Kansas presidential election results 2000

George W. Bush carried Kansas by 20.80 points (223,056 votes), winning 6 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 6
Votes counted: 1,072,218
KS result: R+20.8
Compared with the nation: 21.3 pts more Republican
Swing since 1996: 2.6 pts to R

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
George W. Bush	Republican	622,332	58.00%	6
Albert Gore, Jr.	Democratic	399,276	37.20%	—
Ralph Nader	Green	36,086	3.40%	—
Total votes		1,072,218

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
Allen	2,132	3,379	255	5,766	21.6
Anderson	1,327	1,984	167	3,478	18.9
Atchison	3,171	3,378	351	6,900	3.0
Barber	637	1,755	106	2,498	44.8
Barton	3,238	7,302	415	10,955	37.1
Bourbon	2,211	3,852	245	6,308	26.0
Brown	1,512	2,985	194	4,691	31.4
Butler	6,755	13,377	870	21,002	31.5
Chase	391	848	78	1,317	34.7
Chautauqua	443	1,347	90	1,880	48.1
Cherokee	3,783	5,014	333	9,130	13.5
Cheyenne	350	1,312	65	1,727	55.7
Clark	292	926	43	1,261	50.3
Clay	951	2,998	139	4,088	50.1
Cloud	1,314	2,918	271	4,503	35.6
Coffey	1,196	2,700	144	4,040	37.2
Comanche	211	760	35	1,006	54.6
Cowley	5,535	8,080	595	14,210	17.9
Crawford	7,076	7,160	798	15,034	0.6
Decatur	424	1,255	80	1,759	47.2
Dickinson	2,413	5,243	436	8,092	35.0
Doniphan	1,134	2,350	165	3,649	33.3
Douglas	18,249	17,062	4,527	39,838	3.0
Edwards	447	1,062	54	1,563	39.3
Elk	402	1,080	68	1,550	43.7
Ellis	3,926	6,516	718	11,160	23.2
Ellsworth	825	1,845	169	2,839	35.9
Finney	2,431	6,442	277	9,150	43.8
Ford	2,566	6,050	301	8,917	39.1
Franklin	3,321	5,925	412	9,658	27.0
Geary	2,660	3,977	229	6,866	19.2
Gove	296	1,122	77	1,495	55.3
Graham	346	1,058	70	1,474	48.3
Grant	683	2,126	47	2,856	50.5
Gray	482	1,631	47	2,160	53.2
Greeley	143	628	32	803	60.4
Greenwood	1,027	2,392	142	3,561	38.3
Hamilton	264	901	27	1,192	53.4
Harper	869	2,076	110	3,055	39.5
Harvey	4,591	8,271	822	13,684	26.9
Haskell	263	1,323	30	1,616	65.6
Hodgeman	217	835	36	1,088	56.8
Jackson	1,990	3,001	259	5,250	19.3
Jefferson	3,000	4,423	454	7,877	18.1
Jewell	380	1,400	97	1,877	54.3
Johnson	79,118	129,965	8,453	217,536	23.4
Kearny	320	1,084	31	1,435	53.2
Kingman	991	2,672	145	3,808	44.1
Kiowa	294	1,262	52	1,608	60.2
Labette	3,745	4,475	318	8,538	8.6
Lane	252	846	35	1,133	52.4
Leavenworth	9,733	12,583	955	23,271	12.2
Lincoln	469	1,295	126	1,890	43.7
Linn	1,587	2,513	159	4,259	21.7
Logan	231	1,088	78	1,397	61.3
Lyon	5,190	6,652	613	12,455	11.7
Marion	1,475	4,156	272	5,903	45.4
Marshall	1,831	3,066	218	5,115	24.1
McPherson	3,272	8,501	688	12,461	42.0
Meade	400	1,604	49	2,053	58.6
Miami	4,554	6,611	442	11,607	17.7
Mitchell	751	2,350	165	3,266	49.0
Montgomery	4,770	8,496	479	13,745	27.1
Morris	882	1,599	160	2,641	27.1
Morton	321	1,203	33	1,557	56.6
Nemaha	1,494	3,578	218	5,290	39.4
Neosho	2,588	4,014	284	6,886	20.7
Ness	383	1,420	73	1,876	55.3
Norton	598	1,744	109	2,451	46.8
Osage	2,530	3,770	313	6,613	18.8
Osborne	484	1,432	114	2,030	46.7
Ottawa	631	1,977	183	2,791	48.2
Pawnee	968	1,850	122	2,940	30.0
Phillips	611	2,057	124	2,792	51.8
Pottawatomie	2,037	4,985	709	7,731	38.1
Pratt	1,314	2,885	217	4,416	35.6
Rawlins	306	1,349	85	1,740	59.9
Reno	9,025	15,179	1,226	25,430	24.2
Republic	604	2,239	142	2,985	54.8
Rice	1,422	2,903	195	4,520	32.8
Riley	6,188	10,672	1,393	18,253	24.6
Rooks	597	2,016	162	2,775	51.1
Rush	505	1,235	114	1,854	39.4
Russell	886	2,434	162	3,482	44.5
Saline	7,487	12,412	1,628	21,527	22.9
Scott	418	1,811	74	2,303	60.5
Sedgwick	62,561	93,724	7,132	163,417	19.1
Seward	1,126	3,869	101	5,096	53.8
Shawnee	34,818	35,894	3,661	74,373	1.4
Sheridan	281	1,132	76	1,489	57.2
Sherman	681	1,894	107	2,682	45.2
Smith	534	1,534	116	2,184	45.8
Stafford	567	1,546	87	2,200	44.5
Stanton	215	785	29	1,029	55.4
Stevens	345	1,714	52	2,111	64.9
Sumner	3,549	6,176	507	10,232	25.7
Thomas	807	2,822	151	3,780	53.3
Trego	516	1,220	101	1,837	38.3
Wabaunsee	1,025	2,182	213	3,420	33.8
Wallace	103	737	21	861	73.6
Washington	687	2,446	134	3,267	53.8
Wichita	207	859	24	1,090	59.8
Wilson	1,186	2,748	161	4,095	38.1
Woodson	521	974	100	1,595	28.4
Wyandotte	32,411	14,024	1,837	48,272	38.1

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 Kansas in 2000?

George W. Bush won Kansas by 20.80 percentage points (223,056 votes).

How many electoral votes did Kansas have in 2000?

Kansas cast 6 electoral votes in 2000.

How many people voted for president in Kansas in 2000?

1,072,218 votes were counted for president.

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

George W. Bush 103, Albert Gore, Jr. 2 (out of 105 counties with results).

How did Kansas change from 1996 to 2000?

The margin moved 2.6 points toward the Republican ticket, from Republican by 18.2 points to Republican by 20.8 points.

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