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New Hampshire presidential election results 2000

George W. Bush carried New Hampshire by 1.27 points (7,211 votes), winning 4 electoral votes.

Electoral votes
4
Votes counted
569,081
NH result
R+1.3
Compared with the nation
1.8 pts more Republican
Swing since 1996
11.2 pts to R

Statewide result

CandidatePartyVotesShareBarElectoral votes
George W. BushRepublican273,55948.10%4
Albert Gore, Jr.Democratic266,34846.80%—
Ralph NaderGreen22,1983.90%—
Total votes569,081

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
Belknap 10,71914,7991,277 26,795 15.2
Carroll 9,85212,5971,430 23,879 11.5
Cheshire 17,38213,7932,220 33,395 10.7
Coos 6,5707,329701 14,600 5.2
Grafton 18,32618,0922,315 38,733 0.6
Hillsborough 77,62580,6497,487 165,761 1.8
Merrimack 30,62230,0283,034 63,684 0.9
Rockingham 61,62865,8606,685 134,173 3.2
Strafford 25,40021,1082,885 49,393 8.7
Sullivan 8,2249,3041,140 18,668 5.8

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 New Hampshire in 2000?

George W. Bush won New Hampshire by 1.27 percentage points (7,211 votes).

How many electoral votes did New Hampshire have in 2000?

New Hampshire cast 4 electoral votes in 2000.

How many people voted for president in New Hampshire in 2000?

569,081 votes were counted for president.

How many counties did each candidate win in New Hampshire in 2000?

George W. Bush 6, Albert Gore, Jr. 4 (out of 10 counties with results).

How did New Hampshire change from 1996 to 2000?

The margin moved 11.2 points toward the Republican ticket, from Democratic by 10.0 points to Republican by 1.3 points.

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