 517 | 2.93% | -463 | -2.63% | 17,624 |
| Mills | 2,039 | 34.47% | 3,684 | 62.28% | 192 | 3.25% | -1,645 | -27.81% | 5,915 |
| Mitchell | 2,650 | 51.34% | 2,388 | 46.26% | 124 | 2.40% | 262 | 5.08% | 5,162 |
| Monona | 2,086 | 45.75% | 2,304 | 50.53% | 170 | 3.73% | -218 | -4.78% | 4,560 |
| Monroe | 1,699 | 46.59% | 1,858 | 50.95% | 90 | 2.47% | -159 | -4.36% | 3,647 |
| Montgomery | 1,838 | 34.07% | 3,417 | 63.35% | 139 | 2.58% | -1,579 | -29.28% | 5,394 |
| Muscatine | 8,058 | 50.12% | 7,483 | 46.55% | 535 | 3.33% | 575 | 3.57% | 16,076 |
| O'Brien | 2,170 | 30.81% | 4,674 | 66.35% | 200 | 2.84% | -2,504 | -35.54% | 7,044 |
| Osceola | 913 | 29.81% | 2,064 | 67.38% | 86 | 2.81% | -1,151 | -37.57% | 3,063 |
| Page | 2,293 | 32.48% | 4,588 | 65.00% | 178 | 2.52% | -2,295 | -32.52% | 7,059 |
| Palo Alto | 2,326 | 48.23% | 2,341 | 48.54% | 156 | 3.23% | -15 | -0.31% | 4,823 |
| Plymouth | 3,499 | 34.58% | 6,189 | 61.17% | 430 | 4.25% | -2,690 | -26.59% | 10,118 |
| Pocahontas | 1,736 | 41.92% | 2,242 | 54.14% | 163 | 3.94% | -506 | -12.22% | 4,141 |
| Polk | 89,715 | 51.51% | 79,927 | 45.89% | 4,525 | 2.60% | 9,788 | 5.62% | 174,167 |
| Pottawattamie | 14,726 | 42.72% | 18,783 | 54.50% | 958 | 2.78% | -4,057 | -11.78% | 34,467 |
| Poweshiek | 4,222 | 47.02% | 4,396 | 48.95% | 362 | 4.03% | -174 | -1.93% | 8,980 |
| Ringgold | 1,246 | 46.29% | 1,369 | 50.85% | 77 | 2.86% | -123 | -4.56% | 2,692 |
| Sac | 2,099 | 41.70% | 2,776 | 55.16% | 158 | 3.14% | -677 | -13.46% | 5,033 |
| Scott | 35,857 | 50.81% | 32,801 | 46.48% | 1,910 | 2.71% | 3,056 | 4.33% | 70,568 |
| Shelby | 2,179 | 36.26% | 3,655 | 60.83% | 175 | 2.91% | -1,476 | -24.57% | 6,009 |
| Sioux | 2,148 | 14.62% | 12,241 | 83.32% | 303 | 2.06% | -10,093 | -68.70% | 14,692 |
| Story | 17,478 | 49.42% | 16,228 | 45.89% | 1,658 | 4.69% | 1,250 | 3.53% | 35,364 |
| Tama | 4,045 | 48.65% | 4,034 | 48.51% | 236 | 2.84% | 11 | 0.14% | 8,315 |
| Taylor | 1,247 | 40.28% | 1,770 | 57.17% | 79 | 2.55% | -523 | -16.89% | 3,096 |
| Union | 2,540 | 44.25% | 3,003 | 52.32% | 197 | 3.43% | -463 | -8.07% | 5,740 |
| Van Buren | 1,440 | 40.44% | 2,016 | 56.61% | 105 | 2.95% | -576 | -16.17% | 3,561 |
| Wapello | 8,355 | 55.19% | 6,313 | 41.70% | 471 | 3.11% | 2,042 | 13.49% | 15,139 |
| Warren | 9,521 | 48.45% | 9,621 | 48.95% | 511 | 2.60% | -100 | -0.50% | 19,653 |
| Washington | 3,932 | 43.24% | 4,827 | 53.08% | 335 | 3.68% | -895 | -9.84% | 9,094 |
| Wayne | 1,300 | 43.03% | 1,666 | 55.15% | 55 | 1.82% | -366 | -12.12% | 3,021 |
| Webster | 8,479 | 49.74% | 8,172 | 47.94% | 397 | 2.33% | 307 | 1.80% | 17,048 |
| Winnebago | 2,691 | 48.69% | 2,662 | 48.16% | 174 | 3.15% | 29 | 0.53% | 5,527 |
| Winneshiek | 4,339 | 46.08% | 4,647 | 49.35% | 431 | 4.58% | -308 | -3.27% | 9,417 |
| Woodbury | 17,691 | 46.68% | 18,864 | 49.78% | 1,341 | 3.54% | -1,173 | -3.10% | 37,896 |
| Worth | 2,208 | 55.14% | 1,659 | 41.43% | 137 | 3.42% | 549 | 13.71% | 4,004 |
| Wright | 2,796 | 44.13% | 3,384 | 53.41% | 156 | 2.46% | -588 | -9.28% | 6,336 |
| Totals | 638,517 | 48.54% | 634,373 | 48.22% | 42,673 | 3.24% | 4,144 | 0.32% | 1,315,563 |
Despite losing the state, Bush won three of five congressional districts, including one held by a Democrat. Gore won two districts, both held by Republicans.[2]
| District | Gore | Bush | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 53% | 43% | Jim Leach |
| 2nd | 51% | 45% | Jim Nussle |
| 3rd | 47% | 49% | Leonard Boswell |
| 4th | 48% | 50% | Greg Ganske |
| 5th | 42% | 55% | Tom Latham |
Technically the voters of Iowa cast their ballots for electors: representatives to theElectoral College. Iowa is allocated 7 electors because it has 5congressional districts and 2senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 7 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and their running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 7 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 their candidate is known as afaithless elector.
The electors of each state and theDistrict of Columbia met on December 18, 2000[3] 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 Al Gore and Joe Lieberman:[4]
State and district results of the2000 United States presidential election | ||
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