Election Name: | 2000 California Republican presidential primary |
Country: | California |
Flag Image: | File:Flag of California.svg |
Type: | presidential |
Previous Election: | 1996 California Republican presidential primary |
Previous Year: | 1996 |
Outgoing Members: | ND |
Elected Members: | CT |
Next Election: | 2004 California Republican presidential primary |
Next Year: | 2004 |
Image1: | File:Official Portrait- President George Walker Bush, 43rd President of the United States, Republican - DPLA - 7482eac0e113bf03014d1686a3733f97.jpeg |
Image1 Size: | x160px |
Colour1: | FF3333 |
Candidate1: | George W. Bush |
Home State1: | Texas |
Delegate Count1: | 162 |
Popular Vote1: | 1,725,162 |
Percentage1: | 60.6% |
Image2 Size: | x160px |
Colour2: | ffff00 |
Candidate2: | John McCain |
Home State2: | Arizona |
Delegate Count2: | 0 |
Popular Vote2: | 988,706 |
Percentage2: | 34.7% |
Map Size: | 200px |
The 2000 California Republican presidential primary was held on March 7, 2000. Governor George W. Bush of Texas won easily over Senator John McCain of Arizona and former Ambassador Alan Keyes.
At the time, California had a blanket primary, meaning all candidates of all parties were on the same ballot, but the state parties, exploiting a loophole in the election law, used color-coded ballots so that only votes from party members would count. Thus, many votes for McCain—nearly 800,000—were discounted. It was thought by pundits that McCain could demonstrate his viability in a large Democratic state if he won the general primary; however, Bush still won a solid majority with all the non-Republican votes factored in.
Key: | Withdrew prior to contest |
2000 California Republican presidential primary[1] [2] | ||||||
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Candidate | GOP votes | GOP % | Total votes | Total % | National delegates[3] | |
George W. Bush | 1,725,162 | 60.58% | 2,168,466 | 52.21% | 162 | |
John McCain | 988,706 | 34.72% | 1,780,570 | 42.87% | 0 | |
Alan Keyes | 112,747 | 3.96% | 170,442 | 4.10% | 0 | |
Steve Forbes | 8,449 | 0.30% | 14,484 | 0.35% | 0 | |
Gary Bauer | 6,860 | 0.24% | 10,529 | 0.25% | 0 | |
Orrin Hatch | 5,997 | 0.21% | 9,202 | 0.22% | 0 | |
Glenn Redwood (write-in) | N/A | 0.59% | 89 | 0.59% | 0 | |
David S. Rosenbaum (write-in) | N/A | <0.01% | 4 | <0.01% | 0 | |
Totals | N/A | 100.00% | 4,153,702 | 100.00% | 162 |