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The2000 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 14 representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
North Carolina was won byGovernorGeorge W. Bush with a 12.83% margin of victory. Bush won most of the counties and congressional districts of the state. He won nine of the twelve districts, and also won the most populated counties includingForsyth County (home toWinston-Salem) with 56%,Wake County (home to the state's capital,Raleigh) with 53%,Guilford County (home toGreensboro) with 51%, andMecklenburg County (home to the state's largest city,Charlotte) with 51% of the vote.[2]
As of the2024 presidential election[update], this is the last election in whichGuilford County and Mecklenburg County voted for a Republican presidential candidate. This is also the last election in whichColumbus County,Chowan County, andTyrrell County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[3]
| 2000 United States presidential election in North Carolina | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | George W. Bush | 1,631,163 | 56.03% | 14 | |
| Democratic | Al Gore | 1,257,692 | 43.20% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | 12,307 | 0.42% | 0 | |
| Reform | Patrick Buchanan | 8,874 | 0.30% | 0 | |
| Write-In | David McReynolds | 1,226 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Totals | 2,911,262 | 100.00% | 14 | ||
| Voter turnout (Voting age/registered) | 48%/57% | ||||
| County[4] | George W. Bush Republican | Al Gore Democratic | Harry Browne Libertarian | Pat Buchanan Reform | David McReynolds Write-in | Margin | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alamance | 29,305 | 62.23% | 17,459 | 37.08% | 157 | 0.33% | 170 | 0.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 11,846 | 25.15% | 47,091 |
| Alexander | 9,242 | 68.50% | 4,166 | 30.88% | 36 | 0.27% | 43 | 0.32% | 5 | 0.04% | 5,076 | 37.62% | 13,492 |
| Alleghany | 2,531 | 58.68% | 1,715 | 39.76% | 16 | 0.37% | 51 | 1.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 816 | 18.92% | 4,313 |
| Anson | 3,161 | 39.59% | 4,792 | 60.01% | 14 | 0.18% | 18 | 0.23% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,631 | -20.42% | 7,985 |
| Ashe | 6,226 | 60.35% | 4,011 | 38.88% | 42 | 0.41% | 37 | 0.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,215 | 21.47% | 10,316 |
| Avery | 4,956 | 74.04% | 1,686 | 25.19% | 24 | 0.36% | 28 | 0.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,270 | 48.85% | 6,694 |
| Beaufort | 10,531 | 60.83% | 6,634 | 38.32% | 63 | 0.36% | 40 | 0.23% | 45 | 0.26% | 3,897 | 22.51% | 17,313 |
| Bertie | 2,488 | 34.67% | 4,660 | 64.94% | 11 | 0.15% | 17 | 0.24% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,172 | -30.27% | 7,176 |
| Bladen | 4,977 | 45.63% | 5,889 | 53.99% | 18 | 0.17% | 24 | 0.22% | 0 | 0.00% | -912 | -8.36% | 10,908 |
| Brunswick | 15,427 | 53.49% | 13,118 | 45.49% | 136 | 0.47% | 158 | 0.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,309 | 8.00% | 28,839 |
| Buncombe | 46,101 | 53.93% | 38,545 | 45.09% | 471 | 0.55% | 359 | 0.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 7,556 | 8.84% | 85,476 |
| Burke | 18,466 | 60.23% | 11,924 | 38.89% | 125 | 0.41% | 143 | 0.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,542 | 21.34% | 30,658 |
| Cabarrus | 32,704 | 66.23% | 16,284 | 32.98% | 242 | 0.49% | 151 | 0.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 16,420 | 33.25% | 49,381 |
| Caldwell | 17,337 | 66.39% | 8,588 | 32.89% | 95 | 0.36% | 95 | 0.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 8,749 | 33.50% | 26,115 |
| Camden | 1,628 | 57.51% | 1,187 | 41.93% | 9 | 0.32% | 7 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 441 | 15.58% | 2,831 |
| Carteret | 17,381 | 65.69% | 8,839 | 33.40% | 106 | 0.40% | 132 | 0.50% | 3 | 0.01% | 8,542 | 32.29% | 26,461 |
| Caswell | 4,270 | 50.70% | 4,091 | 48.58% | 26 | 0.31% | 35 | 0.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 179 | 2.12% | 8,422 |
| Catawba | 34,244 | 67.36% | 16,246 | 31.95% | 209 | 0.41% | 141 | 0.28% | 1 | 0.00% | 17,998 | 35.41% | 50,841 |
| Chatham | 10,248 | 48.96% | 10,461 | 49.98% | 148 | 0.71% | 58 | 0.28% | 16 | 0.08% | -213 | -1.02% | 20,931 |
| Cherokee | 6,305 | 65.17% | 3,239 | 33.48% | 52 | 0.54% | 78 | 0.81% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,066 | 31.69% | 9,674 |
| Chowan | 2,415 | 49.39% | 2,430 | 49.69% | 28 | 0.57% | 17 | 0.35% | 0 | 0.00% | -15 | -0.30% | 4,890 |
| Clay | 2,416 | 62.72% | 1,361 | 35.33% | 30 | 0.78% | 25 | 0.65% | 20 | 0.52% | 1,055 | 27.39% | 3,852 |
| Cleveland | 19,064 | 58.22% | 13,455 | 41.09% | 109 | 0.33% | 104 | 0.32% | 14 | 0.04% | 5,609 | 17.13% | 32,746 |
| Columbus | 8,342 | 45.28% | 9,986 | 54.20% | 48 | 0.26% | 49 | 0.27% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,644 | -8.92% | 18,425 |
| Craven | 19,494 | 60.95% | 12,213 | 38.18% | 113 | 0.35% | 165 | 0.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 7,281 | 22.77% | 31,985 |
| Cumberland | 38,129 | 49.42% | 38,626 | 50.07% | 237 | 0.31% | 159 | 0.21% | 0 | 0.00% | -497 | -0.65% | 77,151 |
| Currituck | 4,095 | 60.77% | 2,595 | 38.51% | 31 | 0.46% | 18 | 0.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,500 | 22.26% | 6,739 |
| Dare | 7,301 | 56.15% | 5,589 | 42.99% | 79 | 0.61% | 33 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,712 | 13.16% | 13,002 |
| Davidson | 35,387 | 67.99% | 16,199 | 31.12% | 173 | 0.33% | 288 | 0.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 19,188 | 36.87% | 52,047 |
| Davie | 10,184 | 72.75% | 3,651 | 26.08% | 67 | 0.48% | 96 | 0.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,533 | 46.67% | 13,998 |
| Duplin | 7,840 | 54.48% | 6,475 | 45.00% | 36 | 0.25% | 32 | 0.22% | 7 | 0.05% | 1,365 | 9.48% | 14,390 |
| Durham | 30,150 | 35.64% | 53,907 | 63.72% | 433 | 0.51% | 103 | 0.12% | 11 | 0.01% | -23,757 | -28.08% | 84,604 |
| Edgecombe | 6,836 | 37.56% | 11,315 | 62.16% | 30 | 0.16% | 21 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | -4,479 | -24.60% | 18,202 |
| Forsyth | 67,700 | 55.98% | 52,457 | 43.37% | 442 | 0.37% | 343 | 0.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 15,243 | 12.61% | 120,942 |
| Franklin | 8,501 | 52.96% | 7,454 | 46.44% | 62 | 0.39% | 34 | 0.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,047 | 6.52% | 16,051 |
| Gaston | 39,453 | 66.67% | 19,281 | 32.58% | 253 | 0.43% | 192 | 0.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 20,172 | 34.09% | 59,179 |
| Gates | 1,480 | 42.95% | 1,944 | 56.41% | 5 | 0.15% | 7 | 0.20% | 10 | 0.29% | -464 | -13.46% | 3,446 |
| Graham | 2,304 | 68.55% | 1,006 | 29.93% | 21 | 0.62% | 26 | 0.77% | 4 | 0.12% | 1,298 | 38.62% | 3,361 |
| Granville | 7,364 | 48.47% | 7,733 | 50.90% | 70 | 0.46% | 27 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | -369 | -2.43% | 15,194 |
| Greene | 3,353 | 57.12% | 2,478 | 42.21% | 8 | 0.14% | 30 | 0.51% | 1 | 0.02% | 875 | 14.91% | 5,870 |
| Guilford | 84,394 | 50.76% | 80,787 | 48.59% | 569 | 0.34% | 485 | 0.29% | 29 | 0.02% | 3,607 | 2.17% | 166,264 |
| Halifax | 6,698 | 39.47% | 10,222 | 60.24% | 25 | 0.15% | 25 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | -3,524 | -20.77% | 16,970 |
| Harnett | 14,762 | 61.08% | 9,155 | 37.88% | 72 | 0.30% | 74 | 0.31% | 104 | 0.43% | 5,607 | 23.20% | 24,167 |
| Haywood | 12,118 | 54.41% | 9,793 | 43.97% | 107 | 0.48% | 104 | 0.47% | 151 | 0.68% | 2,325 | 10.44% | 22,273 |
| Henderson | 25,688 | 66.54% | 12,562 | 32.54% | 183 | 0.47% | 174 | 0.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 13,126 | 34.00% | 38,607 |
| Hertford | 2,382 | 30.16% | 5,484 | 69.44% | 17 | 0.22% | 14 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | -3,102 | -39.28% | 7,897 |
| Hoke | 3,439 | 40.07% | 5,017 | 58.46% | 91 | 1.06% | 35 | 0.41% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,578 | -18.39% | 8,582 |
| Hyde | 1,132 | 50.60% | 1,088 | 48.64% | 10 | 0.45% | 7 | 0.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 44 | 1.96% | 2,237 |
| Iredell | 29,853 | 65.49% | 15,434 | 33.86% | 163 | 0.36% | 136 | 0.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 14,419 | 31.63% | 45,586 |
| Jackson | 6,237 | 51.46% | 5,722 | 47.21% | 88 | 0.73% | 74 | 0.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 515 | 4.25% | 12,121 |
| Johnston | 27,212 | 66.12% | 13,704 | 33.30% | 157 | 0.38% | 82 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 13,508 | 32.82% | 41,155 |
| Jones | 2,114 | 53.33% | 1,822 | 45.96% | 13 | 0.33% | 15 | 0.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 292 | 7.37% | 3,964 |
| Lee | 9,406 | 57.77% | 6,785 | 41.67% | 51 | 0.31% | 41 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,621 | 16.10% | 16,283 |
| Lenoir | 11,512 | 54.40% | 9,527 | 45.02% | 43 | 0.20% | 53 | 0.25% | 28 | 0.13% | 1,985 | 9.38% | 21,163 |
| Lincoln | 15,951 | 65.03% | 8,412 | 34.29% | 90 | 0.37% | 76 | 0.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 7,539 | 30.74% | 24,529 |
| Macon | 8,406 | 63.52% | 4,683 | 35.39% | 73 | 0.55% | 72 | 0.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,723 | 28.13% | 13,234 |
| Madison | 4,676 | 56.17% | 3,505 | 42.10% | 40 | 0.48% | 55 | 0.66% | 49 | 0.59% | 1,171 | 14.07% | 8,325 |
| Martin | 4,420 | 47.19% | 4,929 | 52.63% | 4 | 0.04% | 13 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | -509 | -5.44% | 9,366 |
| McDowell | 9,109 | 65.01% | 4,747 | 33.88% | 39 | 0.28% | 57 | 0.41% | 59 | 0.42% | 4,362 | 31.13% | 14,011 |
| Mecklenburg | 134,068 | 50.97% | 126,911 | 48.25% | 1,291 | 0.49% | 487 | 0.19% | 279 | 0.11% | 7,157 | 2.72% | 263,036 |
| Mitchell | 4,984 | 75.52% | 1,535 | 23.26% | 26 | 0.39% | 55 | 0.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,449 | 52.26% | 6,600 |
| Montgomery | 4,946 | 55.11% | 3,979 | 44.34% | 19 | 0.21% | 20 | 0.22% | 10 | 0.11% | 967 | 10.77% | 8,974 |
| Moore | 19,882 | 63.52% | 11,232 | 35.88% | 106 | 0.34% | 81 | 0.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 8,650 | 27.64% | 31,301 |
| Nash | 17,995 | 58.97% | 12,376 | 40.56% | 73 | 0.24% | 69 | 0.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,619 | 18.41% | 30,513 |
| New Hanover | 36,503 | 55.04% | 29,292 | 44.17% | 377 | 0.57% | 147 | 0.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 7,211 | 10.87% | 66,319 |
| Northampton | 2,667 | 32.52% | 5,513 | 67.23% | 9 | 0.11% | 11 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,846 | -34.71% | 8,200 |
| Onslow | 19,657 | 65.06% | 10,269 | 33.99% | 167 | 0.55% | 122 | 0.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 9,388 | 31.07% | 30,215 |
| Orange | 17,930 | 36.34% | 30,921 | 62.66% | 392 | 0.79% | 75 | 0.15% | 26 | 0.05% | -12,991 | -26.32% | 49,344 |
| Pamlico | 2,999 | 57.21% | 2,188 | 41.74% | 36 | 0.69% | 19 | 0.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 811 | 15.47% | 5,242 |
| Pasquotank | 4,943 | 45.34% | 5,874 | 53.88% | 38 | 0.35% | 48 | 0.44% | 0 | 0.00% | -931 | -8.54% | 10,903 |
| Pender | 7,661 | 54.13% | 6,415 | 45.32% | 37 | 0.26% | 41 | 0.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,246 | 8.81% | 14,154 |
| Perquimans | 2,230 | 51.79% | 2,033 | 47.21% | 23 | 0.53% | 20 | 0.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 197 | 4.58% | 4,306 |
| Person | 6,722 | 56.81% | 5,042 | 42.61% | 43 | 0.36% | 26 | 0.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,680 | 14.20% | 11,833 |
| Pitt | 23,192 | 53.84% | 19,685 | 45.70% | 115 | 0.27% | 81 | 0.19% | 2 | 0.00% | 3,507 | 8.14% | 43,075 |
| Polk | 5,074 | 61.11% | 3,114 | 37.50% | 62 | 0.75% | 53 | 0.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,960 | 23.61% | 8,303 |
| Randolph | 30,959 | 72.51% | 11,366 | 26.62% | 149 | 0.35% | 222 | 0.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 19,593 | 45.89% | 42,696 |
| Richmond | 6,263 | 43.89% | 7,935 | 55.61% | 30 | 0.21% | 41 | 0.29% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,672 | -11.72% | 14,269 |
| Robeson | 11,721 | 39.40% | 17,834 | 59.95% | 52 | 0.17% | 81 | 0.27% | 59 | 0.20% | -6,113 | -20.55% | 29,747 |
| Rockingham | 18,979 | 58.35% | 13,260 | 40.76% | 75 | 0.23% | 127 | 0.39% | 87 | 0.27% | 5,719 | 17.59% | 32,528 |
| Rowan | 28,922 | 65.53% | 14,891 | 33.74% | 146 | 0.33% | 174 | 0.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 14,031 | 31.79% | 44,133 |
| Rutherford | 13,755 | 63.34% | 7,697 | 35.44% | 93 | 0.43% | 171 | 0.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,058 | 27.90% | 21,716 |
| Sampson | 10,410 | 54.11% | 8,768 | 45.57% | 33 | 0.17% | 28 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,642 | 8.54% | 19,239 |
| Scotland | 3,740 | 39.77% | 5,627 | 59.84% | 11 | 0.12% | 25 | 0.27% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,887 | -20.07% | 9,403 |
| Stanly | 15,548 | 68.14% | 7,066 | 30.97% | 69 | 0.30% | 135 | 0.59% | 0 | 0.00% | 8,482 | 37.17% | 22,818 |
| Stokes | 12,028 | 70.00% | 5,030 | 29.27% | 56 | 0.33% | 68 | 0.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,998 | 40.73% | 17,182 |
| Surry | 15,401 | 65.93% | 7,757 | 33.21% | 85 | 0.36% | 115 | 0.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 7,644 | 32.72% | 23,358 |
| Swain | 2,224 | 50.89% | 2,097 | 47.99% | 22 | 0.50% | 25 | 0.57% | 2 | 0.05% | 127 | 2.90% | 4,370 |
| Transylvania | 9,011 | 63.35% | 5,044 | 35.46% | 91 | 0.64% | 79 | 0.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,967 | 27.89% | 14,225 |
| Tyrrell | 706 | 45.08% | 849 | 54.21% | 5 | 0.32% | 6 | 0.38% | 0 | 0.00% | -143 | -9.13% | 1,566 |
| Union | 31,876 | 67.59% | 14,890 | 31.57% | 247 | 0.52% | 146 | 0.31% | 2 | 0.00% | 16,986 | 36.02% | 47,161 |
| Vance | 5,564 | 43.81% | 7,092 | 55.84% | 32 | 0.25% | 13 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,528 | -12.03% | 12,701 |
| Wake | 142,494 | 53.13% | 123,466 | 46.03% | 1,754 | 0.65% | 497 | 0.19% | 9 | 0.00% | 19,028 | 7.10% | 268,220 |
| Warren | 2,202 | 32.41% | 4,576 | 67.34% | 7 | 0.10% | 8 | 0.12% | 2 | 0.03% | -2,374 | -34.93% | 6,795 |
| Washington | 2,169 | 44.36% | 2,704 | 55.30% | 7 | 0.14% | 10 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | -535 | -10.94% | 4,890 |
| Watauga | 10,438 | 55.75% | 7,959 | 42.51% | 151 | 0.81% | 57 | 0.30% | 118 | 0.63% | 2,479 | 13.24% | 18,723 |
| Wayne | 20,758 | 61.26% | 13,005 | 38.38% | 65 | 0.19% | 56 | 0.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 7,753 | 22.88% | 33,884 |
| Wilkes | 16,826 | 69.18% | 7,226 | 29.71% | 79 | 0.32% | 120 | 0.49% | 72 | 0.30% | 9,600 | 39.47% | 24,323 |
| Wilson | 13,466 | 54.24% | 11,266 | 45.38% | 51 | 0.21% | 43 | 0.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,200 | 8.86% | 24,826 |
| Yadkin | 10,435 | 76.27% | 3,127 | 22.85% | 53 | 0.39% | 67 | 0.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 7,308 | 53.42% | 13,682 |
| Yancey | 4,970 | 56.71% | 3,714 | 42.38% | 20 | 0.23% | 59 | 0.67% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,256 | 14.33% | 8,764 |
| Totals | 1,631,163 | 56.03% | 1,257,692 | 43.20% | 12,307 | 0.42% | 8,874 | 0.30% | 1,226 | 0.04% | 373,471 | 12.83% | 2,911,262 |
Bush won nine of 12 congressional districts, including two held by Democrats.[5]
| District | Bush | Gore | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 41% | 58% | Eva Clayton |
| 2nd | 55% | 44% | Bob Etheridge |
| 3rd | 61% | 38% | Walter B. Jones |
| 4th | 47% | 52% | David Price |
| 5th | 63% | 36% | Richard Burr |
| 6th | 65% | 34% | Howard Coble |
| 7th | 53% | 47% | Mike McIntyre |
| 8th | 56% | 43% | Robin Hayes |
| 9th | 61% | 38% | Sue Wilkins Myrick |
| 10th | 66% | 33% | Cass Ballenger |
| 11th | 59% | 40% | Charles H. Taylor |
| 12th | 37% | 62% | Mel Watt |
Technically the voters of North Carolina cast their ballots for electors: representatives to theElectoral College. North Carolina is allocated 14 electors because it has 12congressional districts and 2senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 14 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 14 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 George W. Bush and Dick Cheney:[7]
State and district results of the2000 United States presidential election | ||
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