2000 United States presidential election in Kansas
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, home to Lawrence and the University of Kansas , 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
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%
457
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]
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]
Shari Caywood
Gene Eastin
Richard Eckert
Susan Estes
Mark Heitz
Charles Hostetler
See also
References