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What Are The Swing States?

Swing State Votes In 2000

 

Harry G. Levine, Department of Sociology, Queens College,

City University of New York, hglevine@QC.edu 
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2000 total votes: 105,363,298  

Gore: 50,996,582  Bush: 50,456,062  Nader: 2,858,843  Buchanan: 448.895 

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SIX RAZOR THIN SWING STATES IN 2000 & 2004 

 

State &           2000 
electoral vote    Winner & margin   RNader        PBuchanan    total votes

 

Florida 27        Bush     537      RN  97,000    PB 17,400    5,900,000

New Hampshire 4   Bush   7,200      RN  22,000    PB  2,600      560,000     

 

Iowa 7            Gore   4,100      RN  29,000    PB  5,700    1,300,000        

New Mexico 5      Gore     366      RN  21,000    PB  1,400      590,000            

Oregon 7          Gore   6,700      RN  77,000    PB  7,000    1,500,000       

Wisconsin 10      Gore   5,700      RN  94,000    PB 11,400    2,600,000

 

Total 2000 electoral votes: 60   Total vote difference in 2000: 25,000      

 

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NINE MORE SWING STATES TO WATCH

 

State &           2000
electoral vote    Winner & margin   RNader        PBuchanan    total votes

 

Colorado 9        Bush 145,000      RN  91,000    PB 10,400    1,700,000

Missouri 11       Bush  78,000      RN  38,000    PB  9,800    2,300,000     

Nevada 5          Bush  21,000      RN  15,000    PB  4,700      600,000

Ohio 20           Bush 166,000      RN 117,000    PB 26,700    4,700,000  

West Virginia 5   Bush  40,900      RN  10,680    PB  3,200      640,000  

 

Maine 4           Gore  33,000      RN  37,000    PB  4,400      650,000

Michigan 17       Gore 217,000      RN  84,000    PB  1,800    4,200,000

Minnesota 10      Gore  58,000      RN 126,000    PB 22,000    2,400,000

Pennsylvania 21   Gore 204,000      RN 103,000    PB 16,000    4,900,000        

 

Total 2000 electoral votes 102    Total vote difference in 2000: 963,000

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Numbers rounded for clarity. Figures from:

Federal Election Commission: http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/2000presgeresults.htm

Also see: http://uspolitics.about.com/library/bl_2000_election_results.htm

Also:http://uspolitics.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.archives.gov/federal%5Fregister/electoral%5Fcollege/2000/popular%5Fvote.html

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