Although New Jersey had voted for Democrat Bill Clinton in the past two elections (1992 and 1996),[1] it was considered a potential swing state in 2000 because pre-election polling data showed it to be a close race.[2][3] Al Gore won 56% of NJ's popular vote, beating out George W. Bush by about a 16% margin, with Gore's biggest margins of victory in Essex County and Hudson County where he won over 70% of the vote. Bush won 7 counties with his biggest margins being just over 57% in Hunterdon County and Sussex County. Nader got over 4% of the vote in counties in the northwest of the state, while taking 3% statewide.[4] This was also the first presidential election since 1976, in which New Jersey would back the losing candidate as well. As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which Monmouth County voted for the Democratic candidate.
Bush became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Bergen County, Burlington County, or Monmouth County, as well as the state of New Jersey since Benjamin Harrison in 1888. Bush became the first Republican to win without Union County since James A. Garfield in 1880. Bush was the first Republican to ever win the Presidency without Passaic and Gloucester counties, and the only Republican to ever win without Salem County.
Technically the voters of NJ cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. NJ is allocated 15 electors because it has 13 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 15 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 15 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 a faithless elector.
The electors of each state and the District 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 Gore and Lieberman:[8]
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Main article 2000 United States presidential election In 2000 the United States presidential election in New Jersey along with every U S state and Washington D C took place on November 7 2000 as part of the 2000 United States presidential election The major party candidates were Democratic Vice President Al Gore of the incumbent administration and Republican Governor of Texas George W Bush son of the 41st U S president George H W Bush Owing to the indirect system of voting used in U S presidential elections George W Bush narrowly defeated Gore in Electoral College votes despite that Gore earned a higher percentage of the popular vote Green Party candidate Ralph Nader the only third party candidate represented on most states ballots came in a distant third 2000 United States presidential election in New Jersey 1996 November 7 2000 2004 Nominee Al Gore George W BushParty Democratic RepublicanHome state Tennessee TexasRunning mate Joe Lieberman Dick CheneyElectoral vote 15 0Popular vote 1 788 850 1 284 173Percentage 56 13 40 29 County Results Gore 50 60 60 70 70 80 Bush 40 50 50 60 President before electionBill ClintonDemocratic Elected President George W BushRepublicanAlthough New Jersey had voted for Democrat Bill Clinton in the past two elections 1992 and 1996 1 it was considered a potential swing state in 2000 because pre election polling data showed it to be a close race 2 3 Al Gore won 56 of NJ s popular vote beating out George W Bush by about a 16 margin with Gore s biggest margins of victory in Essex County and Hudson County where he won over 70 of the vote Bush won 7 counties with his biggest margins being just over 57 in Hunterdon County and Sussex County Nader got over 4 of the vote in counties in the northwest of the state while taking 3 statewide 4 This was also the first presidential election since 1976 in which New Jersey would back the losing candidate as well As of the 2020 presidential election update this is the last election in which Monmouth County voted for the Democratic candidate Bush became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Bergen County Burlington County or Monmouth County as well as the state of New Jersey since Benjamin Harrison in 1888 Bush became the first Republican to win without Union County since James A Garfield in 1880 Bush was the first Republican to ever win the Presidency without Passaic and Gloucester counties and the only Republican to ever win without Salem County Contents 1 General Election 1 1 Polling 1 2 Results 1 3 By county 1 3 1 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 1 4 By congressional district 2 Electors 3 See also 4 ReferencesGeneral Election EditPolling Edit Poll source Date s administered Samplesize Margin oferror AlGore D George W Bush R RalphNader G PatrickBuchanan Ref UndecidedThe New York Times October 12 15 2000 908 RV 3 49 34 8 1 8 Results Edit 2000 United States presidential election in New Jersey 5 Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votesDemocratic Al Gore 1 788 850 56 13 15Republican George W Bush 1 284 173 40 29 0Green Ralph Nader 94 554 2 97 0Reform Pat Buchanan 6 989 0 22 0Libertarian Harry Browne 6 312 0 20 0Natural Law John Hagelin 2 215 0 07 0Socialist David McReynolds 1 880 0 06 0Constitution Howard Phillips 1 409 0 04 0Socialist Workers James Harris 844 0 03 0Totals 3 187 226 100 00 15Voter Turnout Voting age Registered 50 68 By county Edit County Al Gore George W Bush Others Margin Total Votes Atlantic 52 880 58 04 35 593 39 07 2 629 2 89 17 287 18 98 91 102Bergen 202 682 55 27 152 731 41 65 11 308 3 08 49 951 13 62 366 721Burlington 99 506 56 05 72 254 40 70 5 781 3 26 27 252 15 35 177 541Camden 127 166 64 60 62 464 31 73 7 231 3 67 64 702 32 87 196 861Cape May 22 189 46 62 23 794 49 99 1 611 3 38 1 605 3 37 47 594Cumberland 28 188 57 90 18 882 38 78 1 614 3 32 9 306 19 12 48 684Essex 185 505 71 47 66 842 25 75 7 226 2 78 118 663 45 71 259 573Gloucester 61 095 57 48 42 315 39 81 2 888 2 72 18 780 17 67 106 298Hudson 118 206 70 63 43 804 26 17 5 351 3 20 74 402 44 46 167 361Hunterdon 21 387 37 88 32 210 57 05 2 858 5 06 10 823 19 17 56 455Mercer 83 256 61 42 46 670 34 43 5 633 4 16 36 586 26 99 135 559Middlesex 154 998 59 88 93 545 36 14 10 306 3 98 61 453 23 74 258 849Monmouth 131 476 50 15 119 291 45 51 11 374 4 34 12 185 4 65 262 141Morris 88 039 42 63 111 066 53 78 7 403 3 58 23 027 11 15 206 508Ocean 102 104 47 18 105 684 48 84 8 605 3 98 3 580 1 65 216 393Passaic 90 324 57 69 61 043 38 99 5 206 3 32 29 281 18 70 156 573Salem 13 718 50 86 12 257 45 44 997 3 70 1 461 5 42 26 972Somerset 56 232 46 71 59 725 49 61 4 420 3 67 3 493 2 90 120 377Sussex 21 353 37 14 33 277 57 88 2 860 4 97 11 924 20 74 57 490Union 112 003 60 10 68 554 36 78 5 816 3 12 43 449 23 31 186 373Warren 16 543 40 55 22 172 54 34 2 086 5 11 5 629 13 80 40 801Total 1 788 850 56 14 1 284 173 40 30 113 203 3 55 504 677 15 84 3 186 226Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Edit Cape May largest municipality Lower Township Ocean largest municipality Lakewood Township By congressional district Edit Gore won 11 of 13 congressional districts including four that elected Republicans 6 District Gore Bush Representative1st 63 90 32 89 Rob Andrews2nd 54 78 42 55 Frank LoBiondo3rd 53 45 43 41 Jim Saxton4th 52 28 44 55 Chris Smith5th 44 64 51 69 Marge Roukema6th 57 72 38 37 Frank Pallone Jr 7th 54 19 42 79 Bob FranksMike Ferguson8th 61 05 36 25 Bill Pascrell9th 63 32 33 64 Steve Rothman10th 84 70 13 72 Donald Payne11th 43 36 53 50 Rodney Frelinghuysen12th 50 90 45 57 Rush Holt Jr 13th 72 35 25 33 Bob MenendezElectors EditMain article List of 2000 United States presidential electors Technically the voters of NJ cast their ballots for electors representatives to the Electoral College NJ is allocated 15 electors because it has 13 congressional districts and 2 senators All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write in votes must submit a list of 15 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 15 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 a faithless elector The electors of each state and the District 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 Gore and Lieberman 8 Paul M Bangiola Angelo R Bianchi Mamie Bridgeforth Dennis P Collins John Garrett Deborah Lynch Patricia McCullough John McGreevey June B Montag Jeffrey L Nash Barbara A Plumeri Julia Valdivia Stephen S Weinstein Charles WowkanechSee also EditUnited States presidential elections in New Jersey Presidency of George W BushReferences Edit New Jersey Elected Officials Lookup 270toWin com Retrieved December 1 2016 Jacobs Andrew August 19 2000 The 2000 Campaign The Impressions New Jersey In a Swing State Cheers and Doubts The New York Times retrieved December 1 2016 Marks Peter July 23 2000 July 16 22 Making Margin Calls in a Tightening Race The New York Times retrieved December 1 2016 Leip Dave n d 2016 Presidential General Election Results Atlas of the U S Presidential Elections retrieved December 1 2016 How close were U S Presidential Elections Archived from the original on August 25 2012 Retrieved November 23 2015 2000 Presidential General Election Data New Jersey US Election Atlas Leip Dave n d 2000 Events Timeline Post Election Atlas of the U S Presidential Elections retrieved December 1 2016 Whitson James R n d Overview of the 2000 Election President Elect archived from the original on February 12 2012 retrieved December 1 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2000 United States presidential election in New Jersey amp oldid 1129441958, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
