NORTH DAKOTA 3 Electoral Votes
Population 
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, North Dakota Secretary of State)
Total Population, April 1, 2000 642,200
Voting Age Population, Nov. 2000 477,000 % change from '96  +0.2
No Voter Registration 
North Dakota has: 53 counties.
Largest counties: Cass, Grand Forks, Ward.

Government
Governor: Edward Schafer (R) up in 2000, not seeking re-election.
State Legislature: ND Dakota Legislative Assembly and ND Legislative Council
   House: 34D, 62R, 2v  Senate: 18D, 31R
Local: Cities and Counties   NACO Counties
U.S. House: 1D - Earl Pomeroy (D)
U.S. Senate: Kent Conrad (D) up for re-election in 2000, Byron Dorgan (D) re-elected 1998. 
Changes as of the November 2000 Elections
Governor: John Hoeven (R) elected, defeating Heidi Heitkamp (D) 55.0% to 45.0%.
State Legislature: 49 of 98 House seats and 24 of 49 Senate seats were up.  Republicans made some gains.  House: 29D, 69R  Senate: 17D, 32R.
U.S. House: Earl Pomeroy (D) re-elected.
U.S. Senate: Kent Conrad (D) re-elected, defeating Duane Sand (R) 61.5% to 38.5%.
 Peace Garden State
 

 State of North Dakota
Elections Division

Libertarian Party of ND
Natural Law Party of ND
ND Democratic-NPL Party
ND Republican Party
Reform Party of ND
Constitution Party

Bismarck Tribune
Media (Newsp.)
Media (TV)

Politics1-ND

General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000
Past Results
1996
Dole (Rep.)..............125,050   (46.94)
Clinton (Dem.)..........106,905   (40.13)
Perot (Ref.)................32,515   (12.20)
Others (3)...................1,941     (0.73)
Total............266,411

1992
Bush (Rep.)..............136,244  (44.22)
Clinton (Dem.)...........99,168   (32.18)
Perot (Ind.)................71,084   (23.07)
Others (5+w/in)............1,637    (0.53)
Total............308,133

Results
2000
Gore/Lieberman (Dem-NPL)
95,284
(33.06)
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
174,852
(60.66)
Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)
7,288
(2.53)
Phillips/Frazier (Const.)
373
(0.13)
Hagelin/Goldhaber (Ind.)
313
(0.11)
Nader/LaDuke (Ind.)
9,486
(3.28)
Browne/Olivier (Ind.)
660
(0.23)
Total........288,256

Total ballots cast: 292,249.
 

Overview
To no one's surprise the Bush-Cheney ticket handily claimed North Dakota's three electoral votes, winning with a plurality of 79,586 votes (27.6 percentage points) and carrying 51 of 53 counties.  Pat Buchanan, who visited Fargo on Oct. 17, achieved one of his best showings nationwide in North Dakota -- a meager 2.5%.  Gore's two counties were Sioux (on the southern edge of the state; part of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation) and Rolette (on the northern edge of the state; encompases Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation).
Notes: Established political parties in North Dakota were the Republican, Democratic-NPL and Reform parties.  Third parties could establish themselves and gain access by April 14, 2000 (the sixtieth day prior to the June 13, 2000 Primary Election) as the Constitution Party did. Other candidates must run under Independent nominations, requiring submission of petitions containing signatures of 4,000 qualified North Dakota electors to the Secretary of State by Sept. 8, 2000 at 4 p.m. (the sixtieth day prior to the Nov. 7, 2000 General Election).


Caucus Results


Political parties established according to state law were to conduct their Presidential Preference Caucuses between February 29 and March 7. (This was the first time North Dakota’s political parties chose their presidential nominees through the caucus process as opposed to a primary election; the primary election followed on June 13).
 Republicans 
Presidential Preference Caucuses
Tuesday Feb. 29, 2000
49 of 49 districts
Total Vote
Percent
Bush
6,865
75.72%
Keyes
481
5.31%
McCain
1,717
18.94%
Other
3
Total
9,066
Total Delegates 
19 of 2,066 (0.9%).

Delegate Allocation
Congressional District delegates  3
At-large delegates  16

Bush-14.39
Keyes-1.01
McCain-3.60



Democrats 
Presidential Preference Caucuses 
Tuesday March 7, 2000. 
  Total Pledged Delegates
14 of 3,537 (0.4%).
Total Delegates
22 of 4,335 (0.5%).

Copyright 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001  Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action.