Arkansas · 2000 presidential election
Arkansas presidential election results 2000
George W. Bush carried Arkansas by 5.44 points (50,172 votes), winning 6 electoral votes.
- Electoral votes
- 6
- Votes counted
- 921,781
- AR result
- R+5.5
- Compared with the nation
- 6.0 pts more Republican
- Swing since 1996
- 22.4 pts to R
Statewide result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Bar | Electoral votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George W. Bush | Republican | 472,940 | 51.30% | 6 | |
| Albert Gore, Jr. | Democratic | 422,768 | 45.90% | — | |
| Ralph Nader | Green | 13,421 | 1.50% | — | |
| Total votes | 921,781 | ||||
Sources: 2000
County resultsMIT Election Lab
Download CSV| County | Albert Gore, Jr. | George W. Bush | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 2,877 | 3,353 | 142 | 6,372 | 7.5 |
| Ashley | 4,253 | 3,876 | 142 | 8,271 | 4.6 |
| Baxter | 6,516 | 9,538 | 654 | 16,708 | 18.1 |
| Benton | 17,277 | 34,838 | 1,531 | 53,646 | 32.7 |
| Boone | 4,493 | 8,569 | 573 | 13,635 | 29.9 |
| Bradley | 2,122 | 1,793 | 64 | 3,979 | 8.3 |
| Calhoun | 1,017 | 1,128 | 40 | 2,185 | 5.1 |
| Carroll | 3,595 | 5,556 | 439 | 9,590 | 20.4 |
| Chicot | 2,820 | 1,564 | 68 | 4,452 | 28.2 |
| Clark | 4,661 | 3,776 | 189 | 8,626 | 10.3 |
| Clay | 3,527 | 2,254 | 119 | 5,900 | 21.6 |
| Cleburne | 4,120 | 5,730 | 357 | 10,207 | 15.8 |
| Cleveland | 1,414 | 1,678 | 89 | 3,181 | 8.3 |
| Columbia | 4,003 | 5,018 | 286 | 9,307 | 10.9 |
| Conway | 3,496 | 3,545 | 193 | 7,234 | 0.7 |
| Craighead | 12,376 | 12,158 | 623 | 25,157 | 0.9 |
| Crawford | 6,288 | 10,804 | 533 | 17,625 | 25.6 |
| Crittenden | 7,224 | 5,857 | 153 | 13,234 | 10.3 |
| Cross | 3,096 | 3,033 | 86 | 6,215 | 1.0 |
| Dallas | 1,710 | 1,571 | 44 | 3,325 | 4.2 |
| Desha | 2,776 | 1,603 | 116 | 4,495 | 26.1 |
| Drew | 3,060 | 2,756 | 106 | 5,922 | 5.1 |
| Faulkner | 11,950 | 16,055 | 1,211 | 29,216 | 14.1 |
| Franklin | 2,674 | 3,277 | 189 | 6,140 | 9.8 |
| Fulton | 1,976 | 2,036 | 96 | 4,108 | 1.5 |
| Garland | 15,840 | 19,098 | 997 | 35,935 | 9.1 |
| Grant | 2,535 | 3,285 | 193 | 6,013 | 12.5 |
| Greene | 6,319 | 5,831 | 334 | 12,484 | 3.9 |
| Hempstead | 3,937 | 3,257 | 95 | 7,289 | 9.3 |
| Hot Spring | 5,527 | 5,042 | 412 | 10,981 | 4.4 |
| Howard | 2,063 | 2,326 | 70 | 4,459 | 5.9 |
| Independence | 5,146 | 6,145 | 303 | 11,594 | 8.6 |
| Izard | 2,587 | 2,301 | 144 | 5,032 | 5.7 |
| Jackson | 3,651 | 2,280 | 141 | 6,072 | 22.6 |
| Jefferson | 17,716 | 8,765 | 720 | 27,201 | 32.9 |
| Johnson | 3,270 | 3,657 | 234 | 7,161 | 5.4 |
| Lafayette | 1,806 | 1,538 | 39 | 3,383 | 7.9 |
| Lawrence | 3,255 | 2,626 | 159 | 6,040 | 10.4 |
| Lee | 2,727 | 1,351 | 43 | 4,121 | 33.4 |
| Lincoln | 1,957 | 1,526 | 63 | 3,546 | 12.2 |
| Little River | 2,883 | 2,283 | 97 | 5,263 | 11.4 |
| Logan | 3,283 | 4,487 | 326 | 8,096 | 14.9 |
| Lonoke | 6,851 | 10,606 | 486 | 17,943 | 20.9 |
| Madison | 2,055 | 3,387 | 186 | 5,628 | 23.7 |
| Marion | 2,233 | 3,402 | 380 | 6,015 | 19.4 |
| Miller | 6,278 | 7,276 | 191 | 13,745 | 7.3 |
| Mississippi | 7,107 | 5,199 | 280 | 12,586 | 15.2 |
| Monroe | 1,910 | 1,329 | 54 | 3,293 | 17.6 |
| Montgomery | 1,438 | 2,128 | 173 | 3,739 | 18.5 |
| Nevada | 1,867 | 1,796 | 75 | 3,738 | 1.9 |
| Newton | 1,205 | 2,529 | 193 | 3,927 | 33.7 |
| Ouachita | 5,464 | 4,739 | 192 | 10,395 | 7.0 |
| Perry | 1,648 | 2,114 | 245 | 4,007 | 11.6 |
| Phillips | 6,018 | 3,154 | 141 | 9,313 | 30.8 |
| Pike | 1,604 | 2,275 | 92 | 3,971 | 16.9 |
| Poinsett | 4,102 | 2,988 | 145 | 7,235 | 15.4 |
| Polk | 2,315 | 4,600 | 278 | 7,193 | 31.8 |
| Pope | 6,669 | 11,244 | 509 | 18,422 | 24.8 |
| Prairie | 1,563 | 1,862 | 82 | 3,507 | 8.5 |
| Pulaski | 68,320 | 55,866 | 2,965 | 127,151 | 9.8 |
| Randolph | 3,019 | 2,673 | 185 | 5,877 | 5.9 |
| Saline | 12,700 | 18,617 | 1,074 | 32,391 | 18.3 |
| Scott | 1,444 | 2,399 | 138 | 3,981 | 24.0 |
| Searcy | 1,229 | 2,610 | 219 | 4,058 | 34.0 |
| Sebastian | 15,555 | 23,483 | 1,121 | 40,159 | 19.7 |
| Sevier | 2,095 | 2,111 | 87 | 4,293 | 0.4 |
| Sharp | 3,236 | 3,698 | 192 | 7,126 | 6.5 |
| St. Francis | 4,986 | 3,414 | 96 | 8,496 | 18.5 |
| Stone | 2,043 | 2,623 | 194 | 4,860 | 11.9 |
| Union | 6,261 | 8,647 | 701 | 15,609 | 15.3 |
| Van Buren | 3,202 | 3,485 | 297 | 6,984 | 4.1 |
| Washington | 21,425 | 28,231 | 1,803 | 51,459 | 13.2 |
| White | 8,342 | 13,170 | 638 | 22,150 | 21.8 |
| Woodruff | 1,699 | 898 | 54 | 2,651 | 30.2 |
| Yell | 3,062 | 3,223 | 194 | 6,479 | 2.5 |
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 Arkansas in 2000?
George W. Bush won Arkansas by 5.44 percentage points (50,172 votes).
How many electoral votes did Arkansas have in 2000?
Arkansas cast 6 electoral votes in 2000.
How many people voted for president in Arkansas in 2000?
921,781 votes were counted for president.
How many counties did each candidate win in Arkansas in 2000?
George W. Bush 43, Albert Gore, Jr. 32 (out of 75 counties with results).
How did Arkansas change from 1996 to 2000?
The margin moved 22.4 points toward the Republican ticket, from Democratic by 16.9 points to Republican by 5.5 points.
Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data