Oklahoma presidential election results 2000

George W. Bush carried Oklahoma by 21.88 points (270,061 votes), winning 8 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 8
Votes counted: 1,234,229
OK result: R+21.9
Compared with the nation: 22.4 pts more Republican
Swing since 1996: 14.1 pts to R

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
George W. Bush	Republican	744,337	60.30%	8
Albert Gore, Jr.	Democratic	474,276	38.40%	—
Ralph Nader	Green	--	0.00%	—
Total votes		1,234,229

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	2,361	3,503	113	5,977	19.1
Alfalfa	583	1,886	38	2,507	52.0
Atoka	1,906	2,375	43	4,324	10.8
Beaver	339	2,092	25	2,456	71.4
Beckham	2,408	4,067	57	6,532	25.4
Blaine	1,402	2,633	59	4,094	30.1
Bryan	5,554	6,084	108	11,746	4.5
Caddo	4,272	4,835	103	9,210	6.1
Canadian	8,367	22,679	314	31,360	45.6
Carter	6,659	9,667	132	16,458	18.3
Cherokee	7,256	6,918	294	14,468	2.3
Choctaw	2,799	2,461	55	5,315	6.4
Cimarron	227	1,230	27	1,484	67.6
Cleveland	27,792	47,393	986	76,171	25.7
Coal	1,148	1,196	18	2,362	2.0
Comanche	11,971	17,103	259	29,333	17.5
Cotton	1,068	1,388	26	2,482	12.9
Craig	2,568	2,815	101	5,484	4.5
Creek	9,753	13,580	408	23,741	16.1
Custer	3,115	6,527	101	9,743	35.0
Delaware	5,514	7,618	221	13,353	15.8
Dewey	599	1,607	14	2,220	45.4
Ellis	468	1,513	32	2,013	51.9
Garfield	6,543	14,902	238	21,683	38.6
Garvin	4,189	5,536	118	9,843	13.7
Grady	6,037	10,040	199	16,276	24.6
Grant	709	1,762	32	2,503	42.1
Greer	839	1,287	26	2,152	20.8
Harmon	507	692	6	1,205	15.4
Harper	374	1,296	13	1,683	54.8
Haskell	2,510	2,039	79	4,628	10.2
Hughes	2,334	2,196	55	4,585	3.0
Jackson	2,515	5,591	53	8,159	37.7
Jefferson	1,245	1,320	28	2,593	2.9
Johnston	1,809	2,072	49	3,930	6.7
Kay	6,122	11,768	272	18,162	31.1
Kingfisher	1,304	4,693	59	6,056	56.0
Kiowa	1,544	2,173	33	3,750	16.8
Latimer	1,865	1,739	65	3,669	3.4
Le Flore	6,536	8,215	234	14,985	11.2
Lincoln	4,140	7,387	174	11,701	27.7
Logan	4,510	8,187	173	12,870	28.6
Love	1,530	1,807	35	3,372	8.2
Major	635	2,672	45	3,352	60.8
Marshall	2,210	2,641	49	4,900	8.8
Mayes	6,618	7,132	251	14,001	3.7
McClain	3,679	6,750	110	10,539	29.1
McCurtain	3,752	6,601	129	10,482	27.2
McIntosh	4,206	3,444	131	7,781	9.8
Murray	2,263	2,609	50	4,922	7.0
Muskogee	12,520	11,820	353	24,693	2.8
Noble	1,416	3,230	51	4,697	38.6
Nowata	1,703	2,069	77	3,849	9.5
Okfuskee	1,814	1,910	64	3,788	2.5
Oklahoma	81,590	139,078	2,443	223,111	25.8
Okmulgee	7,186	5,797	195	13,178	10.5
Osage	7,540	8,138	231	15,909	3.8
Ottawa	5,647	5,625	139	11,411	0.2
Pawnee	2,435	3,386	104	5,925	16.1
Payne	9,319	15,256	372	24,947	23.8
Pittsburg	7,627	8,514	216	16,357	5.4
Pontotoc	5,387	7,299	150	12,836	14.9
Pottawatomie	8,763	13,235	318	22,316	20.0
Pushmataha	1,969	2,331	48	4,348	8.3
Roger Mills	441	1,234	12	1,687	47.0
Rogers	10,813	17,713	425	28,951	23.8
Seminole	3,783	4,011	72	7,866	2.9
Sequoyah	5,425	6,614	215	12,254	9.7
Stephens	6,467	10,860	161	17,488	25.1
Texas	1,084	4,964	40	6,088	63.7
Tillman	1,400	1,920	29	3,349	15.5
Tulsa	81,656	134,152	2,883	218,691	24.0
Wagoner	8,244	12,981	292	21,517	22.0
Washington	6,644	13,788	312	20,744	34.4
Washita	1,564	2,850	54	4,468	28.8
Woods	1,235	2,774	37	4,046	38.0
Woodward	1,950	5,067	83	7,100	43.9

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 Oklahoma in 2000?

George W. Bush won Oklahoma by 21.88 percentage points (270,061 votes).

How many electoral votes did Oklahoma have in 2000?

Oklahoma cast 8 electoral votes in 2000.

How many people voted for president in Oklahoma in 2000?

1,234,229 votes were counted for president.

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

George W. Bush 68, Albert Gore, Jr. 9 (out of 77 counties with results).

How did Oklahoma change from 1996 to 2000?

The margin moved 14.1 points toward the Republican ticket, from Republican by 7.8 points to Republican by 21.9 points.

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