2000 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

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The 2000 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

2000 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

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 12 0 0 Popular vote 1,616,487 878,502 173,564 Percentage 59.80% 32.50% 6.42%

Gore   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% Bush   40–50%   50–60%

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

Massachusetts is one of the most reliable blue states in the nation: no Republican has won the state since Ronald Reagan in 1984. The 2000 presidential election featured Democratic United States Vice President Al Gore versus Republican Texas Governor George W. Bush. Despite Bush's tight victory nationwide, Gore handily won Massachusetts, with a 27% margin of victory against George W. Bush who did not actively campaign there. Gore didn't campaign in Massachusetts as well although his wife Tipper and the wife of his running mate Joe Lieberman, Hadassah, held a rally in Lieberman's hometown of Gardner. Gore won every county and congressional district. Massachusetts had been a Democratic-leaning state since 1928, and a Democratic stronghold since 1960, and has kept up its intense level of the sizable Democratic margins since 1996.

Bush became the first Republican ever to win the White House without carrying Barnstable County. As of 2020, this is the last time that a Democratic presidential nominee has failed to reach 60 percent of the vote in Massachusetts. This is also the last time that the towns of Ashby, Charlton, Douglas, East Bridgewater, Middleborough, Middleton, Lakeville, and North Brookfield voted Democratic in a presidential election and the last time that the towns of Chatham, Chesterfield, Orleans, Otis, and Rowe voted Republican.

With 6.42% of the popular vote, Massachusetts proved to be Ralph Nader's third best state in the 2000 election after Alaska and neighboring Vermont. Nader received 36.2% of the vote in the town of Wendell.

Results

2000 United States presidential election in Massachusetts
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Albert A. Gore Jr. and Joseph I. Lieberman	1,616,487	59.80%	12
	Republican	George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney	878,502	32.50%	0
	Green	Ralph Nader and Winona LaDuke	173,564	6.42%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	16,366	0.61%	0
	Reform	Pat Buchanan	11,149	0.41%	0
	Independent	Others (Write-In)	3,990	0.15%	0
	Independent (a)	John Hagelin	2,884	0.11%	0
	Socialist	David McReynolds (Write-In)	42	0.15%	0
Totals			2,702,984	100.0%	12

(a) John Hagelin was the candidate of the Natural Law Party nationally.

By county

County	Al Gore Democratic		George W. Bush Republican		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Barnstable	62,363	51.50%	49,686	41.03%	9,037	7.46%	12,677	10.47%	121,086
Berkshire	37,934	63.85%	15,805	26.60%	5,672	9.55%	22,129	37.25%	59,411
Bristol	136,325	64.51%	62,848	29.74%	12,164	5.76%	73,477	34.77%	211,337
Dukes	5,474	61.81%	2,315	26.14%	1,067	12.05%	3,159	35.67%	8,856
Essex	178,400	57.49%	110,010	35.45%	21,923	7.06%	68,390	22.04%	310,333
Franklin	17,945	53.78%	10,176	30.50%	5,245	15.72%	7,769	23.28%	33,366
Hampden	100,103	58.17%	59,558	34.61%	12,432	7.22%	40,545	23.56%	172,093
Hampshire	38,543	56.16%	19,202	27.98%	10,881	15.86%	19,341	28.18%	68,626
Middlesex	404,043	61.49%	198,914	30.27%	54,091	8.23%	205,129	31.22%	657,048
Nantucket	2,874	58.34%	1,624	32.97%	428	8.69%	1,250	25.37%	4,926
Norfolk	188,450	59.41%	107,033	33.75%	21,694	6.84%	81,417	25.66%	317,177
Plymouth	115,376	54.53%	82,751	39.11%	13,450	6.36%	32,625	15.42%	211,577
Suffolk	154,888	71.38%	44,441	20.48%	17,671	8.14%	110,447	50.90%	217,000
Worcester	173,769	56.03%	114,139	36.80%	22,240	7.17%	59,630	19.23%	310,148
Totals	1,616,487	59.80%	878,502	32.50%	207,995	7.70%	737,985	27.30%	2,702,984

Results by Congressional district

Gore won all 10 Congressional districts.

District	Bush	Gore	Nader	Representative
1st	33%	57%	9%	John Olver
2nd	34%	58%	7%	Richard Neal
3rd	35%	58%	6%	Jim McGovern
4th	30%	63%	5%	Barney Frank
5th	36%	56%	6%	Marty Meehan
6th	36%	57%	6%	John F. Tierney
7th	29%	63%	6%	Ed Markey
8th	17%	72%	10%	Mike Capuano
9th	31%	62%	6%	Joe Moakley
				Stephen F. Lynch
10th	38%	55%	6%	Bill Delahunt

Results by municipality

Results by town

  Gore – 80–90%

  Gore – 70–80%

  Gore – 60–70%

  Gore – 50–60%

  Gore – <50%

  Bush – <50%

  Bush – 50–60%

See also

• United States presidential elections in Massachusetts