Ohio presidential election results 2000

George W. Bush carried Ohio by 3.55 points (166,735 votes), winning 21 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 21
Votes counted: 4,701,998
OH result: R+3.6
Compared with the nation: 4.1 pts more Republican
Swing since 1996: 9.9 pts to R

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
George W. Bush	Republican	2,350,363	50.00%	21
Albert Gore, Jr.	Democratic	2,183,628	46.40%	—
Ralph Nader	Green	117,799	2.50%	—
Total votes		4,701,998

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
Adams	3,581	6,380	274	10,235	27.3
Allen	13,996	28,647	1,152	43,795	33.5
Ashland	6,685	13,533	1,040	21,258	32.2
Ashtabula	19,831	17,940	1,701	39,472	4.8
Athens	13,158	9,703	2,586	25,447	13.6
Auglaize	5,564	13,770	558	19,892	41.3
Belmont	15,980	12,625	1,536	30,141	11.1
Brown	5,972	10,027	430	16,429	24.7
Butler	46,390	86,587	3,760	136,737	29.4
Carroll	4,960	6,732	569	12,261	14.5
Champaign	5,955	9,220	505	15,680	20.8
Clark	27,984	27,660	1,915	57,559	0.6
Clermont	20,927	47,129	1,821	69,877	37.5
Clinton	4,791	9,824	455	15,070	33.4
Columbiana	20,657	21,804	1,966	44,427	2.6
Coshocton	5,594	8,243	431	14,268	18.6
Crawford	6,721	11,666	789	19,176	25.8
Cuyahoga	359,913	192,099	22,770	574,782	29.2
Darke	7,741	14,817	709	23,267	30.4
Defiance	6,175	9,540	527	16,242	20.7
Delaware	17,134	36,639	1,630	55,403	35.2
Erie	17,732	16,105	1,178	35,015	4.6
Fairfield	19,065	33,523	1,506	54,094	26.7
Fayette	3,363	5,685	230	9,278	25.0
Franklin	202,018	197,862	14,194	414,074	1.0
Fulton	6,805	11,546	545	18,896	25.1
Gallia	4,872	7,511	393	12,776	20.7
Geauga	15,327	25,417	1,856	42,600	23.7
Greene	25,059	37,946	2,199	65,204	19.8
Guernsey	6,643	8,181	606	15,430	10.0
Hamilton	161,578	204,175	12,146	377,899	11.3
Hancock	8,798	20,985	834	30,617	39.8
Hardin	4,557	7,124	387	12,068	21.3
Harrison	3,351	3,417	393	7,161	0.9
Henry	4,367	8,530	355	13,252	31.4
Highland	5,328	9,728	391	15,447	28.5
Hocking	4,474	5,702	580	10,756	11.4
Holmes	2,066	6,754	325	9,145	51.3
Huron	8,183	12,286	891	21,360	19.2
Jackson	5,131	6,958	401	12,490	14.6
Jefferson	17,488	15,038	2,110	34,636	7.1
Knox	7,133	13,393	734	21,260	29.4
Lake	46,497	51,747	4,320	102,564	5.1
Lawrence	11,307	12,531	614	24,452	5.0
Licking	23,196	37,180	2,090	62,466	22.4
Logan	5,945	11,849	661	18,455	32.0
Lorain	59,809	47,957	4,414	112,180	10.6
Lucas	108,344	73,342	5,664	187,350	18.7
Madison	5,287	8,892	488	14,667	24.6
Mahoning	69,212	40,460	4,447	114,119	25.2
Marion	10,370	13,617	828	24,815	13.1
Medina	26,635	37,349	2,899	66,883	16.0
Meigs	3,674	5,750	371	9,795	21.2
Mercer	5,212	12,485	597	18,294	39.8
Miami	15,584	26,037	1,220	42,841	24.4
Monroe	3,605	3,145	365	7,115	6.5
Montgomery	114,597	109,792	6,598	230,987	2.1
Morgan	2,261	3,451	281	5,993	19.9
Morrow	4,529	7,842	468	12,839	25.8
Muskingum	13,415	17,995	1,214	32,624	14.0
Noble	2,296	3,435	257	5,988	19.0
Ottawa	9,485	9,917	566	19,968	2.2
Paulding	3,384	5,210	352	8,946	20.4
Perry	5,895	6,440	493	12,828	4.2
Pickaway	6,598	10,717	425	17,740	23.2
Pike	4,923	5,333	304	10,560	3.9
Portage	31,446	28,271	3,182	62,899	5.0
Preble	6,375	11,176	615	18,166	26.4
Putnam	4,063	12,837	444	17,344	50.6
Richland	20,572	30,138	2,069	52,779	18.1
Ross	11,662	13,706	648	26,016	7.9
Sandusky	11,146	13,699	899	25,744	9.9
Scioto	13,997	15,022	926	29,945	3.4
Seneca	9,512	13,863	976	24,351	17.9
Shelby	6,593	12,476	601	19,670	29.9
Stark	75,308	78,153	6,383	159,844	1.8
Summit	119,759	96,721	8,359	224,839	10.2
Trumbull	57,643	34,654	3,942	96,239	23.9
Tuscarawas	15,879	19,549	1,690	37,118	9.9
Union	5,040	11,502	482	17,024	38.0
Van Wert	4,209	8,679	331	13,219	33.8
Vinton	2,037	2,720	189	4,946	13.8
Warren	19,142	48,318	1,618	69,078	42.2
Washington	10,383	15,342	790	26,515	18.7
Wayne	14,779	25,901	1,756	42,436	26.2
Williams	5,454	9,941	524	15,919	28.2
Wood	22,687	27,504	2,003	52,194	9.2
Wyandot	3,397	6,113	317	9,827	27.6

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 Ohio in 2000?

George W. Bush won Ohio by 3.55 percentage points (166,735 votes).

How many electoral votes did Ohio have in 2000?

Ohio cast 21 electoral votes in 2000.

How many people voted for president in Ohio in 2000?

4,701,998 votes were counted for president.

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

George W. Bush 72, Albert Gore, Jr. 16 (out of 88 counties with results).

How did Ohio change from 1996 to 2000?

The margin moved 9.9 points toward the Republican ticket, from Democratic by 6.4 points to Republican by 3.6 points.

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