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Pennsylvania presidential election results 2000

Albert Gore, Jr. carried Pennsylvania by 4.17 points (204,840 votes), winning 23 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 23
Votes counted: 4,913,119
PA result: D+4.2
Compared with the nation: 3.7 pts more Democratic
Swing since 1996: 5.0 pts to R

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
Albert Gore, Jr.	Democratic	2,485,967	50.60%	23
George W. Bush	Republican	2,281,127	46.40%	—
Ralph Nader	Green	103,392	2.10%	—
Total votes		4,913,119

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	11,682	20,848	903	33,433	27.4
Allegheny	329,963	235,361	17,154	582,478	16.2
Armstrong	11,127	15,508	788	27,423	16.0
Beaver	38,925	32,491	2,177	73,593	8.7
Bedford	5,474	13,598	363	19,435	41.8
Berks	59,150	71,273	4,740	135,163	9.0
Blair	15,774	28,376	990	45,140	27.9
Bradford	7,911	14,660	759	23,330	28.9
Bucks	132,914	121,927	8,581	263,422	4.2
Butler	25,037	44,009	1,778	70,824	26.8
Cambria	30,308	28,001	1,977	60,286	3.8
Cameron	779	1,383	84	2,246	26.9
Carbon	10,668	9,717	892	21,277	4.5
Centre	21,409	26,172	1,957	49,538	9.6
Chester	82,047	100,080	5,435	187,562	9.6
Clarion	5,605	9,796	442	15,843	26.5
Clearfield	11,718	18,019	872	30,609	20.6
Clinton	5,521	6,064	409	11,994	4.5
Columbia	8,975	12,095	824	21,894	14.3
Crawford	13,250	18,858	1,213	33,321	16.8
Cumberland	31,053	54,802	2,207	88,062	27.0
Dauphin	44,390	53,631	2,637	100,658	9.2
Delaware	134,861	105,836	7,380	248,077	11.7
Elk	5,754	7,347	477	13,578	11.7
Erie	59,399	49,027	3,909	112,335	9.2
Fayette	28,152	20,013	1,367	49,532	16.4
Forest	843	1,371	69	2,283	23.1
Franklin	14,922	33,042	1,005	48,969	37.0
Fulton	1,425	3,753	107	5,285	44.0
Greene	7,230	5,890	514	13,634	9.8
Huntingdon	5,073	10,408	476	15,957	33.4
Indiana	13,667	16,799	935	31,401	10.0
Jefferson	5,566	11,473	535	17,574	33.6
Juniata	2,656	5,795	216	8,667	36.2
Lackawanna	57,471	35,096	3,814	96,381	23.2
Lancaster	54,968	115,900	4,449	175,317	34.8
Lawrence	20,593	18,060	987	39,640	6.4
Lebanon	16,093	28,534	1,253	45,880	27.1
Lehigh	56,667	55,492	4,121	116,280	1.0
Luzerne	62,199	52,328	5,059	119,586	8.3
Lycoming	14,663	27,137	1,383	43,183	28.9
McKean	5,510	9,661	633	15,804	26.3
Mercer	23,817	23,132	1,776	48,725	1.4
Mifflin	4,835	9,400	379	14,614	31.2
Monroe	21,939	23,265	1,674	46,878	2.8
Montgomery	177,990	145,623	8,809	332,422	9.7
Montour	2,356	3,960	176	6,492	24.7
Northampton	53,097	47,396	4,197	104,690	5.4
Northumberland	13,670	18,142	1,439	33,251	13.4
Perry	4,459	11,184	428	16,071	41.8
Philadelphia	449,182	100,959	11,039	561,180	62.1
Pike	7,330	9,339	695	17,364	11.6
Potter	2,037	4,858	195	7,090	39.8
Schuylkill	26,215	29,841	2,244	58,300	6.2
Snyder	3,536	8,963	342	12,841	42.3
Somerset	12,028	20,218	739	32,985	24.8
Sullivan	1,066	1,928	111	3,105	27.8
Susquehanna	6,481	10,226	564	17,271	21.7
Tioga	4,617	9,635	520	14,772	34.0
Union	4,209	8,523	443	13,175	32.7
Venango	8,196	11,642	685	20,523	16.8
Warren	7,537	9,290	714	17,541	10.0
Washington	44,961	37,339	2,141	84,441	9.0
Wayne	6,904	11,201	809	18,914	22.7
Westmoreland	71,792	80,858	4,059	156,709	5.8
Wyoming	4,363	6,922	408	11,693	21.9
York	51,958	87,652	4,634	144,244	24.7

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 Pennsylvania in 2000?

Albert Gore, Jr. won Pennsylvania by 4.17 percentage points (204,840 votes).

How many electoral votes did Pennsylvania have in 2000?

Pennsylvania cast 23 electoral votes in 2000.

How many people voted for president in Pennsylvania in 2000?

4,913,119 votes were counted for president.

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

George W. Bush 49, Albert Gore, Jr. 18 (out of 67 counties with results).

How did Pennsylvania change from 1996 to 2000?

The margin moved 5.0 points toward the Republican ticket, from Democratic by 9.2 points to Democratic by 4.2 points.

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