Indiana presidential election results 2000

George W. Bush carried Indiana by 15.63 points (343,856 votes), winning 12 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 12
Votes counted: 2,199,302
IN result: R+15.6
Compared with the nation: 16.1 pts more Republican
Swing since 1996: 10.1 pts to R

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
George W. Bush	Republican	1,245,836	56.60%	12
Albert Gore, Jr.	Democratic	901,980	41.00%	—
Ralph Nader	Green	18,531	0.80%	—
Total votes		2,199,302

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	3,775	8,555	260	12,590	38.0
Allen	41,636	70,426	2,258	114,320	25.2
Bartholomew	9,015	16,200	554	25,769	27.9
Benton	1,328	2,441	105	3,874	28.7
Blackford	2,103	2,699	91	4,893	12.2
Boone	4,763	13,161	472	18,396	45.7
Brown	2,608	3,871	338	6,817	18.5
Carroll	2,965	5,102	201	8,268	25.8
Cass	5,412	9,305	389	15,106	25.8
Clark	17,360	19,417	559	37,336	5.5
Clay	3,605	6,393	160	10,158	27.4
Clinton	3,643	7,141	207	10,991	31.8
Crawford	1,817	2,327	65	4,209	12.1
Daviess	2,697	6,872	192	9,761	42.8
DeKalb	4,776	8,701	308	13,785	28.5
Dearborn	6,020	11,452	178	17,650	30.8
Decatur	2,889	6,115	167	9,171	35.2
Delaware	20,876	22,105	1,166	44,147	2.8
Dubois	5,090	10,134	280	15,504	32.5
Elkhart	16,402	36,756	1,324	54,482	37.4
Fayette	3,415	5,060	172	8,647	19.0
Floyd	13,209	16,486	335	30,030	10.9
Fountain	2,717	4,408	156	7,281	23.2
Franklin	2,591	5,587	161	8,339	35.9
Fulton	2,960	5,218	149	8,327	27.1
Gibson	5,802	7,734	236	13,772	14.0
Grant	9,712	16,153	521	26,386	24.4
Greene	4,898	7,452	269	12,619	20.2
Hamilton	18,002	56,372	1,552	75,926	50.5
Hancock	6,503	15,943	504	22,950	41.1
Harrison	5,870	8,711	315	14,896	19.1
Hendricks	10,786	28,651	784	40,221	44.4
Henry	7,647	10,321	347	18,315	14.6
Howard	12,899	20,331	865	34,095	21.8
Huntington	4,119	10,113	388	14,620	41.0
Jackson	5,330	9,054	218	14,602	25.5
Jasper	3,744	7,212	211	11,167	31.1
Jay	3,167	4,687	176	8,030	18.9
Jefferson	5,117	6,582	232	11,931	12.3
Jennings	3,549	5,732	213	9,494	23.0
Johnson	11,952	29,404	928	42,284	41.3
Knox	6,300	8,485	269	15,054	14.5
Kosciusko	5,785	19,040	459	25,284	52.4
LaGrange	2,733	5,437	163	8,333	32.4
LaPorte	19,736	18,994	1,017	39,747	1.9
Lake	109,078	63,389	3,527	175,994	26.0
Lawrence	5,071	10,677	394	16,142	34.7
Madison	23,403	27,956	857	52,216	8.7
Marion	134,189	137,810	7,904	279,903	1.3
Marshall	5,541	10,266	343	16,150	29.3
Martin	1,518	3,008	83	4,609	32.3
Miami	4,155	8,401	372	12,928	32.8
Monroe	17,523	19,147	3,550	40,220	4.0
Montgomery	3,899	8,891	311	13,101	38.1
Morgan	6,228	15,286	522	22,036	41.1
Newton	2,101	3,250	159	5,510	20.9
Noble	4,822	9,103	291	14,216	30.1
Ohio	951	1,515	26	2,492	22.6
Orange	2,601	4,687	170	7,458	28.0
Owen	2,253	4,019	231	6,503	27.2
Parke	2,481	3,841	125	6,447	21.1
Perry	3,823	3,461	103	7,387	4.9
Pike	2,605	3,566	131	6,302	15.2
Porter	26,790	31,157	1,431	59,378	7.4
Posey	4,430	6,498	182	11,110	18.6
Pulaski	1,919	3,497	102	5,518	28.6
Putnam	4,123	7,352	396	11,871	27.2
Randolph	3,906	6,020	206	10,132	20.9
Ripley	3,498	6,988	189	10,675	32.7
Rush	2,370	4,749	165	7,284	32.7
Scott	3,915	3,761	170	7,846	2.0
Shelby	5,374	9,590	346	15,310	27.5
Spencer	3,752	5,096	139	8,987	15.0
St. Joseph	47,703	47,581	2,190	97,474	0.1
Starke	4,136	4,349	216	8,701	2.4
Steuben	4,103	6,953	221	11,277	25.3
Sullivan	3,833	4,319	110	8,262	5.9
Switzerland	1,336	1,831	72	3,239	15.3
Tippecanoe	18,220	26,106	1,969	46,295	17.0
Tipton	2,392	4,784	140	7,316	32.7
Union	927	1,838	63	2,828	32.2
Vanderburgh	29,222	35,846	1,153	66,221	10.0
Vermillion	3,370	3,130	133	6,633	3.6
Vigo	17,570	18,021	637	36,228	1.2
Wabash	4,277	8,321	285	12,883	31.4
Warren	1,471	2,218	79	3,768	19.8
Warrick	8,749	13,205	355	22,309	20.0
Washington	3,675	5,868	258	9,801	22.4
Wayne	10,273	14,273	605	25,151	15.9
Wells	3,319	7,755	207	11,281	39.3
White	3,655	6,037	212	9,904	24.1
Whitley	4,107	8,080	245	12,432	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 Indiana in 2000?

George W. Bush won Indiana by 15.63 percentage points (343,856 votes).

How many electoral votes did Indiana have in 2000?

Indiana cast 12 electoral votes in 2000.

How many people voted for president in Indiana in 2000?

2,199,302 votes were counted for president.

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

George W. Bush 86, Albert Gore, Jr. 6 (out of 92 counties with results).

How did Indiana change from 1996 to 2000?

The margin moved 10.1 points toward the Republican ticket, from Republican by 5.6 points to Republican by 15.6 points.

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