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

Utah was won by Texas Governor George W. Bush by a 40.49 percent margin of victory. With 66.83 percent of the popular vote, the state proved to be Bush's third strongest state in the 2000 election after neighboring Wyoming and Idaho. In contrast, Gore performed worse in Utah than in any other state, receiving barely a quarter of the vote.

Primaries Utah held presidential primary elections for the first time in 2000. The date of the presidential primary was March 10, 2000. Republican primary

Democratic primary

Independent American primary

Results

Results by county County George W. BushRepublican Al GoreDemocratic Ralph NaderGreen Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % Beaver 1,653 73.40% 541 24.02% 38 1.69% 20 0.89% 1,112 49.38% 2,252 Box Elder 12,288 79.36% 2,555 16.50% 326 2.11% 314 2.03% 9,733 62.86% 15,483 Cache 25,920 78.21% 5,170 15.60% 1,511 4.56% 541 1.63% 20,750 62.61% 33,142 Carbon 3,758 50.89% 3,298 44.66% 213 2.88% 115 1.56% 460 6.23% 7,384 Daggett 317 72.87% 104 23.91% 9 2.07% 5 1.15% 213 48.96% 435 Davis 64,375 73.27% 18,845 21.45% 2,891 3.29% 1,744 1.99% 45,530 51.82% 87,855 Duchesne 3,622 79.67% 779 17.14% 76 1.67% 69 1.52% 2,843 62.53% 4,546 Emery 3,243 73.74% 958 21.78% 81 1.84% 116 2.64% 2,285 51.96% 4,398 Garfield 1,719 87.35% 178 9.04% 43 2.18% 28 1.42% 1,541 78.31% 1,968 Grand 1,822 50.42% 1,158 32.04% 540 14.94% 94 2.60% 664 18.38% 3,614 Iron 10,106 80.24% 1,789 14.21% 341 2.71% 358 2.84% 8,317 66.03% 12,594 Juab 2,023 72.64% 619 22.23% 60 2.15% 83 2.98% 1,404 50.41% 2,785 Kane 2,254 80.44% 387 13.81% 102 3.64% 59 2.11% 1,867 66.63% 2,802 Millard 3,850 80.63% 696 14.58% 73 1.53% 156 3.27% 3,154 66.05% 4,775 Morgan 2,464 77.70% 553 17.44% 80 2.52% 74 2.33% 1,911 60.26% 3,171 Piute 626 80.15% 133 17.03% 10 1.28% 12 1.54% 493 63.12% 781 Rich 736 81.51% 152 16.83% 10 1.11% 5 0.55% 584 64.68% 903 Salt Lake 171,585 55.84% 107,576 35.01% 21,252 6.92% 6,845 2.23% 64,009 20.83% 307,258 San Juan 2,721 57.36% 1,838 38.74% 107 2.26% 78 1.64% 883 18.62% 4,744 Sanpete 5,781 77.81% 1,211 16.30% 153 2.06% 285 3.84% 4,570 61.51% 7,430 Sevier 5,763 81.43% 1,046 14.78% 125 1.77% 143 2.02% 4,717 66.65% 7,077 Summit 6,168 50.89% 4,601 37.96% 1,156 9.54% 196 1.62% 1,567 12.93% 12,121 Tooele 7,807 62.56% 4,001 32.06% 387 3.10% 285 2.28% 3,806 30.50% 12,480 Uintah 6,733 80.18% 1,387 16.52% 132 1.57% 145 1.73% 5,346 63.66% 8,397 Utah 98,255 81.70% 16,445 13.67% 2,732 2.27% 2,824 2.35% 81,810 68.03% 120,256 Wasatch 3,819 67.30% 1,476 26.01% 259 4.56% 121 2.13% 2,343 41.29% 5,675 Washington 25,481 78.50% 5,465 16.84% 714 2.20% 801 2.47% 20,016 61.66% 32,461 Wayne 953 77.80% 202 16.49% 58 4.73% 12 0.98% 751 61.31% 1,225 Weber 39,254 62.56% 19,890 31.70% 2,371 3.78% 1,227 1.96% 19,364 30.86% 62,742Totals515,09666.83%203,05326.34%35,8504.65%16,7552.17%312,04340.49%770,754

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Carbon (Largest city: Price) Summit (Largest city: Park City) Tooele (Largest city: Tooele)

By congressional district Bush won all three congressional districts, including one held by a Democrat. District Bush Gore Representative 72% 22%James V. Hansen57%34%Merrill Cook Jim Matheson 72% 23%Chris Cannon

Electors

Technically the voters of Utah cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Utah is allocated five electors because it has three congressional districts and two senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of five electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and their running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all five 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 their candidate is known as a faithless elector.

The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 18, 2000Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; 2000 Events Timeline 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:Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; 2000 Presidential electors – Utah Michael Leavitt Olene Walker Lewis Billings Arlene Ellis Ron Fox

See also United States presidential elections in Utah Presidency of George W. Bush

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