North Carolina · 2000 presidential election

North Carolina presidential election results 2000

George W. Bush carried North Carolina by 12.83 points (373,471 votes), winning 14 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 14
Votes counted: 2,911,262
NC result: R+12.8
Compared with the nation: 13.3 pts more Republican
Swing since 1996: 8.1 pts to R

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
George W. Bush	Republican	1,631,163	56.00%	14
Albert Gore, Jr.	Democratic	1,257,692	43.20%	—
Ralph Nader	Green	--	0.00%	—
Total votes		2,911,262

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
Alamance	17,459	29,305	327	47,091	25.2
Alexander	4,166	9,242	84	13,492	37.6
Alleghany	1,715	2,531	67	4,313	18.9
Anson	4,792	3,161	32	7,985	20.4
Ashe	4,011	6,226	79	10,316	21.5
Avery	1,686	4,956	52	6,694	48.8
Beaufort	6,634	10,531	148	17,313	22.5
Bertie	4,660	2,488	28	7,176	30.3
Bladen	5,889	4,977	42	10,908	8.4
Brunswick	13,118	15,427	294	28,839	8.0
Buncombe	38,545	46,101	830	85,476	8.8
Burke	11,924	18,466	268	30,658	21.3
Cabarrus	16,284	32,704	393	49,381	33.3
Caldwell	8,588	17,337	190	26,115	33.5
Camden	1,187	1,628	16	2,831	15.6
Carteret	8,839	17,381	241	26,461	32.3
Caswell	4,091	4,270	61	8,422	2.1
Catawba	16,246	34,244	351	50,841	35.4
Chatham	10,461	10,248	222	20,931	1.0
Cherokee	3,239	6,305	130	9,674	31.7
Chowan	2,430	2,415	45	4,890	0.3
Clay	1,361	2,416	75	3,852	27.4
Cleveland	13,455	19,064	227	32,746	17.1
Columbus	9,986	8,342	97	18,425	8.9
Craven	12,213	19,494	278	31,985	22.8
Cumberland	38,626	38,129	396	77,151	0.6
Currituck	2,595	4,095	49	6,739	22.3
Dare	5,589	7,301	112	13,002	13.2
Davidson	16,199	35,387	461	52,047	36.9
Davie	3,651	10,184	163	13,998	46.7
Duplin	6,475	7,840	75	14,390	9.5
Durham	53,907	30,150	547	84,604	28.1
Edgecombe	11,315	6,836	51	18,202	24.6
Forsyth	52,457	67,700	785	120,942	12.6
Franklin	7,454	8,501	96	16,051	6.5
Gaston	19,281	39,453	445	59,179	34.1
Gates	1,944	1,480	22	3,446	13.5
Graham	1,006	2,304	51	3,361	38.6
Granville	7,733	7,364	97	15,194	2.4
Greene	2,478	3,353	39	5,870	14.9
Guilford	80,787	84,394	1,083	166,264	2.2
Halifax	10,222	6,698	50	16,970	20.8
Harnett	9,155	14,762	250	24,167	23.2
Haywood	9,793	12,118	362	22,273	10.4
Henderson	12,562	25,688	357	38,607	34.0
Hertford	5,484	2,382	31	7,897	39.3
Hoke	5,017	3,439	126	8,582	18.4
Hyde	1,088	1,132	17	2,237	2.0
Iredell	15,434	29,853	299	45,586	31.6
Jackson	5,722	6,237	162	12,121	4.2
Johnston	13,704	27,212	239	41,155	32.8
Jones	1,822	2,114	28	3,964	7.4
Lee	6,785	9,406	92	16,283	16.1
Lenoir	9,527	11,512	124	21,163	9.4
Lincoln	8,412	15,951	166	24,529	30.7
Macon	4,683	8,406	145	13,234	28.1
Madison	3,505	4,676	144	8,325	14.1
Martin	4,929	4,420	17	9,366	5.4
McDowell	4,747	9,109	155	14,011	31.1
Mecklenburg	126,911	134,068	2,057	263,036	2.7
Mitchell	1,535	4,984	81	6,600	52.3
Montgomery	3,979	4,946	49	8,974	10.8
Moore	11,232	19,882	187	31,301	27.6
Nash	12,376	17,995	142	30,513	18.4
New Hanover	29,292	36,503	524	66,319	10.9
Northampton	5,513	2,667	20	8,200	34.7
Onslow	10,269	19,657	289	30,215	31.1
Orange	30,921	17,930	493	49,344	26.3
Pamlico	2,188	2,999	55	5,242	15.5
Pasquotank	5,874	4,943	86	10,903	8.5
Pender	6,415	7,661	78	14,154	8.8
Perquimans	2,033	2,230	43	4,306	4.6
Person	5,042	6,722	69	11,833	14.2
Pitt	19,685	23,192	198	43,075	8.1
Polk	3,114	5,074	115	8,303	23.6
Randolph	11,366	30,959	371	42,696	45.9
Richmond	7,935	6,263	71	14,269	11.7
Robeson	17,834	11,721	192	29,747	20.5
Rockingham	13,260	18,979	289	32,528	17.6
Rowan	14,891	28,922	320	44,133	31.8
Rutherford	7,697	13,755	264	21,716	27.9
Sampson	8,768	10,410	61	19,239	8.5
Scotland	5,627	3,740	36	9,403	20.1
Stanly	7,066	15,548	204	22,818	37.2
Stokes	5,030	12,028	124	17,182	40.7
Surry	7,757	15,401	200	23,358	32.7
Swain	2,097	2,224	49	4,370	2.9
Transylvania	5,044	9,011	170	14,225	27.9
Tyrrell	849	706	11	1,566	9.1
Union	14,890	31,876	395	47,161	36.0
Vance	7,092	5,564	45	12,701	12.0
Wake	123,466	142,494	2,260	268,220	7.1
Warren	4,576	2,202	17	6,795	34.9
Washington	2,704	2,169	17	4,890	10.9
Watauga	7,959	10,438	326	18,723	13.2
Wayne	13,005	20,758	121	33,884	22.9
Wilkes	7,226	16,826	271	24,323	39.5
Wilson	11,266	13,466	94	24,826	8.9
Yadkin	3,127	10,435	120	13,682	53.4
Yancey	3,714	4,970	80	8,764	14.3

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 North Carolina in 2000?

George W. Bush won North Carolina by 12.83 percentage points (373,471 votes).

How many electoral votes did North Carolina have in 2000?

North Carolina cast 14 electoral votes in 2000.

How many people voted for president in North Carolina in 2000?

2,911,262 votes were counted for president.

How many counties did each candidate win in North Carolina in 2000?

George W. Bush 75, Albert Gore, Jr. 25 (out of 100 counties with results).

How did North Carolina change from 1996 to 2000?

The margin moved 8.1 points toward the Republican ticket, from Republican by 4.7 points to Republican by 12.8 points.

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