5% but less than 10% (84 electoral votes): Maine, 5.11% (33,335 votes) Michigan, 5.13% (217,279 votes) Arkansas, 5.44% (50,172 votes) Washington, 5.58% (138,788 votes) Arizona, 6.29% (96,311 votes) West Virginia, 6.32% (40,978 votes) Louisiana, 7.68% (135,527 votes) Maine's 1st Congressional District, 7.93% (27,675 votes) Virginia, 8.04% (220,200 votes) Colorado, 8.36% (145,518 votes) Vermont, 9.94% (29,247 votes) Statistics Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Republican) Glasscock County, Texas 92.47% Ochiltree County, Texas 90.72% Hansford County, Texas 89.75% Harding County, South Dakota 88.92% Carter County, Montana 88.84% Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Democratic) Macon County, Alabama 86.80% Bronx County, New York 86.28% Shannon County, South Dakota 85.36% Washington, D.C. 85.16% City of Baltimore, Maryland 82.52% Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Other) San Miguel County, Colorado 17.20% Missoula County, Montana 15.03% Grand County, Utah 14.94% Mendocino County, California 14.68% Hampshire County, Massachusetts 14.59% Ballot access ★Although the Libertarian Party had ballot access in all fifty United States plus D.C., Browne's name only appeared on the ballot in forty-nine United States plus D.C. The Libertarian Party of Arizona opted to place L. Neil Smith on the ballot in Browne's place. When adding Smith's 5,775 Arizona votes to Browne's 384,431 votes nationwide, that brings the total presidential votes cast for the Libertarian Party in 2000 to 390,206. Voter demographics Source: Voter News Service exit poll from the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research (13,225 surveyed) Aftermath After Florida was decided and Gore conceded, Texas Governor George W. Bush became the president-elect and began forming his transition committee. In a speech on December 13, in the Texas House of Representatives chamber, Bush stated he was reaching across party lines to bridge a divided America, saying, "the President of the United States is the President of every single American, of every race, and every background." Post-recount On January 6, 2001, a joint session of Congress met to certify the electoral vote. Twenty members of the House of Representatives, most of them members of the all-Democratic Congressional Black Caucus, rose one by one to file objections to the electoral votes of Florida. But pursuant to the Electoral Count Act, any such objection had to be sponsored by both a representative and a senator. No senator co-sponsored these objections, deferring to the Supreme Court's ruling. Therefore, Gore, who presided in his capacity as President of the Senate, ruled each of these objections out of order. Subsequently, the