Washington presidential election results 2000

Albert Gore, Jr. carried Washington by 5.58 points (138,788 votes), winning 11 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 11
Votes counted: 2,487,433
WA result: D+5.6
Compared with the nation: 5.1 pts more Democratic
Swing since 1996: 7.0 pts to R

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
Albert Gore, Jr.	Democratic	1,247,652	50.20%	11
George W. Bush	Republican	1,108,864	44.60%	—
Ralph Nader	Green	103,002	4.10%	—
Total votes		2,487,433

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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County	Albert Gore, Jr.	George W. Bush	Others	Total	Margin
Adams	1,406	3,440	128	4,974	40.9
Asotin	2,736	4,909	340	7,985	27.2
Benton	19,512	38,367	1,896	59,775	31.5
Chelan	8,412	16,980	1,177	26,569	32.2
Clallam	13,779	16,251	2,200	32,230	7.7
Clark	61,767	67,219	6,544	135,530	4.0
Columbia	515	1,523	68	2,106	47.9
Cowlitz	18,233	16,873	1,851	36,957	3.7
Douglas	3,822	8,512	517	12,851	36.5
Ferry	932	1,896	209	3,037	31.7
Franklin	4,653	8,594	365	13,612	29.0
Garfield	300	982	47	1,329	51.3
Grant	7,073	15,830	892	23,795	36.8
Grays Harbor	13,304	11,225	1,441	25,970	8.0
Island	14,778	16,408	1,817	33,003	4.9
Jefferson	8,281	6,095	1,456	15,832	13.8
King	476,700	273,171	44,207	794,078	25.6
Kitsap	50,302	46,427	6,128	102,857	3.8
Kittitas	5,516	7,727	843	14,086	15.7
Klickitat	3,062	4,557	561	8,180	18.3
Lewis	9,891	18,565	1,527	29,983	28.9
Lincoln	1,417	3,546	233	5,196	41.0
Mason	10,876	10,257	1,346	22,479	2.8
Okanogan	4,335	9,384	1,077	14,796	34.1
Pacific	4,895	4,042	581	9,518	9.0
Pend Oreille	1,973	3,076	388	5,437	20.3
Pierce	138,249	118,431	12,214	268,894	7.4
San Juan	4,426	3,005	993	8,424	16.9
Skagit	20,432	22,163	2,625	45,220	3.8
Skamania	1,753	2,151	344	4,248	9.4
Snohomish	129,612	109,615	12,078	251,305	8.0
Spokane	74,604	89,299	8,186	172,089	8.5
Stevens	5,560	11,299	1,136	17,995	31.9
Thurston	50,467	39,924	7,016	97,407	10.8
Wahkiakum	803	1,033	135	1,971	11.7
Walla Walla	7,188	13,304	870	21,362	28.6
Whatcom	34,033	34,287	5,432	73,752	0.3
Whitman	6,509	9,003	722	16,234	15.4
Yakima	25,546	39,494	2,335	67,375	20.7

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 Washington in 2000?

Albert Gore, Jr. won Washington by 5.58 percentage points (138,788 votes).

How many electoral votes did Washington have in 2000?

Washington cast 11 electoral votes in 2000.

How many people voted for president in Washington in 2000?

2,487,433 votes were counted for president.

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

George W. Bush 28, Albert Gore, Jr. 11 (out of 39 counties with results).

How did Washington change from 1996 to 2000?

The margin moved 7.0 points toward the Republican ticket, from Democratic by 12.5 points to Democratic by 5.6 points.

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