Virginia presidential election results 2000

George W. Bush carried Virginia by 8.04 points (220,200 votes), winning 13 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 13
Votes counted: 2,739,447
VA result: R+8.0
Compared with the nation: 8.5 pts more Republican
Swing since 1996: 6.1 pts to R

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
George W. Bush	Republican	1,437,490	52.50%	13
Albert Gore, Jr.	Democratic	1,217,290	44.40%	—
Ralph Nader	Green	59,398	2.20%	—
Total votes		2,739,447

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
Accomack	5,092	6,352	481	11,925	10.6
Albemarle	16,255	18,291	2,300	36,846	5.5
Alexandria	33,633	19,043	2,523	55,199	26.4
Alleghany	2,214	2,808	101	5,123	11.6
Amelia	1,754	2,947	87	4,788	24.9
Amherst	4,812	6,660	240	11,712	15.8
Appomattox	2,132	3,654	141	5,927	25.7
Arlington	50,260	28,555	4,744	83,559	26.0
Augusta	6,643	17,744	884	25,271	43.9
Bath	822	1,311	77	2,210	22.1
Bedford	8,160	17,224	765	28,590	34.7
Bedford	1,078	1,269	94	28,590	7.8
Bland	851	1,759	78	2,688	33.8
Botetourt	4,627	8,867	346	13,840	30.6
Bristol	2,646	3,495	138	6,279	13.5
Brunswick	3,387	2,561	49	5,997	13.8
Buchanan	5,745	3,867	244	9,856	19.1
Buckingham	2,561	2,738	155	5,454	3.2
Buena Vista	941	980	54	1,975	2.0
Campbell	6,659	13,162	506	20,327	32.0
Caroline	4,314	3,873	164	8,351	5.3
Carroll	3,638	7,142	221	11,001	31.9
Charles City	1,981	1,023	62	3,066	31.2
Charlotte	2,017	2,855	122	4,994	16.8
Charlottesville	7,762	4,034	1,428	13,224	28.2
Chesapeake	33,578	39,684	1,323	74,585	8.2
Chesterfield	38,638	69,924	2,389	110,951	28.2
Clarke	2,166	2,883	235	5,284	13.6
Colonial Heights	2,100	5,519	163	7,782	43.9
Covington	1,168	966	80	2,214	9.1
Craig	851	1,580	62	2,493	29.2
Culpeper	4,364	7,440	440	12,244	25.1
Cumberland	1,405	1,974	128	3,507	16.2
Danville	8,221	9,427	659	18,307	6.6
Dickenson	3,951	3,122	153	7,226	11.5
Dinwiddie	4,001	4,959	176	9,136	10.5
Emporia	1,116	938	26	2,080	8.6
Essex	1,750	1,995	86	3,831	6.4
Fairfax	196,501	202,181	15,093	423,331	1.4
Fairfax	4,361	4,762	433	423,331	4.2
Falls Church	3,109	2,131	353	5,593	17.5
Fauquier	8,296	14,456	729	23,481	26.2
Floyd	1,957	3,423	359	5,739	25.5
Fluvanna	3,431	4,962	313	8,706	17.6
Franklin	7,145	11,225	459	22,020	21.7
Franklin	1,763	1,393	35	22,020	11.6
Frederick	7,158	14,574	660	22,392	33.1
Fredericksburg	3,360	2,935	386	6,681	6.4
Galax	996	1,160	57	2,213	7.4
Giles	3,004	3,574	242	6,820	8.4
Gloucester	4,553	8,718	428	13,699	30.4
Goochland	3,197	5,378	202	8,777	24.8
Grayson	2,467	4,236	149	6,852	25.8
Greene	1,774	3,375	263	5,412	29.6
Greensville	2,314	1,565	27	3,906	19.2
Halifax	5,963	7,732	377	14,072	12.6
Hampton	27,490	19,561	836	47,887	16.6
Hanover	12,044	28,614	927	41,585	39.8
Harrisonburg	3,482	5,741	735	9,958	22.7
Henrico	48,645	62,887	2,720	114,252	12.5
Henry	8,898	11,870	695	21,463	13.8
Highland	453	942	42	1,437	34.0
Hopewell	3,024	3,749	205	6,978	10.4
Isle of Wight	5,162	7,587	201	12,950	18.7
James City	9,090	14,628	774	24,492	22.6
King George	2,070	3,590	192	5,852	26.0
King William	2,125	3,547	97	5,769	24.6
King and Queen	1,387	1,423	49	2,859	1.3
Lancaster	1,937	3,411	107	5,455	27.0
Lee	4,031	4,551	166	8,748	5.9
Lexington	1,048	957	135	2,140	4.3
Loudoun	30,938	42,453	2,262	75,653	15.2
Louisa	4,309	5,461	326	10,096	11.4
Lunenburg	2,026	2,510	55	4,591	10.5
Lynchburg	10,374	12,518	614	23,506	9.1
Madison	1,844	2,940	243	5,027	21.8
Manassas	5,262	6,752	396	12,410	12.0
Manassas Park	1,048	1,460	72	2,580	16.0
Martinsville	3,048	2,560	86	5,694	8.6
Mathews	1,499	2,951	159	4,609	31.5
Mecklenburg	4,797	6,600	257	11,654	15.5
Middlesex	1,671	2,844	174	4,689	25.0
Montgomery	11,720	13,991	1,449	27,160	8.4
Nelson	2,907	2,913	325	6,145	0.1
New Kent	2,055	3,934	125	6,114	30.7
Newport News	29,779	27,006	1,040	57,825	4.8
Norfolk	38,221	21,920	1,805	61,946	26.3
Northampton	2,340	2,299	253	4,892	0.8
Northumberland	2,118	3,362	125	5,605	22.2
Norton	867	639	24	1,530	14.9
Nottoway	2,460	2,870	162	5,492	7.5
Orange	4,126	5,991	366	10,483	17.8
Page	2,726	5,089	181	7,996	29.6
Patrick	2,254	4,901	230	7,385	35.8
Petersburg	8,751	2,109	202	11,062	60.0
Pittsylvania	7,834	15,760	661	24,255	32.7
Poquoson	1,448	4,271	142	5,861	48.2
Portsmouth	22,286	12,628	541	35,455	27.2
Powhatan	2,708	6,820	183	9,711	42.3
Prince Edward	2,922	3,214	227	6,363	4.6
Prince George	4,182	6,579	139	10,900	22.0
Prince William	44,745	52,788	2,978	100,511	8.0
Pulaski	5,255	7,089	353	12,697	14.4
Radford	2,063	2,190	195	4,448	2.9
Rappahannock	1,462	1,850	201	3,513	11.0
Richmond	1,076	1,784	89	68,875	24.0
Richmond	42,717	20,265	2,944	68,875	34.1
Roanoke	16,141	25,740	936	76,259	22.4
Roanoke	17,920	14,630	892	76,259	9.8
Rockbridge	2,953	4,522	352	7,827	20.0
Rockingham	5,834	17,482	678	23,994	48.5
Russell	5,442	5,065	285	10,792	3.5
Salem	4,348	6,188	234	10,770	17.1
Scott	3,552	5,535	248	9,335	21.2
Shenandoah	4,420	9,636	396	14,452	36.1
Smyth	4,836	6,580	324	11,740	14.9
Southampton	3,359	3,293	62	6,714	1.0
Spotsylvania	13,455	20,739	827	35,021	20.8
Stafford	12,596	20,731	919	34,246	23.8
Staunton	3,324	4,878	312	8,514	18.3
Suffolk	12,471	11,836	354	24,661	2.6
Surry	1,845	1,313	72	3,230	16.5
Sussex	2,006	1,745	155	3,906	6.7
Tazewell	7,227	8,655	462	16,344	8.7
Virginia Beach	62,268	83,674	3,829	149,771	14.3
Warren	4,313	6,335	518	11,166	18.1
Washington	7,549	12,064	609	20,222	22.3
Waynesboro	2,737	4,084	281	7,102	19.0
Westmoreland	2,922	2,932	172	6,026	0.2
Williamsburg	1,724	1,777	224	3,725	1.4
Winchester	3,318	4,314	254	7,886	12.6
Wise	6,412	6,504	394	13,310	0.7
Wythe	3,462	6,539	224	10,225	30.1
York	8,622	15,312	649	24,583	27.2

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 Virginia in 2000?

George W. Bush won Virginia by 8.04 percentage points (220,200 votes).

How many electoral votes did Virginia have in 2000?

Virginia cast 13 electoral votes in 2000.

How many people voted for president in Virginia in 2000?

2,739,447 votes were counted for president.

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

George W. Bush 104, Albert Gore, Jr. 30 (out of 134 counties with results).

How did Virginia change from 1996 to 2000?

The margin moved 6.1 points toward the Republican ticket, from Republican by 2.0 points to Republican by 8.0 points.

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