A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. The Republican ticket of the governor of Texas George W. Bush and the former U.S. secretary of defense Dick Cheney defeated the Democratic ticket of the vice president of the United States Al Gore and the junior U.S. senator from Connecticut Joe Lieberman. Bush defeated Gore in the national election with 271 electoral votes.

Primary elections Republican Party

Democratic Party

Reform Party

General election Statistics Bush carried Vigo County, Indiana, which voted for the successful presidential candidate in every election from 1956 to 2016. This is the most recent presidential election in which the Republican ticket carried Marion County, which includes Indianapolis, or Monroe County, home to Indiana University Bloomington. It is also the most recent presidential election in which the Democratic ticket carried Scott County, Indiana. Bush became the first Republican presidential candidate to win the national election without carrying LaPorte County since Benjamin Harrison in 1888 United States presidential election.

Results

By county CountyGeorge W. BushRepublicanAl GoreDemocraticVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal#%#%#%#%Adams8,55567.95%3,77529.98%2602.07%4,78037.97%12,590Allen70,42661.60%41,63636.42%2,2581.98%28,79025.18%114,320Bartholomew16,20062.87%9,01534.98%5542.15%7,18527.89%25,769Benton2,44163.01%1,32834.28%1052.71%1,11328.73%3,874Blackford2,69955.16%2,10342.98%911.86%59612.18%4,893Boone13,16171.54%4,76325.89%4722.57%8,39845.65%18,396Brown3,87156.78%2,60838.26%3384.96%1,26318.52%6,817Carroll5,10261.71%2,96535.86%2012.43%2,13725.85%8,268Cass9,30561.60%5,41235.83%3892.58%3,89325.77%15,106Clark19,41752.01%17,36046.50%5591.50%2,0575.51%37,336Clay6,39362.94%3,60535.49%1601.58%2,78827.45%10,158Clinton7,14164.97%3,64333.15%2071.88%3,49831.82%10,991Crawford2,32755.29%1,81743.17%651.54%51012.12%4,209Daviess6,87270.40%2,69727.63%1921.97%4,17542.77%9,761Dearborn11,45264.88%6,02034.11%1781.01%5,43230.77%17,650Decatur6,11566.68%2,88931.50%1671.82%3,22635.18%9,171DeKalb8,70163.12%4,77634.65%3082.23%3,92528.47%13,785Delaware22,10550.07%20,87647.29%1,1662.64%1,2292.78%44,147Dubois10,13465.36%5,09032.83%2801.81%5,04432.53%15,504Elkhart36,75667.46%16,40230.11%1,3242.43%20,35437.35%54,482Fayette5,06058.52%3,41539.49%1721.99%1,64519.03%8,647Floyd16,48654.90%13,20943.99%3351.12%3,27710.91%30,030Fountain4,40860.54%2,71737.32%1562.14%1,69123.22%7,281Franklin5,58767.00%2,59131.07%1611.93%2,99635.93%8,339Fulton5,21862.66%2,96035.55%1491.79%2,25827.11%8,327Gibson7,73456.16%5,80242.13%2361.71%1,93214.03%13,772Grant16,15361.22%9,71236.81%5211.97%6,44124.41%26,386Greene7,45259.05%4,89838.81%2692.13%2,55420.24%12,619Hamilton56,37274.25%18,00223.71%1,5522.04%38,37050.54%75,926Hancock15,94369.47%6,50328.34%5042.20%9,44041.13%22,950Harrison8,71158.48%5,87039.41%3152.11%2,84119.07%14,896Hendricks28,65171.23%10,78626.82%7841.95%17,86544.41%40,221Henry10,32156.35%7,64741.75%3471.89%2,67414.60%18,315Howard20,33159.63%12,89937.83%8652.54%7,43221.80%34,095Huntington10,11369.17%4,11928.17%3882.65%5,99441.00%14,620Jackson9,05462.01%5,33036.50%2181.49%3,72425.51%14,602Jasper7,21264.58%3,74433.53%2111.89%3,46831.05%11,167Jay4,68758.37%3,16739.44%1762.19%1,52018.93%8,030Jefferson6,58255.17%5,11742.89%2321.94%1,46512.28%11,931Jennings5,73260.37%3,54937.38%2132.24%2,18322.99%9,494Johnson29,40469.54%11,95228.27%9282.19%17,45241.27%42,284Knox8,48556.36%6,30041.85%2691.79%2,18514.51%15,054Kosciusko19,04075.30%5,78522.88%4591.82%13,25552.42%25,284LaGrange5,43765.25%2,73332.80%1631.96%2,70432.45%8,333Lake63,38936.02%109,07861.98%3,5272.00%-45,689-25.96%175,994LaPorte18,99447.79%19,73649.65%1,0172.56%-742-1.86%39,747Lawrence10,67766.14%5,07131.41%3942.44%5,60634.73%16,142Madison27,95653.54%23,40344.82%8571.64%4,5538.72%52,216Marion137,81049.23%134,18947.94%7,9042.82%3,6211.29%279,903Marshall10,26663.57%5,54134.31%3432.12%4,72529.26%16,150Martin3,00865.26%1,51832.94%831.80%1,49032.32%4,609Miami8,40164.98%4,15532.14%3722.88%4,24632.84%12,928Monroe19,14747.61%17,52343.57%3,5508.83%1,6244.04%40,220Montgomery8,89167.87%3,89929.76%3112.37%4,99238.11%13,101Morgan15,28669.37%6,22828.26%5222.37%9,05841.11%22,036Newton3,25058.98%2,10138.13%1592.89%1,14920.85%5,510Noble9,10364.03%4,82233.92%2912.05%4,28130.11%14,216Ohio1,51560.79%95138.16%261.04%56422.63%2,492Orange4,68762.85%2,60134.88%1702.28%2,08627.97%7,458Owen4,01961.80%2,25334.65%2313.55%1,76627.15%6,503Parke3,84159.58%2,48138.48%1251.94%1,36021.10%6,447Perry3,46146.85%3,82351.75%1031.39%-362-4.90%7,387Pike3,56656.59%2,60541.34%1312.08%96115.25%6,302Porter31,15752.47%26,79045.12%1,4312.41%4,3677.35%59,378Posey6,49858.49%4,43039.87%1821.64%2,06818.62%11,110Pulaski3,49763.37%1,91934.78%1021.85%1,57828.59%5,518Putnam7,35261.93%4,12334.73%3963.34%3,22927.20%11,871Randolph6,02059.42%3,90638.55%2062.03%2,11420.87%10,132Ripley6,98865.46%3,49832.77%1891.77%3,49032.69%10,675Rush4,74965.20%2,37032.54%1652.27%2,37932.66%7,284Scott3,76147.94%3,91549.90%1702.17%-154-1.96%7,846Shelby9,59062.64%5,37435.10%3462.26%4,21627.54%15,310Spencer5,09656.70%3,75241.75%1391.55%1,34414.95%8,987St. Joseph47,58148.81%47,70348.94%2,1902.25%-122-0.13%97,474Starke4,34949.98%4,13647.53%2162.48%2132.45%8,701Steuben6,95361.66%4,10336.38%2211.96%2,85025.28%11,277Sullivan4,31952.28%3,83346.39%1101.33%4865.89%8,262Switzerland1,83156.53%1,33641.25%722.22%49515.28%3,239Tippecanoe26,10656.39%18,22039.36%1,9694.25%7,88617.03%46,295Tipton4,78465.39%2,39232.70%1401.91%2,39232.69%7,316Union1,83864.99%92732.78%632.23%91132.21%2,828Vanderburgh35,84654.13%29,22244.13%1,1531.74%6,62410.00%66,221Vermillion3,13047.19%3,37050.81%1332.01%-240-3.62%6,633Vigo18,02149.74%17,57048.50%6371.76%4511.24%36,228Wabash8,32164.59%4,27733.20%2852.21%4,04431.39%12,883Warren2,21858.86%1,47139.04%792.10%74719.82%3,768Warrick13,20559.19%8,74939.22%3551.59%4,45619.97%22,309Washington5,86859.87%3,67537.50%2582.63%2,19322.37%9,801Wayne14,27356.75%10,27340.85%6052.41%4,00015.90%25,151Wells7,75568.74%3,31929.42%2071.83%4,43639.32%11,281White6,03760.96%3,65536.90%2122.14%2,38224.06%9,904Whitley8,08064.99%4,10733.04%2451.97%3,97331.95%12,432Totals1,245,83656.65%901,98041.01%51,4862.34%343,85615.64%2,199,302

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Blackford Clark Crawford Delaware Floyd Gibson Jefferson Knox Madison Monroe Pike Porter Posey Spencer Starke Sullivan Switzerland Vanderburgh Vigo Warrick

By congressional district + 2000 United States presidential election in Indiana by congressional district District Bush Gore Representative 38% 58%Pete Visclosky55%41%David M. McIntoshMike Pence 55% 42%Tim Roemer 62% 34%Mark Souder 60% 36%Steve Buyer 67% 28%Dan Burton60%35%Edward A. PeaseBrian D. Kerns 55% 40%John Hostettler 57% 39%Baron Hill 38% 59%Julia Carson

Electors

Voters in Indiana chose 12 electors in accordance with Article Two of the United States Constitution, which provides that each state appoint a number of electors equal to its representation in the United States Congress. Since 1936, Indiana's electors have been selected by block voting in a statewide general election. The electors meet in the Indiana House of Representatives chamber of the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis on the second Wednesday in December following the election and vote for president and vice president.

The following electors were nominated by the Indiana Republican Party and voted for Bush and Cheney at the meeting of the Indiana Electoral College on December 18, 2000. 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 United States presidential elections in Indiana

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