2000 United States presidential election in Maine

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2000 United States presidential election in Maine

November 7, 2000

Nominee Al Gore George W. Bush Ralph Nader Party Democratic Republican Green Home state Tennessee Texas Connecticut Running mate Joe Lieberman Dick Cheney Winona LaDuke Electoral vote 4 0 0 Popular vote 319,951 286,616 37,127 Percentage 49.09% 43.97% 5.70%

Gore   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% Bush   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90-100% Tie

President before election Bill Clinton Democratic Elected President George W. Bush Republican

The 2000 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Maine is one of two states in the U.S. that instead of all of the state's four electors of the Electoral College to vote based upon the statewide results of the voters, two of the individual electors vote based on their congressional district because Maine has two congressional districts. The other two electors vote based upon the statewide results.

Democratic nominee Vice President Al Gore won the state with 49.09% of the vote over Republican Governor of Texas George W. Bush, who received 43.97%. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Waldo County and Lincoln County voted for the Republican candidate.

Bush was the first Republican to win election without winning the state since Richard Nixon in 1968, as well as the first ever to do so without Hancock County and the first to do so without Knox County since William McKinley in 1900.

Maine was one of ten states that backed George H. W. Bush for president in 1988 that did not back George W. Bush in either 2000 or 2004.

Results

Statewide

2000 United States presidential election in Maine
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Al Gore	319,951	49.09%	4
	Republican	George W. Bush	286,616	43.97%	0
	Green	Ralph Nader	37,127	5.70%	0
	Reform	Pat Buchanan	4,443	0.68%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	3,074	0.47%	0
	Constitution	Howard Phillips	579	0.09%	0
Write-in			27	<0.01%	—
Totals			651,817	100.00%	4
Voter turnout			67%		-5%

Congressional District

Gore won both congressional districts.

Maine's 1st congressional district
Candidate	# of Votes	% of Votes
Al Gore	176,293	50.52%
George W. Bush	148,618	42.59%

Maine's 2nd congressional district
Candidate	# of Votes	% of Votes
Al Gore	143,658	47.43%
George W. Bush	137,998	45.56%

By county

County	Al Gore Democratic		George W. Bush Republican		Ralph Nader Green		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Androscoggin	26,251	53.31%	19,948	40.51%	2,388	4.85%	658	1.34%	6,303	12.80%	49,245
Aroostook	17,196	48.93%	16,555	47.11%	1,055	3.00%	337	0.96%	641	1.82%	35,143
Cumberland	74,203	52.03%	58,543	41.05%	8,576	6.01%	1,298	0.91%	15,660	10.98%	142,620
Franklin	7,593	49.15%	6,459	41.81%	1,115	7.22%	281	1.82%	1,134	7.34%	15,448
Hancock	12,983	45.44%	12,732	44.56%	2,513	8.79%	346	1.21%	251	0.88%	28,574
Kennebec	31,198	52.96%	23,967	40.69%	2,955	5.02%	787	1.34%	7,231	12.28%	58,907
Knox	9,453	46.11%	8,968	43.74%	1,810	8.83%	270	1.32%	485	2.37%	20,501
Lincoln	8,634	43.89%	9,457	48.08%	1,323	6.73%	257	1.31%	-823	-4.18%	19,671
Oxford	13,649	49.65%	11,835	43.05%	1,509	5.49%	500	1.82%	1,814	6.60%	27,493
Penobscot	32,868	44.90%	35,620	48.66%	3,772	5.15%	946	1.29%	-2,752	-3.76%	73,206
Piscataquis	3,745	40.46%	4,845	52.34%	471	5.09%	195	2.11%	-1,100	-11.88%	9,256
Sagadahoc	8,844	48.05%	8,052	43.75%	1,278	6.94%	232	1.26%	792	4.30%	18,406
Somerset	11,538	48.17%	10,684	44.61%	1,239	5.17%	490	2.05%	854	3.57%	23,951
Waldo	8,477	44.29%	8,689	45.40%	1,690	8.83%	282	1.47%	-212	-1.11%	19,138
Washington	6,701	42.66%	7,958	50.66%	802	5.11%	247	1.57%	-1,257	-8.00%	15,708
York	46,618	49.31%	42,304	44.74%	4,631	4.90%	997	1.05%	4,314	4.56%	94,550
Total	319,951	49.09%	286,616	43.97%	37,127	5.70%	8,123	1.25%	33,335	5.12%	651,817

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Lincoln (Largest city: Waldoboro)
• Penobscot (Largest city: Bangor)
• Piscataquis (Largest city: Dover-Foxcroft)
• Waldo (Largest city: Belfast)
• Washington (Largest city: Calais)

See also

• United States presidential elections in Maine