2000 United States presidential election in New Mexico information
Election in New Mexico
Main article: 2000 United States presidential election
2000 United States presidential election in New Mexico
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Al Gore
George W. Bush
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Texas
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Joe Lieberman
Dick Cheney
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0
Popular vote
286,783
286,417
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47.91%
47.85%
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Gore
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
Bush
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The 2000 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose five electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
New Mexico was won by Vice President Al Gore by a 0.06 percent margin. It was the closest state in the entire presidential election by raw vote margin (366 votes), closer than Florida. News outlets called New Mexico for Gore at approximately 10:21 p.m. (EST),[1] but later retracted the call when it was determined to be too close to call.[2]
Gore was not declared the winner of the state until November 17.[3] Gore carried the northern part of the state, home of the 3rd district. Bush carried the southern part of the state, which is home of the 2nd district. The central part of the state, home of the 1st district, was won by Gore narrowly by 47.91% as opposed to Bush's 47.85% (a margin of 0.06%), identical to the statewide results.[4][5]
In the days following the election, when the disputes and recounts began, New Mexico, despite having a razor-thin margin, went largely ignored. Its five electoral votes alone would not have changed the overall outcome in the Electoral College if it were switched from Gore to Bush.[6][7] The respective campaigns ended up paying little attention to recount efforts in New Mexico, and focused their efforts solely on Florida. Likewise, the media focused very little on the New Mexico recount. After the final count was certified for Gore on November 30,[7] the Bush campaign did not challenge the results.[7] This would be the first election in which New Mexico failed to vote for the winning candidate since 1976 and the only time since its statehood in 1912 that it voted for a different candidate than Nevada. As of 2020, this is the last time that New Mexico voted more Republican than the nation as a whole.
Bush became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying the state of New Mexico since its statehood, as well the first to win without Bernalillo County.
^"2000 Events Timeline - Election Night". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
^"2000 Events Timeline - Post-Election". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
^Ferguson, Chaka (November 18, 2000). "Gore Finally Wins in New Mexico". AP. Yahoo.com. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
^"Presidential Results by Congressional District, 2000-2008". Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
^"2000 Presidential General Election Results - New Mexico". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
^"Recounts might spread to New Mexico, Oregon". USA Today. November 13, 2000. Archived from the original on August 8, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
^ abc"Bush decides against recount in New Mexico". CNN. December 9, 2000. Archived from the original on October 28, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
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