United States House elections, 2000

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The elections for the United States House of Representatives in 2000 coincided with the disputed election of George W. Bush as President. The Republican Party narrowly lost seats to the Democratic Party, reducing their majority slightly.

[edit] Overall results

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Summary of the 7 November 2000 United States House of Representatives election results

Parties		Seats				Popular Vote
		1998	2000	+/-	Strength	Vote	%	Change
	Republican Party	223	221	-2	50.8%	46,750,175	47.3%	-0.7%
	Democratic Party	211	212	+1	48.7%	46,411,559	47.0%	-0.1%
	Independent	1	2	+1	0.5%	683,098	0.7%	+0.1%
	Libertarian Party	-	-	-	-	1,610,292	1.6%	+0.3%
	Natural Law Party	-	-	-	-	443,896	0.4%	+0.1%
	Green Party	-	-	-	-	279,158	0.3%	+0.2%
	Independence Party	-	-	-	-	194,474	0.2%	+0.1%
	Reform Party	-	-	-	-	176,709	0.2%	-0.2%
	Constitution Party	-	-	-	-	122,936	0.1%	N/A
	Other parties	-	-	-	-	2,127,666	2.2%	+0.2%
Totals		435	435	0	100.0%	98,799,963	100.0%	-

[edit] References

• Wattenberg; Martin P. "The Democrats' Decline in the House during the Clinton Presidency: An Analysis of Partisan Swings" Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 29, 1999
• Wattier; Mark J. "The Clinton Factor: The Effects of Clinton's Personal Image in 2000 Presidential Primaries and in the General Election" White House Studies, Vol. 4, 2004

[edit] See also

• 107th United States Congress
• United States Senate elections, 2000
• United States presidential election, 2000

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