New York presidential election results 2000

Albert Gore, Jr. carried New York by 24.98 points (1,704,323 votes), winning 33 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 33
Votes counted: 6,821,999
NY result: D+25.0
Compared with the nation: 24.5 pts more Democratic
Swing since 1996: 3.9 pts to R

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
Albert Gore, Jr.	Democratic	4,107,697	60.20%	33
George W. Bush	Republican	2,403,374	35.20%	—
Ralph Nader	Green	244,030	3.60%	—
Total votes		6,821,999

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. Bush	Others	Total	Margin
Albany	85,617	47,624	8,728	141,969	26.8
Allegany	6,336	11,436	917	18,689	27.3
Bronx	265,801	36,245	6,002	308,048	74.5
Broome	45,381	36,946	4,736	87,063	9.7
Cattaraugus	13,697	18,382	1,654	33,733	13.9
Cayuga	17,031	14,988	1,959	33,978	6.0
Chautauqua	27,016	29,064	2,640	58,720	3.5
Chemung	17,424	18,779	1,507	37,710	3.6
Chenango	9,112	10,033	1,105	20,250	4.5
Clinton	15,542	13,274	1,739	30,555	7.4
Columbia	13,489	13,153	2,049	28,691	1.2
Cortland	9,691	9,857	1,175	20,723	0.8
Delaware	8,450	10,662	1,063	20,175	11.0
Dutchess	52,390	52,669	6,703	111,762	0.2
Erie	240,176	160,176	24,302	424,654	18.8
Essex	7,927	8,822	1,183	17,932	5.0
Franklin	8,870	7,643	934	17,447	7.0
Fulton	9,314	11,434	923	21,671	9.8
Genesee	10,191	14,459	1,419	26,069	16.4
Greene	8,480	11,332	1,282	21,094	13.5
Hamilton	1,114	2,388	180	3,682	34.6
Herkimer	12,224	14,147	1,334	27,705	6.9
Jefferson	16,799	18,192	1,427	36,418	3.8
Kansas City	0	0	0	0	0.0
Kings	497,468	96,605	23,032	617,105	65.0
Lewis	4,333	6,103	487	10,923	16.2
Livingston	10,476	15,244	1,503	27,223	17.5
Madison	12,017	14,879	1,470	28,366	10.1
Monroe	161,743	141,266	14,753	317,762	6.4
Montgomery	10,249	9,765	795	20,809	2.3
Nassau	341,610	226,954	21,143	589,707	19.4
New York	449,300	79,921	34,011	563,232	65.6
Niagara	47,781	40,952	4,524	93,257	7.3
Oneida	43,933	47,603	4,460	95,996	3.8
Onondaga	109,896	83,678	10,055	203,629	12.9
Ontario	19,761	23,885	2,302	45,948	9.0
Orange	58,170	62,852	5,527	126,549	3.7
Orleans	5,991	9,202	650	15,843	20.3
Oswego	22,857	23,249	2,367	48,473	0.8
Otsego	11,460	12,219	1,679	25,358	3.0
Putnam	18,525	21,853	2,169	42,547	7.8
Queens	416,967	122,052	16,911	555,930	53.0
Rensselaer	34,808	29,562	4,066	68,436	7.7
Richmond	73,828	63,903	4,390	142,121	7.0
Rockland	69,530	48,441	4,609	122,580	17.2
Saratoga	43,359	46,623	5,075	95,057	3.4
Schenectady	35,534	27,961	3,451	66,946	11.3
Schoharie	5,390	7,459	699	13,548	15.3
Schuyler	3,301	4,381	471	8,153	13.2
Seneca	6,841	6,734	758	14,333	0.7
St. Lawrence	21,386	16,449	1,944	39,779	12.4
Steuben	14,600	24,200	1,763	40,563	23.7
Suffolk	306,306	240,992	26,568	573,866	11.4
Sullivan	14,348	12,703	1,473	28,524	5.8
Tioga	9,170	12,239	1,045	22,454	13.7
Tompkins	21,807	13,351	4,902	40,060	21.1
Ulster	38,162	33,447	6,616	78,225	6.0
Warren	12,193	14,993	1,435	28,621	9.8
Washington	9,641	12,596	1,318	23,555	12.5
Wayne	14,977	21,701	1,651	38,329	17.5
Westchester	218,010	139,278	14,487	371,775	21.2
Wyoming	5,935	10,809	883	17,627	27.7
Yates	3,962	5,565	525	10,052	15.9

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 New York in 2000?

Albert Gore, Jr. won New York by 24.98 percentage points (1,704,323 votes).

How many electoral votes did New York have in 2000?

New York cast 33 electoral votes in 2000.

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

6,821,999 votes were counted for president.

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

George W. Bush 35, Albert Gore, Jr. 28 (out of 63 counties with results).

How did New York change from 1996 to 2000?

The margin moved 3.9 points toward the Republican ticket, from Democratic by 28.9 points to Democratic by 25.0 points.

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