The Green Papers: Election 2000 
 
Republican PartyNew Hampshire Republican
Primary: Tuesday, February 1, 2000
Popular VoteDelegate Votes
Floor VoteHard Total
McCain, John  115,606  49%         10.   59%
Bush, George W.  72,330  30%   17.  100%    5.   29%
Uncommitted                   
Forbes, Steve  30,166  13%          2.   12%
Keyes, Alan  15,179   6%            
others  3,122   1%            
Bauer, Gary  1,640   1%            
Hatch, Orrin  163   0%            
Total  238,206 100%   17.  100%   17.  100%
Voter Eligibility: Modified Open Primary, Polls Close at 7 PM EST (0000 UTC)
Delegate Selection: Proportional Primary

17 total delegates - 6 base at-large / 6 re: 2 congressional districts / 5 bonus

Last modified Monday, December 25, 2000
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March 1, 2000: New Hampshire's delegates are bound unless their respective candidate withdraws. Steve Forbes 2 delegates have been given to Uncommitted in the Soft Pledged count. They shall remain as originally assigned in the Hard Total.

February 6, 2000: The New Hampshire Secretary of State has posted the results of the 1 February primary: McCain: 10, Bush: 5, and Forbes: 2 delegates. http://www.state.nh.us/sos/presdelegates.htm

The Popular Vote above is based on official returns from the 1 February Primary. A list of all votes cast appears at the bottom on this page.

Here's how we compute the delegate count:

  1. A candidate must receive 10% or more of the popular vote to be eligible for delegates. Bush, Forbes, and McCain meet this requirement.
  2. The number of delegates = 17 × (candidate's popular vote) ÷ (total popular vote) rounded to the nearest whole number.
  3. McCain: 8 delegates (8.250 = 17 × 115,606 ÷ 238,206)
  4. Bush: 5 delegates (5.162 = 17 × 72,330 ÷ 238,206)
  5. Forbes: 2 delegates (2.153 = 17 × 30,166 ÷ 238,206)
  6. Assign the remaining delegates to the candidate receiving the most votes (Reference RSA 659:93)
  7. McCain, the largest vote getter, receives the additional 2 delegates.

Tuesday 1 February 2000: All 17 of New Hampshire's delegates to the Republican National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's New Hampshire Primary.

  • "All 17 National Convention delegates (6 base at-large delegates plus 5 bonus delegates as well as the 6 "district delegates" assigned to New Hampshire by virtue of its having 2 congressional districts [3 such delegates assigned to each congressional district]) are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide. A 10 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates in the New Hampshire Presidential Primary."

Posted by the New Hampshire Secretary of State on February 3, 2000:

CandidatePopular Vote 
John McCain115,606 
George W. Bush72,330 
"Steve" Forbes30,166 
Alan Lee Keyes15,179 
Gary Bauer1,640 
Al Gore1,155(Democrat)
Bill Bradley1,025(Democrat)
Scatter293 
Elizabeth Dole231(Republican)
Orrin G. Hatch163 
Dorian Yeager98 
Andy Martin81 
Samuel H. Berry, Jr.61 
Kenneth A. Capalbo51 
Timothy Lee Mosby41 
Mark "Dick" Harnes34 
Richard C. Peet23 
Tom Oyler14 
Lyndon H. LaRouche3(Democrat)
Jeffrey B. Peters3(Democrat)
Charles Buckley2(Democrat)
Willie F. Carter2(Democrat)
Mark Greenstein2(Democrat)
Vincent S. Hamm1(Democrat)
Heather Harder1(Democrat)
Michael Skok1(Democrat)
Total238,206 

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