Tuesday, November 7, 2000
2000 presidential election results
George W. Bush (Republican) and running mate Richard Cheney won with 271 electoral votes and 47.9% of the popular vote. The winner did not lead the popular vote.
Tipping-point state: Florida, Even (nation D+0.5). It delivered electoral vote number 269 for the winner. What is a tipping-point state?
| Candidate | Running mate | Party | Electoral votes | Popular vote | Share | States won |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George W. Bush Won | Richard Cheney | Republican | 271 | 50,455,156 | 47.90% | 30 |
| Albert Gore, Jr. | Joseph Lieberman | Democratic | 266 | 50,992,335 | 48.40% | 21 |
| Ralph Nader | Winona LaDuke | Green | 0 | 2,882,738 | 2.70% | 0 |
| Total popular votes counted | 105,396,627 | |||||
Electoral College map
Full-screen mapMargin:<55–1010–2020+points. Grey: no popular vote / no data.
* one elector from the District of Columbia abstained
Results by state
Download CSV| State | George W. Bush | Albert Gore, Jr. | Ralph Nader | Margin | EV | Total votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 56.5% 9 | 41.6% | 1.1% | 14.9 | 9 | 1,666,272 |
| Alaska | 58.6% 3 | 27.7% | 10.1% | 31.0 | 3 | 285,560 |
| Arizona | 51.0% 8 | 44.7% | 3.0% | 6.3 | 8 | 1,532,016 |
| Arkansas | 51.3% 6 | 45.9% | 1.5% | 5.4 | 6 | 921,781 |
| California | 41.7% | 53.4% 54 | 3.8% | 11.8 | 54 | 10,965,856 |
| Colorado | 50.8% 8 | 42.4% | 5.3% | 8.4 | 8 | 1,741,368 |
| Connecticut | 38.4% | 55.9% 8 | 4.4% | 17.5 | 8 | 1,459,525 |
| Delaware | 41.9% | 55.0% 3 | 2.5% | 13.1 | 3 | 327,622 |
| District of Columbia | 9.0% | 85.2% 2 | 5.2% | 76.2 | 2 | 201,894 |
| Florida | 48.8% 25 | 48.8% | 1.6% | 0.0 | 25 | 5,963,110 |
| Georgia | 54.7% 13 | 43.0% | 0.5% | 11.7 | 13 | 2,596,645 |
| Hawaii | 37.5% | 55.8% 4 | 5.9% | 18.3 | 4 | 367,951 |
| Idaho | 67.2% 4 | 27.6% | 2.5% | 39.5 | 4 | 501,621 |
| Illinois | 42.6% | 54.6% 22 | 2.2% | 12.0 | 22 | 4,742,123 |
| Indiana | 56.6% 12 | 41.0% | 0.8% | 15.6 | 12 | 2,199,302 |
| Iowa | 48.2% | 48.5% 7 | 2.2% | 0.3 | 7 | 1,315,563 |
| Kansas | 58.0% 6 | 37.2% | 3.4% | 20.8 | 6 | 1,072,218 |
| Kentucky | 56.5% 8 | 41.4% | 1.5% | 15.1 | 8 | 1,544,187 |
| Louisiana | 52.6% 9 | 44.9% | 1.2% | 7.7 | 9 | 1,765,656 |
| Maine | 44.0% | 49.1% 4 | 5.7% | 5.1 | 4 | 651,817 |
| Maryland | 40.3% | 56.5% 10 | 2.7% | 16.2 | 10 | 2,020,480 |
| Massachusetts | 32.5% | 59.8% 12 | 6.4% | 27.3 | 12 | 2,702,984 |
| Michigan | 46.1% | 51.3% 18 | 2.0% | 5.1 | 18 | 4,232,711 |
| Minnesota | 45.5% | 47.9% 10 | 5.2% | 2.4 | 10 | 2,438,685 |
| Mississippi | 57.6% 7 | 40.7% | 0.8% | 16.9 | 7 | 994,184 |
| Missouri | 50.4% 11 | 47.1% | 1.6% | 3.3 | 11 | 2,359,892 |
| Montana | 58.4% 3 | 33.4% | 5.9% | 25.1 | 3 | 410,997 |
| Nebraska | 62.2% 5 | 33.3% | 3.5% | 29.0 | 5 | 697,019 |
| Nevada | 49.5% 4 | 46.0% | 2.5% | 3.6 | 4 | 608,970 |
| New Hampshire | 48.1% 4 | 46.8% | 3.9% | 1.3 | 4 | 569,081 |
| New Jersey | 40.3% | 56.1% 15 | 3.0% | 15.8 | 15 | 3,187,226 |
| New Mexico | 47.8% | 47.9% 5 | 3.6% | 0.1 | 5 | 598,605 |
| New York | 35.2% | 60.2% 33 | 3.6% | 25.0 | 33 | 6,821,999 |
| North Carolina | 56.0% 14 | 43.2% | 0.0% | 12.8 | 14 | 2,911,262 |
| North Dakota | 60.7% 3 | 33.1% | 3.3% | 27.6 | 3 | 288,256 |
| Ohio | 50.0% 21 | 46.4% | 2.5% | 3.6 | 21 | 4,701,998 |
| Oklahoma | 60.3% 8 | 38.4% | 0.0% | 21.9 | 8 | 1,234,229 |
| Oregon | 46.5% | 47.0% 7 | 5.0% | 0.4 | 7 | 1,533,968 |
| Pennsylvania | 46.4% | 50.6% 23 | 2.1% | 4.2 | 23 | 4,913,119 |
| Rhode Island | 31.9% | 61.0% 4 | 6.1% | 29.1 | 4 | 409,047 |
| South Carolina | 56.8% 8 | 40.9% | 1.5% | 15.9 | 8 | 1,382,717 |
| South Dakota | 60.3% 3 | 37.6% | 0.0% | 22.7 | 3 | 316,269 |
| Tennessee | 51.1% 11 | 47.3% | 1.0% | 3.9 | 11 | 2,076,181 |
| Texas | 59.3% 32 | 38.0% | 2.2% | 21.3 | 32 | 6,407,637 |
| Utah | 66.8% 5 | 26.3% | 4.7% | 40.5 | 5 | 770,754 |
| Vermont | 40.7% | 50.6% 3 | 6.9% | 9.9 | 3 | 294,308 |
| Virginia | 52.5% 13 | 44.4% | 2.2% | 8.0 | 13 | 2,739,447 |
| Washington | 44.6% | 50.2% 11 | 4.1% | 5.6 | 11 | 2,487,433 |
| West Virginia | 51.9% 5 | 45.6% | 1.6% | 6.3 | 5 | 648,124 |
| Wisconsin | 47.6% | 47.8% 11 | 3.6% | 0.2 | 11 | 2,598,607 |
| Wyoming | 67.8% 3 | 27.7% | 2.1% | 40.1 | 3 | 218,351 |
Shares are of the votes counted for president; bold numbers are electoral votes won. Margin is the winner’s lead over the runner-up in points.
Closest states in 2000
- Florida George W. Bush by 537 votes (0.01 pts)
- New Mexico Albert Gore, Jr. by 366 votes (0.06 pts)
- Wisconsin Albert Gore, Jr. by 5,708 votes (0.22 pts)
- Iowa Albert Gore, Jr. by 4,144 votes (0.31 pts)
- Oregon Albert Gore, Jr. by 6,765 votes (0.44 pts)
- New Hampshire George W. Bush by 7,211 votes (1.27 pts)
- Minnesota Albert Gore, Jr. by 58,607 votes (2.40 pts)
- Missouri George W. Bush by 78,786 votes (3.34 pts)
Flipped since 1996
- Arizona: Democratic → Republican (8 EV)
- Arkansas: Democratic → Republican (6 EV)
- Florida: Democratic → Republican (25 EV)
- Kentucky: Democratic → Republican (8 EV)
- Louisiana: Democratic → Republican (9 EV)
- Missouri: Democratic → Republican (11 EV)
- Nevada: Democratic → Republican (4 EV)
- New Hampshire: Democratic → Republican (4 EV)
- Ohio: Democratic → Republican (21 EV)
- Tennessee: Democratic → Republican (11 EV)
- West Virginia: Democratic → Republican (5 EV)
County and town results from each state’s certified document are on the state pages for 2000.
Source: 2000
Questions and answers
Who won the 2000 presidential election?
George W. Bush (Republican) won the 2000 election with 271 electoral votes, with Richard Cheney as vice president.
How many electoral votes did each candidate win in 2000?
George W. Bush 271; Albert Gore, Jr. 266 (out of 537).
Who won the popular vote in 2000?
Albert Gore, Jr. received the most popular votes: 50,992,335 (48.4%) of 105,396,627 counted. George W. Bush still won the presidency through the Electoral College.
What was the closest state in 2000?
Florida, which George W. Bush won by 537 votes (0.01 points).
Which states flipped in 2000?
Compared with 1996, 11 states changed party: Arizona (to Republican), Arkansas (to Republican), Florida (to Republican), Kentucky (to Republican), Louisiana (to Republican), Missouri (to Republican), Nevada (to Republican), New Hampshire (to Republican), Ohio (to Republican), Tennessee (to Republican) and West Virginia (to Republican).
What was the tipping-point state in 2000?
Florida. Ranking the states by the winner's margin, it delivered electoral vote number 269; it voted an exact tie between the two main tickets, against Democratic by 0.5 points nationally.
Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data