Florida presidential election results 2000

George W. Bush carried Florida by 0.01 points (537 votes), winning 25 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 25
Votes counted: 5,963,110
FL result: Even
Compared with the nation: 0.5 pts more Republican
Swing since 1996: 5.7 pts to R

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
George W. Bush	Republican	2,912,790	48.80%	25
Albert Gore, Jr.	Democratic	2,912,253	48.80%	—
Ralph Nader	Green	97,488	1.60%	—
Total votes		5,963,110

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
Alachua	47,365	34,124	4,240	85,729	15.4
Baker	2,392	5,610	152	8,154	39.5
Bay	18,850	38,637	1,318	58,805	33.6
Bradford	3,075	5,414	184	8,673	27.0
Brevard	97,318	115,185	5,892	218,395	8.2
Broward	387,703	177,902	9,538	575,143	36.5
Calhoun	2,155	2,873	146	5,174	13.9
Charlotte	29,645	35,426	1,825	66,896	8.6
Citrus	25,525	29,767	1,914	57,206	7.4
Clay	14,632	41,736	985	57,353	47.3
Collier	29,921	60,450	1,791	92,162	33.1
Columbia	7,047	10,964	497	18,508	21.2
Desoto	3,320	4,256	241	7,817	12.0
Dixie	1,826	2,697	143	4,666	18.7
Duval	107,864	152,098	4,674	264,636	16.7
Escambia	40,943	73,017	2,688	116,648	27.5
Flagler	13,897	12,613	601	27,111	4.7
Franklin	2,046	2,454	144	4,644	8.8
Gadsden	9,735	4,767	225	14,727	33.7
Gilchrist	1,910	3,300	185	5,395	25.8
Glades	1,442	1,841	82	3,365	11.9
Gulf	2,397	3,550	197	6,144	18.8
Hamilton	1,722	2,146	96	3,964	10.7
Hardee	2,339	3,765	129	6,233	22.9
Hendry	3,240	4,747	152	8,139	18.5
Hernando	32,644	30,646	1,929	65,219	3.1
Highlands	14,167	20,206	776	35,149	17.2
Hillsborough	169,557	180,760	9,978	360,295	3.1
Holmes	2,177	5,011	207	7,395	38.3
Indian River	19,768	28,635	1,219	49,622	17.9
Jackson	6,868	9,138	294	16,300	13.9
Jefferson	3,041	2,478	125	5,644	10.0
Lafayette	789	1,670	46	2,505	35.2
Lake	36,571	50,010	2,030	88,611	15.2
Lee	73,560	106,141	4,676	184,377	17.7
Leon	61,427	39,062	2,635	103,124	21.7
Levy	5,398	6,858	468	12,724	11.5
Liberty	1,017	1,317	76	2,410	12.4
Madison	3,014	3,038	110	6,162	0.4
Manatee	49,177	57,952	3,092	110,221	8.0
Marion	44,665	55,141	3,150	102,956	10.2
Martin	26,620	33,970	1,423	62,013	11.9
Miami-Dade	328,808	289,533	7,108	625,449	6.3
Monroe	16,483	16,059	1,354	33,896	1.3
Nassau	6,952	16,404	424	23,780	39.7
Okaloosa	16,948	52,093	1,639	70,680	49.7
Okeechobee	4,588	5,057	208	9,853	4.8
Orange	140,220	134,517	5,388	280,125	2.0
Osceola	28,181	26,212	1,266	55,659	3.5
Palm Beach	269,732	152,951	10,503	433,186	27.0
Pasco	69,564	68,582	4,585	142,731	0.7
Pinellas	200,630	184,825	13,017	398,472	4.0
Polk	75,200	90,295	3,112	168,607	9.0
Putnam	12,102	13,447	673	26,222	5.1
Santa Rosa	12,802	36,274	1,243	50,319	46.6
Sarasota	72,853	83,100	4,989	160,942	6.4
Seminole	59,174	75,677	2,783	137,634	12.0
St. Johns	19,502	39,546	1,698	60,746	33.0
St. Lucie	41,559	34,705	1,725	77,989	8.8
Sumter	9,637	12,127	497	22,261	11.2
Suwannee	4,075	8,006	392	12,473	31.5
Taylor	2,649	4,056	103	6,808	20.7
Union	1,407	2,332	87	3,826	24.2
Volusia	97,304	82,357	3,993	183,654	8.1
Wakulla	3,838	4,512	237	8,587	7.8
Walton	5,642	12,182	494	18,318	35.7
Washington	2,798	4,994	237	8,029	27.4

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 Florida in 2000?

George W. Bush won Florida by 0.01 percentage points (537 votes).

How many electoral votes did Florida have in 2000?

Florida cast 25 electoral votes in 2000.

How many people voted for president in Florida in 2000?

5,963,110 votes were counted for president.

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

George W. Bush 51, Albert Gore, Jr. 16 (out of 67 counties with results).

How did Florida change from 1996 to 2000?

The margin moved 5.7 points toward the Republican ticket, from Democratic by 5.7 points to an exact tie between the two main tickets.

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