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Colorado presidential election results 2000

George W. Bush carried Colorado by 8.36 points (145,521 votes), winning 8 electoral votes.

Electoral votes
8
Votes counted
1,741,368
CO result
R+8.4
Compared with the nation
8.9 pts more Republican
Swing since 1996
7.0 pts to R

Statewide result

CandidatePartyVotesShareBarElectoral votes
George W. BushRepublican883,74850.80%8
Albert Gore, Jr.Democratic738,22742.40%—
Ralph NaderGreen91,4345.30%—
Total votes1,741,368

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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Alamosa County: George W. Bush +7.1Boulder County: Albert Gore, Jr. +13.7Broomfield (no county figures)Crowley County: George W. Bush +23.8Denver County: Albert Gore, Jr. +31.0Douglas County: George W. Bush +33.6Gilpin County: Albert Gore, Jr. +3.8Hinsdale County: George W. Bush +22.6Jackson County: George W. Bush +55.0Jefferson County: George W. Bush +8.1Lincoln County: George W. Bush +50.9Montezuma County: George W. Bush +38.4Phillips County: George W. Bush +45.5Rio Grande County: George W. Bush +27.7San Juan County: George W. Bush +14.0Weld County: George W. Bush +21.6Adams County: Albert Gore, Jr. +6.1Archuleta County: George W. Bush +32.7Baca County: George W. Bush +49.7Chaffee County: George W. Bush +20.1Cheyenne County: George W. Bush +61.7Conejos County: George W. Bush +0.6Costilla County: Albert Gore, Jr. +33.4Delta County: George W. Bush +40.3Eagle County: George W. Bush +2.6Fremont County: George W. Bush +28.8Kiowa County: George W. Bush +53.4Kit Carson County: George W. Bush +50.1Larimer County: George W. Bush +13.8Montrose County: George W. Bush +36.8Logan County: George W. Bush +40.0Mesa County: George W. Bush +33.2Moffat County: George W. Bush +49.0Morgan County: George W. Bush +31.5Ouray County: George W. Bush +25.7Pitkin County: Albert Gore, Jr. +20.2Rio Blanco County: George W. Bush +57.5Saguache County: Albert Gore, Jr. +2.6Teller County: George W. Bush +37.8Washington County: George W. Bush +57.3Yuma County: George W. Bush +47.6Bent County: George W. Bush +15.9Clear Creek County: George W. Bush +1.2Custer County: George W. Bush +44.7El Paso County: George W. Bush +33.1Grand County: George W. Bush +19.9Gunnison County: George W. Bush +1.0Huerfano County: Albert Gore, Jr. +0.9Lake County: Albert Gore, Jr. +9.1Mineral County: George W. Bush +25.9Otero County: George W. Bush +15.3Pueblo County: Albert Gore, Jr. +11.2Summit County: Albert Gore, Jr. +7.3Arapahoe County: George W. Bush +8.0La Plata County: George W. Bush +10.4Las Animas County: Albert Gore, Jr. +11.1Dolores County: George W. Bush +39.5Elbert County: George W. Bush +42.7Garfield County: George W. Bush +17.6Park County: George W. Bush +19.3Prowers County: George W. Bush +36.8Routt County: George W. Bush +2.7San Miguel County: Albert Gore, Jr. +17.1Sedgwick County: George W. Bush +37.8
Each county coloured by its winner and shaded by margin. Tap one for its history.
County Albert Gore, Jr.George W. BushOthers TotalMargin
Adams 54,13247,5616,159 107,852 6.1
Alamosa 2,4552,857347 5,659 7.1
Arapahoe 82,61497,7689,560 189,942 8.0
Archuleta 1,4322,988338 4,758 32.7
Baca 5311,66384 2,278 49.7
Bent 7831,09684 1,963 15.9
Boulder 69,98350,87318,770 139,626 13.7
Chaffee 2,7684,300542 7,610 20.1
Cheyenne 20995746 1,212 61.7
Clear Creek 2,1882,247489 4,924 1.2
Conejos 1,7491,772150 3,671 0.6
Costilla 1,05450490 1,648 33.4
Crowley 51185579 1,445 23.8
Custer 5071,451153 2,111 44.7
Delta 3,2648,3721,050 12,686 40.3
Denver 122,69361,22414,430 198,347 31.0
Dolores 293741100 1,134 39.5
Douglas 27,07656,0073,142 86,225 33.6
Eagle 6,7727,1651,251 15,188 2.6
El Paso 61,799128,29410,664 200,757 33.1
Elbert 2,3266,151488 8,965 42.7
Fremont 5,2939,914849 16,056 28.8
Garfield 6,0879,1031,914 17,104 17.6
Gilpin 1,0991,006360 2,465 3.8
Grand 2,3083,570475 6,353 19.9
Gunnison 3,0593,1281,049 7,236 1.0
Hinsdale 18831662 566 22.6
Huerfano 1,4951,466213 3,174 0.9
Jackson 17368270 925 55.0
Jefferson 100,970120,13814,383 235,491 8.1
Kiowa 21172829 968 53.4
Kit Carson 8092,542107 3,458 50.1
La Plata 7,8649,9932,633 20,490 10.4
Lake 1,2961,056276 2,628 9.1
Larimer 46,05562,42910,053 118,537 13.8
Las Animas 3,2432,569282 6,094 11.1
Lincoln 5101,63059 2,199 50.9
Logan 2,2965,531269 8,096 40.0
Mesa 15,46532,3963,193 51,054 33.2
Mineral 16829424 486 25.9
Moffat 1,2233,840274 5,337 49.0
Montezuma 2,5566,158670 9,384 38.4
Montrose 4,0419,266908 14,215 36.8
Morgan 2,8855,722391 8,998 31.5
Otero 2,9634,082267 7,312 15.3
Ouray 7051,279249 2,233 25.7
Park 2,3933,677595 6,665 19.3
Phillips 5641,57383 2,220 45.5
Pitkin 4,1372,5651,098 7,800 20.2
Prowers 1,3613,026137 4,524 36.8
Pueblo 28,88822,8272,231 53,946 11.2
Rio Blanco 5432,185127 2,855 57.5
Rio Grande 1,7073,111257 5,075 27.7
Routt 4,2084,472958 9,638 2.7
Saguache 1,1451,078306 2,529 2.6
San Juan 14921077 436 14.0
San Miguel 1,5981,043614 3,255 17.1
Sedgwick 38487742 1,303 37.8
Summit 5,3044,4971,267 11,068 7.3
Teller 2,7506,477620 9,847 37.8
Washington 4771,87890 2,445 57.3
Weld 23,43637,4093,696 64,541 21.6
Yuma 1,0823,156120 4,358 47.6

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 Colorado in 2000?

George W. Bush won Colorado by 8.36 percentage points (145,521 votes).

How many electoral votes did Colorado have in 2000?

Colorado cast 8 electoral votes in 2000.

How many people voted for president in Colorado in 2000?

1,741,368 votes were counted for president.

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

George W. Bush 50, Albert Gore, Jr. 13 (out of 63 counties with results).

How did Colorado change from 1996 to 2000?

The margin moved 7.0 points toward the Republican ticket, from Republican by 1.4 points to Republican by 8.4 points.

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data