California presidential election results 2000

Albert Gore, Jr. carried California by 11.80 points (1,293,774 votes), winning 54 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 54
Votes counted: 10,965,856
CA result: D+11.8
Compared with the nation: 11.3 pts more Democratic
Swing since 1996: 1.1 pts to R

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
Albert Gore, Jr.	Democratic	5,861,203	53.40%	54
George W. Bush	Republican	4,567,429	41.70%	—
Ralph Nader	Green	418,707	3.80%	—
Total votes		10,965,856

Sources: 2000

County resultsMIT Election Lab

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MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)
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Each county coloured by its winner and shaded by margin. Tap one for its history.

County	Albert Gore, Jr.	George W. Bush	Others	Total	Margin
Alameda	342,889	119,279	32,168	494,336	45.2
Alpine	265	281	40	586	2.7
Amador	5,906	8,766	792	15,464	18.5
Butte	31,338	45,584	6,799	83,721	17.0
Calaveras	7,093	10,599	1,184	18,876	18.6
Colusa	1,745	3,629	216	5,590	33.7
Contra Costa	224,338	141,373	15,767	381,478	21.7
Del Norte	3,117	4,526	651	8,294	17.0
El Dorado	26,220	42,045	3,871	72,136	21.9
Fresno	95,059	117,342	8,434	220,835	10.1
Glenn	2,498	5,795	418	8,711	37.8
Humboldt	24,851	23,219	7,902	55,972	2.9
Imperial	15,489	12,524	924	28,937	10.2
Inyo	2,652	4,713	450	7,815	26.4
Kern	66,003	110,663	5,642	182,308	24.5
Kings	11,041	16,377	917	28,335	18.8
Lake	10,717	8,699	1,503	20,919	9.6
Lassen	2,982	7,080	524	10,586	38.7
Los Angeles	1,710,505	871,930	112,719	2,695,154	31.1
Madera	11,650	20,283	1,462	33,395	25.9
Marin	79,135	34,872	9,148	123,155	35.9
Mariposa	2,816	4,727	531	8,074	23.7
Mendocino	16,634	12,272	5,504	34,410	12.7
Merced	22,726	26,102	1,590	50,418	6.7
Modoc	945	2,969	193	4,107	49.3
Mono	1,788	2,296	287	4,371	11.6
Monterey	67,618	43,761	6,155	117,534	20.3
Napa	28,097	20,633	2,994	51,724	14.4
Nevada	17,670	25,998	3,811	47,479	17.5
Orange	391,819	541,299	37,787	970,905	15.4
Placer	42,449	69,835	5,515	117,799	23.2
Plumas	3,458	6,343	600	10,401	27.7
Riverside	202,576	231,955	16,596	451,127	6.5
Sacramento	212,792	195,619	23,139	431,550	4.0
San Benito	9,131	7,015	685	16,831	12.6
San Bernardino	214,749	221,757	18,387	454,893	1.5
San Diego	437,666	475,736	45,232	958,634	4.0
San Francisco	241,578	51,496	26,712	319,786	59.4
San Joaquin	79,776	81,773	5,690	167,239	1.2
San Luis Obispo	44,526	56,859	7,501	108,886	11.3
San Mateo	166,757	80,296	12,346	259,399	33.3
Santa Barbara	73,411	71,493	10,070	154,974	1.2
Santa Clara	332,490	188,750	26,889	548,129	26.2
Santa Cruz	66,618	29,627	12,105	108,350	34.1
Shasta	20,127	43,278	3,139	66,544	34.8
Sierra	540	1,172	135	1,847	34.2
Siskiyou	6,323	12,198	1,298	19,819	29.6
Solano	75,116	51,604	5,015	131,735	17.8
Sonoma	117,295	63,529	16,182	197,006	27.3
Stanislaus	56,448	67,188	4,631	128,267	8.4
Sutter	8,416	17,350	798	26,564	33.6
Tehama	6,507	13,270	1,077	20,854	32.4
Trinity	1,932	3,340	525	5,797	24.3
Tulare	33,006	54,070	2,742	89,818	23.5
Tuolumne	9,359	13,172	1,196	23,727	16.1
Ventura	133,258	136,173	13,261	282,692	1.0
Yolo	33,747	23,057	4,632	61,436	17.4
Yuba	5,546	9,838	743	16,127	26.6

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 California in 2000?

Albert Gore, Jr. won California by 11.80 percentage points (1,293,774 votes).

How many electoral votes did California have in 2000?

California cast 54 electoral votes in 2000.

How many people voted for president in California in 2000?

10,965,856 votes were counted for president.

How many counties did each candidate win in California in 2000?

George W. Bush 38, Albert Gore, Jr. 20 (out of 58 counties with results).

How did California change from 1996 to 2000?

The margin moved 1.1 points toward the Republican ticket, from Democratic by 12.9 points to Democratic by 11.8 points.

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