2000 United States presidential election in Indiana

Main article: 2000 United States presidential election
2000 United States presidential election in Indiana
November 7, 2000
Turnout58.5%[1] 2.7 pp
 
Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Texas Tennessee
Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman
Electoral vote 12 0
Popular vote 1,245,836 901,980
Percentage 56.65% 41.01%
President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. The Republican ticket of the governor of Texas George W. Bush and the former U.S. secretary of defense Dick Cheney defeated the Democratic ticket of the vice president of the United States Al Gore and the junior U.S. senator from Connecticut Joe Lieberman. Bush defeated Gore in the national election with 271 electoral votes.[2]

Primary elections

Republican Party

Main article: 2000 Republican Party presidential primaries
Indiana Republican primary, May 2, 2000[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican George W. Bush 330,095 81.17
Republican John McCain (withdrawn) 76,569 18.83
Total votes 406,664 100.00

Democratic Party

Main article: 2000 Democratic Party presidential primaries
Indiana Democratic primary, May 2, 2000[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Al Gore 219,604 74.91
Democratic Bill Bradley (withdrawn) 64,339 21.94
Democratic Lyndon LaRouche 9,229 3.15
Total votes 293,172 100.00

Reform Party

Main article: 2000 Reform Party presidential primaries
Indiana Reform primary, July 4–August 10, 1996[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Reform Pat Buchanan 931 77.39
Reform John Hagelin 272 22.61
Total votes 1,203 100.00

General election

Statistics

Bush carried Vigo County, Indiana, which voted for the successful presidential candidate in every election from 1956 to 2016. This is the most recent presidential election in which the Republican ticket carried Marion County, which includes Indianapolis, or Monroe County, home to Indiana University Bloomington. It is also the most recent presidential election in which the Democratic ticket carried Scott County, Indiana. Bush became the first Republican presidential candidate to win the national election without carrying LaPorte County since Benjamin Harrison in 1888 United States presidential election.[5]

Results

2000 United States presidential election in Indiana[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican George W. Bush
Dick Cheney 		1,245,836 56.65 9.52
Democratic Al Gore
Joe Lieberman 		901,980 41.01 0.54
Green Ralph Nader (write-in)
Winona LaDuke (write-in) 		18,506 0.84 0.79
Independent Pat Buchanan[a]
Ezola Foster 		16,959 0.77 9.73
Libertarian Harry Browne
Art Olivier 		15,530 0.71 0.02
Natural Law John Hagelin (write-in)
Nat Goldhaber (write-in) 		198 0.01
Constitution Howard Phillips (write-in)
J. Curtis Frazier (write-in) 		197 0.01 0.01
Independent David McReynolds (write-in)[b]
N/A[c] 		43 0.00
Independent Joe Schriner (write-in)
N/A[d] 		24 0.00 0.00
Independent Keith Judd (write-in)
N/A[e] 		15 0.00 0.00
Independent Republican David Harold Bircher (write-in)
N/A[f] 		8 0.00 0.00
Veterans Industrial Earnest Lee Easton (write-in)
N/A[g] 		5 0.00 0.00
Independent Gloria Dawn Strickland (write-in)
N/A[h] 		4 0.00 0.00
Total votes 2,199,305 100.00

By county

County George W. Bush
Republican 		Al Gore
Democratic 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total
# % # % # % # %
Adams 8,555 67.95% 3,775 29.98% 260 2.07% 4,780 37.97% 12,590
Allen 70,426 61.60% 41,636 36.42% 2,258 1.98% 28,790 25.18% 114,320
Bartholomew 16,200 62.87% 9,015 34.98% 554 2.15% 7,185 27.89% 25,769
Benton 2,441 63.01% 1,328 34.28% 105 2.71% 1,113 28.73% 3,874
Blackford 2,699 55.16% 2,103 42.98% 91 1.86% 596 12.18% 4,893
Boone 13,161 71.54% 4,763 25.89% 472 2.57% 8,398 45.65% 18,396
Brown 3,871 56.78% 2,608 38.26% 338 4.96% 1,263 18.52% 6,817
Carroll 5,102 61.71% 2,965 35.86% 201 2.43% 2,137 25.85% 8,268
Cass 9,305 61.60% 5,412 35.83% 389 2.58% 3,893 25.77% 15,106
Clark 19,417 52.01% 17,360 46.50% 559 1.50% 2,057 5.51% 37,336
Clay 6,393 62.94% 3,605 35.49% 160 1.58% 2,788 27.45% 10,158
Clinton 7,141 64.97% 3,643 33.15% 207 1.88% 3,498 31.82% 10,991
Crawford 2,327 55.29% 1,817 43.17% 65 1.54% 510 12.12% 4,209
Daviess 6,872 70.40% 2,697 27.63% 192 1.97% 4,175 42.77% 9,761
Dearborn 11,452 64.88% 6,020 34.11% 178 1.01% 5,432 30.77% 17,650
Decatur 6,115 66.68% 2,889 31.50% 167 1.82% 3,226 35.18% 9,171
DeKalb 8,701 63.12% 4,776 34.65% 308 2.23% 3,925 28.47% 13,785
Delaware 22,105 50.07% 20,876 47.29% 1,166 2.64% 1,229 2.78% 44,147
Dubois 10,134 65.36% 5,090 32.83% 280 1.81% 5,044 32.53% 15,504
Elkhart 36,756 67.46% 16,402 30.11% 1,324 2.43% 20,354 37.35% 54,482
Fayette 5,060 58.52% 3,415 39.49% 172 1.99% 1,645 19.03% 8,647
Floyd 16,486 54.90% 13,209 43.99% 335 1.12% 3,277 10.91% 30,030
Fountain 4,408 60.54% 2,717 37.32% 156 2.14% 1,691 23.22% 7,281
Franklin 5,587 67.00% 2,591 31.07% 161 1.93% 2,996 35.93% 8,339
Fulton 5,218 62.66% 2,960 35.55% 149 1.79% 2,258 27.11% 8,327
Gibson 7,734 56.16% 5,802 42.13% 236 1.71% 1,932 14.03% 13,772
Grant 16,153 61.22% 9,712 36.81% 521 1.97% 6,441 24.41% 26,386
Greene 7,452 59.05% 4,898 38.81% 269 2.13% 2,554 20.24% 12,619
Hamilton 56,372 74.25% 18,002 23.71% 1,552 2.04% 38,370 50.54% 75,926
Hancock 15,943 69.47% 6,503 28.34% 504 2.20% 9,440 41.13% 22,950
Harrison 8,711 58.48% 5,870 39.41% 315 2.11% 2,841 19.07% 14,896
Hendricks 28,651 71.23% 10,786 26.82% 784 1.95% 17,865 44.41% 40,221
Henry 10,321 56.35% 7,647 41.75% 347 1.89% 2,674 14.60% 18,315
Howard 20,331 59.63% 12,899 37.83% 865 2.54% 7,432 21.80% 34,095
Huntington 10,113 69.17% 4,119 28.17% 388 2.65% 5,994 41.00% 14,620
Jackson 9,054 62.01% 5,330 36.50% 218 1.49% 3,724 25.51% 14,602
Jasper 7,212 64.58% 3,744 33.53% 211 1.89% 3,468 31.05% 11,167
Jay 4,687 58.37% 3,167 39.44% 176 2.19% 1,520 18.93% 8,030
Jefferson 6,582 55.17% 5,117 42.89% 232 1.94% 1,465 12.28% 11,931
Jennings 5,732 60.37% 3,549 37.38% 213 2.24% 2,183 22.99% 9,494
Johnson 29,404 69.54% 11,952 28.27% 928 2.19% 17,452 41.27% 42,284
Knox 8,485 56.36% 6,300 41.85% 269 1.79% 2,185 14.51% 15,054
Kosciusko 19,040 75.30% 5,785 22.88% 459 1.82% 13,255 52.42% 25,284
LaGrange 5,437 65.25% 2,733 32.80% 163 1.96% 2,704 32.45% 8,333
Lake 63,389 36.02% 109,078 61.98% 3,527 2.00% -45,689 -25.96% 175,994
LaPorte 18,994 47.79% 19,736 49.65% 1,017 2.56% -742 -1.86% 39,747
Lawrence 10,677 66.14% 5,071 31.41% 394 2.44% 5,606 34.73% 16,142
Madison 27,956 53.54% 23,403 44.82% 857 1.64% 4,553 8.72% 52,216
Marion 137,810 49.23% 134,189 47.94% 7,904 2.82% 3,621 1.29% 279,903
Marshall 10,266 63.57% 5,541 34.31% 343 2.12% 4,725 29.26% 16,150
Martin 3,008 65.26% 1,518 32.94% 83 1.80% 1,490 32.32% 4,609
Miami 8,401 64.98% 4,155 32.14% 372 2.88% 4,246 32.84% 12,928
Monroe 19,147 47.61% 17,523 43.57% 3,550 8.83% 1,624 4.04% 40,220
Montgomery 8,891 67.87% 3,899 29.76% 311 2.37% 4,992 38.11% 13,101
Morgan 15,286 69.37% 6,228 28.26% 522 2.37% 9,058 41.11% 22,036
Newton 3,250 58.98% 2,101 38.13% 159 2.89% 1,149 20.85% 5,510
Noble 9,103 64.03% 4,822 33.92% 291 2.05% 4,281 30.11% 14,216
Ohio 1,515 60.79% 951 38.16% 26 1.04% 564 22.63% 2,492
Orange 4,687 62.85% 2,601 34.88% 170 2.28% 2,086 27.97% 7,458
Owen 4,019 61.80% 2,253 34.65% 231 3.55% 1,766 27.15% 6,503
Parke 3,841 59.58% 2,481 38.48% 125 1.94% 1,360 21.10% 6,447
Perry 3,461 46.85% 3,823 51.75% 103 1.39% -362 -4.90% 7,387
Pike 3,566 56.59% 2,605 41.34% 131 2.08% 961 15.25% 6,302
Porter 31,157 52.47% 26,790 45.12% 1,431 2.41% 4,367 7.35% 59,378
Posey 6,498 58.49% 4,430 39.87% 182 1.64% 2,068 18.62% 11,110
Pulaski 3,497 63.37% 1,919 34.78% 102 1.85% 1,578 28.59% 5,518
Putnam 7,352 61.93% 4,123 34.73% 396 3.34% 3,229 27.20% 11,871
Randolph 6,020 59.42% 3,906 38.55% 206 2.03% 2,114 20.87% 10,132
Ripley 6,988 65.46% 3,498 32.77% 189 1.77% 3,490 32.69% 10,675
Rush 4,749 65.20% 2,370 32.54% 165 2.27% 2,379 32.66% 7,284
Scott 3,761 47.94% 3,915 49.90% 170 2.17% -154 -1.96% 7,846
Shelby 9,590 62.64% 5,374 35.10% 346 2.26% 4,216 27.54% 15,310
Spencer 5,096 56.70% 3,752 41.75% 139 1.55% 1,344 14.95% 8,987
St. Joseph 47,581 48.81% 47,703 48.94% 2,190 2.25% -122 -0.13% 97,474
Starke 4,349 49.98% 4,136 47.53% 216 2.48% 213 2.45% 8,701
Steuben 6,953 61.66% 4,103 36.38% 221 1.96% 2,850 25.28% 11,277
Sullivan 4,319 52.28% 3,833 46.39% 110 1.33% 486 5.89% 8,262
Switzerland 1,831 56.53% 1,336 41.25% 72 2.22% 495 15.28% 3,239
Tippecanoe 26,106 56.39% 18,220 39.36% 1,969 4.25% 7,886 17.03% 46,295
Tipton 4,784 65.39% 2,392 32.70% 140 1.91% 2,392 32.69% 7,316
Union 1,838 64.99% 927 32.78% 63 2.23% 911 32.21% 2,828
Vanderburgh 35,846 54.13% 29,222 44.13% 1,153 1.74% 6,624 10.00% 66,221
Vermillion 3,130 47.19% 3,370 50.81% 133 2.01% -240 -3.62% 6,633
Vigo 18,021 49.74% 17,570 48.50% 637 1.76% 451 1.24% 36,228
Wabash 8,321 64.59% 4,277 33.20% 285 2.21% 4,044 31.39% 12,883
Warren 2,218 58.86% 1,471 39.04% 79 2.10% 747 19.82% 3,768
Warrick 13,205 59.19% 8,749 39.22% 355 1.59% 4,456 19.97% 22,309
Washington 5,868 59.87% 3,675 37.50% 258 2.63% 2,193 22.37% 9,801
Wayne 14,273 56.75% 10,273 40.85% 605 2.41% 4,000 15.90% 25,151
Wells 7,755 68.74% 3,319 29.42% 207 1.83% 4,436 39.32% 11,281
White 6,037 60.96% 3,655 36.90% 212 2.14% 2,382 24.06% 9,904
Whitley 8,080 64.99% 4,107 33.04% 245 1.97% 3,973 31.95% 12,432
Totals 1,245,836 56.65% 901,980 41.01% 51,486 2.34% 343,856 15.64% 2,199,302

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

2000 United States presidential election in Indiana by congressional district[8]
District Bush Gore Representative
1st 38% 58% Pete Visclosky
2nd 55% 41% David M. McIntosh
Mike Pence
3rd 55% 42% Tim Roemer
4th 62% 34% Mark Souder
5th 60% 36% Steve Buyer
6th 67% 28% Dan Burton
7th 60% 35% Edward A. Pease
Brian D. Kerns
8th 55% 40% John Hostettler
9th 57% 39% Baron Hill
10th 38% 59% Julia Carson

Electors

Main article: List of 2000 United States presidential electors

Voters in Indiana chose 12 electors in accordance with Article Two of the United States Constitution, which provides that each state appoint a number of electors equal to its representation in the United States Congress. Since 1936, Indiana's electors have been selected by block voting in a statewide general election. The electors meet in the Indiana House of Representatives chamber of the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis on the second Wednesday in December following the election and vote for president and vice president.[9]

The following electors were nominated by the Indiana Republican Party and voted for Bush and Cheney at the meeting of the Indiana Electoral College on December 18, 2000.[9]

  1. Rodric D. Bray
  2. Roger A. Chiabai
  3. Beverly Gard
  4. Don Heckard
  5. Marla Irving
  6. Virginia Lee
  7. P.E. MacAllister
  8. Barbara L. McClellan
  9. Michael D. McDaniel
  10. Max Middendorf
  11. Michael Miner
  12. Virgil Scheidt

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Buchanan and Foster were the national nominees of the Reform Party of the United States of America.
  2. ^ McReynolds was the national nominee of the Socialist Party USA.
  3. ^ McReynolds had no registered running mate in Indiana.[7]
  4. ^ Schriner had no registered running mate in Indiana.[7]
  5. ^ Judd had no registered running mate in Indiana.[7]
  6. ^ Bircher had no registered running mate in Indiana.[7]
  7. ^ Easton had no registered running mate in Indiana.[7]
  8. ^ Strickland had no registered running mate in Indiana.[7]

References

  1. ^ Jamieson, Shin & Day 2002, Table 4a.
  2. ^ Congressional Quarterly 2010, pp. 799, 889.
  3. ^ a b Congressional Quarterly 2010, p. 466.
  4. ^ "2000 Reform Party Presidential Mail Ballot (table)". Ballot Access News. September 1, 1996. Archived from the original on August 20, 2002. Retrieved March 9, 2026.
  5. ^ Menendez 2009, pp. 188–92.
  6. ^ Gilroy 2000, pp. 45–50.
  7. ^ a b c d e f Gilroy 2000, p. 47.
  8. ^ Park-Egan n.d.
  9. ^ a b Indiana Election Division 2020.

Bibliography

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