2000 United States presidential election in Hawaii

The 2000 United States presidential election in Hawaii was part of the 2000 United States presidential election which took place on November 7, 2000. Voters chose 4 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

2000 United States presidential election in Hawaii

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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 205,286 137,845 21,623
Percentage 55.79% 37.46% 5.88%

County Results
Gore
  50-60%
  60-70%


President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

Hawaii was won by Vice President Al Gore by an 18.3% margin of victory. Gore also was victorious in every county and both congressional districts of the state. Governor George W. Bush received 37.5% of the vote, while Nader obtained almost 6%.[1] Bush's best county result came in Honolulu County where he received 39.6% of the vote.[2] This was the first election since its statehood in which it did not support the same candidate as West Virginia.

Results

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2000 United States presidential election in Hawaii
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Al Gore 205,286 55.79% 4
Republican George W. Bush 137,845 37.46% 0
Green Ralph Nader 21,623 5.88% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne 1,477 0.40% 0
Reform Party Pat Buchanan 1,071 0.29% 0
Constitution Howard Phillips 343 0.09% 0
Natural Law John Hagelin 306 0.08% 0
Totals 367,951 100.0% 4

By county

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County Al Gore
Democratic
George W. Bush
Republican
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Hawaii 28,670 56.37% 17,050 33.52% 5,140 10.11% 11,620 22.85% 50,860
Honolulu 139,618 54.54% 101,310 39.58% 15,062 5.88% 38,308 14.96% 255,990
Kalawao 30 66.67% 11 24.44% 4 8.89% 19 42.23% 45
Kauai 13,470 61.87% 6,583 30.23% 1,720 7.90% 6,887 31.64% 21,773
Maui 23,484 59.83% 12,876 32.81% 2,888 7.36% 10,608 27.02% 39,248
Totals 205,286 55.79% 137,845 37.46% 24,820 6.75% 67,441 18.33% 367,951

By congressional district

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Gore won both congressional districts.[3]

District Bush Gore Representative
1st 39% 55% Neil Abercrombie
2nd 36% 56% Patsy Mink

Electors

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Technically the voters of Hawaii cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Hawaii is allocated 4 electors because it has 2 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 4 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 4 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.

The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 18, 2000[4] 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 Al Gore and Joe Lieberman:[5]

  1. Michael Amii
  2. Marsha Joyner
  3. Joy Kobashigawa Lewis
  4. Pedro Racelis

References

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  1. ^ "2000 ELECTION STATISTICS". Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
  2. ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - Data Graphs". Uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
  3. ^ DavidNYC. "Presidential Results by Congressional District, 2000-2008". Swing State Project. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
  4. ^ "2000 Post-Election Timeline of Events". Uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
  5. ^ "2000". President Elect. Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved September 26, 2011.