2000 United States presidential election in New York

The 2000 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 7, 2000, as part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 33 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

New York was won by Incumbent Democratic Vice President Al Gore in a landslide victory; Gore received 60.22% of the vote to Republican George W. Bush's 35.22%, a Democratic victory margin of 25.00%. This marked the first time since 1964 that a Democratic presidential candidate won more than 60% of the vote in New York State, and only the second time in history, solidifying New York's status as a solid blue state in the 21st century. New York weighed in as about 25% more Democratic than the national average in the 2000 election.

This marks the last time that a Republican won the White House without carrying Richmond County (Staten Island).

Primaries Democratic primary The Democrats held their primary on March 7. There were 294 delegates at stake, with 243 pledged and 51 unpledged. Vice President Al Gore won 158 pledged and the support of 44 unpledged while U.S. Senator Bill Bradley won 85 pledged and the support of 1 unpledged.

Polling Source Date Al Gore Bill Bradley Quinnipiac July 1, 199952% 34% Quinnipiac August 2, 199947% 38% Quinnipiac September 15, 199942% 40% Quinnipiac October 3, 1999 41%44% Quinnipiac November 11, 1999 38%47% Quinnipiac December 14, 199942% 39% Quinnipiac January 19, 200044% 39% Quinnipiac February 10, 200056% 32% Quinnipiac March 1, 200059% 33% Quinnipiac March 6, 200060% 32%

Republican primary The Republican primary was held on March 7. There were 101 delegates at stake, with 93 district delegates being decided in the primary and 8 statewide delegates being decided at the state committee meeting in May. Texas Governor George W. Bush won 67 district delegates while U.S. Senator John McCain won 26 district delegates. The 8 statewide delegates were unbound.

Polling Source Date Lamar Alexander Gary Bauer Patrick Buchanan George W. Bush Elizabeth Dole Steve Forbes Orrin Hatch John Kasich Alan Keyes John McCain Dan Quayle Bob Smith Quinnipiac July 1, 1999 6% 1% 1%56% 13% 3% - 2% - 7% 2% 1% Quinnipiac November 11, 1999 - 2% -56% - 8% 2% - 1% 17% - - Quinnipiac December 14, 1999 - 2% -49% - 7% 1% - 1% 24% - - Quinnipiac January 19, 2000 - 1% -47% - 5% 2% - 2% 28% - - Quinnipiac February 10, 2000 - - -44% - 4% - - 4% 37% - - Quinnipiac March 1, 2000 - - - 40% - - - - 4%47% - - Quinnipiac March 6, 2000 - - -48% - - - - 7% 39% - -

General election Polling Source Date Al Gore (D) George W. Bush (R) Patrick Buchanan (Ref) Ralph Nader (G) Quinnipiac February 24, 199949% 40% - - Quinnipiac March 24, 199947% 42% - - Quinnipiac July 1, 1999 44%45% - - Quinnipiac August 2, 199945% 43% - - Quinnipiac September 15, 199946% 43% - - Quinnipiac October 3, 199943% 41% - - Quinnipiac November 11, 199947% 43% - - Quinnipiac December 14, 199947% 39% - - Quinnipiac January 19, 200047% 39% - - Quinnipiac February 10, 200053% 37% - - Quinnipiac March 1, 200053% 36% - - Quinnipiac April 6, 200052% 34% 4% - Quinnipiac May 2, 200050% 34% 4% - Quinnipiac July 13, 200045% 35% 2% 7% Quinnipiac August 10, 200042% 38% 1% 6% Quinnipiac September 13, 200056% 29% 2% 6% Quinnipiac September 28, 200054% 34% 1% 6% Quinnipiac November 6, 200055% 34% 1% 6%

Source Date Bill Bradley (D) George W. Bush (R) Quinnipiac February 24, 199941% 38% Quinnipiac March 24, 199945% 39% Quinnipiac July 1, 1999 43%44% Quinnipiac August 2, 199946% 39% Quinnipiac September 15, 199947% 37% Quinnipiac October 3, 199951% 32% Quinnipiac November 11, 199952% 35% Quinnipiac December 14, 199950% 35% Quinnipiac January 19, 200052% 35% Quinnipiac February 10, 200053% 34% Quinnipiac March 1, 200051% 35%

Source Date Al Gore (D) Elizabeth Dole (R) Quinnipiac February 24, 199950% 37% Quinnipiac March 24, 199949% 38% Quinnipiac July 1, 199950% 37%

Source Date Bill Bradley (D) Elizabeth Dole (R) Quinnipiac February 24, 199946% 34% Quinnipiac March 24, 199947% 35% Quinnipiac July 1, 199950% 35%

Source Date Al Gore (D) John McCain (R) Quinnipiac November 11, 199949% 35% Quinnipiac December 14, 199945% 39% Quinnipiac January 19, 200047% 38% Quinnipiac February 10, 200046% 42% Quinnipiac March 1, 200044% 43%

Source Date Bill Bradley (D) John McCain (R) Quinnipiac November 11, 199955% 23% Quinnipiac December 14, 199948% 29% Quinnipiac January 19, 200049% 29% Quinnipiac February 10, 200043% 40% Quinnipiac March 1, 2000 39%44%

Results 2000 United States presidential election in New York PartyCandidatePopular votesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Al Gore 3,942,215 57.78% Working Families Al Gore 88,395 1.30% Liberal Al Gore 77,087 1.13% Total Albert A. Gore Jr. 4,113,791 60.22% 33 Republican George W. Bush 2,258,577 33.10% Conservative George W. Bush 144,797 2.12% Total George W. Bush 2,405,676 35.22% 0 Green Ralph Nader 244,398 3.58% 0 Right to Life Pat Buchanan 25,175 0.37% Reform Pat Buchanan 6,424 0.09% Total Pat Buchanan 31,659 0.46% 0 Independence (a) John Hagelin 24,369 0.36% 0 Libertarian Harry Browne 7,718 0.11% 0 Constitution Howard Phillips 1,503 0.02% 0 Socialist Workers James Harris 1,450 0.02% 0 Others - 614 0.01% 0 - Totals 6,831,178 100.00% 33 Voter turnout (Registered) 60.70% (a) John Hagelin was then nominee of the Natural Law Party nationally.

New York City results 2000 Presidential Election in New York CityManhattanThe BronxBrooklynQueens Staten IslandTotal Democratic-Working Families-LiberalAl Gore454,523265,801497,513416,96773,8281,708,63277.86%79.60%86.28%80.60%75.00%51.94% Republican-ConservativeGeorge W. Bush82,11336,24596,609122,05263,903400,92218.27%14.38%11.77%15.65%21.95%44.96% GreenRalph Nader30,9234,26519,97713,7203,55072,4353.30%5.49%1.38%3.24%2.47%2.50% Right to Life-ReformPat Buchanan9969211,4571,8895535,8160.27%0.18%0.30%0.24%0.34%0.39% IndependenceJohn Hagelin8555368957211543,1610.14%0.15%0.17%0.15%0.13%0.11% LibertarianHarry Browne990117419385962,0070.09%0.18%0.04%0.07%0.07%0.07% Socialist WorkersJames Harris173109145109205560.03%0.03%0.04%0.02%0.02%0.01% ConstitutionHoward Phillips745413987173710.02%0.01%0.02%0.02%0.02%0.01%TOTAL571,006308,063617,237555,991142,1292,194,426100.00%

By county County Al GoreDemocratic George W. BushRepublican Ralph NaderGreen Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % Albany 85,644 60.30% 47,624 33.53% 7,182 5.06% 1,583 1.11% 38,020 26.77% 142,033 Allegany 6,336 33.90% 11,436 61.19% 657 3.52% 261 1.40% -5,100 -27.29% 18,690 Bronx 265,801 86.28% 36,245 11.77% 4,265 1.38% 1,752 0.57% 229,556 74.51% 308,063 Broome 45,381 52.11% 36,946 42.43% 3,826 4.39% 921 1.06% 8,435 9.68% 87,074 Cattaraugus 13,816 40.96% 18,382 54.49% 1,094 3.24% 441 1.31% -4,566 -13.53% 33,733 Cayuga 17,031 50.12% 14,988 44.11% 1,448 4.26% 511 1.50% 2,043 6.01% 33,978 Chautauqua 27,016 46.01% 29,064 49.49% 1,888 3.22% 754 1.28% -2,048 -3.48% 58,722 Chemung 17,424 46.21% 18,779 49.80% 1,195 3.17% 312 0.83% -1,355 -3.59% 37,710 Chenango 9,112 45.00% 10,033 49.55% 869 4.29% 236 1.17% -921 -4.55% 20,250 Clinton 15,542 50.86% 13,274 43.44% 1,205 3.94% 538 1.76% 2,268 7.42% 30,559 Columbia 13,489 47.00% 13,153 45.83% 1,707 5.95% 349 1.22% 336 1.17% 28,698 Cortland 9,691 46.76% 9,857 47.56% 943 4.55% 235 1.13% -166 -0.80% 20,726 Delaware 8,450 41.88% 10,662 52.84% 833 4.13% 231 1.14% -2,212 -10.96% 20,176 Dutchess 52,390 46.87% 52,669 47.12% 5,553 4.97% 1,159 1.04% -279 -0.25% 111,771 Erie 240,176 56.56% 160,176 37.72% 18,166 4.28% 6,136 1.44% 80,000 18.84% 424,654 Essex 7,927 44.19% 8,822 49.18% 848 4.73% 341 1.90% -895 -4.99% 17,938 Franklin 8,870 50.83% 7,643 43.80% 658 3.77% 280 1.60% 1,227 7.03% 17,451 Fulton 9,314 42.97% 11,434 52.75% 668 3.08% 259 1.19% -2,120 -9.78% 21,675 Genesee 10,191 39.08% 14,459 55.45% 924 3.54% 500 1.92% -4,268 -16.37% 26,074 Greene 8,480 40.20% 11,332 53.72% 924 4.38% 359 1.70% -2,852 -13.52% 21,095 Hamilton 1,114 30.26% 2,388 64.86% 133 3.61% 47 1.28% -1,274 -34.60% 3,682 Herkimer 12,224 44.12% 14,147 51.06% 969 3.50% 365 1.32% -1,923 -6.94% 27,705 Jefferson 16,799 46.12% 18,192 49.95% 1,029 2.83% 403 1.11% -1,393 -3.83% 36,423 Kings 497,513 80.60% 96,609 15.65% 19,977 3.24% 3,138 0.51% 400,904 64.95% 617,237 Lewis 4,333 39.64% 6,103 55.83% 324 2.96% 172 1.57% -1,770 -16.19% 10,932 Livingston 10,476 38.48% 15,244 56.00% 1,053 3.87% 450 1.65% -4,768 -17.52% 27,223 Madison 12,017 42.36% 14,879 52.45% 1,092 3.85% 378 1.33% -2,862 -10.09% 28,366 Monroe 161,743 50.89% 141,266 44.45% 11,520 3.62% 3,296 1.04% 20,477 6.44% 317,825 Montgomery 10,249 49.25% 9,765 46.93% 487 2.34% 308 1.48% 484 2.32% 20,809 Nassau 342,226 57.96% 227,060 38.46% 14,780 2.50% 6,373 1.08% 115,166 19.50% 590,439 New York 454,523 79.60% 82,113 14.38% 30,923 5.42% 3,447 0.60% 372,410 65.22% 571,006 Niagara 47,781 51.23% 40,952 43.91% 3,257 3.49% 1,280 1.37% 6,829 7.32% 93,270 Oneida 43,933 45.76% 47,603 49.58% 3,160 3.29% 1,314 1.37% -3,670 -3.82% 96,010 Onondaga 109,896 53.97% 83,678 41.09% 7,670 3.77% 2,399 1.18% 26,218 12.88% 203,643 Ontario 19,761 43.01% 23,885 51.98% 1,793 3.90% 510 1.11% -4,124 -8.97% 45,949 Orange 58,170 45.96% 62,852 49.66% 4,192 3.31% 1,343 1.06% -4,682 -3.70% 126,557 Orleans 5,991 37.81% 9,202 58.08% 474 2.99% 177 1.12% -3,211 -20.27% 15,844 Oswego 22,857 47.15% 23,249 47.96% 1,699 3.50% 674 1.39% -392 -0.81% 48,479 Otsego 11,460 45.19% 12,219 48.19% 1,419 5.60% 260 1.03% -759 -3.00% 25,358 Putnam 18,525 43.53% 21,853 51.35% 1,730 4.07% 446 1.05% -3,328 -7.82% 42,554 Queens 416,967 75.00% 122,052 21.95% 13,720 2.47% 3,252 0.58% 294,915 53.05% 555,991 Rensselaer 34,808 50.86% 29,562 43.20% 3,291 4.81% 775 1.13% 5,246 7.66% 68,436 Richmond 73,828 51.94% 63,903 44.96% 3,550 2.50% 848 0.60% 9,925 6.98% 142,129 Rockland 69,530 56.72% 48,441 39.51% 3,502 2.86% 1,117 0.91% 21,089 17.21% 122,590 Saratoga 43,359 45.61% 46,623 49.05% 4,149 4.36% 926 0.97% -3,264 -3.44% 95,057 Schenectady 35,534 53.07% 27,961 41.76% 2,750 4.11% 709 1.06% 7,573 11.31% 66,954 Schoharie 5,390 39.77% 7,459 55.03% 551 4.07% 154 1.14% -2,069 -15.26% 13,554 Schuyler 3,301 40.49% 4,381 53.73% 369 4.53% 102 1.25% -1,080 -13.24% 8,153 Seneca 6,841 47.71% 6,734 46.97% 560 3.91% 203 1.42% 107 0.74% 14,338 St. Lawrence 21,386 53.75% 16,449 41.34% 1,488 3.74% 463 1.16% 4,937 12.41% 39,786 Steuben 14,600 35.99% 24,200 59.66% 1,248 3.08% 515 1.27% -9,600 -23.67% 40,563 Suffolk 306,306 53.37% 240,992 41.99% 18,130 3.16% 8,516 1.48% 65,314 11.38% 573,944 Sullivan 14,348 50.29% 12,703 44.53% 1,156 4.05% 321 1.13% 1,645 5.76% 28,528 Tioga 9,170 40.83% 12,239 54.50% 846 3.77% 202 0.90% -3,069 -13.67% 22,457 Tompkins 21,807 54.44% 13,351 33.33% 4,548 11.35% 354 0.88% 8,456 21.11% 40,060 Ulster 38,162 48.78% 33,447 42.75% 5,732 7.33% 896 1.15% 4,715 6.03% 78,237 Warren 12,193 42.60% 14,993 52.38% 1,177 4.11% 258 0.90% -2,800 -9.78% 28,621 Washington 9,641 40.93% 12,596 53.47% 997 4.23% 321 1.36% -2,955 -12.54% 23,555 Wayne 14,977 39.07% 21,701 56.62% 1,202 3.14% 449 1.17% -6,724 -17.55% 38,329 Westchester 218,010 58.63% 139,278 37.46% 11,596 3.12% 2,929 0.79% 78,732 21.17% 371,813 Wyoming 5,999 34.02% 10,809 61.30% 548 3.11% 277 1.57% -4,810 -27.28% 17,633 Yates 3,962 39.39% 5,565 55.32% 386 3.84% 146 1.45% -1,603 -15.93% 10,059Totals4,113,79160.22%2,405,67635.22%244,3983.58%67,3130.99%1,708,11525.00%6,831,178 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Cattaraugus (Largest city: Olean) Chautauqua (Largest city: Jamestown) Chemung (Largest city: Elmira) Chenango (Largest city: Norwich) Cortland (Largest city: Cortland) Delaware (Largest city: Sidney) Dutchess (Largest city: Poughkeepsie) Essex (Largest CDP: Ticonderoga) Fulton (Largest city: Gloversville) Herkimer (Largest city: German Flatts) Jefferson (Largest city: Le Ray) Lewis (Largest city: Lowville) Madison (Largest city: Oneida) Oneida (Largest city: Utica) Ontario (Largest city: Geneva) Orange (Largest city: Palm Tree)