Who won Maine in the 2000 presidential election?

Gore (Democratic) carried Maine in 2000, winning its 4 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Maine have in 2000?

Maine cast 4 electoral votes in the 2000 presidential election.

Did Maine vote for the national winner in 2000?

No. Maine backed Gore, while George W. Bush won the presidency nationally.

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2000

Maine: Gore carries 4 EV.

Maine cast its 4 electoral votes for Gore (Democratic). National winner: George W. Bush (Republican) — Maine voted against the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 2000 result in Maine

Maine backed Gore (Democratic) in the 2000 presidential election, casting 4 electoral votes for the ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — George W. Bush (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Maine among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 3rd consecutive election in which Maine backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1992. It stood apart from its neighbors: New Hampshire went the other way that year. Across the 52 presidential elections Maine has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (29 times). The vote fell within the Modern Polarization — Close elections in a divided country.

In the national count, George W. Bush took 271 of the 538 electoral votes, against Al Gore's 266. Though George W. Bush won the Electoral College, Al Gore drew more of the national popular vote — 48.38% to 47.87%.

The 2000 national map

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