2000 United States presidential election in Hawaii explained

The 2000 United States presidential election in Hawaii was part of the 2000 United States presidential election which took place on November 7, 2000. Voters chose 4 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Hawaii was won by Vice President Al Gore by an 18.3% margin of victory. Gore also was victorious in every county and both congressional districts of the state. Governor George W. Bush received 37.5% of the vote, while Nader obtained almost 6%.^[1] Bush's best county result came in Honolulu County where he received 39.6% of the vote.^[2] This was the first election since its statehood in which it did not support the same candidate as West Virginia.

Results

2000 United States presidential election in Hawaii
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Al Gore	205,286	55.79%	4
	Republican	George W. Bush	137,845	37.46%	0
	Green	Ralph Nader	21,623	5.88%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	1,477	0.40%	0
	Reform Party	Pat Buchanan	1,071	0.29%	0
	Constitution	Howard Phillips	343	0.09%	0
	Natural Law	John Hagelin	306	0.08%	0
Totals			367,951	100.0%	4

By county

County	Al Gore Democratic		George W. Bush Republican		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%
	Hawaii		28,670		56.37%		17,050		33.52%		5,140		10.11%		11,620		22.85%		50,860
	Honolulu		139,618		54.54%		101,310		39.58%		15,062		5.88%		38,308		14.96%		255,990
	Kalawao		30		66.67%		11		24.44%		4		8.89%		19		42.23%		45
	Kauai		13,470		61.87%		6,583		30.23%		1,720		7.90%		6,887		31.64%		21,773
	Maui		23,484		59.83%		12,876		32.81%		2,888		7.36%		10,608		27.02%		39,248
Totals	205,286	55.79%	137,845	37.46%	24,820	6.75%	67,441	18.33%	367,951

By congressional district

Gore won both congressional districts.^[3]

District	Bush	Gore	Representative
		39%	55%		Neil Abercrombie
		36%	56%		Patsy Mink

Electors

See main article: List of 2000 United States presidential electors.

Technically the voters of Hawaii cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Hawaii is allocated 4 electors because it has 2 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 4 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 4 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 Al Gore and Joe Lieberman:^[5]

1. Michael Amii
2. Marsha Joyner
3. Joy Kobashigawa Lewis
4. Pedro Racelis

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2000 ELECTION STATISTICS . Clerk.house.gov . 2011-09-26.
2. Web site: Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - Data Graphs . Uselectionatlas.org . 2011-09-26.
3. Web site: DavidNYC . Presidential Results by Congressional District, 2000-2008 . Swing State Project . 2011-09-26.
4. Web site: 2000 Post-Election Timeline of Events . Uselectionatlas.org . 2011-09-26.
5. Web site: 2000 . President Elect . 2011-09-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120212174238/http://presidentelect.org/e2000.html . 2012-02-12 . dead .