2000 United States presidential election in Mississippi

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Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore Party Republican Democratic Home state Texas Tennessee Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman Electoral vote 7 0 Popular vote 573,230 404,964 Percentage 57.62% 40.70%

County results Precinct results Bush   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90–100% Gore   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90–100%

President before election Bill Clinton Democratic Elected President George W. Bush Republican

The2000 United States presidential election in Mississippi 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.

Mississippi was won byGovernorGeorge W. Bush with a double-digit margin of victory of 16.92%. Bush won most of the counties and congressional districts of the state. Bush dominated the east part of the state and Gore did well in the west. As of the2024 presidential election^[update], this is the last election in whichYalobusha County voted for the Democratic candidate. This is also the last election in which Mississippi voted to the right of neighboringAlabama. Bush became the first Republican to win the White House without carryingAdams orHinds Counties sinceRichard Nixon in1968.

• Alcorn (largest city:Corinth)
• Amite (largest city:Gloster)
• Chickasaw (largest city:Okolona)
• Copiah (largest city:Hazlehurst)
• Jasper (largest city:Bay Springs)
• Lawrence (largest city:Monticello)
• Montgomery (largest city:Winona)
• Pike (largest city:Magnolia)
• Walthall (largest city:Tylertown)
• Yazoo (largest city:Yazoo City)

Bush won four of five congressional districts, including two held by Democrats.

Technically the voters of Mississippi cast their ballots for electors: representatives to theElectoral College. Mississippi is allocated seven electors because it has fivecongressional districts and twosenators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of seven 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 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 his or her candidate is known as afaithless elector.

The electors of each state and theDistrict of Columbia met on December 18, 2000^[7] 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:^[8]

1. Bob Anthony
2. Miki Cassidy
3. Thomas Colbert
4. Delbert Hosemann
5. Ellen Reineke
6. John Junkin
7. Kent Nicaud

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