Tennessee presidential election results 2000

George W. Bush carried Tennessee by 3.86 points (80,229 votes), winning 11 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 11
Votes counted: 2,076,181
TN result: R+3.9
Compared with the nation: 4.4 pts more Republican
Swing since 1996: 6.3 pts to R

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
George W. Bush	Republican	1,061,949	51.10%	11
Albert Gore, Jr.	Democratic	981,720	47.30%	—
Ralph Nader	Green	19,781	1.00%	—
Total votes		2,076,181

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
Anderson	13,556	14,688	535	28,779	3.9
Bedford	6,136	5,911	160	12,207	1.8
Benton	3,700	2,484	127	6,311	19.3
Bledsoe	1,756	2,380	60	4,196	14.9
Blount	14,688	25,273	701	40,662	26.0
Bradley	8,768	20,167	508	29,443	38.7
Campbell	6,492	5,784	145	12,421	5.7
Cannon	2,697	1,924	76	4,697	16.5
Carroll	5,239	5,465	123	10,827	2.1
Carter	6,724	12,111	267	19,102	28.2
Cheatham	6,062	6,356	198	12,616	2.3
Chester	2,192	3,487	49	5,728	22.6
Claiborne	3,841	5,023	136	9,000	13.1
Clay	1,931	1,468	43	3,442	13.5
Cocke	3,872	6,185	182	10,239	22.6
Coffee	8,741	8,788	259	17,788	0.3
Crockett	2,705	2,676	59	5,440	0.5
Cumberland	7,644	10,994	379	19,017	17.6
Davidson	120,508	84,117	3,963	208,588	17.4
DeKalb	3,765	2,411	89	6,265	21.6
Decatur	2,278	2,046	46	4,370	5.3
Dickson	8,332	7,016	208	15,556	8.5
Dyer	5,425	6,282	134	11,841	7.2
Fayette	5,037	6,402	90	11,529	11.8
Fentress	2,529	3,417	83	6,029	14.7
Franklin	7,828	6,560	303	14,691	8.6
Gibson	8,663	8,286	188	17,137	2.2
Giles	5,527	4,377	162	10,066	11.4
Grainger	2,361	3,746	87	6,194	22.4
Greene	7,909	12,540	367	20,816	22.2
Grundy	2,970	1,553	73	4,596	30.8
Hamblen	7,564	11,824	311	19,699	21.6
Hamilton	51,708	66,605	2,066	120,379	12.4
Hancock	690	1,343	42	2,075	31.5
Hardeman	4,953	3,729	121	8,803	13.9
Hardin	3,735	4,951	96	8,782	13.8
Hawkins	6,753	10,071	274	17,098	19.4
Haywood	3,887	2,554	37	6,478	20.6
Henderson	3,166	5,153	80	8,399	23.7
Henry	6,093	5,944	272	12,309	1.2
Hickman	4,239	2,914	111	7,264	18.2
Houston	2,081	993	53	3,127	34.8
Humphreys	4,205	2,387	89	6,681	27.2
Jackson	3,304	1,384	66	4,754	40.4
Jefferson	5,226	8,657	204	14,087	24.4
Johnson	1,813	3,740	104	5,657	34.1
Knox	60,969	86,851	2,766	150,586	17.2
Lake	1,419	781	24	2,224	28.7
Lauderdale	4,224	3,329	65	7,618	11.7
Lawrence	6,643	7,613	214	14,470	6.7
Lewis	2,281	2,037	102	4,420	5.5
Lincoln	5,060	5,435	164	10,659	3.5
Loudon	5,905	10,266	235	16,406	26.6
Macon	3,059	3,366	66	6,491	4.7
Madison	15,781	17,862	287	33,930	6.1
Marion	5,441	4,651	158	10,250	7.7
Marshall	5,107	4,105	147	9,359	10.7
Maury	11,127	11,930	343	23,400	3.4
McMinn	6,142	10,155	303	16,600	24.2
McNairy	4,003	4,897	89	8,989	9.9
Meigs	1,555	1,797	38	3,390	7.1
Monroe	5,327	7,514	162	13,003	16.8
Montgomery	18,818	19,644	582	39,044	2.1
Moore	1,107	1,145	49	2,301	1.7
Morgan	2,921	3,144	97	6,162	3.6
Obion	6,056	6,168	216	12,440	0.9
Overton	4,507	2,875	114	7,496	21.8
Perry	1,650	1,165	51	2,866	16.9
Pickett	939	1,281	19	2,239	15.3
Polk	2,574	2,907	113	5,594	6.0
Putnam	10,785	11,248	405	22,438	2.1
Rhea	3,722	5,900	150	9,772	22.3
Roane	9,575	11,345	406	21,326	8.3
Robertson	10,249	9,675	240	20,164	2.8
Rutherford	27,360	33,445	1,377	62,182	9.8
Scott	2,967	3,579	69	6,615	9.3
Sequatchie	1,648	2,169	70	3,887	13.4
Sevier	8,208	16,734	423	25,365	33.6
Shelby	190,404	141,756	4,595	336,755	14.4
Smith	4,884	2,384	80	7,348	34.0
Stewart	2,870	1,826	86	4,782	21.8
Sullivan	21,354	33,482	891	55,727	21.8
Sumner	22,118	27,601	758	50,477	10.9
Tipton	6,300	10,070	182	16,552	22.8
Trousdale	1,966	950	29	2,945	34.5
Unicoi	2,566	3,780	83	6,429	18.9
Union	2,564	3,199	58	5,821	10.9
Van Buren	1,255	845	31	2,131	19.2
Warren	7,378	5,552	201	13,131	13.9
Washington	14,769	22,579	594	37,942	20.6
Wayne	1,859	3,370	77	5,306	28.5
Weakley	5,570	6,106	168	11,844	4.5
White	4,135	3,525	115	7,775	7.8
Williamson	18,745	38,901	783	58,429	34.5
Wilson	16,561	18,844	511	35,916	6.4

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 Tennessee in 2000?

George W. Bush won Tennessee by 3.86 percentage points (80,229 votes).

How many electoral votes did Tennessee have in 2000?

Tennessee cast 11 electoral votes in 2000.

How many people voted for president in Tennessee in 2000?

2,076,181 votes were counted for president.

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

George W. Bush 59, Albert Gore, Jr. 36 (out of 95 counties with results).

How did Tennessee change from 1996 to 2000?

The margin moved 6.3 points toward the Republican ticket, from Democratic by 2.4 points to Republican by 3.9 points.

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