Metadata: Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Federal Election Commission Publication_Date: 200112 Title: 2000 Presidential General Election, State Results Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Database Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: National Atlas of the United States Online_Linkage: Description: Abstract: This data set portrays election results by State for the 2000 Presidential general election. It includes data for electoral votes and popular votes for the Democratic, Republican, and other political parties as well as the total popular vote. Purpose: These data are intended for geographic display and analysis at the national level, and for large regional areas. The data should be displayed and analyzed at scales appropriate for 1:2,000,000-scale data. The National Atlas of the United States assumes no responsibility for the use of these data. Supplemental_Information: To win the presidential election, the winning political party must receive more than 270 of the 538 electoral votes. In 2000, the Republicans (George W. Bush) received 271 electoral votes and the Democrats (Albert A. Gore, Jr.) received 266 electoral votes. Each State has a number of electoral votes equal to the number of its representatives in Congress. For example, the State of North Carolina has 12 representatives and two senators, for a total of 14 electoral votes. The District of Columbia has three electoral votes; two votes were cast for Gore and the third vote was an abstention. To create maps that are similar to the maps in the National Atlas , el2000t.dbf can be joined to the 2000 county boundaries available from the National Atlas raw data download page, . For more information on 2000 presidential election results, please see . Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 200106 Currentness_Reference: Publication date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: 172 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -64 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 72 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 18 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: society Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: 2000 Presidential Election Theme_Keyword: Presidential elections Theme_Keyword: Elections Theme_Keyword: General elections Theme_Keyword: Electoral votes Theme_Keyword: Popular votes Theme_Keyword: Political parties Theme_Keyword: Democratic Theme_Keyword: Republican Theme_Keyword: Votes Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: United States Place_Keyword: Alabama Place_Keyword: Alaska Place_Keyword: Arizona Place_Keyword: Arkansas Place_Keyword: California Place_Keyword: Colorado Place_Keyword: Connecticut Place_Keyword: Delaware Place_Keyword: District of Columbia Place_Keyword: Florida Place_Keyword: Georgia Place_Keyword: Hawaii Place_Keyword: Idaho Place_Keyword: Illinois Place_Keyword: Indiana Place_Keyword: Iowa Place_Keyword: Kansas Place_Keyword: Kentucky Place_Keyword: Louisiana Place_Keyword: Maine Place_Keyword: Maryland Place_Keyword: Massachusetts Place_Keyword: Michigan Place_Keyword: Minnesota Place_Keyword: Mississippi Place_Keyword: Missouri Place_Keyword: Montana Place_Keyword: Nebraska Place_Keyword: Nevada Place_Keyword: New Hampshire Place_Keyword: New Jersey Place_Keyword: New Mexico Place_Keyword: New York Place_Keyword: North Carolina Place_Keyword: North Dakota Place_Keyword: Ohio Place_Keyword: Oklahoma Place_Keyword: Oregon Place_Keyword: Pennsylvania Place_Keyword: Rhode Island Place_Keyword: South Carolina Place_Keyword: South Dakota Place_Keyword: Tennessee Place_Keyword: Texas Place_Keyword: Utah Place_Keyword: Vermont Place_Keyword: Virginia Place_Keyword: Washington Place_Keyword: West Virginia Place_Keyword: Wisconsin Place_Keyword: Wyoming Place_Keyword: USA Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: None. Acknowledgment of the National Atlas of the United States of America and (or) the Federal Election Commission would be appreciated in products derived from these data. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Gita Urban-Mathieux Contact_Organization: National Atlas of the United States Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing address Address: 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr Address: MS 561 City: Reston State_or_Province: VA Postal_Code: 20192 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-5175 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: atlasmail@usgs.gov Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Excel97 converted to dBASE IV for the National Atlas of the United States of America. Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: No tests for logical consistency were performed on this data set. Completeness_Report: This data set includes year 2000 general election results for the 50 United States and the District of Columbia. Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Federal Election Commission Publication_Date: 200106 Title: 2000 Presidential Electoral and Popular Vote Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Washington, DC Publisher: Federal Election Commission Online_Linkage: Type_of_Source_Media: Online Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 200106 Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: ELECTION Source_Contribution: Attribute information Process_Step: Process_Description: The ELECTION Microsoft Excel97 file was downloaded from the Federal Election Commission web site. The file contained State information for electoral and popular votes. Some of the file formatting was changed and it was converted into a dBASE IV database which is the format used by the National Atlas of the United States. The State FIPS code, State electoral count, and winning party fields were added. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: ELECTION Process_Date: 200111 Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Indirect_Spatial_Reference: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987, Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying Areas of the United States, and Associated Areas (FIPS 5-2): Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology. Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: 2000 Presidential General Election, State Results Entity_Type_Definition: Electoral and popular votes for the 2000 presidential general election in the United States, given by State. Entity_Type_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States Attribute: Attribute_Label: State Attribute_Definition: The 2-character FIPS code of the State or State equivalent. Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States Attribute_Domain_Values: Codeset_Domain: Codeset_Name: Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying Areas of the United States, and Associated Areas, FIPS 5-2. Codeset_Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology Attribute: Attribute_Label: State_fips Attribute_Definition: The 2-digit FIPS code of the State or State equivalent. Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States Attribute_Domain_Values: Codeset_Domain: Codeset_Name: Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying Areas of the United States, and Associated Areas, FIPS 5-2. Codeset_Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology Attribute: Attribute_Label: Elect_vote Attribute_Definition: The number of electoral votes the State has. Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 3 Range_Domain_Maximum: 54 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Ev_bush Attribute_Definition: The number of electoral votes received by the Republican party (George W. Bush). Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 3 Range_Domain_Maximum: 32 Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: [blank] Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: No electoral votes were received by the Republican party (George W. Bush). Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States Attribute: Attribute_Label: Ev_gore Attribute_Definition: The number of electoral votes received by the Democratic party (Albert A. Gore, Jr.). Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 2 Range_Domain_Maximum: 54 Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: [blank] Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: No electoral votes were received by the Democratic party (Albert A. Gore, Jr.). Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States Attribute: Attribute_Label: Pv_bush Attribute_Definition: The number of popular votes received by the Republican party (George W. Bush). Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 18073 Range_Domain_Maximum: 4567429 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Pv_gore Attribute_Definition: The number of popular votes received by the Democratic party (Albert A. Gore, Jr.). Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 60481 Range_Domain_Maximum: 5861203 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Pv_others Attribute_Definition: The number of popular votes received by political parties other than the Republican or Democratic parties. Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 6765 Range_Domain_Maximum: 537224 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Total_vote Attribute_Definition: The total number of popular votes cast. Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 201894 Range_Domain_Maximum: 10965856 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Party_win Attribute_Definition: The political party that won the election in that State. Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: D Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Democratic party (Albert A. Gore, Jr.) won the election in the State. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: R Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Republican party (George W. Bush) won the election in the State. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Earth Science Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing address Address: 507 National Center City: Reston State_or_Province: VA Postal_Code: 20192 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS (1-888-275-8747) Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-5920 Contact_Instructions: In addition to the address above there are other ESIC offices throughout the country. A full list of these offices is at . Distribution_Liability: Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. It is strongly recommended that these data are directly acquired from a U.S. Geological Survey server, and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. No responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the use of these data. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: DBF Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: Fees: There is no charge for the data set. 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