Skip to content

Oregon · 2000 presidential election

Oregon presidential election results 2000

Albert Gore, Jr. carried Oregon by 0.44 points (6,765 votes), winning 7 electoral votes.

Electoral votes
7
Votes counted
1,533,968
OR result
D+0.4
Compared with the nation
0.1 pts more Republican
Swing since 1996
7.7 pts to R

Statewide result

CandidatePartyVotesShareBarElectoral votes
Albert Gore, Jr.Democratic720,34247.00%7
George W. BushRepublican713,57746.50%—
Ralph NaderGreen77,3575.00%—
Total votes1,533,968

Sources: 2000

County resultsMIT Election Lab

Download CSV

MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)
Open the dataset

Deschutes County: George W. Bush +17.4Jefferson County: George W. Bush +16.8Lake County: George W. Bush +56.9Polk County: George W. Bush +10.8Wheeler County: George W. Bush +45.4Benton County: Albert Gore, Jr. +9.5Clackamas County: George W. Bush +0.7Coos County: George W. Bush +13.7Crook County: George W. Bush +34.9Gilliam County: George W. Bush +29.4Hood River County: Albert Gore, Jr. +4.1Jackson County: George W. Bush +15.2Josephine County: George W. Bush +28.1Lane County: Albert Gore, Jr. +11.2Linn County: George W. Bush +19.5Morrow County: George W. Bush +28.5Multnomah County: Albert Gore, Jr. +35.3Umatilla County: George W. Bush +27.5Wasco County: George W. Bush +6.9Yamhill County: George W. Bush +13.9Columbia County: Albert Gore, Jr. +4.5Grant County: George W. Bush +64.7Marion County: George W. Bush +7.1Union County: George W. Bush +35.3Klamath County: George W. Bush +40.6Baker County: George W. Bush +41.5Clatsop County: Albert Gore, Jr. +8.2Lincoln County: Albert Gore, Jr. +11.4Curry County: George W. Bush +21.4Harney County: George W. Bush +54.4Malheur County: George W. Bush +50.8Sherman County: George W. Bush +33.2Tillamook County: George W. Bush +0.1Wallowa County: George W. Bush +56.9Washington County: Albert Gore, Jr. +2.5Douglas County: George W. Bush +34.1
Each county coloured by its winner and shaded by margin. Tap one for its history.
County Albert Gore, Jr.George W. BushOthers TotalMargin
Baker 2,1955,618445 8,258 41.5
Benton 19,44415,8252,957 38,226 9.5
Clackamas 76,42177,5398,302 162,262 0.7
Clatsop 8,2966,9501,228 16,474 8.2
Columbia 10,3319,3691,495 21,195 4.5
Coos 11,61015,6262,143 29,379 13.7
Crook 2,4745,363440 8,277 34.9
Curry 4,0906,551872 11,513 21.4
Deschutes 22,06132,1323,692 57,885 17.4
Douglas 14,19330,2942,733 47,220 34.1
Gilliam 35967952 1,090 29.4
Grant 5893,078179 3,846 64.7
Harney 7662,799169 3,734 54.4
Hood River 4,0723,721756 8,549 4.1
Jackson 33,15346,0525,591 84,796 15.2
Jefferson 2,6813,838378 6,897 16.8
Josephine 11,86422,1862,683 36,733 28.1
Klamath 7,54118,8551,448 27,844 40.6
Lake 7072,830192 3,729 56.9
Lane 78,58361,57812,027 152,188 11.2
Lincoln 10,8618,4461,811 21,118 11.4
Linn 16,68225,3592,347 44,388 19.5
Malheur 2,3367,624444 10,404 50.8
Marion 49,43057,4436,461 113,334 7.1
Morrow 1,1972,224188 3,609 28.5
Multnomah 188,44183,67724,567 296,685 35.3
Polk 11,92114,9881,540 28,449 10.8
Sherman 32667957 1,062 33.2
Tillamook 5,7625,775839 12,376 0.1
Umatilla 7,80914,1401,111 23,060 27.5
Union 3,5777,836663 12,076 35.3
Wallowa 8363,279179 4,294 56.9
Wasco 4,6165,356692 10,664 6.9
Washington 90,66286,0919,221 185,974 2.5
Wheeler 20258455 841 45.4
Yamhill 14,25419,1932,092 35,539 13.9

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).

Oregon in every election · 2000 primaries · All states in 2000 · Report an error

Questions and answers

Who won Oregon in 2000?

Albert Gore, Jr. won Oregon by 0.44 percentage points (6,765 votes).

How many electoral votes did Oregon have in 2000?

Oregon cast 7 electoral votes in 2000.

How many people voted for president in Oregon in 2000?

1,533,968 votes were counted for president.

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

George W. Bush 28, Albert Gore, Jr. 8 (out of 36 counties with results).

How did Oregon change from 1996 to 2000?

The margin moved 7.7 points toward the Republican ticket, from Democratic by 8.1 points to Democratic by 0.4 points.

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