Iowa presidential election results 2000

Albert Gore, Jr. carried Iowa by 0.31 points (4,144 votes), winning 7 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 7
Votes counted: 1,315,563
IA result: D+0.3
Compared with the nation: 0.2 pts more Republican
Swing since 1996: 10.0 pts to R

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
Albert Gore, Jr.	Democratic	638,517	48.50%	7
George W. Bush	Republican	634,373	48.20%	—
Ralph Nader	Green	29,374	2.20%	—
Total votes		1,315,563

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
Adair	1,753	2,275	95	4,123	12.7
Adams	897	1,170	78	2,145	12.7
Allamakee	2,883	3,277	302	6,462	6.1
Appanoose	2,560	2,992	152	5,704	7.6
Audubon	1,780	1,909	95	3,784	3.4
Benton	5,915	5,468	383	11,766	3.8
Black Hawk	30,112	23,468	1,505	55,085	12.1
Boone	6,270	5,625	354	12,249	5.3
Bremer	5,169	5,675	331	11,175	4.5
Buchanan	5,045	4,092	273	9,410	10.1
Buena Vista	3,297	4,354	326	7,977	13.3
Butler	2,735	3,837	152	6,724	16.4
Calhoun	2,132	2,776	133	5,041	12.8
Carroll	4,463	4,879	226	9,568	4.3
Cass	2,481	4,206	193	6,880	25.1
Cedar	4,033	4,031	280	8,344	0.0
Cerro Gordo	12,185	9,397	580	22,162	12.6
Cherokee	2,845	3,463	284	6,592	9.4
Chickasaw	3,435	2,936	213	6,584	7.6
Clarke	2,081	1,984	111	4,176	2.3
Clay	3,294	3,992	292	7,578	9.2
Clayton	4,238	4,034	299	8,571	2.4
Clinton	12,276	9,229	675	22,180	13.7
Crawford	2,838	3,482	235	6,555	9.8
Dallas	8,561	10,306	463	19,330	9.0
Davis	1,691	1,956	111	3,758	7.1
Decatur	1,674	1,903	132	3,709	6.2
Delaware	3,808	4,273	268	8,349	5.6
Des Moines	11,351	7,385	629	19,365	20.5
Dickinson	3,660	4,225	236	8,121	7.0
Dubuque	22,341	16,462	1,520	40,323	14.6
Emmet	2,165	2,331	134	4,630	3.6
Fayette	4,640	4,747	234	9,621	1.1
Floyd	3,830	3,191	217	7,238	8.8
Franklin	2,122	2,657	159	4,938	10.8
Fremont	1,459	2,069	88	3,616	16.9
Greene	2,301	2,282	136	4,719	0.4
Grundy	2,139	3,851	121	6,111	28.0
Guthrie	2,493	2,840	136	5,469	6.3
Hamilton	3,407	3,968	199	7,574	7.4
Hancock	2,281	2,988	169	5,438	13.0
Hardin	3,734	4,486	215	8,435	8.9
Harrison	2,551	3,802	190	6,543	19.1
Henry	3,907	4,476	288	8,671	6.6
Howard	2,426	1,922	143	4,491	11.2
Humboldt	1,949	2,846	145	4,940	18.2
Ida	1,411	1,968	112	3,491	16.0
Iowa	3,230	3,894	289	7,413	9.0
Jackson	4,945	3,769	318	9,032	13.0
Jasper	8,699	8,729	407	17,835	0.2
Jefferson	2,863	3,248	1,437	7,548	5.1
Johnson	31,174	17,899	3,696	52,769	25.2
Jones	4,690	4,201	252	9,143	5.3
Keokuk	2,181	2,571	195	4,947	7.9
Kossuth	3,960	4,612	306	8,878	7.3
Lee	9,632	6,339	601	16,572	19.9
Linn	48,897	40,417	2,750	92,064	9.2
Louisa	2,294	2,207	136	4,637	1.9
Lucas	1,934	2,262	107	4,303	7.6
Lyon	1,313	3,918	111	5,342	48.8
Madison	3,093	3,662	214	6,969	8.2
Mahaska	3,370	5,971	202	9,543	27.3
Marion	5,741	8,358	309	14,408	18.2
Marshall	8,322	8,785	517	17,624	2.6
Mills	2,039	3,684	192	5,915	27.8
Mitchell	2,650	2,388	124	5,162	5.1
Monona	2,086	2,304	170	4,560	4.8
Monroe	1,699	1,858	90	3,647	4.4
Montgomery	1,838	3,417	139	5,394	29.3
Muscatine	8,058	7,483	535	16,076	3.6
O'Brien	2,170	4,674	200	7,044	35.5
Osceola	913	2,064	86	3,063	37.6
Page	2,293	4,588	178	7,059	32.5
Palo Alto	2,326	2,341	156	4,823	0.3
Plymouth	3,499	6,189	430	10,118	26.6
Pocahontas	1,736	2,242	163	4,141	12.2
Polk	89,715	79,927	4,525	174,167	5.6
Pottawattamie	14,726	18,783	958	34,467	11.8
Poweshiek	4,222	4,396	362	8,980	1.9
Ringgold	1,246	1,369	77	2,692	4.6
Sac	2,099	2,776	158	5,033	13.5
Scott	35,857	32,801	1,910	70,568	4.3
Shelby	2,179	3,655	175	6,009	24.6
Sioux	2,148	12,241	303	14,692	68.7
Story	17,478	16,228	1,658	35,364	3.5
Tama	4,045	4,034	236	8,315	0.1
Taylor	1,247	1,770	79	3,096	16.9
Union	2,540	3,003	197	5,740	8.1
Van Buren	1,440	2,016	105	3,561	16.2
Wapello	8,355	6,313	471	15,139	13.5
Warren	9,521	9,621	511	19,653	0.5
Washington	3,932	4,827	335	9,094	9.8
Wayne	1,300	1,666	55	3,021	12.1
Webster	8,479	8,172	397	17,048	1.8
Winnebago	2,691	2,662	174	5,527	0.5
Winneshiek	4,339	4,647	431	9,417	3.3
Woodbury	17,691	18,864	1,341	37,896	3.1
Worth	2,208	1,659	137	4,004	13.7
Wright	2,796	3,384	156	6,336	9.3

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 Iowa in 2000?

Albert Gore, Jr. won Iowa by 0.31 percentage points (4,144 votes).

How many electoral votes did Iowa have in 2000?

Iowa cast 7 electoral votes in 2000.

How many people voted for president in Iowa in 2000?

1,315,563 votes were counted for president.

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

George W. Bush 68, Albert Gore, Jr. 31 (out of 99 counties with results).

How did Iowa change from 1996 to 2000?

The margin moved 10.0 points toward the Republican ticket, from Democratic by 10.3 points to Democratic by 0.3 points.

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