Minnesota presidential election results 2000

Albert Gore, Jr. carried Minnesota by 2.40 points (58,607 votes), winning 10 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 10
Votes counted: 2,438,685
MN result: D+2.4
Compared with the nation: 1.9 pts more Democratic
Swing since 1996: 13.7 pts to R

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
Albert Gore, Jr.	Democratic	1,168,266	47.90%	10
George W. Bush	Republican	1,109,659	45.50%	—
Ralph Nader	Green	126,696	5.20%	—
Total votes		2,438,685

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
Aitkin	3,830	3,755	675	8,260	0.9
Anoka	68,008	69,256	8,355	145,619	0.9
Becker	5,253	8,152	928	14,333	20.2
Beltrami	7,301	8,346	1,570	17,217	6.1
Benton	6,009	7,663	1,236	14,908	11.1
Big Stone	1,430	1,370	180	2,980	2.0
Blue Earth	12,329	12,942	2,131	27,402	2.2
Brown	4,650	7,370	814	12,834	21.2
Carlton	8,620	5,578	883	15,081	20.2
Carver	12,462	20,790	1,769	35,021	23.8
Cass	5,534	7,134	925	13,593	11.8
Chippewa	2,952	2,977	423	6,352	0.4
Chisago	9,593	10,937	1,457	21,987	6.1
Clay	10,128	11,712	1,518	23,358	6.8
Clearwater	1,466	2,137	221	3,824	17.5
Cook	1,171	1,295	354	2,820	4.4
Cottonwood	2,503	3,369	309	6,181	14.0
Crow Wing	11,255	15,035	1,838	28,128	13.4
Dakota	85,446	87,250	9,553	182,249	1.0
Dodge	3,370	4,213	467	8,050	10.5
Douglas	6,352	9,811	1,042	17,205	20.1
Faribault	3,624	4,336	464	8,424	8.5
Fillmore	5,020	4,646	557	10,223	3.7
Freeborn	8,514	6,843	782	16,139	10.4
Goodhue	9,981	10,852	1,424	22,257	3.9
Grant	1,507	1,804	313	3,624	8.2
Hennepin	307,599	225,657	40,590	573,846	14.3
Houston	4,502	5,077	588	10,167	5.7
Hubbard	3,632	5,307	674	9,613	17.4
Isanti	6,247	7,668	1,014	14,929	9.5
Itasca	10,583	9,545	1,586	21,714	4.8
Jackson	2,364	2,773	301	5,438	7.5
Kanabec	2,831	3,480	500	6,811	9.5
Kandiyohi	8,220	10,026	1,039	19,285	9.4
Kittson	1,107	1,353	177	2,637	9.3
Koochiching	2,903	3,523	453	6,879	9.0
Lac Qui Parle	2,244	1,941	268	4,453	6.8
Lake	3,579	2,465	519	6,563	17.0
Lake of the Woods	848	1,216	123	2,187	16.8
Le Sueur	5,361	6,138	832	12,331	6.3
Lincoln	1,590	1,513	181	3,284	2.3
Lyon	4,737	6,087	665	11,489	11.8
Mahnomen	921	1,122	181	2,224	9.0
Marshall	1,910	2,912	377	5,199	19.3
Martin	4,166	5,686	519	10,371	14.7
McLeod	5,609	8,782	1,003	15,394	20.6
Meeker	4,402	5,520	750	10,672	10.5
Mille Lacs	4,376	5,223	654	10,253	8.3
Morrison	5,274	8,197	1,206	14,677	19.9
Mower	10,693	6,873	914	18,480	20.7
Murray	2,093	2,407	253	4,753	6.6
Nicollet	7,041	7,221	1,065	15,327	1.2
Nobles	3,760	4,766	346	8,872	11.3
Norman	1,575	1,808	258	3,641	6.4
Olmsted	25,822	30,641	2,929	59,392	8.1
Otter Tail	9,844	16,963	1,704	28,511	25.0
Pennington	2,458	3,380	482	6,320	14.6
Pine	6,148	5,854	1,066	13,068	2.2
Pipestone	1,970	2,693	231	4,894	14.8
Polk	5,764	7,609	767	14,140	13.0
Pope	2,771	2,808	408	5,987	0.6
Ramsey	138,470	87,669	18,139	244,278	20.8
Red Lake	830	1,090	170	2,090	12.4
Redwood	2,681	4,589	478	7,748	24.6
Renville	3,533	4,036	553	8,122	6.2
Rice	13,140	10,876	2,005	26,021	8.7
Rock	2,081	2,772	157	5,010	13.8
Roseau	2,128	4,695	343	7,166	35.8
Saint Louis	64,237	35,420	7,807	107,464	26.8
Scott	17,503	23,954	2,336	43,793	14.7
Sherburne	12,109	16,813	1,913	30,835	15.3
Sibley	2,687	4,087	561	7,335	19.1
Stearns	24,800	32,402	5,274	62,476	12.2
Steele	6,900	8,223	943	16,066	8.2
Stevens	2,434	2,831	487	5,752	6.9
Swift	2,698	2,376	363	5,437	5.9
Todd	4,132	6,031	929	11,092	17.1
Traverse	884	1,074	148	2,106	9.0
Wabasha	4,522	5,245	764	10,531	6.9
Wadena	2,251	3,733	398	6,382	23.2
Waseca	3,694	4,608	562	8,864	10.3
Washington	49,637	51,502	5,870	107,009	1.7
Watonwan	2,258	2,562	314	5,134	5.9
Wilkin	1,046	2,032	227	3,305	29.8
Winona	11,069	10,773	2,076	23,918	1.2
Wright	16,762	23,861	2,743	43,366	16.4
Yellow Medicine	2,528	2,598	389	5,515	1.3

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 Minnesota in 2000?

Albert Gore, Jr. won Minnesota by 2.40 percentage points (58,607 votes).

How many electoral votes did Minnesota have in 2000?

Minnesota cast 10 electoral votes in 2000.

How many people voted for president in Minnesota in 2000?

2,438,685 votes were counted for president.

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

George W. Bush 70, Albert Gore, Jr. 17 (out of 87 counties with results).

How did Minnesota change from 1996 to 2000?

The margin moved 13.7 points toward the Republican ticket, from Democratic by 16.1 points to Democratic by 2.4 points.

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