# 2000 United States presidential election in Tennessee

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The 2000 United States presidential election in Tennessee was held on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Tennessee was won by Governor George W. Bush by a 3.87% margin of victory, despite having voted for President Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996 and being the home state of Vice President Al Gore. If Gore had carried his home state, he, instead of Bush, would have been elected president.
Gore's defeat was considered an upset, as he had previously won every county in Tennessee in 1990 in his Senate bid and was popular in the state prior to his election as vice president.
This was the last of three consecutive elections in which Tennessee was decided by single-digit margins, and as of 2024, this is the last election with such results. Since 2000, Tennessee has rapidly moved away from swing state status and become a Republican stronghold. Gore was the first major party nominee to lose his home state since George McGovern lost South Dakota in 1972. Additionally, this was the first election where a presidential nominee won the state with more than a million votes. As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which Campbell County, Lewis County, Robertson County, Gibson County, Dickson County, Bedford County, Franklin County, Warren County, Henry County, Marshall County, Giles County, Marion County, White County, Hickman County, DeKalb County, Crockett County, Cannon County, and Decatur County voted for the Democratic nominee. Gore's victories in Marion and Campbell remain the last time that a Democrat has carried any county in staunchly Republican East Tennessee, this was also the last time a Democrat crossed 40% in East Tennessee.

## Primary elections
### Democratic primary

The 2000 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary was held on March 14, 2000, as one of 6 contests scheduled the following week after Super Tuesday. The Tennessee primary was an open primary, with the state awarding 81 delegates towards the 2000 Democratic National Convention, of which 68 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.
Vice president Al Gore easily decided the primary in his home state, winning 92.1% of the vote and all 68 delegates. Senator Bill Bradley took only 5.3% of the vote and earned 0 delegates, while Lyndon LaRouche Jr. only got 0.5% of the vote.
2000 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary :
| Candidate | Votes | % | Delegates |
| Al Gore | 198,264 | 92.13 | 68 |
| Bill Bradley (withdrawn) | 11,323 | 5.26 | |
| Uncommitted | 4,407 | 2.05 | 13 |
| Lyndon LaRouche Jr. | 1,031 | 0.48 | |
| Write-in votes | 178 | 0.08 | |
| Total | 215,203 | 100% | 81 |

### Republican primary

The 2000 Tennessee Republican presidential primary was held on March 14, 2000, as one of 6 contests scheduled the following week after Super Tuesday. The Tennessee primary was an open primary, with the state awarding 37 delegates towards the 2000 Republican National Convention.
George W. Bush won the primary with 77.0% of the vote and all 37 of the state's delegates. John McCain came second with 14.5% of the vote. Alan Keyes came third with 6.8% of the vote.
2000 Tennessee Republican presidential primary :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Delegates |
| George W. Bush | 193,166 | 77.02% | 37 |
| John McCain | 36,436 | 14.53% | 0 |
| Alan Keyes | 16,916 | 6.75% | 0 |
| Gary Bauer | 1,305 | 0.52% | 0 |
| Steve Forbes | 1,018 | 0.41% | 0 |
| Orrin Hatch | 252 | 0.10% | 0 |
| Write-ins | 75 | 0.03% | 0 |
| Uncommitted | 1,623 | 0.65% | 0 |
| Total | 250,791 | 100.00% | 37 |

## General election

United States presidential election in Tennessee, 2000 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes |
| | Republican | George Walker Bush | 1,061,949 | 51.15% | 11 |
| | Democratic | Albert Arnold Gore Jr. | 981,720 | 47.28% | 0 |
| | Independent | Ralph Nader | 19,781 | 0.95% | 0 |
| | Independent | Harry Edson Browne | 4,284 | 0.21% | 0 |
| | Independent | Patrick Joseph Buchanan | 4,250 | 0.20% | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 2,071,984 | | 11 |

### By county

| County | George W. Bush Republican | George W. Bush Republican | Al Gore Democratic | Al Gore Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Margin | Total |
| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | Total |
| Anderson | 14,688 | 51.04% | 13,556 | 47.10% | 535 | 1.86% | 1,132 | 3.94% | 28,779 |
| Bedford | 5,911 | 48.42% | 6,136 | 50.27% | 160 | 1.31% | -225 | -1.85% | 12,207 |
| Benton | 2,484 | 39.36% | 3,700 | 58.63% | 127 | 2.01% | -1,216 | -19.27% | 6,311 |
| Bledsoe | 2,380 | 56.72% | 1,756 | 41.85% | 60 | 1.43% | 624 | 14.87% | 4,196 |
| Blount | 25,273 | 62.15% | 14,688 | 36.12% | 701 | 1.72% | 10,585 | 26.03% | 40,662 |
| Bradley | 20,167 | 68.50% | 8,768 | 29.78% | 508 | 1.73% | 11,399 | 38.72% | 29,443 |
| Campbell | 5,784 | 46.57% | 6,492 | 52.27% | 145 | 1.17% | -708 | -5.70% | 12,421 |
| Cannon | 1,924 | 40.96% | 2,697 | 57.42% | 76 | 1.62% | -773 | -16.46% | 4,697 |
| Carroll | 5,465 | 50.48% | 5,239 | 48.39% | 123 | 1.14% | 226 | 2.09% | 10,827 |
| Carter | 12,111 | 63.40% | 6,724 | 35.20% | 267 | 1.40% | 5,387 | 28.20% | 19,102 |
| Cheatham | 6,356 | 50.38% | 6,062 | 48.05% | 198 | 1.57% | 294 | 2.33% | 12,616 |
| Chester | 3,487 | 60.88% | 2,192 | 38.27% | 49 | 0.86% | 1,295 | 22.61% | 5,728 |
| Claiborne | 5,023 | 55.81% | 3,841 | 42.68% | 136 | 1.51% | 1,182 | 13.13% | 9,000 |
| Clay | 1,468 | 42.65% | 1,931 | 56.10% | 43 | 1.25% | -463 | -13.45% | 3,442 |
| Cocke | 6,185 | 60.41% | 3,872 | 37.82% | 182 | 1.78% | 2,313 | 22.59% | 10,239 |
| Coffee | 8,788 | 49.40% | 8,741 | 49.14% | 259 | 1.46% | 47 | 0.26% | 17,788 |
| Crockett | 2,676 | 49.19% | 2,705 | 49.72% | 59 | 1.08% | -29 | -0.53% | 5,440 |
| Cumberland | 10,994 | 57.81% | 7,644 | 40.20% | 379 | 1.99% | 3,350 | 17.61% | 19,017 |
| Davidson | 84,117 | 40.33% | 120,508 | 57.77% | 3,963 | 1.90% | -36,391 | -17.44% | 208,588 |
| Decatur | 2,046 | 46.82% | 2,278 | 52.13% | 46 | 1.05% | -232 | -5.31% | 4,370 |
| DeKalb | 2,411 | 38.48% | 3,765 | 60.10% | 89 | 1.42% | -1,354 | -21.62% | 6,265 |
| Dickson | 7,016 | 45.10% | 8,332 | 53.56% | 208 | 1.34% | -1,316 | -8.46% | 15,556 |
| Dyer | 6,282 | 53.05% | 5,425 | 45.82% | 134 | 1.13% | 857 | 7.23% | 11,841 |
| Fayette | 6,402 | 55.53% | 5,037 | 43.69% | 90 | 0.78% | 1,365 | 11.84% | 11,529 |
| Fentress | 3,417 | 56.68% | 2,529 | 41.95% | 83 | 1.38% | 888 | 14.73% | 6,029 |
| Franklin | 6,560 | 44.65% | 7,828 | 53.28% | 303 | 2.06% | -1,268 | -8.63% | 14,691 |
| Gibson | 8,286 | 48.35% | 8,663 | 50.55% | 188 | 1.10% | -377 | -2.20% | 17,137 |
| Giles | 4,377 | 43.48% | 5,527 | 54.91% | 162 | 1.61% | -1,150 | -11.43% | 10,066 |
| Grainger | 3,746 | 60.48% | 2,361 | 38.12% | 87 | 1.40% | 1,385 | 22.36% | 6,194 |
| Greene | 12,540 | 60.24% | 7,909 | 37.99% | 367 | 1.76% | 4,631 | 22.25% | 20,816 |
| Grundy | 1,553 | 33.79% | 2,970 | 64.62% | 73 | 1.59% | -1,417 | -30.83% | 4,596 |
| Hamblen | 11,824 | 60.02% | 7,564 | 38.40% | 311 | 1.58% | 4,260 | 21.62% | 19,699 |
| Hamilton | 66,605 | 55.33% | 51,708 | 42.95% | 2,066 | 1.72% | 14,897 | 12.38% | 120,379 |
| Hancock | 1,343 | 64.72% | 690 | 33.25% | 42 | 2.02% | 653 | 31.47% | 2,075 |
| Hardeman | 3,729 | 42.36% | 4,953 | 56.26% | 121 | 1.37% | -1,224 | -13.90% | 8,803 |
| Hardin | 4,951 | 56.38% | 3,735 | 42.53% | 96 | 1.09% | 1,216 | 13.85% | 8,782 |
| Hawkins | 10,071 | 58.90% | 6,753 | 39.50% | 274 | 1.60% | 3,318 | 19.40% | 17,098 |
| Haywood | 2,554 | 39.43% | 3,887 | 60.00% | 37 | 0.57% | -1,333 | -20.57% | 6,478 |
| Henderson | 5,153 | 61.35% | 3,166 | 37.69% | 80 | 0.95% | 1,987 | 23.66% | 8,399 |
| Henry | 5,944 | 48.29% | 6,093 | 49.50% | 272 | 2.21% | -149 | -1.21% | 12,309 |
| Hickman | 2,914 | 40.12% | 4,239 | 58.36% | 111 | 1.53% | -1,325 | -18.24% | 7,264 |
| Houston | 993 | 31.76% | 2,081 | 66.55% | 53 | 1.69% | -1,088 | -34.79% | 3,127 |
| Humphreys | 2,387 | 35.73% | 4,205 | 62.94% | 89 | 1.33% | -1,818 | -27.21% | 6,681 |
| Jackson | 1,384 | 29.11% | 3,304 | 69.50% | 66 | 1.39% | -1,920 | -40.39% | 4,754 |
| Jefferson | 8,657 | 61.45% | 5,226 | 37.10% | 204 | 1.45% | 3,431 | 24.35% | 14,087 |
| Johnson | 3,740 | 66.11% | 1,813 | 32.05% | 104 | 1.84% | 1,927 | 34.06% | 5,657 |
| Knox | 86,851 | 57.68% | 60,969 | 40.49% | 2,766 | 1.84% | 25,882 | 17.19% | 150,586 |
| Lake | 781 | 35.12% | 1,419 | 63.80% | 24 | 1.08% | -638 | -28.68% | 2,224 |
| Lauderdale | 3,329 | 43.70% | 4,224 | 55.45% | 65 | 0.85% | -895 | -11.75% | 7,618 |
| Lawrence | 7,613 | 52.61% | 6,643 | 45.91% | 214 | 1.48% | 970 | 6.70% | 14,470 |
| Lewis | 2,037 | 46.09% | 2,281 | 51.61% | 102 | 2.31% | -244 | -5.52% | 4,420 |
| Lincoln | 5,435 | 50.99% | 5,060 | 47.47% | 164 | 1.54% | 375 | 3.52% | 10,659 |
| Loudon | 10,266 | 62.57% | 5,905 | 35.99% | 235 | 1.43% | 4,361 | 26.58% | 16,406 |
| Macon | 3,366 | 51.86% | 3,059 | 47.13% | 66 | 1.02% | 307 | 4.73% | 6,491 |
| Madison | 17,862 | 52.64% | 15,781 | 46.51% | 287 | 0.85% | 2,081 | 6.13% | 33,930 |
| Marion | 4,651 | 45.38% | 5,441 | 53.08% | 158 | 1.54% | -790 | -7.70% | 10,250 |
| Marshall | 4,105 | 43.86% | 5,107 | 54.57% | 147 | 1.57% | -1,002 | -10.71% | 9,359 |
| Maury | 11,930 | 50.98% | 11,127 | 47.55% | 343 | 1.47% | 803 | 3.43% | 23,400 |
| McMinn | 10,155 | 61.17% | 6,142 | 37.00% | 303 | 1.83% | 4,013 | 24.17% | 16,600 |
| McNairy | 4,897 | 54.48% | 4,003 | 44.53% | 89 | 0.99% | 894 | 9.95% | 8,989 |
| Meigs | 1,797 | 53.01% | 1,555 | 45.87% | 38 | 1.12% | 242 | 7.14% | 3,390 |
| Monroe | 7,514 | 57.79% | 5,327 | 40.97% | 162 | 1.25% | 2,187 | 16.82% | 13,003 |
| Montgomery | 19,644 | 50.31% | 18,818 | 48.20% | 582 | 1.49% | 826 | 2.11% | 39,044 |
| Moore | 1,145 | 49.76% | 1,107 | 48.11% | 49 | 2.13% | 38 | 1.65% | 2,301 |
| Morgan | 3,144 | 51.02% | 2,921 | 47.40% | 97 | 1.57% | 223 | 3.62% | 6,162 |
| Obion | 6,168 | 49.58% | 6,056 | 48.68% | 216 | 1.74% | 112 | 0.90% | 12,440 |
| Overton | 2,875 | 38.35% | 4,507 | 60.13% | 114 | 1.52% | -1,632 | -21.78% | 7,496 |
| Perry | 1,165 | 40.65% | 1,650 | 57.57% | 51 | 1.78% | -485 | -16.92% | 2,866 |
| Pickett | 1,281 | 57.21% | 939 | 41.94% | 19 | 0.85% | 342 | 15.27% | 2,239 |
| Polk | 2,907 | 51.97% | 2,574 | 46.01% | 113 | 2.02% | 333 | 5.96% | 5,594 |
| Putnam | 11,248 | 50.13% | 10,785 | 48.07% | 405 | 1.80% | 463 | 2.06% | 22,438 |
| Rhea | 5,900 | 60.38% | 3,722 | 38.09% | 150 | 1.53% | 2,178 | 22.29% | 9,772 |
| Roane | 11,345 | 53.20% | 9,575 | 44.90% | 406 | 1.90% | 1,770 | 8.30% | 21,326 |
| Robertson | 9,675 | 47.98% | 10,249 | 50.83% | 240 | 1.19% | -574 | -2.85% | 20,164 |
| Rutherford | 33,445 | 53.79% | 27,360 | 44.00% | 1,377 | 2.21% | 6,085 | 9.79% | 62,182 |
| Scott | 3,579 | 54.10% | 2,967 | 44.85% | 69 | 1.04% | 612 | 9.25% | 6,615 |
| Sequatchie | 2,169 | 55.80% | 1,648 | 42.40% | 70 | 1.80% | 521 | 13.40% | 3,887 |
| Sevier | 16,734 | 65.97% | 8,208 | 32.36% | 423 | 1.67% | 8,526 | 33.61% | 25,365 |
| Shelby | 141,756 | 42.09% | 190,404 | 56.54% | 4,595 | 1.36% | -48,648 | -14.45% | 336,755 |
| Smith | 2,384 | 32.44% | 4,884 | 66.47% | 80 | 1.09% | -2,500 | -34.03% | 7,348 |
| Stewart | 1,826 | 38.18% | 2,870 | 60.02% | 86 | 1.80% | -1,044 | -21.84% | 4,782 |
| Sullivan | 33,482 | 60.08% | 21,354 | 38.32% | 891 | 1.60% | 12,128 | 21.76% | 55,727 |
| Sumner | 27,601 | 54.68% | 22,118 | 43.82% | 758 | 1.50% | 5,483 | 10.86% | 50,477 |
| Tipton | 10,070 | 60.84% | 6,300 | 38.06% | 182 | 1.10% | 3,770 | 22.78% | 16,552 |
| Trousdale | 950 | 32.26% | 1,966 | 66.76% | 29 | 0.98% | -1,016 | -34.50% | 2,945 |
| Unicoi | 3,780 | 58.80% | 2,566 | 39.91% | 83 | 1.29% | 1,215 | 18.89% | 6,429 |
| Union | 3,199 | 54.96% | 2,564 | 44.05% | 58 | 1.00% | 635 | 10.91% | 5,821 |
| Van Buren | 845 | 39.65% | 1,255 | 58.89% | 31 | 1.45% | -410 | -19.24% | 2,131 |
| Warren | 5,552 | 42.28% | 7,378 | 56.19% | 201 | 1.53% | -1,826 | -13.91% | 13,131 |
| Washington | 22,579 | 59.51% | 14,769 | 38.93% | 594 | 1.57% | 7,810 | 20.58% | 37,942 |
| Wayne | 3,370 | 63.51% | 1,859 | 35.04% | 77 | 1.45% | 1,511 | 28.47% | 5,306 |
| Weakley | 6,106 | 51.55% | 5,570 | 47.03% | 168 | 1.42% | 536 | 4.52% | 11,844 |
| White | 3,525 | 45.34% | 4,135 | 53.18% | 115 | 1.48% | -610 | -7.84% | 7,775 |
| Williamson | 38,901 | 66.58% | 18,745 | 32.08% | 783 | 1.34% | 20,156 | 34.50% | 58,429 |
| Wilson | 18,844 | 52.47% | 16,561 | 46.11% | 511 | 1.42% | 2,283 | 6.36% | 35,916 |
| Totals | 1,061,949 | 51.15% | 981,720 | 47.28% | 32,512 | 1.57% | 80,229 | 3.87% | 2,076,181 |

#### Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

* Anderson (Largest city: Oak Ridge)
* Carroll (Largest city: McKenzie)
* Cheatham (Largest city: Ashland City)
* Coffee (Largest city: Tullahoma)
* Dyer (Largest city: Dyersburg)
* Fayette (Largest town: Oakland)
* Fentress (Largest city: Jamestown)
* Lawrence (Largest city: Lawrenceburg)
* Maury (Largest city: Columbia)
* McNairy (Largest city: Selmer)
* Meigs (Largest city: Decatur)
* Montgomery (Largest city: Clarksville)
* Moore (Largest city: Lynchburg)
* Morgan (Largest city: Coalfield)
* Obion (Largest city: Union City)
* Polk (Largest city: Benton)
* Putnam (Largest city: Cookeville)
* Roane (Largest city: Oak Ridge)
* Sequatchie (Largest city: Dunlap)
* Union (Largest city: Maynardville)
* Weakley (Largest city: Martin)

### By congressional district

Bush won 6 of 9 congressional districts, including one held by a Democrat.
| District | Gore | Bush | Representative |
| 1st | 37% | 61% | Bill Jenkins |
| 2nd | 40% | 58% | Jimmy Duncan |
| 3rd | 45% | 53% | Zach Wamp |
| 4th | 46% | 52% | Van Hilleary |
| 5th | 58% | 40% | Bob Clement |
| 6th | 45% | 54% | Bart Gordon |
| 7th | 44% | 54% | Ed Bryant |
| 8th | 50% | 49% | John S. Tanner |
| 9th | 77% | 22% | Harold Ford Jr. |

## Electors

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 Bush and Dick Cheney:
* Lamar Alexander
* Daniel Dirksen Baker
* Lana Bowman Ball
* Nancy Cunningham
* Winfield Dunn
* Jimmy Exum
* Jim Henry
* Raja Jubran
* Anie Kent
* Patti Saliba
* Mamon Wright