2000 United States presidential election in Nebraska
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The 2000 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Nebraska is one of the two states (the other being Maine) to award electoral votes to the winner of each congressional district.
Texas Governor George W. Bush won the statewide vote by a 29% margin of victory, winning every county. Also, with 62.25% of the popular vote, the state proved to be his fourth strongest state in the 2000 election after Wyoming, Idaho and Utah.[1] Bush also won all three congressional districts, so he was awarded all 5 of the state's electoral votes.
As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last time that either major party nominee won every county in Nebraska.
Results
| 2000 United States presidential election in Nebraska[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | George W. Bush | 433,862 | 62.25% | 5 | |
| Democratic | Al Gore | 231,780 | 33.25% | 0 | |
| Green | Ralph Nader | 24,540 | 3.52% | 0 | |
| Reform | Pat Buchanan | 3,646 | 0.52% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | 2,245 | 0.32% | 0 | |
Results by county
| County[3] | George W. Bush Republican |
Al Gore Democratic |
Ralph Nader Green |
Pat Buchanan Independent |
Harry E. Browne Libertarian |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 8,162 | 65.62% | 3,686 | 29.63% | 472 | 3.79% | 64 | 0.51% | 31 | 0.25% | 23 | 0.18% | 4,476 | 35.99% | 12,438 |
| Antelope | 2,562 | 76.07% | 678 | 20.13% | 84 | 2.49% | 31 | 0.92% | 7 | 0.21% | 6 | 0.18% | 1,884 | 55.94% | 3,368 |
| Arthur | 235 | 86.40% | 26 | 9.56% | 6 | 2.21% | 4 | 1.47% | 1 | 0.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 209 | 76.84% | 272 |
| Banner | 390 | 84.42% | 65 | 14.07% | 2 | 0.43% | 4 | 0.87% | 1 | 0.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 325 | 70.35% | 462 |
| Blaine | 299 | 85.67% | 43 | 12.32% | 5 | 1.43% | 1 | 0.29% | 1 | 0.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 256 | 73.35% | 349 |
| Boone | 2,196 | 76.73% | 575 | 20.09% | 65 | 2.27% | 22 | 0.77% | 4 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,621 | 56.64% | 2,862 |
| Box Butte | 3,208 | 63.04% | 1,614 | 31.72% | 203 | 3.99% | 40 | 0.79% | 12 | 0.24% | 12 | 0.24% | 1,594 | 31.32% | 5,089 |
| Boyd | 931 | 74.96% | 265 | 21.34% | 25 | 2.01% | 10 | 0.81% | 3 | 0.24% | 8 | 0.64% | 666 | 53.62% | 1,242 |
| Brown | 1,375 | 81.65% | 250 | 14.85% | 36 | 2.14% | 14 | 0.83% | 4 | 0.24% | 5 | 0.30% | 1,125 | 66.80% | 1,684 |
| Buffalo | 11,931 | 72.48% | 3,927 | 23.86% | 483 | 2.93% | 65 | 0.39% | 42 | 0.26% | 13 | 0.08% | 8,004 | 48.62% | 16,461 |
| Burt | 2,056 | 60.61% | 1,223 | 36.06% | 73 | 2.15% | 22 | 0.65% | 12 | 0.35% | 6 | 0.18% | 833 | 24.55% | 3,392 |
| Butler | 2,638 | 68.91% | 1,028 | 26.85% | 108 | 2.82% | 34 | 0.89% | 11 | 0.29% | 9 | 0.24% | 1,610 | 42.06% | 3,828 |
| Cass | 6,144 | 59.77% | 3,656 | 35.56% | 369 | 3.59% | 55 | 0.54% | 41 | 0.40% | 15 | 0.15% | 2,488 | 24.21% | 10,280 |
| Cedar | 2,989 | 70.02% | 1,062 | 24.88% | 140 | 3.28% | 62 | 1.45% | 10 | 0.23% | 6 | 0.14% | 1,927 | 45.14% | 4,269 |
| Chase | 1,505 | 80.27% | 306 | 16.32% | 38 | 2.03% | 15 | 0.80% | 8 | 0.43% | 3 | 0.16% | 1,199 | 63.95% | 1,875 |
| Cherry | 2,322 | 81.56% | 446 | 15.67% | 50 | 1.76% | 20 | 0.70% | 4 | 0.14% | 5 | 0.18% | 1,876 | 65.89% | 2,847 |
| Cheyenne | 3,207 | 76.61% | 844 | 20.16% | 76 | 1.82% | 36 | 0.86% | 16 | 0.38% | 7 | 0.17% | 2,363 | 56.45% | 4,186 |
| Clay | 2,326 | 72.35% | 774 | 24.07% | 86 | 2.67% | 17 | 0.53% | 3 | 0.09% | 9 | 0.28% | 1,552 | 48.28% | 3,215 |
| Colfax | 2,338 | 70.53% | 863 | 26.03% | 72 | 2.17% | 29 | 0.87% | 6 | 0.18% | 7 | 0.21% | 1,475 | 44.50% | 3,315 |
| Cuming | 3,232 | 76.68% | 857 | 20.33% | 91 | 2.16% | 24 | 0.57% | 4 | 0.09% | 7 | 0.17% | 2,375 | 56.35% | 4,215 |
| Custer | 4,245 | 78.41% | 976 | 18.03% | 140 | 2.59% | 32 | 0.59% | 11 | 0.20% | 10 | 0.18% | 3,269 | 60.38% | 5,414 |
| Dakota | 3,119 | 51.46% | 2,695 | 44.46% | 141 | 2.33% | 87 | 1.44% | 9 | 0.15% | 10 | 0.16% | 424 | 7.00% | 6,061 |
| Dawes | 2,549 | 70.39% | 823 | 22.73% | 212 | 5.85% | 22 | 0.61% | 12 | 0.33% | 3 | 0.08% | 1,726 | 47.66% | 3,621 |
| Dawson | 5,511 | 73.41% | 1,740 | 23.18% | 143 | 1.90% | 84 | 1.12% | 22 | 0.29% | 7 | 0.09% | 3,771 | 50.23% | 7,507 |
| Deuel | 783 | 75.80% | 213 | 20.62% | 27 | 2.61% | 6 | 0.58% | 4 | 0.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 570 | 55.18% | 1,033 |
| Dixon | 1,834 | 66.40% | 820 | 29.69% | 30 | 1.09% | 65 | 2.35% | 9 | 0.33% | 4 | 0.14% | 1,014 | 36.71% | 2,762 |
| Dodge | 8,871 | 61.30% | 5,021 | 34.69% | 443 | 3.06% | 58 | 0.40% | 63 | 0.44% | 16 | 0.11% | 3,850 | 26.61% | 14,472 |
| Douglas | 101,025 | 55.16% | 73,347 | 40.05% | 7,109 | 3.88% | 690 | 0.38% | 749 | 0.41% | 236 | 0.13% | 27,678 | 15.11% | 183,156 |
| Dundy | 801 | 79.23% | 179 | 17.71% | 19 | 1.88% | 6 | 0.59% | 3 | 0.30% | 3 | 0.30% | 622 | 61.52% | 1,011 |
| Fillmore | 2,024 | 67.51% | 848 | 28.29% | 103 | 3.44% | 14 | 0.47% | 8 | 0.27% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,176 | 39.22% | 2,998 |
| Franklin | 1,196 | 71.70% | 420 | 25.18% | 36 | 2.16% | 9 | 0.54% | 2 | 0.12% | 5 | 0.30% | 776 | 46.52% | 1,668 |
| Frontier | 1,102 | 79.11% | 244 | 17.52% | 27 | 1.94% | 10 | 0.72% | 6 | 0.43% | 4 | 0.29% | 858 | 61.59% | 1,393 |
| Furnas | 1,849 | 76.06% | 534 | 21.97% | 29 | 1.19% | 12 | 0.49% | 6 | 0.25% | 1 | 0.04% | 1,315 | 54.09% | 2,431 |
| Gage | 5,538 | 58.26% | 3,516 | 36.99% | 355 | 3.73% | 57 | 0.60% | 33 | 0.35% | 7 | 0.07% | 2,022 | 21.27% | 9,506 |
| Garden | 963 | 79.00% | 203 | 16.65% | 38 | 3.12% | 8 | 0.66% | 4 | 0.33% | 3 | 0.25% | 760 | 62.35% | 1,219 |
| Garfield | 718 | 74.56% | 202 | 20.98% | 33 | 3.43% | 9 | 0.93% | 1 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 516 | 53.58% | 963 |
| Gosper | 757 | 74.65% | 228 | 22.49% | 19 | 1.87% | 9 | 0.89% | 1 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 529 | 52.16% | 1,014 |
| Grant | 324 | 84.16% | 49 | 12.73% | 10 | 2.60% | 2 | 0.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 275 | 71.43% | 385 |
| Greeley | 839 | 64.05% | 416 | 31.76% | 37 | 2.82% | 13 | 0.99% | 4 | 0.31% | 1 | 0.08% | 423 | 32.29% | 1,310 |
| Hall | 11,803 | 63.64% | 5,952 | 32.09% | 595 | 3.21% | 116 | 0.63% | 52 | 0.28% | 28 | 0.15% | 5,851 | 31.55% | 18,546 |
| Hamilton | 3,251 | 72.39% | 1,066 | 23.74% | 141 | 3.14% | 21 | 0.47% | 10 | 0.22% | 2 | 0.04% | 2,185 | 48.65% | 4,491 |
| Harlan | 1,358 | 73.33% | 438 | 23.65% | 37 | 2.00% | 11 | 0.59% | 7 | 0.38% | 1 | 0.05% | 920 | 49.68% | 1,852 |
| Hayes | 486 | 85.11% | 66 | 11.56% | 8 | 1.40% | 8 | 1.40% | 3 | 0.53% | 0 | 0.00% | 420 | 73.55% | 571 |
| Hitchcock | 1,126 | 76.08% | 312 | 21.08% | 21 | 1.42% | 14 | 0.95% | 3 | 0.20% | 4 | 0.27% | 814 | 55.00% | 1,480 |
| Holt | 3,954 | 79.73% | 846 | 17.06% | 93 | 1.88% | 48 | 0.97% | 5 | 0.10% | 13 | 0.26% | 3,108 | 62.67% | 4,959 |
| Hooker | 317 | 77.51% | 74 | 18.09% | 13 | 3.18% | 4 | 0.98% | 1 | 0.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 243 | 59.42% | 409 |
| Howard | 1,760 | 62.26% | 955 | 33.78% | 71 | 2.51% | 21 | 0.74% | 13 | 0.46% | 7 | 0.25% | 805 | 28.48% | 2,827 |
| Jefferson | 2,351 | 61.11% | 1,361 | 35.38% | 102 | 2.65% | 15 | 0.39% | 16 | 0.42% | 2 | 0.05% | 990 | 25.73% | 3,847 |
| Johnson | 1,210 | 57.29% | 794 | 37.59% | 74 | 3.50% | 11 | 0.52% | 11 | 0.52% | 12 | 0.57% | 416 | 19.70% | 2,112 |
| Kearney | 2,333 | 74.73% | 680 | 21.78% | 75 | 2.40% | 17 | 0.54% | 12 | 0.38% | 5 | 0.16% | 1,653 | 52.95% | 3,122 |
| Keith | 2,953 | 76.72% | 778 | 20.21% | 75 | 1.95% | 30 | 0.78% | 11 | 0.29% | 2 | 0.05% | 2,175 | 56.51% | 3,849 |
| Keya Paha | 422 | 82.26% | 78 | 15.20% | 6 | 1.17% | 6 | 1.17% | 1 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 344 | 67.06% | 513 |
| Kimball | 1,379 | 75.77% | 379 | 20.82% | 41 | 2.25% | 11 | 0.60% | 5 | 0.27% | 5 | 0.27% | 1,000 | 54.95% | 1,820 |
| Knox | 2,784 | 69.98% | 1,037 | 26.07% | 110 | 2.77% | 36 | 0.90% | 5 | 0.13% | 6 | 0.15% | 1,747 | 43.91% | 3,978 |
| Lancaster | 55,514 | 51.82% | 44,650 | 41.68% | 6,182 | 5.77% | 297 | 0.28% | 360 | 0.34% | 129 | 0.12% | 10,864 | 10.14% | 107,132 |
| Lincoln | 9,220 | 61.00% | 5,205 | 34.44% | 502 | 3.32% | 126 | 0.83% | 41 | 0.27% | 20 | 0.13% | 4,015 | 26.56% | 15,114 |
| Logan | 336 | 81.55% | 60 | 14.56% | 11 | 2.67% | 4 | 0.97% | 1 | 0.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 276 | 66.99% | 412 |
| Loup | 284 | 75.13% | 84 | 22.22% | 7 | 1.85% | 3 | 0.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 200 | 52.91% | 378 |
| Madison | 9,636 | 74.97% | 2,772 | 21.57% | 290 | 2.26% | 108 | 0.84% | 28 | 0.22% | 19 | 0.15% | 6,864 | 53.40% | 12,853 |
| McPherson | 244 | 81.06% | 48 | 15.95% | 1 | 0.33% | 4 | 1.33% | 4 | 1.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 196 | 65.11% | 301 |
| Merrick | 2,380 | 71.26% | 848 | 25.39% | 84 | 2.51% | 22 | 0.66% | 3 | 0.09% | 3 | 0.09% | 1,532 | 45.87% | 3,340 |
| Morrill | 1,597 | 74.70% | 460 | 21.52% | 46 | 2.15% | 26 | 1.22% | 6 | 0.28% | 3 | 0.14% | 1,137 | 53.18% | 2,138 |
| Nance | 1,105 | 66.37% | 497 | 29.85% | 46 | 2.76% | 11 | 0.66% | 3 | 0.18% | 3 | 0.18% | 608 | 36.52% | 1,665 |
| Nemaha | 2,177 | 64.62% | 1,063 | 31.55% | 94 | 2.79% | 18 | 0.53% | 10 | 0.30% | 7 | 0.21% | 1,114 | 33.07% | 3,369 |
| Nuckolls | 1,701 | 69.63% | 644 | 26.36% | 66 | 2.70% | 21 | 0.86% | 8 | 0.33% | 3 | 0.12% | 1,057 | 43.27% | 2,443 |
| Otoe | 4,178 | 62.71% | 2,208 | 33.14% | 218 | 3.27% | 35 | 0.53% | 13 | 0.20% | 10 | 0.15% | 1,970 | 29.57% | 6,662 |
| Pawnee | 937 | 61.69% | 522 | 34.36% | 38 | 2.50% | 11 | 0.72% | 8 | 0.53% | 3 | 0.20% | 415 | 27.33% | 1,519 |
| Perkins | 1,170 | 80.58% | 243 | 16.74% | 31 | 2.13% | 4 | 0.28% | 4 | 0.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 927 | 63.84% | 1,452 |
| Phelps | 3,575 | 77.26% | 934 | 20.19% | 86 | 1.86% | 14 | 0.30% | 15 | 0.32% | 3 | 0.06% | 2,641 | 57.07% | 4,627 |
| Pierce | 2,534 | 78.99% | 570 | 17.77% | 52 | 1.62% | 43 | 1.34% | 4 | 0.12% | 5 | 0.16% | 1,964 | 61.22% | 3,208 |
| Platte | 9,861 | 76.69% | 2,612 | 20.31% | 266 | 2.07% | 66 | 0.51% | 38 | 0.30% | 16 | 0.12% | 7,249 | 56.38% | 12,859 |
| Polk | 1,925 | 73.67% | 610 | 23.34% | 52 | 1.99% | 15 | 0.57% | 8 | 0.31% | 3 | 0.11% | 1,315 | 50.33% | 2,613 |
| Red Willow | 3,680 | 73.23% | 1,188 | 23.64% | 103 | 2.05% | 33 | 0.66% | 15 | 0.30% | 6 | 0.12% | 2,492 | 49.59% | 5,025 |
| Richardson | 2,623 | 63.20% | 1,382 | 33.30% | 83 | 2.00% | 33 | 0.80% | 16 | 0.39% | 13 | 0.31% | 1,241 | 29.90% | 4,150 |
| Rock | 725 | 81.10% | 141 | 15.77% | 17 | 1.90% | 9 | 1.01% | 1 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.11% | 584 | 65.33% | 894 |
| Saline | 2,581 | 50.17% | 2,321 | 45.11% | 187 | 3.63% | 35 | 0.68% | 15 | 0.29% | 6 | 0.12% | 260 | 5.06% | 5,145 |
| Sarpy | 28,979 | 64.00% | 14,637 | 32.33% | 1,308 | 2.89% | 140 | 0.31% | 165 | 0.36% | 49 | 0.11% | 14,342 | 31.67% | 45,278 |
| Saunders | 5,688 | 63.77% | 2,852 | 31.98% | 277 | 3.11% | 68 | 0.76% | 24 | 0.27% | 10 | 0.11% | 2,836 | 31.79% | 8,919 |
| Scotts Bluff | 9,397 | 67.90% | 3,937 | 28.45% | 400 | 2.89% | 62 | 0.45% | 29 | 0.21% | 14 | 0.10% | 5,460 | 39.45% | 13,839 |
| Seward | 4,457 | 63.53% | 2,250 | 32.07% | 245 | 3.49% | 36 | 0.51% | 14 | 0.20% | 14 | 0.20% | 2,207 | 31.46% | 7,016 |
| Sheridan | 2,105 | 81.72% | 392 | 15.22% | 54 | 2.10% | 18 | 0.70% | 5 | 0.19% | 2 | 0.08% | 1,713 | 66.50% | 2,576 |
| Sherman | 1,072 | 62.87% | 564 | 33.08% | 48 | 2.82% | 9 | 0.53% | 7 | 0.41% | 5 | 0.29% | 508 | 29.79% | 1,705 |
| Sioux | 629 | 83.75% | 98 | 13.05% | 17 | 2.26% | 4 | 0.53% | 2 | 0.27% | 1 | 0.13% | 531 | 70.70% | 751 |
| Stanton | 1,895 | 76.23% | 500 | 20.11% | 53 | 2.13% | 21 | 0.84% | 8 | 0.32% | 9 | 0.36% | 1,395 | 56.12% | 2,486 |
| Thayer | 2,096 | 69.73% | 821 | 27.31% | 65 | 2.16% | 13 | 0.43% | 5 | 0.17% | 6 | 0.20% | 1,275 | 42.42% | 3,006 |
| Thomas | 329 | 83.29% | 55 | 13.92% | 9 | 2.28% | 2 | 0.51% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 274 | 69.37% | 395 |
| Thurston | 1,040 | 49.95% | 924 | 44.38% | 56 | 2.69% | 51 | 2.45% | 5 | 0.24% | 6 | 0.29% | 116 | 5.57% | 2,082 |
| Valley | 1,610 | 71.18% | 583 | 25.77% | 45 | 1.99% | 17 | 0.75% | 4 | 0.18% | 3 | 0.13% | 1,027 | 45.41% | 2,262 |
| Washington | 5,758 | 66.75% | 2,550 | 29.56% | 234 | 2.71% | 30 | 0.35% | 41 | 0.48% | 13 | 0.15% | 3,208 | 37.19% | 8,626 |
| Wayne | 2,774 | 70.41% | 1,001 | 25.41% | 119 | 3.02% | 33 | 0.84% | 6 | 0.15% | 7 | 0.18% | 1,773 | 45.00% | 3,940 |
| Webster | 1,302 | 66.94% | 584 | 30.03% | 48 | 2.47% | 9 | 0.46% | 1 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.05% | 718 | 36.91% | 1,945 |
| Wheeler | 351 | 77.48% | 85 | 18.76% | 11 | 2.43% | 4 | 0.88% | 2 | 0.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 266 | 58.72% | 453 |
| York | 4,816 | 74.55% | 1,407 | 21.78% | 161 | 2.49% | 59 | 0.91% | 8 | 0.12% | 9 | 0.14% | 3,409 | 52.77% | 6,460 |
| Totals | 433,862 | 62.25% | 231,780 | 33.25% | 24,540 | 3.52% | 3,646 | 0.52% | 2,245 | 0.32% | 946 | 0.14% | 202,082 | 29.00% | 697,019 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
By congressional district
Bush won all three congressional districts.[4]
| district | Bush | Gore | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 59% | 36% | Doug Bereuter |
| 2nd | 57% | 39% | Lee Terry |
| 3rd | 71% | 25% | Bill Barrett (106th Congress) |
| Tom Osborne (107th Congress) |
Electors
The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 18, 2000[5] 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:[6]
- Mary Johnson
- Lee Terry, Sr.
- Howard Lamb
- Mildred Curtis
- John Y. McCollister