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Maryland presidential election results 2000

Albert Gore, Jr. carried Maryland by 16.18 points (326,985 votes), winning 10 electoral votes.

Electoral votes
10
Votes counted
2,020,480
MD result
D+16.2
Compared with the nation
15.7 pts more Democratic
Swing since 1996
0.2 pts to D

Statewide result

CandidatePartyVotesShareBarElectoral votes
Albert Gore, Jr.Democratic1,140,78256.50%10
George W. BushRepublican813,79740.30%—
Ralph NaderGreen53,7682.70%—
Total votes2,020,480

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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County Albert Gore, Jr.George W. BushOthers TotalMargin
Allegany 10,89414,656821 26,371 14.3
Anne Arundel 89,624104,2096,824 200,657 7.3
Baltimore 160,635133,03310,416 304,084 9.1
Baltimore City 158,76527,1506,489 192,404 68.4
Calvert 12,98616,004816 29,806 10.1
Caroline 3,3965,300256 8,952 21.3
Carroll 20,14641,7422,139 64,027 33.7
Cecil 12,32715,4941,055 28,876 11.0
Charles 21,87321,768951 44,592 0.2
Dorchester 5,2325,847313 11,392 5.4
Frederick 30,72545,3502,586 78,661 18.6
Garrett 2,8727,514269 10,655 43.6
Harford 35,66552,8622,897 91,424 18.8
Howard 58,55649,8094,414 112,779 7.8
Kent 3,6274,155303 8,085 6.5
Montgomery 232,453124,58014,655 371,688 29.0
Prince George's 216,11949,9875,803 271,909 61.1
Queen Anne's 6,2579,970534 16,761 22.2
Somerset 3,7853,609210 7,604 2.3
St. Mary's 11,91216,856733 29,501 16.8
Talbot 5,8548,874506 15,234 19.8
Washington 18,22127,9481,301 47,470 20.5
Wicomico 14,46916,338988 31,795 5.9
Worcester 9,38910,742622 20,753 6.5

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).

Questions and answers

Who won Maryland in 2000?

Albert Gore, Jr. won Maryland by 16.18 percentage points (326,985 votes).

How many electoral votes did Maryland have in 2000?

Maryland cast 10 electoral votes in 2000.

How many people voted for president in Maryland in 2000?

2,020,480 votes were counted for president.

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

George W. Bush 17, Albert Gore, Jr. 7 (out of 24 counties with results).

How did Maryland change from 1996 to 2000?

The margin moved 0.2 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Democratic by 16.0 points to Democratic by 16.2 points.

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