Illinois presidential election results 2000

Albert Gore, Jr. carried Illinois by 12.01 points (569,605 votes), winning 22 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 22
Votes counted: 4,742,123
IL result: D+12.0
Compared with the nation: 11.5 pts more Democratic
Swing since 1996: 5.5 pts to R

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
Albert Gore, Jr.	Democratic	2,589,026	54.60%	22
George W. Bush	Republican	2,019,421	42.60%	—
Ralph Nader	Green	103,759	2.20%	—
Total votes		4,742,123

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
Adams	12,197	17,331	581	30,109	17.1
Alexander	2,357	1,588	77	4,022	19.1
Bond	3,060	3,804	168	7,032	10.6
Boone	6,481	8,617	425	15,523	13.8
Brown	1,077	1,529	54	2,660	17.0
Bureau	7,754	8,526	543	16,823	4.6
Calhoun	1,310	1,229	63	2,602	3.1
Carroll	3,113	3,835	229	7,177	10.1
Cass	2,789	2,968	142	5,899	3.0
Champaign	35,515	34,645	4,125	74,285	1.2
Christian	6,799	7,537	435	14,771	5.0
Clark	2,932	4,398	182	7,512	19.5
Clay	2,212	3,789	134	6,135	25.7
Clinton	6,436	8,588	403	15,427	13.9
Coles	8,904	10,495	694	20,093	7.9
Cook	1,280,547	534,542	50,818	1,865,907	40.0
Crawford	3,333	4,974	193	8,500	19.3
Cumberland	1,870	2,964	141	4,975	22.0
De Witt	2,870	3,968	213	7,051	15.6
DeKalb	14,798	17,139	1,296	33,233	7.0
Douglas	3,215	4,734	203	8,152	18.6
DuPage	152,550	201,037	10,775	364,362	13.3
Edgar	3,216	4,833	183	8,232	19.6
Edwards	978	2,212	70	3,260	37.9
Effingham	4,225	9,855	405	14,485	38.9
Fayette	3,886	5,200	252	9,338	14.1
Ford	2,090	3,889	174	6,153	29.2
Franklin	10,201	8,490	521	19,212	8.9
Fulton	8,940	6,936	401	16,277	12.3
Gallatin	1,878	1,591	89	3,558	8.1
Greene	2,490	3,129	148	5,767	11.1
Grundy	7,516	8,709	359	16,584	7.2
Hamilton	1,943	2,519	125	4,587	12.6
Hancock	4,256	5,134	301	9,691	9.1
Hardin	1,184	1,366	87	2,637	6.9
Henderson	2,030	1,708	128	3,866	8.3
Henry	11,921	10,896	653	23,470	4.4
Iroquois	4,397	8,685	342	13,424	31.9
Jackson	11,773	9,823	1,494	23,090	8.4
Jasper	1,815	3,119	87	5,021	26.0
Jefferson	6,685	8,362	313	15,360	10.9
Jersey	4,355	4,699	359	9,413	3.7
Jo Daviess	4,585	5,304	433	10,322	7.0
Johnson	1,928	3,285	149	5,362	25.3
Kane	60,127	76,996	4,282	141,405	11.9
Kankakee	19,180	20,049	954	40,183	2.2
Kendall	8,444	13,688	637	22,769	23.0
Knox	12,572	9,912	690	23,174	11.5
LaSalle	23,355	21,276	1,376	46,007	4.5
Lake	115,058	120,988	6,118	242,164	2.4
Lawrence	2,822	3,594	162	6,578	11.7
Lee	6,111	8,069	440	14,620	13.4
Livingston	5,829	9,187	405	15,421	21.8
Logan	4,600	8,141	324	13,065	27.1
Macon	24,262	23,830	1,407	49,499	0.9
Macoupin	11,015	9,749	625	21,389	5.9
Madison	59,077	48,821	3,206	111,104	9.2
Marion	8,068	8,240	355	16,663	1.0
Marshall	2,570	3,145	192	5,907	9.7
Mason	3,192	3,411	169	6,772	3.2
Massac	2,912	3,676	156	6,744	11.3
McDonough	6,080	6,465	467	13,012	3.0
McHenry	40,698	62,112	3,375	106,185	20.2
McLean	24,936	34,008	1,954	60,898	14.9
Menard	2,164	3,862	176	6,202	27.4
Mercer	4,400	3,688	230	8,318	8.6
Monroe	5,797	7,632	367	13,796	13.3
Montgomery	6,542	6,226	325	13,093	2.4
Morgan	5,899	8,058	377	14,334	15.1
Moultrie	2,529	3,058	138	5,725	9.2
Ogle	7,673	12,325	603	20,601	22.6
Peoria	38,604	36,398	1,810	76,812	2.9
Perry	4,862	4,802	278	9,942	0.6
Piatt	3,488	4,619	278	8,385	13.5
Pike	3,198	4,706	208	8,112	18.6
Pope	927	1,346	57	2,330	18.0
Pulaski	1,518	1,430	68	3,016	2.9
Putnam	1,657	1,437	85	3,179	6.9
Randolph	6,794	7,127	366	14,287	2.3
Richland	2,491	4,718	219	7,428	30.0
Rock Island	37,957	25,194	1,944	65,095	19.6
Saline	5,427	5,933	290	11,650	4.3
Sangamon	38,414	50,374	2,697	91,485	13.1
Schuyler	1,587	2,077	108	3,772	13.0
Scott	954	1,458	57	2,469	20.4
Shelby	4,018	5,851	294	10,163	18.0
St. Clair	55,961	42,299	2,133	100,393	13.6
Stark	1,211	1,694	84	2,989	16.2
Stephenson	8,062	10,715	601	19,378	13.7
Tazewell	25,379	31,537	1,432	58,348	10.6
Union	3,982	4,397	281	8,660	4.8
Vermilion	15,406	15,783	911	32,100	1.2
Wabash	1,987	3,406	115	5,508	25.8
Warren	3,524	3,899	208	7,631	4.9
Washington	2,638	4,353	147	7,138	24.0
Wayne	2,209	5,347	137	7,693	40.8
White	2,958	4,521	158	7,637	20.5
Whiteside	12,886	11,252	699	24,837	6.6
Will	90,902	95,828	4,940	191,670	2.6
Williamson	12,192	14,012	735	26,939	6.8
Winnebago	51,981	53,816	3,500	109,297	1.7
Woodford	5,529	10,905	359	16,793	32.0

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 Illinois in 2000?

Albert Gore, Jr. won Illinois by 12.01 percentage points (569,605 votes).

How many electoral votes did Illinois have in 2000?

Illinois cast 22 electoral votes in 2000.

How many people voted for president in Illinois in 2000?

4,742,123 votes were counted for president.

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

George W. Bush 78, Albert Gore, Jr. 24 (out of 102 counties with results).

How did Illinois change from 1996 to 2000?

The margin moved 5.5 points toward the Republican ticket, from Democratic by 17.5 points to Democratic by 12.0 points.

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