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

Kansas was won by Governor George W. Bush. He won all of the congressional districts and counties in the state, except for Douglas County and Wyandotte County. Gore won Douglas with just 45.8 percent of the vote, thereby making Bush the first ever Republican to win the White House without carrying this county. Independent Ralph Nader also achieved his best performance by far in Douglas, where he got over ten percent of the vote. Bush performed very well in the first district, which is the western and most rural part of the state.

Results

2000 United States presidential election in Kansas[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican George W. Bush 622,332 58.04% 6
Democratic Al Gore 399,276 37.24% 0
Independent Ralph Nader 36,086 3.37% 0
Reform Patrick Buchanan 7,370 0.69% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne 4,525 0.42% 0
Independent John Hagelin 1,373 0.13% 0
Independent Howard Phillips 1,254 0.12% 0
Totals 1,072,216 100.00% 6
Voter turnout (Voting age/registered) 54%/66%

Results by county

County[2] George W. Bush
Republican
Al Gore
Democratic
Ralph Nader
Independent
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Allen 3,379 58.60% 2,132 36.98% 164 2.84% 91 1.58% 1,247 21.62% 5,766
Anderson 1,984 57.04% 1,327 38.15% 94 2.70% 73 2.10% 657 18.89% 3,478
Atchison 3,378 48.96% 3,171 45.96% 233 3.38% 118 1.71% 207 3.00% 6,900
Barber 1,755 70.26% 637 25.50% 73 2.92% 33 1.32% 1,118 44.76% 2,498
Barton 7,302 66.65% 3,238 29.56% 251 2.29% 164 1.50% 4,064 37.09% 10,955
Bourbon 3,852 61.07% 2,211 35.05% 159 2.52% 86 1.36% 1,641 26.02% 6,308
Brown 2,985 63.63% 1,512 32.23% 120 2.56% 74 1.58% 1,473 31.40% 4,691
Butler 13,377 63.69% 6,755 32.16% 497 2.37% 373 1.78% 6,622 31.53% 21,002
Chase 848 64.39% 391 29.69% 56 4.25% 22 1.67% 1,247 34.70% 1,317
Chautauqua 1,347 71.65% 443 23.56% 36 1.91% 54 2.87% 904 48.09% 1,880
Cherokee 5,014 54.92% 3,783 41.43% 225 2.46% 108 1.18% 1,231 13.49% 9,130
Cheyenne 1,312 75.97% 350 20.27% 47 2.72% 18 1.04% 962 55.70% 1,727
Clark 926 73.43% 292 23.16% 34 2.70% 9 0.71% 634 50.27% 1,261
Clay 2,998 73.34% 951 23.26% 93 2.27% 46 1.13% 2,047 50.08% 4,088
Cloud 2,918 64.80% 1,314 29.18% 210 4.66% 61 1.35% 1,604 35.62% 4,503
Coffey 2,700 66.83% 1,196 29.60% 96 2.38% 48 1.19% 1,504 37.23% 4,040
Comanche 760 75.55% 211 20.97% 18 1.79% 17 1.69% 549 54.58% 1,006
Cowley 8,080 56.86% 5,535 38.95% 416 2.93% 179 1.26% 2,545 17.91% 14,210
Crawford 7,160 47.63% 7,076 47.07% 630 4.19% 168 1.12% 84 0.56% 15,034
Decatur 1,255 71.35% 424 24.10% 51 2.90% 29 1.65% 831 47.25% 1,759
Dickinson 5,243 64.79% 2,413 29.82% 322 3.98% 114 1.41% 2,830 34.97% 8,092
Doniphan 2,350 64.40% 1,134 31.08% 90 2.47% 75 2.06% 1,216 33.32% 3,649
Douglas 17,062 42.83% 18,249 45.81% 4,031 10.12% 496 1.25% -1,187 -2.98% 39,838
Edwards 1,062 67.95% 447 28.60% 33 2.11% 21 1.34% 615 39.35% 1,563
Elk 1,080 69.68% 402 25.94% 34 2.19% 34 2.19% 678 43.74% 1,550
Ellis 6,516 58.39% 3,926 35.18% 543 4.87% 175 1.57% 2,590 23.21% 11,160
Ellsworth 1,845 64.99% 825 29.06% 130 4.58% 39 1.37% 1,020 35.93% 2,839
Finney 6,442 70.40% 2,431 26.57% 182 1.99% 95 1.04% 4,011 43.83% 9,150
Ford 6,050 67.85% 2,566 28.78% 200 2.24% 101 1.13% 3,484 39.07% 8,917
Franklin 5,925 61.35% 3,321 34.39% 306 3.17% 106 1.10% 2,604 26.96% 9,658
Geary 3,977 57.92% 2,660 38.74% 158 2.30% 71 1.03% 1,317 19.18% 6,866
Gove 1,122 75.05% 296 19.80% 44 2.94% 33 2.21% 826 55.25% 1,495
Graham 1,058 71.78% 346 23.47% 47 3.19% 23 1.56% 712 48.31% 1,474
Grant 2,126 74.44% 683 23.91% 39 1.37% 8 0.28% 1,443 50.53% 2,856
Gray 1,631 75.51% 482 22.31% 27 1.25% 20 0.93% 1,149 53.20% 2,160
Greeley 628 78.21% 143 17.81% 24 2.99% 8 1.00% 485 60.40% 803
Greenwood 2,392 67.17% 1,027 28.84% 81 2.27% 61 1.71% 1,365 38.33% 3,561
Hamilton 901 75.59% 264 22.15% 15 1.26% 12 1.01% 637 53.44% 1,192
Harper 2,076 67.95% 869 28.45% 75 2.45% 35 1.15% 1,207 39.50% 3,055
Harvey 8,271 60.44% 4,591 33.55% 651 4.76% 171 1.25% 3,680 26.89% 13,684
Haskell 1,323 81.87% 263 16.27% 16 0.99% 14 0.87% 1,060 65.60% 1,616
Hodgeman 835 76.75% 217 19.94% 21 1.93% 15 1.38% 618 56.81% 1,088
Jackson 3,001 57.16% 1,990 37.90% 123 2.34% 136 2.59% 1,011 19.26% 5,250
Jefferson 4,423 56.15% 3,000 38.09% 321 4.08% 133 1.69% 1,423 18.06% 7,877
Jewell 1,400 74.59% 380 20.25% 57 3.04% 40 2.13% 1,020 54.34% 1,877
Johnson 129,965 59.74% 79,118 36.37% 6,493 2.98% 1,960 0.90% 50,847 23.37% 217,536
Kearny 1,084 75.54% 320 22.30% 16 1.11% 15 1.05% 764 53.24% 1,435
Kingman 2,672 70.17% 991 26.02% 86 2.26% 59 1.55% 1,681 44.15% 3,808
Kiowa 1,262 78.48% 294 18.28% 34 2.11% 18 1.12% 968 60.20% 1,608
Labette 4,475 52.41% 3,745 43.86% 230 2.69% 88 1.03% 730 8.55% 8,538
Lane 846 74.67% 252 22.24% 23 2.03% 12 1.06% 594 52.43% 1,133
Leavenworth 12,583 54.07% 9,733 41.82% 679 2.92% 276 1.19% 2,850 12.25% 23,271
Lincoln 1,295 68.52% 469 24.81% 98 5.19% 28 1.48% 826 43.71% 1,890
Linn 2,513 59.00% 1,587 37.26% 91 2.14% 68 1.60% 926 21.74% 4,259
Logan 1,088 77.88% 231 16.54% 49 3.51% 29 2.08% 857 61.34% 1,397
Lyon 6,652 53.41% 5,190 41.67% 417 3.35% 196 1.57% 1,462 11.74% 12,455
Marion 4,156 70.40% 1,475 24.99% 189 3.20% 83 1.41% 2,681 45.41% 5,903
Marshall 3,066 59.94% 1,831 35.80% 134 2.62% 84 1.64% 1,235 24.14% 5,115
McPherson 8,501 68.22% 3,272 26.26% 534 4.29% 154 1.24% 5,229 41.96% 12,461
Meade 1,604 78.13% 400 19.48% 33 1.61% 16 0.78% 1,204 58.65% 2,053
Miami 6,611 56.96% 4,554 39.23% 294 2.53% 148 1.28% 2,057 17.73% 11,607
Mitchell 2,350 71.95% 751 22.99% 115 3.52% 50 1.53% 1,599 48.96% 3,266
Montgomery 8,496 61.81% 4,770 34.70% 269 1.96% 210 1.53% 3,726 27.11% 13,745
Morris 1,599 60.55% 882 33.40% 104 3.94% 56 2.12% 717 27.15% 2,641
Morton 1,203 77.26% 321 20.62% 19 1.22% 14 0.90% 882 56.64% 1,557
Nemaha 3,578 67.64% 1,494 28.24% 102 1.93% 116 2.19% 2,084 39.40% 5,290
Neosho 4,014 58.29% 2,588 37.58% 194 2.82% 90 1.31% 1,426 20.71% 6,886
Ness 1,420 75.69% 383 20.42% 49 2.61% 24 1.28% 1,037 55.27% 1,876
Norton 1,744 71.15% 598 24.40% 65 2.65% 44 1.80% 1,146 46.75% 2,451
Osage 3,770 57.01% 2,530 38.26% 171 2.59% 142 2.15% 1,240 18.75% 6,613
Osborne 1,432 70.54% 484 23.84% 74 3.65% 40 1.97% 948 46.70% 2,030
Ottawa 1,977 70.83% 631 22.61% 145 5.20% 38 1.36% 1,346 48.22% 2,791
Pawnee 1,850 62.93% 968 32.93% 93 3.16% 29 0.99% 882 30.00% 2,940
Phillips 2,057 73.67% 611 21.88% 85 3.04% 39 1.40% 1,446 51.79% 2,792
Pottawatomie 4,985 64.48% 2,037 26.35% 252 3.26% 457 5.91% 2,948 38.13% 7,731
Pratt 2,885 65.33% 1,314 29.76% 149 3.37% 68 1.54% 1,571 35.57% 4,416
Rawlins 1,349 77.53% 306 17.59% 49 2.82% 36 2.07% 1,043 59.94% 1,740
Reno 15,179 59.69% 9,025 35.49% 877 3.45% 349 1.37% 6,154 24.20% 25,430
Republic 2,239 75.01% 604 20.23% 103 3.45% 39 1.31% 1,635 54.78% 2,985
Rice 2,903 64.23% 1,422 31.46% 128 2.83% 67 1.48% 1,481 32.77% 4,520
Riley 10,672 58.47% 6,188 33.90% 1,171 6.42% 222 1.22% 4,484 24.57% 18,253
Rooks 2,016 72.65% 597 21.51% 105 3.78% 57 2.05% 1,419 51.14% 2,775
Rush 1,235 66.61% 505 27.24% 82 4.42% 32 1.73% 730 39.37% 1,854
Russell 2,434 69.90% 886 25.45% 121 3.48% 41 1.18% 1,548 44.45% 3,482
Saline 12,412 57.66% 7,487 34.78% 1,367 6.35% 261 1.21% 4,925 22.88% 21,527
Scott 1,811 78.64% 418 18.15% 52 2.26% 22 0.96% 1,393 60.49% 2,303
Sedgwick 93,724 57.35% 62,561 38.28% 4,669 2.86% 2,463 1.51% 31,163 19.07% 163,417
Seward 3,869 75.92% 1,126 22.10% 60 1.18% 41 0.80% 2,743 53.82% 5,096
Shawnee 35,894 48.26% 34,818 46.82% 2,529 3.40% 1,132 1.52% 1,076 1.44% 74,373
Sheridan 1,132 76.02% 281 18.87% 55 3.69% 21 1.41% 851 57.15% 1,489
Sherman 1,894 70.62% 681 25.39% 60 2.24% 47 1.75% 1,213 45.23% 2,682
Smith 1,534 70.24% 534 24.45% 79 3.62% 37 1.69% 1,000 45.79% 2,184
Stafford 1,546 70.27% 567 25.77% 54 2.45% 33 1.50% 979 44.50% 2,200
Stanton 785 76.29% 215 20.89% 16 1.55% 13 1.26% 570 55.40% 1,029
Stevens 1,714 81.19% 345 16.34% 34 1.61% 18 0.85% 1,369 64.85% 2,111
Sumner 6,176 60.36% 3,549 34.69% 306 2.99% 201 1.96% 2,627 25.67% 10,232
Thomas 2,822 74.66% 807 21.35% 93 2.46% 58 1.53% 2,015 53.31% 3,780
Trego 1,220 66.41% 516 28.09% 69 3.76% 32 1.74% 704 38.32% 1,837
Wabaunsee 2,182 63.80% 1,025 29.97% 96 2.81% 117 3.42% 1,157 33.83% 3,420
Wallace 737 85.60% 103 11.96% 14 1.63% 7 0.81% 634 73.64% 861
Washington 2,446 74.87% 687 21.03% 77 2.36% 57 1.74% 1,759 53.84% 3,267
Wichita 859 78.81% 207 18.99% 15 1.38% 9 0.83% 652 59.82% 1,090
Wilson 2,748 67.11% 1,186 28.96% 100 2.44% 61 1.49% 1,562 38.15% 4,095
Woodson 974 61.07% 521 32.66% 59 3.70% 41 2.57% 453 28.41% 1,595
Wyandotte 14,024 29.05% 32,411 67.14% 1,287 2.67% 550 1.14% -18,387 -38.09% 48,272
Totals 622,332 58.04% 399,276 37.24% 36,086 3.37% 14,522 1.35% 223,056 20.80% 1,072,216

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Bush won all 4 congressional districts, including one held by a Democrat.[3]

District Bush Gore Representative
1st 67% 28% Jerry Moran
2nd 55% 40% Jim Ryun
3rd 53% 42% Dennis Moore
4th 59% 37% Todd Tiahrt

Electors

Technically the voters of Kansas cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Kansas is allocated 6 electors because it has 4 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 6 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 6 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 George W. Bush and Dick Cheney:[5]

  1. Shari Caywood
  2. Gene Eastin
  3. Richard Eckert
  4. Susan Estes
  5. Mark Heitz
  6. Charles Hostetler

See also

References