2000 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses

2000 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses
	January 24th, 2000
57 Democratic National Convention delegates (47 pledged; 10 unpledged); The number of pledged delegates won is determined by the number of state delegate equivalents (SDEs) won[lower-alpha 1]
	Al Gore Bill Bradley

The 2000 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses, the first nominating contest in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2000 presidential election, took place on January 24, 2000.

Candidates

Bill Bradley, former Senator from New Jersey
Al Gore, incumbent Vice President of the United States from Tennessee

Campaign

Vice President Al Gore was seen as the frontrunner for the nomination. Bill Bradley was seen as a non-threat. Al Gore campaigned in Des Moines, Iowa in May 1999. Bradley, knowing he was the outsider, campaigned tirelessly. Gore successfully painted Bradley as aloof and indifferent to the plight of farmers in rural America. The Vice President received the endorsement from the Governor of Iowa Tom Vilsack and Senator Tom Harkin and had a tremendous lead over Senator Bradley. But a devastating loss for the Gore camp was when Bradley got the endorsement of the Des Moines Register. Bradley started to gain momentum and the race become closer. A week before the caucus polls had it 40% to 49% in Gore’s favor. On January 23, 2000, a day before the primary polls had Al Gore winning by 2 or 3 points.

2000 results

Popular vote share by county:

Gore—40–50%

Gore—50–60%

Gore—60–70%

Gore—70–80%

Gore—80–90%

Bradley—40–50%

Bradley—50–60%

2000 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses[1]
Candidate	State Delegates	Percentage	National Delegates
Al Gore	1,257	62.85%	29
Bill Bradley	732	36.60%	18
Uncommitted	11	0.55%	0
Unallocated	-	0.00%	10
Totals	2,010	—	57

Al Gore won 93 of Iowa's 99 counties. Gore even beat Bradley in the Des Moines area. This Caucus had low voter turnout. Bill Bradley lost the rest of the primaries by large margins and Al Gore would eventually lose the general election to Governor of Texas George W. Bush.

References

2000 Democratic Presidential Primary Results - Iowa Caucus

Notes

The number of pledged national convention delegates is calculated through the number of SDEs won, however, a candidate must get both at least 15% of the total vote to get statewide delegates and at least 15% of the vote in a congressional district to get district delegates from that district. Each precinct has a certain number of SDEs and allocates them based on how many caucus goers there are for each candidate at that precinct.

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[2] 2000 Democratic Presidential Primary Results - Iowa Caucus

[delegates-1] The number of pledged national convention delegates is calculated through the number of SDEs won, however, a candidate must get both at least 15% of the total vote to get statewide delegates and at least 15% of the vote in a congressional district to get district delegates from that district. Each precinct has a certain number of SDEs and allocates them based on how many caucus goers there are for each candidate at that precinct.