2000 United States presidential election in Indiana
2000 United States presidential election in Indiana Turnout 55%
County Results
Bush
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
Gore
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
The 2000 United States presidential election in Indiana 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 .
Indiana was won by Texas Governor George W. Bush . He won a majority of the counties and congressional districts in the state. Gore only won two congressional districts and six counties. However, Gore won five of the six counties by very small margins. Lake County , part of the Chicago metropolitan area and the state's second most-populous county,[1] was Gore's best performance, winning with over 60%. Bush ran up the margins in more conservative rural areas to help him win the state. Bush won Vigo County with 49.7% of the vote, which is considered the most reliable bellwether county in the nation.
This would be the last time that Marion County (containing the state's largest city, Indianapolis ) and Monroe County voted for the Republican nominee, as they would end up shifting to Democratic strongholds in future elections. Conversely, this is also the last time that Scott County voted for the Democratic candidate. Bush became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying LaPorte County since Benjamin Harrison in 1888 .
Results
By county
[3]
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
15.63%
2,199,302
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
By congressional district
Bush won 8 of 10 congressional districts, including two held by Democrats.[4]
Electors
Technically the voters of Indiana cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College . Indiana is allocated 12 electors because it has 10 congressional districts and 2 senators . All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 12 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 12 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[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 W. Bush and Dick Cheney:[6]
Rodric D. Bray
Roger A. Chiabai
Beverly Gard
Don Heckard
Marla Irving
Virginia Lee
P.E. MacAllister
Barbara L. McClellan
Michael D. McDaniel
Max Middendorf
Michael Miner
Virgil Scheidt
See also
References