2000 United States presidential election in Wyoming

Summary

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

2000 United States presidential election in Wyoming

← 1996 November 7, 2000 2004 →
 
Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Texas Tennessee
Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman
Electoral vote 3 0
Popular vote 147,947 60,481
Percentage 67.76% 27.70%

County results
Bush
  50-60%
  60-70%
  70-80%
  80-90%


President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

Wyoming was won by incumbent Texas Governor George W. Bush by a massive 40.06% margin of victory, and his 67.76% of the popular vote made the state his strongest victory in the 2000 election.[1] He was accompanied on the Republican ticket by vice presidential nominee Dick Cheney, formerly a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wyoming's at-large district. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time a Republican won Teton County, and thus is also the last time a nominee of any party carried every county in the state, even though subsequent Republican nominees such as Donald Trump have exceeded Bush's share of the overall vote in Wyoming.

Results edit

2000 United States presidential election in Wyoming[2]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican George W. Bush 147,947 67.76% 3
Democratic Al Gore 60,481 27.70% 0
Write-in Ralph Nader 4,625 2.12% 0
Reform Pat Buchanan 2,724 1.25% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne 1,443 0.66% 0


By county edit

County George W. Bush
Republican
Al Gore
Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Albany 7,814 55.22% 5,069 35.82% 1,268 8.96% 2,745 19.40% 14,151
Big Horn 3,720 75.64% 1,004 20.41% 194 3.94% 2,716 55.23% 4,918
Campbell 10,203 81.36% 1,967 15.69% 370 2.95% 8,236 65.67% 12,540
Carbon 4,498 64.55% 2,206 31.66% 264 3.79% 2,292 32.89% 6,968
Converse 3,919 75.73% 1,076 20.79% 180 3.48% 2,843 54.94% 5,175
Crook 2,289 83.60% 361 13.18% 88 3.21% 1,928 70.42% 2,738
Fremont 10,560 68.38% 4,172 27.01% 712 4.61% 6,388 41.37% 15,444
Goshen 3,922 71.05% 1,439 26.07% 159 2.88% 2,483 44.98% 5,520
Hot Springs 1,733 73.68% 544 23.13% 75 3.19% 1,189 50.55% 2,352
Johnson 2,886 81.30% 555 15.63% 109 3.07% 2,331 65.67% 3,550
Laramie 21,797 61.71% 12,162 34.43% 1,364 3.86% 9,635 27.28% 35,323
Lincoln 5,415 79.11% 1,184 17.30% 246 3.59% 4,231 61.81% 6,845
Natrona 18,439 64.95% 8,646 30.46% 1,303 4.59% 9,793 34.49% 28,388
Niobrara 888 78.79% 190 16.86% 49 4.35% 698 61.93% 1,127
Park 9,884 77.00% 2,424 18.88% 528 4.11% 7,460 58.12% 12,836
Platte 2,925 66.89% 1,249 28.56% 199 4.55% 1,676 38.33% 4,373
Sheridan 8,424 68.85% 3,330 27.21% 482 3.94% 5,094 41.64% 12,236
Sublette 2,624 81.59% 458 14.24% 134 4.17% 2,166 67.35% 3,216
Sweetwater 9,425 60.07% 5,521 35.19% 745 4.75% 3,904 24.88% 15,691
Teton 5,454 52.29% 4,019 38.53% 958 9.18% 1,435 13.76% 10,431
Uinta 5,469 73.73% 1,650 22.24% 299 4.03% 3,819 51.49% 7,418
Washakie 3,138 77.46% 806 19.90% 107 2.64% 2,332 57.56% 4,051
Weston 2,521 82.39% 449 14.67% 90 2.94% 2,072 67.72% 3,060
Total 147,947 67.76% 60,481 27.70% 9,923 4.54% 87,466 40.06% 218,351
 
County flips from 1996:

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican edit

By congressional district edit

Due to the state's low population, only one congressional district is allocated. This district, called the At-Large district, because it covers the entire state, and thus is equivalent to the statewide election results.

District Bush Gore Representative
At-large 67.8% 27.7% Barbara Cubin

Electors edit

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 George Bush and Dick Cheney:[4]

  1. Judy Catchpole
  2. Gale Geringer
  3. John Patton

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  2. ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".
  3. ^ 2000 Presidential General Election Results - Wyoming
  4. ^ "President Elect - 2000". Archived from the original on March 3, 2009. Retrieved May 10, 2011.