The Green Papers: Election 2000 
 
Republican Party Republican Convention
Monday, July 31 - Thursday, August 3, 2000
Popular VoteDelegate Votes
Floor VoteHard Total
Bush, George W. 12,089,564  62%2,058.  100%1,601.   77%
McCain, John  6,070,050  31%    1.    0%  243.   12%
Uncommitted  60,598   0%        205.   10%
Keyes, Alan  995,555   5%    6.    0%   14.    1%
Bauer, Gary  68,279   0%          1.    0%
Forbes, Steve  200,402   1%          2.    0%
others  18,083   0%            
Hatch, Orrin  17,008   0%            
abstention           1.    0%      
Total 19,519,539 100%2,066.  100%2,066.  100%

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The "floor" vote shows the rolling roll-call vote. The "hard" count shows the original preferences.



Friday, August 4, 2000, Closing Commentary: LAYING DOWN THE GAUNTLET... the Fifth and Final Session of the 37th Republican National Convention



Thursday, August 3, 2000, Day 4 Commentary: "OVER THE TOP" FOR THE TEXAN... the Fourth Session of the 37th Republican National Convention

Thursday, August 3, 2000, Transcript: Governor George Bush's Acceptance Speech

Following the rolling roll call vote, the nomination was made unanimous by a voice vote.

Rolling Roll Call - 3 August 2000
 BushKeyesMcCainAbstention
carryover from August 21,042611
CALIFORNIA162   
FLORIDA80   
GEORGIA54   
ILLINOIS74   
INDIANA55   
KENTUCKY31   
MISSOURI35   
NEW JERSEY54   
NEW YORK101   
NORTH CAROLINA62   
OHIO69   
PENNSYLVANIA78   
SOUTH CAROLINA37   
TEXAS124   
August 3 Total2,058611
 


Wednesday, August 2, 2000, Day 3 Commentary: PATCHING UP CRACKS IN THE BASE... the Third Session of the 37th Republican National Convention

Wednesday, August 2, 2000, Transcript: Secretary Richard Cheney's Acceptance Speech

Rolling Roll Call - 2 August 2000
 BushKeyesMcCainAbstention
carryover from August 1659611
NORTH DAKOTA19   
OHIOpass
OKLAHOMA38   
OREGON24   
PENNSYLVANIApass
PUERTO RICO14   
RHODE ISLAND14   
SOUTH CAROLINApass
SOUTH DAKOTA22   
TENNESSEE37   
TEXASpass
UTAH29   
VERMONT12   
VIRGINIA56   
VIRGIN ISLANDS4   
WASHINGTON37   
WEST VIRGINIA18   
WISCONSIN37   
WYOMING22   
George W. Bush is formally nominated with 1,042 votes.
August 2 Total1,042611
 


Tuesday, August 1, 2000, Day 2 Commentary: RE-INVENTING THE ELEPHANT... the Second Session of the 37th Republican National Convention

Rolling Roll Call - 1 August 2000
 BushKeyesMcCainAbstention
carryover from July 312835  
KANSAS35   
KENTUCKYpass
LOUISIANA29   
MAINE14   
MARYLAND31   
MASSACHUSETTS35 11
MICHIGAN58   
MINNESOTA331  
MISSISSIPPI33   
MISSOURIpass
MONTANA23   
NEBRASKA30   
NEVADA17   
NEW HAMPSHIRE17   
NEW JERSEYpass
NEW MEXICO21   
NEW YORKpass
NORTH CAROLINApass
August 1 Total659611
 


Monday, July 31, 2000, Day 1 Commentary: SETTING THE STAGE... the First Session of the 37th Republican National Convention

Rolling Roll Call - 31 July 2000
 BushKeyes
ALABAMA44 
ALASKA23 
AMER.SAMOA4 
ARIZONA30 
ARKANSAS195
CALIFORNIApass
COLORADO40 
CONNECTICUT25 
DELAWARE12 
DIST. OF COL.15 
FLORIDApass
GEORGIApass
GUAM4 
HAWAII14 
IDAHO28 
ILLINOISpass
INDIANApass
IOWA25 
July 31 Total2835

Monday, July 31, 2000, Introductory Commentary: ELEPHANTS AND BUNTING GALORE IN THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE... the 37th Republican National Convention gets ready to open for business



Tuesday, July 25, 2000, Commentary: I WANT A VEEP JUST LIKE A VEEP WHO'LL RUN LIKE DEAR OLD DAD... Richard B. Cheney as the Republican vice-presidential candidate



The 37th REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION will have a total of 2066 delegates, with 1034 (a majority) necessary in order for a Presidential or Vice-Presidential candidate to be nominated.

The rules for the 2000 Republican National Convention call for the following formula for determining the number of delegates:

  • 6 at-large delegates for each state
  • 3 delegates for each congressional district in the state and
  • "Bonus" delegates are awarded to states which cast their electoral vote for the 1996 Republican presidential nominee (Bob Dole), such states receiving 4.5 delegates plus 60 percent of their electoral vote. States are also given one "bonus" delegate for each of the following:
    • a Republican United States Senator;
    • a delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives which is at least half Republican;
    • a Republican Governor;
    • a house of the state's Legislature controlled by Republicans or in which the Republican membership has increased by at least 25 percent of the total number of seats;
    • Republican control of both houses of the state's Legislature.
    "Bonus" delegates are also awarded to those states willing to delay their GOP presidential primaries or first-tier caucuses until later in the pre-Convention period: the Rules of the Republican Party provide these additional "bonus" delegates based on the following schedule for states holding their first event for a presidential vote or for selecting national convention delegates:
    • between March 15 and April 14 - five percent (5%);
    • between April 15 and May 14 - seven and one half percent (7.5%); and
    • between May 15 and the third Tuesday of June - ten percent (10%).


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