Alabama · 2000 presidential election
Alabama presidential election results 2000
George W. Bush carried Alabama by 14.92 points (248,562 votes), winning 9 electoral votes.
- Electoral votes
- 9
- Votes counted
- 1,666,272
- AL result
- R+14.9
- Compared with the nation
- 15.4 pts more Republican
- Swing since 1996
- 8.0 pts to R
Statewide result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Bar | Electoral votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George W. Bush | Republican | 941,173 | 56.50% | 9 | |
| Albert Gore, Jr. | Democratic | 692,611 | 41.60% | — | |
| Ralph Nader | Green | 18,323 | 1.10% | — | |
| Total votes | 1,666,272 | ||||
Sources: 2000
County resultsMIT Election Lab
Download CSV| County | Albert Gore, Jr. | George W. Bush | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autauga | 4,942 | 11,993 | 273 | 17,208 | 41.0 |
| Baldwin | 13,997 | 40,872 | 1,611 | 56,480 | 47.6 |
| Barbour | 5,188 | 5,096 | 111 | 10,395 | 0.9 |
| Bibb | 2,710 | 4,273 | 118 | 7,101 | 22.0 |
| Blount | 4,977 | 12,667 | 329 | 17,973 | 42.8 |
| Bullock | 3,395 | 1,433 | 76 | 4,904 | 40.0 |
| Butler | 3,606 | 4,127 | 70 | 7,803 | 6.7 |
| Calhoun | 15,781 | 22,306 | 822 | 38,909 | 16.8 |
| Chambers | 5,616 | 6,037 | 181 | 11,834 | 3.6 |
| Cherokee | 3,497 | 4,154 | 172 | 7,823 | 8.4 |
| Chilton | 4,806 | 10,066 | 220 | 15,092 | 34.9 |
| Choctaw | 3,707 | 3,600 | 67 | 7,374 | 1.5 |
| Clarke | 4,679 | 5,988 | 85 | 10,752 | 12.2 |
| Clay | 2,045 | 3,719 | 119 | 5,883 | 28.5 |
| Cleburne | 1,664 | 3,333 | 95 | 5,092 | 32.8 |
| Coffee | 5,220 | 9,938 | 276 | 15,434 | 30.6 |
| Colbert | 10,543 | 10,518 | 471 | 21,532 | 0.1 |
| Conecuh | 2,783 | 2,699 | 69 | 5,551 | 1.5 |
| Coosa | 2,104 | 2,382 | 81 | 4,567 | 6.1 |
| Covington | 4,440 | 8,961 | 212 | 13,613 | 33.2 |
| Crenshaw | 1,934 | 2,793 | 68 | 4,795 | 17.9 |
| Cullman | 9,758 | 19,157 | 610 | 29,525 | 31.8 |
| Dale | 4,906 | 10,593 | 307 | 15,806 | 36.0 |
| Dallas | 10,967 | 7,360 | 137 | 18,464 | 19.5 |
| DeKalb | 7,056 | 12,827 | 402 | 20,285 | 28.4 |
| Elmore | 6,652 | 16,777 | 375 | 23,804 | 42.5 |
| Escambia | 4,523 | 6,975 | 162 | 11,660 | 21.0 |
| Etowah | 17,433 | 21,087 | 828 | 39,348 | 9.3 |
| Fayette | 3,064 | 4,582 | 162 | 7,808 | 19.4 |
| Franklin | 4,793 | 6,119 | 191 | 11,103 | 11.9 |
| Geneva | 2,769 | 6,588 | 202 | 9,559 | 40.0 |
| Greene | 3,504 | 850 | 42 | 4,396 | 60.4 |
| Hale | 4,652 | 2,984 | 95 | 7,731 | 21.6 |
| Henry | 2,782 | 4,054 | 96 | 6,932 | 18.3 |
| Houston | 9,412 | 22,150 | 495 | 32,057 | 39.7 |
| Jackson | 9,066 | 8,475 | 365 | 17,906 | 3.3 |
| Jefferson | 129,889 | 138,491 | 5,383 | 273,763 | 3.1 |
| Lamar | 2,653 | 4,470 | 126 | 7,249 | 25.1 |
| Lauderdale | 13,875 | 17,478 | 784 | 32,137 | 11.2 |
| Lawrence | 6,296 | 5,671 | 218 | 12,185 | 5.1 |
| Lee | 14,574 | 22,433 | 1,257 | 38,264 | 20.5 |
| Limestone | 8,992 | 14,204 | 438 | 23,634 | 22.1 |
| Lowndes | 4,557 | 1,638 | 48 | 6,243 | 46.8 |
| Macon | 7,665 | 1,091 | 75 | 8,831 | 74.4 |
| Madison | 48,199 | 62,151 | 2,968 | 113,318 | 12.3 |
| Marengo | 4,841 | 4,690 | 77 | 9,608 | 1.6 |
| Marion | 4,600 | 6,910 | 246 | 11,756 | 19.6 |
| Marshall | 10,381 | 17,084 | 524 | 27,989 | 23.9 |
| Mobile | 58,640 | 78,162 | 2,943 | 139,745 | 14.0 |
| Monroe | 3,741 | 5,153 | 57 | 8,951 | 15.8 |
| Montgomery | 40,371 | 38,827 | 1,130 | 80,328 | 1.9 |
| Morgan | 16,060 | 25,774 | 847 | 42,681 | 22.8 |
| Perry | 4,020 | 1,732 | 35 | 5,787 | 39.5 |
| Pickens | 4,143 | 4,306 | 91 | 8,540 | 1.9 |
| Pike | 4,357 | 6,058 | 129 | 10,544 | 16.1 |
| Randolph | 3,094 | 4,666 | 159 | 7,919 | 19.9 |
| Russell | 8,396 | 6,198 | 181 | 14,775 | 14.9 |
| Shelby | 13,183 | 47,651 | 1,294 | 62,128 | 55.5 |
| St. Clair | 6,485 | 17,117 | 488 | 24,090 | 44.1 |
| Sumter | 4,415 | 1,629 | 44 | 6,088 | 45.8 |
| Talladega | 11,264 | 13,807 | 380 | 25,451 | 10.0 |
| Tallapoosa | 6,183 | 9,805 | 265 | 16,253 | 22.3 |
| Tuscaloosa | 24,614 | 34,003 | 1,497 | 60,114 | 15.6 |
| Walker | 11,621 | 13,486 | 534 | 25,641 | 7.3 |
| Washington | 3,386 | 4,117 | 93 | 7,596 | 9.6 |
| Wilcox | 3,444 | 1,661 | 21 | 5,126 | 34.8 |
| Winston | 2,692 | 6,413 | 213 | 9,318 | 39.9 |
Candidate votes as printed in the document. “Total” is the document’s total where it prints one, otherwise the sum of the candidate columns. Margin is the leading ticket’s lead in points over the second.
Notes on how this document was read
- Secondary source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records).
Method: Machine-readable dataset; county sums checked against the state totals in The American Presidency Project summary (within 0.5% for both main tickets).
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Questions and answers
Who won Alabama in 2000?
George W. Bush won Alabama by 14.92 percentage points (248,562 votes).
How many electoral votes did Alabama have in 2000?
Alabama cast 9 electoral votes in 2000.
How many people voted for president in Alabama in 2000?
1,666,272 votes were counted for president.
How many counties did each candidate win in Alabama in 2000?
George W. Bush 49, Albert Gore, Jr. 18 (out of 67 counties with results).
How did Alabama change from 1996 to 2000?
The margin moved 8.0 points toward the Republican ticket, from Republican by 7.0 points to Republican by 14.9 points.
Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data