2000 United States presidential election in North Carolina

The 2000 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 14 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

North Carolina was won by Governor George W. Bush with a 12.83% margin of victory. Bush won most of the counties and congressional districts of the state. He won nine of the twelve districts, and also won the most populated counties including Forsyth County (home to Winston-Salem) with 56%, Wake County (home to the state's capital, Raleigh) with 53%, Guilford County (home to Greensboro) with 51%, and Mecklenburg County (home to the state's largest city, Charlotte) with 51% of the vote.

, this is the last election in which Guilford County and Mecklenburg County voted for a Republican presidential candidate. This is also the last election in which Columbus County, Chowan County, and Tyrrell County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.

Results 2000 United States presidential election in North CarolinaPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican George W. Bush 1,631,163 56.03% 14 Democratic Al Gore 1,257,692 43.20% 0 Libertarian Harry Browne 12,307 0.42% 0 Reform Patrick Buchanan 8,874 0.30% 0 Write-In David McReynolds 1,226 0.04% 0 Totals 2,911,262 100.00% 14 Voter turnout (Voting age/registered) 48%/57%

Results by county CountyGeorge W. BushRepublicanAl GoreDemocraticHarry BrowneLibertarianPat BuchananReformDavid McReynoldsWrite-inMarginTotal#%#%#%#%#%#% Alamance 29,305 62.23% 17,459 37.08% 157 0.33% 170 0.36% 0 0.00% 11,846 25.15% 47,091 Alexander 9,242 68.50% 4,166 30.88% 36 0.27% 43 0.32% 5 0.04% 5,076 37.62% 13,492 Alleghany 2,531 58.68% 1,715 39.76% 16 0.37% 51 1.18% 0 0.00% 816 18.92% 4,313 Anson 3,161 39.59% 4,792 60.01% 14 0.18% 18 0.23% 0 0.00% -1,631 -20.42% 7,985 Ashe 6,226 60.35% 4,011 38.88% 42 0.41% 37 0.36% 0 0.00% 2,215 21.47% 10,316 Avery 4,956 74.04% 1,686 25.19% 24 0.36% 28 0.42% 0 0.00% 3,270 48.85% 6,694 Beaufort 10,531 60.83% 6,634 38.32% 63 0.36% 40 0.23% 45 0.26% 3,897 22.51% 17,313 Bertie 2,488 34.67% 4,660 64.94% 11 0.15% 17 0.24% 0 0.00% -2,172 -30.27% 7,176 Bladen 4,977 45.63% 5,889 53.99% 18 0.17% 24 0.22% 0 0.00% -912 -8.36% 10,908 Brunswick 15,427 53.49% 13,118 45.49% 136 0.47% 158 0.55% 0 0.00% 2,309 8.00% 28,839 Buncombe 46,101 53.93% 38,545 45.09% 471 0.55% 359 0.42% 0 0.00% 7,556 8.84% 85,476 Burke 18,466 60.23% 11,924 38.89% 125 0.41% 143 0.47% 0 0.00% 6,542 21.34% 30,658 Cabarrus 32,704 66.23% 16,284 32.98% 242 0.49% 151 0.31% 0 0.00% 16,420 33.25% 49,381 Caldwell 17,337 66.39% 8,588 32.89% 95 0.36% 95 0.36% 0 0.00% 8,749 33.50% 26,115 Camden 1,628 57.51% 1,187 41.93% 9 0.32% 7 0.25% 0 0.00% 441 15.58% 2,831 Carteret 17,381 65.69% 8,839 33.40% 106 0.40% 132 0.50% 3 0.01% 8,542 32.29% 26,461 Caswell 4,270 50.70% 4,091 48.58% 26 0.31% 35 0.42% 0 0.00% 179 2.12% 8,422 Catawba 34,244 67.36% 16,246 31.95% 209 0.41% 141 0.28% 1 0.00% 17,998 35.41% 50,841 Chatham 10,248 48.96% 10,461 49.98% 148 0.71% 58 0.28% 16 0.08% -213 -1.02% 20,931 Cherokee 6,305 65.17% 3,239 33.48% 52 0.54% 78 0.81% 0 0.00% 3,066 31.69% 9,674 Chowan 2,415 49.39% 2,430 49.69% 28 0.57% 17 0.35% 0 0.00% -15 -0.30% 4,890 Clay 2,416 62.72% 1,361 35.33% 30 0.78% 25 0.65% 20 0.52% 1,055 27.39% 3,852 Cleveland 19,064 58.22% 13,455 41.09% 109 0.33% 104 0.32% 14 0.04% 5,609 17.13% 32,746 Columbus 8,342 45.28% 9,986 54.20% 48 0.26% 49 0.27% 0 0.00% -1,644 -8.92% 18,425 Craven 19,494 60.95% 12,213 38.18% 113 0.35% 165 0.52% 0 0.00% 7,281 22.77% 31,985 Cumberland 38,129 49.42% 38,626 50.07% 237 0.31% 159 0.21% 0 0.00% -497 -0.65% 77,151 Currituck 4,095 60.77% 2,595 38.51% 31 0.46% 18 0.27% 0 0.00% 1,500 22.26% 6,739 Dare 7,301 56.15% 5,589 42.99% 79 0.61% 33 0.25% 0 0.00% 1,712 13.16% 13,002 Davidson 35,387 67.99% 16,199 31.12% 173 0.33% 288 0.55% 0 0.00% 19,188 36.87% 52,047 Davie 10,184 72.75% 3,651 26.08% 67 0.48% 96 0.69% 0 0.00% 6,533 46.67% 13,998 Duplin 7,840 54.48% 6,475 45.00% 36 0.25% 32 0.22% 7 0.05% 1,365 9.48% 14,390 Durham 30,150 35.64% 53,907 63.72% 433 0.51% 103 0.12% 11 0.01% -23,757 -28.08% 84,604 Edgecombe 6,836 37.56% 11,315 62.16% 30 0.16% 21 0.12% 0 0.00% -4,479 -24.60% 18,202 Forsyth 67,700 55.98% 52,457 43.37% 442 0.37% 343 0.28% 0 0.00% 15,243 12.61% 120,942 Franklin 8,501 52.96% 7,454 46.44% 62 0.39% 34 0.21% 0 0.00% 1,047 6.52% 16,051 Gaston 39,453 66.67% 19,281 32.58% 253 0.43% 192 0.32% 0 0.00% 20,172 34.09% 59,179 Gates 1,480 42.95% 1,944 56.41% 5 0.15% 7 0.20% 10 0.29% -464 -13.46% 3,446 Graham 2,304 68.55% 1,006 29.93% 21 0.62% 26 0.77% 4 0.12% 1,298 38.62% 3,361 Granville 7,364 48.47% 7,733 50.90% 70 0.46% 27 0.18% 0 0.00% -369 -2.43% 15,194 Greene 3,353 57.12% 2,478 42.21% 8 0.14% 30 0.51% 1 0.02% 875 14.91% 5,870 Guilford 84,394 50.76% 80,787 48.59% 569 0.34% 485 0.29% 29 0.02% 3,607 2.17% 166,264 Halifax 6,698 39.47% 10,222 60.24% 25 0.15% 25 0.15% 0 0.00% -3,524 -20.77% 16,970 Harnett 14,762 61.08% 9,155 37.88% 72 0.30% 74 0.31% 104 0.43% 5,607 23.20% 24,167 Haywood 12,118 54.41% 9,793 43.97% 107 0.48% 104 0.47% 151 0.68% 2,325 10.44% 22,273 Henderson 25,688 66.54% 12,562 32.54% 183 0.47% 174 0.45% 0 0.00% 13,126 34.00% 38,607 Hertford 2,382 30.16% 5,484 69.44% 17 0.22% 14 0.18% 0 0.00% -3,102 -39.28% 7,897 Hoke 3,439 40.07% 5,017 58.46% 91 1.06% 35 0.41% 0 0.00% -1,578 -18.39% 8,582 Hyde 1,132 50.60% 1,088 48.64% 10 0.45% 7 0.31% 0 0.00% 44 1.96% 2,237 Iredell 29,853 65.49% 15,434 33.86% 163 0.36% 136 0.30% 0 0.00% 14,419 31.63% 45,586 Jackson 6,237 51.46% 5,722 47.21% 88 0.73% 74 0.61% 0 0.00% 515 4.25% 12,121 Johnston 27,212 66.12% 13,704 33.30% 157 0.38% 82 0.20% 0 0.00% 13,508 32.82% 41,155 Jones 2,114 53.33% 1,822 45.96% 13 0.33% 15 0.38% 0 0.00% 292 7.37% 3,964 Lee 9,406 57.77% 6,785 41.67% 51 0.31% 41 0.25% 0 0.00% 2,621 16.10% 16,283 Lenoir 11,512 54.40% 9,527 45.02% 43 0.20% 53 0.25% 28 0.13% 1,985 9.38% 21,163 Lincoln 15,951 65.03% 8,412 34.29% 90 0.37% 76 0.31% 0 0.00% 7,539 30.74% 24,529 Macon 8,406 63.52% 4,683 35.39% 73 0.55% 72 0.54% 0 0.00% 3,723 28.13% 13,234 Madison 4,676 56.17% 3,505 42.10% 40 0.48% 55 0.66% 49 0.59% 1,171 14.07% 8,325 Martin 4,420 47.19% 4,929 52.63% 4 0.04% 13 0.14% 0 0.00% -509 -5.44% 9,366 McDowell 9,109 65.01% 4,747 33.88% 39 0.28% 57 0.41% 59 0.42% 4,362 31.13% 14,011 Mecklenburg 134,068 50.97% 126,911 48.25% 1,291 0.49% 487 0.19% 279 0.11% 7,157 2.72% 263,036 Mitchell 4,984 75.52% 1,535 23.26% 26 0.39% 55 0.83% 0 0.00% 3,449 52.26% 6,600 Montgomery 4,946 55.11% 3,979 44.34% 19 0.21% 20 0.22% 10 0.11% 967 10.77% 8,974 Moore 19,882 63.52% 11,232 35.88% 106 0.34% 81 0.26% 0 0.00% 8,650 27.64% 31,301 Nash 17,995 58.97% 12,376 40.56% 73 0.24% 69 0.23% 0 0.00% 5,619 18.41% 30,513 New Hanover 36,503 55.04% 29,292 44.17% 377 0.57% 147 0.22% 0 0.00% 7,211 10.87% 66,319 Northampton 2,667 32.52% 5,513 67.23% 9 0.11% 11 0.13% 0 0.00% -2,846 -34.71% 8,200 Onslow 19,657 65.06% 10,269 33.99% 167 0.55% 122 0.40% 0 0.00% 9,388 31.07% 30,215 Orange 17,930 36.34% 30,921 62.66% 392 0.79% 75 0.15% 26 0.05% -12,991 -26.32% 49,344 Pamlico 2,999 57.21% 2,188 41.74% 36 0.69% 19 0.36% 0 0.00% 811 15.47% 5,242 Pasquotank 4,943 45.34% 5,874 53.88% 38 0.35% 48 0.44% 0 0.00% -931 -8.54% 10,903 Pender 7,661 54.13% 6,415 45.32% 37 0.26% 41 0.29% 0 0.00% 1,246 8.81% 14,154 Perquimans 2,230 51.79% 2,033 47.21% 23 0.53% 20 0.46% 0 0.00% 197 4.58% 4,306 Person 6,722 56.81% 5,042 42.61% 43 0.36% 26 0.22% 0 0.00% 1,680 14.20% 11,833 Pitt 23,192 53.84% 19,685 45.70% 115 0.27% 81 0.19% 2 0.00% 3,507 8.14% 43,075 Polk 5,074 61.11% 3,114 37.50% 62 0.75% 53 0.64% 0 0.00% 1,960 23.61% 8,303 Randolph 30,959 72.51% 11,366 26.62% 149 0.35% 222 0.52% 0 0.00% 19,593 45.89% 42,696 Richmond 6,263 43.89% 7,935 55.61% 30 0.21% 41 0.29% 0 0.00% -1,672 -11.72% 14,269 Robeson 11,721 39.40% 17,834 59.95% 52 0.17% 81 0.27% 59 0.20% -6,113 -20.55% 29,747 Rockingham 18,979 58.35% 13,260 40.76% 75 0.23% 127 0.39% 87 0.27% 5,719 17.59% 32,528 Rowan 28,922 65.53% 14,891 33.74% 146 0.33% 174 0.39% 0 0.00% 14,031 31.79% 44,133 Rutherford 13,755 63.34% 7,697 35.44% 93 0.43% 171 0.79% 0 0.00% 6,058 27.90% 21,716 Sampson 10,410 54.11% 8,768 45.57% 33 0.17% 28 0.15% 0 0.00% 1,642 8.54% 19,239 Scotland 3,740 39.77% 5,627 59.84% 11 0.12% 25 0.27% 0 0.00% -1,887 -20.07% 9,403 Stanly 15,548 68.14% 7,066 30.97% 69 0.30% 135 0.59% 0 0.00% 8,482 37.17% 22,818 Stokes 12,028 70.00% 5,030 29.27% 56 0.33% 68 0.40% 0 0.00% 6,998 40.73% 17,182 Surry 15,401 65.93% 7,757 33.21% 85 0.36% 115 0.49% 0 0.00% 7,644 32.72% 23,358 Swain 2,224 50.89% 2,097 47.99% 22 0.50% 25 0.57% 2 0.05% 127 2.90% 4,370 Transylvania 9,011 63.35% 5,044 35.46% 91 0.64% 79 0.56% 0 0.00% 3,967 27.89% 14,225 Tyrrell 706 45.08% 849 54.21% 5 0.32% 6 0.38% 0 0.00% -143 -9.13% 1,566 Union 31,876 67.59% 14,890 31.57% 247 0.52% 146 0.31% 2 0.00% 16,986 36.02% 47,161 Vance 5,564 43.81% 7,092 55.84% 32 0.25% 13 0.10% 0 0.00% -1,528 -12.03% 12,701 Wake 142,494 53.13% 123,466 46.03% 1,754 0.65% 497 0.19% 9 0.00% 19,028 7.10% 268,220 Warren 2,202 32.41% 4,576 67.34% 7 0.10% 8 0.12% 2 0.03% -2,374 -34.93% 6,795 Washington 2,169 44.36% 2,704 55.30% 7 0.14% 10 0.20% 0 0.00% -535 -10.94% 4,890 Watauga 10,438 55.75% 7,959 42.51% 151 0.81% 57 0.30% 118 0.63% 2,479 13.24% 18,723 Wayne 20,758 61.26% 13,005 38.38% 65 0.19% 56 0.17% 0 0.00% 7,753 22.88% 33,884 Wilkes 16,826 69.18% 7,226 29.71% 79 0.32% 120 0.49% 72 0.30% 9,600 39.47% 24,323 Wilson 13,466 54.24% 11,266 45.38% 51 0.21% 43 0.17% 0 0.00% 2,200 8.86% 24,826 Yadkin 10,435 76.27% 3,127 22.85% 53 0.39% 67 0.49% 0 0.00% 7,308 53.42% 13,682 Yancey 4,970 56.71% 3,714 42.38% 20 0.23% 59 0.67% 1 0.01% 1,256 14.33% 8,764Totals1,631,16356.03%1,257,69243.20%12,3070.42%8,8740.30%1,2260.04%373,47112.83%2,911,262

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Buncombe (Largest city: Asheville) Camden (Largest city: Camden) Caswell (Largest city: Yanceyville) Duplin (Largest city: Wallace) Franklin (Largest city: Wake Forest) Guilford (Largest city: Greensboro) Haywood (Largest city: Waynesville) Hyde (Largest city: Swan Quarter) Jackson (Largest city: Sylva) Jones (Largest city: Maysville) Madison (Largest city: Mars Hill) Mecklenburg (Largest city: Charlotte) Montgomery (Largest city: Troy) Perquimans (Largest city: Hertford) Swain (Largest city: Cherokee)

By congressional district Bush won nine of 12 congressional districts, including two held by Democrats. District Bush Gore Representative 41% 58%Eva Clayton 55% 44%Bob Etheridge 61% 38%Walter B. Jones 47% 52%David Price 63% 36%Richard Burr 65% 34%Howard Coble 53% 47%Mike McIntyre 56% 43%Robin Hayes 61% 38%Sue Wilkins Myrick 66% 33%Cass Ballenger 59% 40%Charles H. Taylor 37% 62%Mel Watt

Electors

Technically the voters of North Carolina cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. North Carolina is allocated 14 electors because it has 12 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 14 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 14 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 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: Fran Barnhart Claude Billings Sam Currin Tom Dwiggins A. Dial Gray