Colorado Republican Delegation 2000

The Green Papers: Election 2000

Last modified Saturday, December 23, 2000
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	Popular Vote	Delegate Votes
	Colorado Republican Primary: Friday, March 10, 2000
	Popular Vote	Floor Vote	Hard Total
Bush, George W.	`116,897 65%`	`40. 100%`	`28. 70%`
McCain, John	`48,996 27%`		`12. 30%`
Keyes, Alan	`11,871 7%`
Forbes, Steve	`1,197 1%`
Bauer, Gary	`1,190 1%`
Hatch, Orrin	`504 0%`
Total	`180,655 100%`	`40. 100%`	`40. 100%`
Voter Eligibility: Modified Open Primary, Polls Close at 7 PM MST (0200 UTC) Delegate Selection: Proportional Primary 40 total delegates - 6 base at-large / 18 re: 6 congressional districts / 16 bonus

The Popular Vote above is based on official returns from the 10 March Primary.

Here's how we compute the delegate count:

A candidate must receive 15% or more of the popular vote to qualify for delegates. Bush and McCain meet this requirement.
The number of delegates = 40 × (candidate's popular vote) ÷ (total qualified popular vote) rounded to the nearest whole number.
Bush: 28.1 = 40 × 116,853 ÷ ( 116,853 + 49,271)
McCain: 11.9 = 40 × 49,271 ÷ ( 116,853 + 49,271)

Friday 10 March 2000: all 40 of Colorado's delegates to the Republican National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Colorado Presidential Primary.

"40 delegates to the National Convention are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide. A 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates at the statewide level."