Missouri presidential election results 2000

George W. Bush carried Missouri by 3.34 points (78,786 votes), winning 11 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 11
Votes counted: 2,359,892
MO result: R+3.3
Compared with the nation: 3.8 pts more Republican
Swing since 1996: 9.6 pts to R

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
George W. Bush	Republican	1,189,924	50.40%	11
Albert Gore, Jr.	Democratic	1,111,138	47.10%	—
Ralph Nader	Green	38,515	1.60%	—
Total votes		2,359,892

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	4,101	6,050	401	10,552	18.5
Andrew	2,795	4,257	222	7,274	20.1
Atchison	1,013	1,798	60	2,871	27.3
Audrain	4,551	5,256	178	9,985	7.1
Barry	4,135	7,885	348	12,368	30.3
Barton	1,424	3,836	106	5,366	44.9
Bates	3,386	4,245	161	7,792	11.0
Benton	3,150	4,218	166	7,534	14.2
Bollinger	1,692	3,487	115	5,294	33.9
Boone	28,811	28,426	2,372	59,609	0.6
Buchanan	17,085	16,423	1,243	34,751	1.9
Butler	4,996	9,111	290	14,397	28.6
Caldwell	1,488	2,220	142	3,850	19.0
Callaway	6,708	8,238	362	15,308	10.0
Camden	6,323	10,358	418	17,099	23.6
Cape Girardeau	9,334	19,832	693	29,859	35.2
Carroll	1,620	2,880	81	4,581	27.5
Carter	997	1,730	81	2,808	26.1
Cass	14,921	20,113	835	35,869	14.5
Cedar	1,979	3,530	154	5,663	27.4
Chariton	1,792	2,300	62	4,154	12.2
Christian	7,896	14,824	508	23,228	29.8
Clark	1,812	1,899	91	3,802	2.3
Clay	39,084	39,083	2,006	80,173	0.0
Clinton	3,994	4,323	214	8,531	3.9
Cole	12,056	20,167	552	32,775	24.7
Cooper	2,567	4,072	151	6,790	22.2
Crawford	3,350	4,754	198	8,302	16.9
Dade	1,193	2,468	91	3,752	34.0
Dallas	2,311	3,723	185	6,219	22.7
Daviess	1,367	2,011	116	3,494	18.4
DeKalb	1,562	2,363	124	4,049	19.8
Dent	1,839	3,996	153	5,988	36.0
Douglas	1,546	3,599	136	5,281	38.9
Dunklin	4,947	5,426	152	10,525	4.6
Franklin	16,172	21,863	1,159	39,194	14.5
Gasconade	2,257	4,190	182	6,629	29.2
Gentry	1,271	1,771	63	3,105	16.1
Greene	41,091	59,178	2,657	102,926	17.6
Grundy	1,563	2,976	169	4,708	30.0
Harrison	1,328	2,552	111	3,991	30.7
Henry	4,459	5,120	199	9,778	6.8
Hickory	1,961	2,172	105	4,238	5.0
Holt	871	1,738	53	2,662	32.6
Howard	1,944	2,414	154	4,512	10.4
Howell	4,641	9,018	416	14,075	31.1
Iron	2,044	2,237	133	4,414	4.4
Jackson	160,419	104,418	7,225	272,062	20.6
Jasper	11,737	24,899	845	37,481	35.1
Jefferson	38,616	36,766	1,822	77,204	2.4
Johnson	6,926	9,339	522	16,787	14.4
Knox	787	1,226	42	2,055	21.4
Laclede	4,183	8,556	307	13,046	33.5
Lafayette	6,343	7,849	328	14,520	10.4
Lawrence	4,235	8,305	363	12,903	31.5
Lewis	2,023	2,388	73	4,484	8.1
Lincoln	6,961	8,549	403	15,913	10.0
Linn	2,646	3,246	118	6,010	10.0
Livingston	2,425	3,709	142	6,276	20.5
Macon	2,817	4,232	126	7,175	19.7
Madison	1,828	2,460	85	4,373	14.5
Maries	1,554	2,216	84	3,854	17.2
Marion	4,993	6,550	169	11,712	13.3
McDonald	1,866	4,460	203	6,529	39.7
Mercer	555	1,250	37	1,842	37.7
Miller	3,217	5,945	194	9,356	29.2
Mississippi	2,756	2,395	64	5,215	6.9
Moniteau	2,176	3,764	125	6,065	26.2
Monroe	1,860	2,175	59	4,094	7.7
Montgomery	2,092	3,106	105	5,303	19.1
Morgan	3,235	4,460	186	7,881	15.5
New Madrid	3,738	3,416	112	7,266	4.4
Newton	6,447	14,232	483	21,162	36.8
Nodaway	3,553	5,161	335	9,049	17.8
Oregon	1,568	2,521	144	4,233	22.5
Osage	1,938	4,154	86	6,178	35.9
Ozark	1,432	2,663	197	4,292	28.7
Pemiscot	3,245	2,750	65	6,060	8.2
Perry	2,085	4,667	151	6,903	37.4
Pettis	5,855	9,533	367	15,755	23.3
Phelps	6,262	9,444	440	16,146	19.7
Pike	3,557	3,648	146	7,351	1.2
Platte	15,325	17,785	944	34,054	7.2
Polk	3,606	6,430	258	10,294	27.4
Pulaski	3,800	6,531	200	10,531	25.9
Putnam	708	1,593	33	2,334	37.9
Ralls	2,033	2,446	63	4,542	9.1
Randolph	4,116	4,844	226	9,186	7.9
Ray	4,970	4,517	260	9,747	4.6
Reynolds	1,298	1,762	71	3,131	14.8
Ripley	1,820	3,121	124	5,065	25.7
Saline	4,585	4,572	198	9,355	0.1
Schuyler	808	1,159	39	2,006	17.5
Scotland	790	1,335	54	2,179	25.0
Scott	6,452	8,999	253	15,704	16.2
Shannon	1,430	2,245	106	3,781	21.6
Shelby	1,262	1,936	59	3,257	20.7
St. Charles	53,806	72,114	2,766	128,686	14.2
St. Clair	1,866	2,731	142	4,739	18.3
St. Francois	9,075	9,327	439	18,841	1.3
St. Louis City	96,557	24,799	3,396	124,752	57.5
St. Louis County	250,631	224,689	11,564	486,884	5.3
Ste. Genevieve	3,600	3,505	206	7,311	1.3
Stoddard	4,476	7,727	251	12,454	26.1
Stone	4,055	7,793	303	12,151	30.8
Sullivan	1,127	1,877	60	3,064	24.5
Taney	5,092	9,647	373	15,112	30.1
Texas	3,486	6,136	310	9,932	26.7
Vernon	3,156	4,985	267	8,408	21.8
Warren	4,524	5,979	237	10,740	13.5
Washington	4,047	4,020	198	8,265	0.3
Wayne	2,387	3,346	115	5,848	16.4
Webster	4,174	7,350	356	11,880	26.7
Worth	469	651	38	1,158	15.7
Wright	2,250	5,391	200	7,841	40.1

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 Missouri in 2000?

George W. Bush won Missouri by 3.34 percentage points (78,786 votes).

How many electoral votes did Missouri have in 2000?

Missouri cast 11 electoral votes in 2000.

How many people voted for president in Missouri in 2000?

2,359,892 votes were counted for president.

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

George W. Bush 101, Albert Gore, Jr. 14 (out of 115 counties with results).

How did Missouri change from 1996 to 2000?

The margin moved 9.6 points toward the Republican ticket, from Democratic by 6.3 points to Republican by 3.3 points.

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