2000 United States presidential election in New York

Main article: 2000 United States presidential election

The 2000 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 7, 2000, as part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 33 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

2000 United States presidential election in New York

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Turnout	60.7%
Nominee Al Gore George W. Bush Party Democratic Republican Alliance Parties Liberal Working Families Conservative Home state Tennessee Texas Running mate Joe Lieberman Dick Cheney Electoral vote 33 0 Popular vote 4,113,791 2,405,676 Percentage 60.22% 35.22%
County results Municipality results Gore   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% Bush   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% Tie
President before election Bill Clinton Democratic Elected President George W. Bush Republican

New York was won by Incumbent Democratic Vice President Al Gore in a landslide victory; Gore received 60.22% of the vote to Republican George W. Bush's 35.22%, a Democratic victory margin of 25.00%. This marked the first time since 1964 that a Democratic presidential candidate won more than 60% of the vote in New York State, and only the second time in history, solidifying New York's status as a solid blue state in the 21st century. New York weighed in as about 25% more Democratic than the national average in the 2000 election.

The key to Gore's victory was wide margins of victory in greater New York City and Long Island. He did win some counties in upstate New York, but won with small margins, except for Albany County, which voted almost exactly the same as the statewide results. Since third-party candidates received over 4% of the vote, Bush did very poorly, although he won a majority of the counties in upstate New York, including his largest victory in small and rural Hamilton County.

Primaries

Democratic primary

The Democrats held their primary on March 7. There were 294 delegates at stake, with 243 pledged and 51 unpledged. Vice President Al Gore won 158 pledged and the support of 44 unpledged while U.S. Senator Bill Bradley won 85 pledged and the support of 1 unpledged.

Polling

Source	Date	Al Gore	Bill Bradley
Quinnipiac	July 1, 1999	52%	34%
Quinnipiac	August 2, 1999	47%	38%
Quinnipiac	September 15, 1999	42%	40%
Quinnipiac	October 3, 1999	41%	44%
Quinnipiac	November 11, 1999	38%	47%
Quinnipiac	December 14, 1999	42%	39%
Quinnipiac	January 19, 2000	44%	39%
Quinnipiac	February 10, 2000	56%	32%
Quinnipiac	March 1, 2000	59%	33%
Quinnipiac	March 6, 2000	60%	32%

Republican primary

The Republican primary was held on March 7. There were 101 delegates at stake, with 93 district delegates being decided in the primary and 8 statewide delegates being decided at the state committee meeting in May. Texas Governor George W. Bush won 67 district delegates while U.S. Senator John McCain won 26 district delegates. The 8 statewide delegates were unbound.

Polling

Source	Date	Lamar Alexander	Gary Bauer	Patrick Buchanan	George W. Bush	Elizabeth Dole	Steve Forbes	Orrin Hatch	John Kasich	Alan Keyes	John McCain	Dan Quayle	Bob Smith
Quinnipiac	July 1, 1999	6%	1%	1%	56%	13%	3%	-	2%	-	7%	2%	1%
Quinnipiac	November 11, 1999	-	2%	-	56%	-	8%	2%	-	1%	17%	-	-
Quinnipiac	December 14, 1999	-	2%	-	49%	-	7%	1%	-	1%	24%	-	-
Quinnipiac	January 19, 2000	-	1%	-	47%	-	5%	2%	-	2%	28%	-	-
Quinnipiac	February 10, 2000	-	-	-	44%	-	4%	-	-	4%	37%	-	-
Quinnipiac	March 1, 2000	-	-	-	40%	-	-	-	-	4%	47%	-	-
Quinnipiac	March 6, 2000	-	-	-	48%	-	-	-	-	7%	39%	-	-

General election

Polling

Source	Date	Al Gore (D)	George W. Bush (R)	Patrick Buchanan (Ref)	Ralph Nader (G)
Quinnipiac	February 24, 1999	49%	40%	-	-
Quinnipiac	March 24, 1999	47%	42%	-	-
Quinnipiac	July 1, 1999	44%	45%	-	-
Quinnipiac	August 2, 1999	45%	43%	-	-
Quinnipiac	September 15, 1999	46%	43%	-	-
Quinnipiac	October 3, 1999	43%	41%	-	-
Quinnipiac	November 11, 1999	47%	43%	-	-
Quinnipiac	December 14, 1999	47%	39%	-	-
Quinnipiac	January 19, 2000	47%	39%	-	-
Quinnipiac	February 10, 2000	53%	37%	-	-
Quinnipiac	March 1, 2000	53%	36%	-	-
Quinnipiac	April 6, 2000	52%	34%	4%	-
Quinnipiac	May 2, 2000	50%	34%	4%	-
Quinnipiac	July 13, 2000	45%	35%	2%	7%
Quinnipiac	August 10, 2000	42%	38%	1%	6%
Quinnipiac	September 13, 2000	56%	29%	2%	6%
Quinnipiac	September 28, 2000	54%	34%	1%	6%
Quinnipiac	November 6, 2000	55%	34%	1%	6%

Source	Date	Bill Bradley (D)	George W. Bush (R)
Quinnipiac	February 24, 1999	41%	38%
Quinnipiac	March 24, 1999	45%	39%
Quinnipiac	July 1, 1999	43%	44%
Quinnipiac	August 2, 1999	46%	39%
Quinnipiac	September 15, 1999	47%	37%
Quinnipiac	October 3, 1999	51%	32%
Quinnipiac	November 11, 1999	52%	35%
Quinnipiac	December 14, 1999	50%	35%
Quinnipiac	January 19, 2000	52%	35%
Quinnipiac	February 10, 2000	53%	34%
Quinnipiac	March 1, 2000	51%	35%

Source	Date	Al Gore (D)	Elizabeth Dole (R)
Quinnipiac	February 24, 1999	50%	37%
Quinnipiac	March 24, 1999	49%	38%
Quinnipiac	July 1, 1999	50%	37%

Source	Date	Bill Bradley (D)	Elizabeth Dole (R)
Quinnipiac	February 24, 1999	46%	34%
Quinnipiac	March 24, 1999	47%	35%
Quinnipiac	July 1, 1999	50%	35%

Source	Date	Al Gore (D)	John McCain (R)
Quinnipiac	November 11, 1999	49%	35%
Quinnipiac	December 14, 1999	45%	39%
Quinnipiac	January 19, 2000	47%	38%
Quinnipiac	February 10, 2000	46%	42%
Quinnipiac	March 1, 2000	44%	43%

Source	Date	Bill Bradley (D)	John McCain (R)
Quinnipiac	November 11, 1999	55%	23%
Quinnipiac	December 14, 1999	48%	29%
Quinnipiac	January 19, 2000	49%	29%
Quinnipiac	February 10, 2000	43%	40%
Quinnipiac	March 1, 2000	39%	44%

Results

2000 United States presidential election in New York^[1]
Party		Candidate	Popular votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Al Gore	3,942,215	57.78%
	Working Families	Al Gore	88,395	1.30%
	Liberal	Al Gore	77,087	1.13%
	Total	Albert A. Gore Jr.	4,113,791	60.22%	33
	Republican	George W. Bush	2,258,577	33.10%
	Conservative	George W. Bush	144,797	2.12%
	Total	George W. Bush	2,405,676	35.22%	0
	Green	Ralph Nader	244,398	3.58%	0
	Right to Life	Pat Buchanan	25,175	0.37%
	Reform	Pat Buchanan	6,424	0.09%
	Total	Pat Buchanan	31,659	0.46%	0
	Independence (a)	John Hagelin	24,369	0.36%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	7,718	0.11%	0
	Constitution	Howard Phillips	1,503	0.02%	0
	Socialist Workers	James Harris	1,450	0.02%	0
	Others	-	614	0.01%	0
-		Totals	6,831,178	100.00%	33
Voter turnout (Registered)					60.70%

(a) John Hagelin was then nominee of the Natural Law Party nationally.

New York City results

2000 Presidential Election in New York City			Manhattan	The Bronx	Brooklyn	Queens	Staten Island	Total
	Democratic- Working Families- Liberal	Al Gore	454,523	265,801	497,513	416,967	73,828	1,708,632	77.86%
			79.60%	86.28%	80.60%	75.00%	51.94%
	Republican- Conservative	George W. Bush	82,113	36,245	96,609	122,052	63,903	400,922	18.27%
			14.38%	11.77%	15.65%	21.95%	44.96%
	Green	Ralph Nader	30,923	4,265	19,977	13,720	3,550	72,435	3.30%
			5.49%	1.38%	3.24%	2.47%	2.50%
	Right to Life- Reform	Pat Buchanan	996	921	1,457	1,889	553	5,816	0.27%
			0.18%	0.30%	0.24%	0.34%	0.39%
	Independence	John Hagelin	855	536	895	721	154	3,161	0.14%
			0.15%	0.17%	0.15%	0.13%	0.11%
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	990	117	419	385	96	2,007	0.09%
			0.18%	0.04%	0.07%	0.07%	0.07%
	Socialist Workers	James Harris	173	109	145	109	20	556	0.03%
			0.03%	0.04%	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%
	Constitution	Howard Phillips	74	54	139	87	17	371	0.02%
			0.01%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%
TOTAL			571,006	308,063	617,237	555,991	142,129	2,194,426	100.00%

By congressional district

Gore won 27 of 31 congressional districts, including 8 that were won by a Republican: the 1st, 3rd, 13th, 19th, 20th, 24th, 25th, and 30th congressional districts, respectively.^[2]

District	Bush	Gore	Representative
1st	43%	53%	Michael Forbes
			Felix Grucci
2nd	40%	56%	Rick Lazio
			Steve Israel
3rd	42%	55%	Peter T. King
4th	38%	59%	Carolyn McCarthy
5th	35%	62%	Gary Ackerman
6th	11%	88%	Gregory W. Meeks
7th	25%	71%	Joseph Crowley
8th	17%	77%	Jerrold Nadler
9th	29%	68%	Anthony D. Weiner
10th	7%	90%	Edolphus Towns
11th	7%	89%	Major Owens
12th	13%	81%	Nydia Velasquez
13th	44%	53%	Vito Fossella
14th	23%	71%	Carolyn B. Maloney
15th	6%	90%	Charlie Rangel
16th	6%	93%	Jose Serrano
17th	11%	87%	Eliot L. Engel
18th	37%	60%	Nita Lowey
19th	45%	50%	Sue W. Kelly
20th	42%	54%	Benjamin Gilman
21st	37%	57%	Michael R. McNulty
22nd	50%	44%	John E. Sweeney
23rd	50%	45%	Sherwood Boehlert
24th	48%	48%	John M. McHugh
25th	42%	53%	James T. Walsh
26th	42%	51%	Maurice Hinchey
27th	53%	42%	Thomas M. Reynolds
28th	42%	53%	Louise Slaughter
29th	43%	52%	John J. LaFalce
30th	35%	60%	Jack Quinn
31st	53%	42%	Amo Houghton

By county

County	Al Gore Democratic		George W. Bush Republican		Ralph Nader Green		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Albany	85,644	60.30%	47,624	33.53%	7,182	5.06%	1,583	1.11%	38,020	26.77%	142,033
Allegany	6,336	33.90%	11,436	61.19%	657	3.52%	261	1.40%	-5,100	-27.29%	18,690
Bronx	265,801	86.28%	36,245	11.77%	4,265	1.38%	1,752	0.57%	229,556	74.51%	308,063
Broome	45,381	52.11%	36,946	42.43%	3,826	4.39%	921	1.06%	8,435	9.68%	87,074
Cattaraugus	13,816	40.96%	18,382	54.49%	1,094	3.24%	441	1.31%	-4,566	-13.53%	33,733
Cayuga	17,031	50.12%	14,988	44.11%	1,448	4.26%	511	1.50%	2,043	6.01%	33,978
Chautauqua	27,016	46.01%	29,064	49.49%	1,888	3.22%	754	1.28%	-2,048	-3.48%	58,722
Chemung	17,424	46.21%	18,779	49.80%	1,195	3.17%	312	0.83%	-1,355	-3.59%	37,710
Chenango	9,112	45.00%	10,033	49.55%	869	4.29%	236	1.17%	-921	-4.55%	20,250
Clinton	15,542	50.86%	13,274	43.44%	1,205	3.94%	538	1.76%	2,268	7.42%	30,559
Columbia	13,489	47.00%	13,153	45.83%	1,707	5.95%	349	1.22%	336	1.17%	28,698
Cortland	9,691	46.76%	9,857	47.56%	943	4.55%	235	1.13%	-166	-0.80%	20,726
Delaware	8,450	41.88%	10,662	52.84%	833	4.13%	231	1.14%	-2,212	-10.96%	20,176
Dutchess	52,390	46.87%	52,669	47.12%	5,553	4.97%	1,159	1.04%	-279	-0.25%	111,771
Erie	240,176	56.56%	160,176	37.72%	18,166	4.28%	6,136	1.44%	80,000	18.84%	424,654
Essex	7,927	44.19%	8,822	49.18%	848	4.73%	341	1.90%	-895	-4.99%	17,938
Franklin	8,870	50.83%	7,643	43.80%	658	3.77%	280	1.60%	1,227	7.03%	17,451
Fulton	9,314	42.97%	11,434	52.75%	668	3.08%	259	1.19%	-2,120	-9.78%	21,675
Genesee	10,191	39.08%	14,459	55.45%	924	3.54%	500	1.92%	-4,268	-16.37%	26,074
Greene	8,480	40.20%	11,332	53.72%	924	4.38%	359	1.70%	-2,852	-13.52%	21,095
Hamilton	1,114	30.26%	2,388	64.86%	133	3.61%	47	1.28%	-1,274	-34.60%	3,682
Herkimer	12,224	44.12%	14,147	51.06%	969	3.50%	365	1.32%	-1,923	-6.94%	27,705
Jefferson	16,799	46.12%	18,192	49.95%	1,029	2.83%	403	1.11%	-1,393	-3.83%	36,423
Kings	497,513	80.60%	96,609	15.65%	19,977	3.24%	3,138	0.51%	400,904	64.95%	617,237
Lewis	4,333	39.64%	6,103	55.83%	324	2.96%	172	1.57%	-1,770	-16.19%	10,932
Livingston	10,476	38.48%	15,244	56.00%	1,053	3.87%	450	1.65%	-4,768	-17.52%	27,223
Madison	12,017	42.36%	14,879	52.45%	1,092	3.85%	378	1.33%	-2,862	-10.09%	28,366
Monroe	161,743	50.89%	141,266	44.45%	11,520	3.62%	3,296	1.04%	20,477	6.44%	317,825
Montgomery	10,249	49.25%	9,765	46.93%	487	2.34%	308	1.48%	484	2.32%	20,809
Nassau	342,226	57.96%	227,060	38.46%	14,780	2.50%	6,373	1.08%	115,166	19.50%	590,439
New York	454,523	79.60%	82,113	14.38%	30,923	5.42%	3,447	0.60%	372,410	65.22%	571,006
Niagara	47,781	51.23%	40,952	43.91%	3,257	3.49%	1,280	1.37%	6,829	7.32%	93,270
Oneida	43,933	45.76%	47,603	49.58%	3,160	3.29%	1,314	1.37%	-3,670	-3.82%	96,010
Onondaga	109,896	53.97%	83,678	41.09%	7,670	3.77%	2,399	1.18%	26,218	12.88%	203,643
Ontario	19,761	43.01%	23,885	51.98%	1,793	3.90%	510	1.11%	-4,124	-8.97%	45,949
Orange	58,170	45.96%	62,852	49.66%	4,192	3.31%	1,343	1.06%	-4,682	-3.70%	126,557
Orleans	5,991	37.81%	9,202	58.08%	474	2.99%	177	1.12%	-3,211	-20.27%	15,844
Oswego	22,857	47.15%	23,249	47.96%	1,699	3.50%	674	1.39%	-392	-0.81%	48,479
Otsego	11,460	45.19%	12,219	48.19%	1,419	5.60%	260	1.03%	-759	-3.00%	25,358
Putnam	18,525	43.53%	21,853	51.35%	1,730	4.07%	446	1.05%	-3,328	-7.82%	42,554
Queens	416,967	75.00%	122,052	21.95%	13,720	2.47%	3,252	0.58%	294,915	53.05%	555,991
Rensselaer	34,808	50.86%	29,562	43.20%	3,291	4.81%	775	1.13%	5,246	7.66%	68,436
Richmond	73,828	51.94%	63,903	44.96%	3,550	2.50%	848	0.60%	9,925	6.98%	142,129
Rockland	69,530	56.72%	48,441	39.51%	3,502	2.86%	1,117	0.91%	21,089	17.21%	122,590
Saratoga	43,359	45.61%	46,623	49.05%	4,149	4.36%	926	0.97%	-3,264	-3.44%	95,057
Schenectady	35,534	53.07%	27,961	41.76%	2,750	4.11%	709	1.06%	7,573	11.31%	66,954
Schoharie	5,390	39.77%	7,459	55.03%	551	4.07%	154	1.14%	-2,069	-15.26%	13,554
Schuyler	3,301	40.49%	4,381	53.73%	369	4.53%	102	1.25%	-1,080	-13.24%	8,153
Seneca	6,841	47.71%	6,734	46.97%	560	3.91%	203	1.42%	107	0.74%	14,338
St. Lawrence	21,386	53.75%	16,449	41.34%	1,488	3.74%	463	1.16%	4,937	12.41%	39,786
Steuben	14,600	35.99%	24,200	59.66%	1,248	3.08%	515	1.27%	-9,600	-23.67%	40,563
Suffolk	306,306	53.37%	240,992	41.99%	18,130	3.16%	8,516	1.48%	65,314	11.38%	573,944
Sullivan	14,348	50.29%	12,703	44.53%	1,156	4.05%	321	1.13%	1,645	5.76%	28,528
Tioga	9,170	40.83%	12,239	54.50%	846	3.77%	202	0.90%	-3,069	-13.67%	22,457
Tompkins	21,807	54.44%	13,351	33.33%	4,548	11.35%	354	0.88%	8,456	21.11%	40,060
Ulster	38,162	48.78%	33,447	42.75%	5,732	7.33%	896	1.15%	4,715	6.03%	78,237
Warren	12,193	42.60%	14,993	52.38%	1,177	4.11%	258	0.90%	-2,800	-9.78%	28,621
Washington	9,641	40.93%	12,596	53.47%	997	4.23%	321	1.36%	-2,955	-12.54%	23,555
Wayne	14,977	39.07%	21,701	56.62%	1,202	3.14%	449	1.17%	-6,724	-17.55%	38,329
Westchester	218,010	58.63%	139,278	37.46%	11,596	3.12%	2,929	0.79%	78,732	21.17%	371,813
Wyoming	5,999	34.02%	10,809	61.30%	548	3.11%	277	1.57%	-4,810	-27.28%	17,633
Yates	3,962	39.39%	5,565	55.32%	386	3.84%	146	1.45%	-1,603	-15.93%	10,059
Totals	4,113,791	60.22%	2,405,676	35.22%	244,398	3.58%	67,313	0.99%	1,708,115	25.00%	6,831,178

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Cattaraugus (Largest city: Olean)
• Chautauqua (Largest city: Jamestown)
• Chemung (Largest city: Elmira)
• Chenango (Largest city: Norwich)
• Cortland (Largest city: Cortland)
• Delaware (Largest city: Sidney)
• Dutchess (Largest city: Poughkeepsie)
• Essex (Largest CDP: Ticonderoga)
• Fulton (Largest city: Gloversville)
• Herkimer (Largest city: German Flatts)
• Jefferson (Largest city: Le Ray)
• Lewis (Largest city: Lowville)
• Madison (Largest city: Oneida)
• Oneida (Largest city: Utica)
• Ontario (Largest city: Geneva)
• Orange (Largest city: Palm Tree)
• Oswego (Largest city: Oswego)
• Otsego (Largest city: Oneonta)
• Saratoga (Largest city: Saratoga Springs)
• Schoharie (Largest city: Cobleskill)
• Schuyler (Largest city: Watkins Glen)
• Warren (Largest city: Glens Falls)
• Washington (Largest city: Hudson Falls)
• Yates (Largest city: Penn Yan)

Analysis

As of the 2020 presidential election^[update], this is the last election in which the Democratic candidate won Montgomery County. This is the second consecutive election that a Democrat won every borough of New York City, which has occurred once since, in 2012.

Bush became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Onondaga, Cayuga, St. Lawrence, Broome, Monroe, or Nassau Counties since these counties' founding in 1794, 1799, 1802, 1806, 1821, and 1899, respectively, the first to do so without carrying Clinton, Franklin, Rensselear, or Richmond Counties or any borough of New York City since Herbert Hoover in 1928, the first to do so without carrying Rockland, Seneca or Westchester Counties since Benjamin Harrison in 1888, the first to do so without carrying Sullivan County since James A. Garfield in 1880, and the first to do so without carrying Columbia, Suffolk, or Ulster Counties since Rutherford Hayes in 1876.

Geographic breakdown

Gore won an overwhelming landslide in fiercely Democratic New York City, taking 1,703,364 votes to George W. Bush's 398,726, a 77.90% - 18.23% victory. Gore carried all five boroughs of New York City. Excluding New York City's votes, Gore still would have carried New York State, but by a smaller margin, receiving 2,404,543 votes to Bush's 2,004,648, giving Gore a 54.53% - 45.47% win.

Electors

Main article: List of 2000 United States presidential electors

Technically the voters of New York cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. New York is allocated 33 electors because it has 31 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 33 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 33 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^[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 Gore and Lieberman:^[4]

1. Susan I. Abramowitz
2. Leslie Alpert
3. Martin S. Begun
4. David L. Cohen
5. Carolee A. Conklin
6. Martin Connor
7. Lorraine Cortez Vasquez
8. Inez E. Dickens
9. Cynthia Emmer
10. Herman D. Farrell Jr.
11. Emily Giske
12. Patrick G. Halpin
13. Raymond B. Harding
14. Judith Hope
15. Denis M. Hughes
16. Virginia Kee
17. Bertha Lewis
18. Alberta Madonna
19. Thomas J. Manton
20. Deborah Marciano
21. Helen Marshall
22. Carl McCall
23. Elizabeth F. Momrow
24. Clarence Norman Jr.
25. Daniel F. Donohue
26. Shirley O'Connell
27. G. Steven Pigeon
28. Roberto Ramirez
29. Michael Schell
30. Sheldon Silver
31. Andrew Spano
32. Eliot Spitzer
33. Randi Weingarten

See also

• United States presidential elections in New York
• Presidency of George W. Bush

References

1. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2000 - New York". Retrieved January 7, 2013.
2. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - County Data".
3. "2000 Post-Election Timeline of Events". www.uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
4. . presidentelect.org. Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved April 9, 2018.