2000 United States presidential election in West Virginia
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Elections in West Virginia |
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The 2000 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 7, 2000 as part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 5 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
environmental advocacy
was particularly damaging in the state of West Virginia, a strong coal mining state. Gore also didn't campaign sufficiently in the state, which led to his defeat by a relatively comfortable margin in favor of Bush.
As of 2020, this is the last presidential election in which a Democrat won any congressional district in the state and the last time the state was won by single digits.
In this election, West Virginia voted 6.84% to the right of the nation at-large.[1]
Primaries
Results
2000 United States presidential election in West Virginia | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | Swing | ||||
Count | % | Count | % | ||||||
Republican | George W. Bush of Texas | Dick Cheney of Wyoming | 336,475 | 51.92% | 5 | 100.00% | 15.16% | ||
Democratic | Al Gore of Tennessee | Joe Lieberman of Connecticut | 295,497 | 45.59% | 0 | 0.00% | 5.92% | ||
Green | Ralph Nader of Connecticut | Winona LaDuke of Minnesota | 10,680 | 1.65% | 0 | 0.00% | 1.65% | ||
Reform | Pat Buchanan of Virginia | Ezola B. Foster of California
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3,169 | 0.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 10.77% | ||
Libertarian | Harry Browne of Tennessee | Art Olivier of California | 1,912 | 0.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 0.18% | ||
Constitution | Howard Phillips of Virginia | Darrell Castle of Tennessee
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23 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||
Natural Law | John Hagelin of Iowa | Nat Goldhaber of California | 367 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 0.06% | ||
Write-in
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Various of Various | Various of Various | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||
Total | 648,124 | 100.00% | 5 | 100.00% |
By county
County | George W. Bush Republican |
Al Gore Democratic |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total | ||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Barbour | 3,411 | 56.37% | 2,503 | 41.37% | 137 | 2.26% | 908 | 15.00% | 6,051 |
Berkeley | 13,619 | 59.19% | 8,797 | 38.23% | 594 | 2.58% | 4,822 | 20.96% | 23,010 |
Boone | 3,353 | 36.68% | 5,656 | 61.88% | 132 | 1.44% | -2,303 | -25.20% | 9,141 |
Braxton | 2,529 | 47.47% | 2,719 | 51.03% | 80 | 1.50% | -190 | -3.56% | 5,328 |
Brooke | 4,195 | 44.60% | 4,678 | 49.74% | 532 | 5.66% | -483 | -5.14% | 9,405 |
Cabell | 16,440 | 51.03% | 14,896 | 46.24% | 880 | 2.73% | 1,544 | 4.79% | 32,216 |
Calhoun | 1,425 | 54.49% | 1,112 | 42.52% | 78 | 2.98% | 313 | 11.97% | 2,615 |
Clay | 1,887 | 52.68% | 1,617 | 45.14% | 78 | 2.18% | 270 | 7.54% | 3,582 |
Doddridge | 1,955 | 69.42% | 773 | 27.45% | 88 | 3.13% | 1,182 | 41.97% | 2,816 |
Fayette | 5,897 | 40.34% | 8,371 | 57.26% | 351 | 2.40% | -2,474 | -16.92% | 14,619 |
Gilmer | 1,560 | 56.93% | 1,092 | 39.85% | 88 | 3.21% | 468 | 17.08% | 2,740 |
Grant | 3,571 | 78.76% | 891 | 19.65% | 72 | 1.59% | 2,680 | 59.11% | 4,534 |
Greenbrier | 6,866 | 53.61% | 5,627 | 43.93% | 315 | 2.46% | 1,239 | 9.68% | 12,808 |
Hampshire | 3,879 | 63.62% | 2,069 | 33.93% | 149 | 2.44% | 1,810 | 29.69% | 6,097 |
Hancock | 6,458 | 47.94% | 6,249 | 46.39% | 765 | 5.68% | 209 | 1.55% | 13,472 |
Hardy | 2,816 | 62.38% | 1,621 | 35.91% | 77 | 1.71% | 1,195 | 26.47% | 4,514 |
Harrison | 12,948 | 48.72% | 13,009 | 48.95% | 621 | 2.34% | -61 | -0.23% | 26,578 |
Jackson | 6,341 | 55.05% | 4,937 | 42.86% | 240 | 2.08% | 1,404 | 12.19% | 11,518 |
Jefferson | 7,045 | 49.00% | 6,860 | 47.71% | 473 | 3.29% | 185 | 1.29% | 14,378 |
Kanawha | 36,809 | 48.01% | 38,524 | 50.25% | 1,337 | 1.74% | -1,715 | -2.24% | 76,670 |
Lewis | 3,606 | 58.79% | 2,355 | 38.39% | 173 | 2.82% | 1,251 | 20.40% | 6,134 |
Lincoln | 3,389 | 45.40% | 3,939 | 52.77% | 136 | 1.82% | -550 | -7.37% | 7,464 |
Logan | 5,334 | 36.94% | 8,927 | 61.83% | 178 | 1.23% | -3,593 | -24.89% | 14,439 |
Marion | 9,972 | 43.60% | 12,315 | 53.84% | 586 | 2.56% | -2,343 | -10.24% | 22,873 |
Marshall | 6,859 | 50.81% | 6,000 | 44.45% | 639 | 4.73% | 859 | 6.36% | 13,498 |
Mason | 5,972 | 53.21% | 4,963 | 44.22% | 288 | 2.57% | 1,009 | 8.99% | 11,223 |
McDowell | 2,348 | 32.15% | 4,845 | 66.34% | 110 | 1.51% | -2,497 | -34.19% | 7,303 |
Mercer | 10,206 | 54.07% | 8,347 | 44.22% | 322 | 1.71% | 1,859 | 9.85% | 18,875 |
Mineral | 6,180 | 63.18% | 3,341 | 34.15% | 261 | 2.67% | 2,839 | 29.03% | 9,782 |
Mingo | 3,866 | 38.49% | 6,049 | 60.23% | 128 | 1.27% | -2,183 | -21.74% | 10,043 |
Monongalia | 13,595 | 49.68% | 12,603 | 46.05% | 1,169 | 4.27% | 992 | 3.63% | 27,367 |
Monroe | 2,940 | 57.21% | 2,094 | 40.75% | 105 | 2.04% | 846 | 16.46% | 5,139 |
Morgan | 3,639 | 63.05% | 1,939 | 33.59% | 194 | 3.36% | 1,700 | 29.46% | 5,772 |
Nicholas | 4,359 | 50.81% | 4,059 | 47.31% | 161 | 1.88% | 300 | 3.50% | 8,579 |
Ohio | 9,607 | 53.48% | 7,653 | 42.60% | 704 | 3.92% | 1,954 | 10.88% | 17,964 |
Pendleton | 1,996 | 61.97% | 1,172 | 36.39% | 53 | 1.65% | 824 | 25.58% | 3,221 |
Pleasants | 1,884 | 58.73% | 1,267 | 39.50% | 57 | 1.78% | 617 | 19.23% | 3,208 |
Pocahontas | 1,970 | 56.82% | 1,392 | 40.15% | 105 | 3.03% | 578 | 16.67% | 3,467 |
Preston | 6,607 | 63.29% | 3,515 | 33.67% | 317 | 3.04% | 3,092 | 29.62% | 10,439 |
Putnam | 12,173 | 59.60% | 7,891 | 38.63% | 362 | 1.77% | 4,282 | 20.97% | 20,426 |
Raleigh | 12,587 | 52.31% | 11,047 | 45.91% | 427 | 1.77% | 1,540 | 6.40% | 24,061 |
Randolph | 5,248 | 55.00% | 4,028 | 42.21% | 266 | 2.79% | 1,220 | 12.79% | 9,542 |
Ritchie | 2,717 | 71.27% | 1,024 | 26.86% | 71 | 1.86% | 1,693 | 44.41% | 3,812 |
Roane | 3,172 | 56.39% | 2,332 | 41.46% | 121 | 2.15% | 840 | 14.93% | 5,625 |
Summers | 2,304 | 48.89% | 2,299 | 48.78% | 110 | 2.33% | 5 | 0.11% | 4,713 |
Taylor | 3,124 | 54.69% | 2,473 | 43.29% | 115 | 2.01% | 651 | 11.40% | 5,712 |
Tucker | 1,935 | 57.83% | 1,319 | 39.42% | 92 | 2.75% | 616 | 18.41% | 3,346 |
Tyler | 2,582 | 65.73% | 1,214 | 30.91% | 132 | 3.36% | 1,368 | 34.82% | 3,928 |
Upshur | 5,165 | 63.58% | 2,770 | 34.10% | 188 | 2.31% | 2,395 | 29.48% | 8,123 |
Wayne | 7,993 | 49.21% | 7,940 | 48.89% | 308 | 1.90% | 53 | 0.32% | 16,241 |
Webster | 1,484 | 44.86% | 1,764 | 53.33% | 60 | 1.81% | -280 | -8.47% | 3,308 |
Wetzel | 3,239 | 51.51% | 2,849 | 45.31% | 200 | 3.18% | 390 | 6.20% | 6,288 |
Wirt | 1,518 | 63.73% | 818 | 34.34% | 46 | 1.93% | 700 | 29.39% | 2,382 |
Wood | 20,428 | 60.34% | 12,664 | 37.40% | 765 | 2.26% | 7,764 | 22.94% | 33,857 |
Wyoming | 3,473 | 44.08% | 4,289 | 54.44% | 116 | 1.47% | -816 | -10.36% | 7,878 |
Totals | 336,475 | 51.92% | 295,497 | 45.59% | 16,152 | 2.49% | 40,978 | 6.32% | 648,124 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
- Barbour (Largest city: Philippi)
- Cabell (Largest city: Huntington)
- Calhoun (Largest city: Grantsville)
- Clay (Largest city: Clay)
- Gilmer (Largest city: Glenville)
- Greenbrier (Largest city: Lewisburg)
- Hancock (Largest city: Weirton)
- Hardy (Largest city: Moorefield)
- Jackson (Largest city: Ravenswood)
- Jefferson (Largest city: Charles Town)
- Lewis (Largest city: Weston)
- Marshall (Largest city: Moundsville)
- Mason (Largest city: Point Pleasant)
- Mercer (Largest city: Bluefield)
- Monongalia (Largest city: Morgantown)
- Monroe (Largest city: Peterstown)
- Nicholas (Largest city: Summersville)
- Ohio (Largest city: Wheeling)
- Pendleton (Largest city: Franklin)
- Pleasants (Largest city: St. Marys)
- Pocahontas (Largest city: Marlinton)
- Raleigh (Largest city: Beckley)
- Randolph (Largest city: Elkins)
- Roane (Largest city: Spencer)
- Summers (Largest city: Hinton)
- Taylor (Largest city: Grafton)
- Tucker (Largest city: Parsons)
- Tyler (Largest city: Paden City)
- Wayne (Largest city: Kenova)
- Wetzel (Largest city: New Martinsville)
By congressional district
Bush won 2 of the 3 congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat.[2]
District | Bush | Gore | Representative |
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1st | 54% | 43% | Alan Mollohan |
2nd | 54% | 44% | Bob Wise |
Shelley Moore Capito | |||
3rd | 47% | 51% | Nick Rahall |
References
- ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
- ^ 2000 Presidential General Election Results - West Virginia