Elections / 2000 · President

George W. Bush defeated Al Gore.

Al Gore (D) vs George W. Bush (R). Gore won the popular vote. Every state below links to its full contest page with county-level results.

Nominees: Al Gore (D) · George W. Bush (R)

National popular vote

105,421,772 votes counted

Gore (D)

51,453,169

48.8%

Bush (R)

50,015,118

47.4%

All others

1,192,304

1.1%

Margin

D+1.4

The county map

3,142 county-level results on record for 2000

Democrats carried 781 counties, Republicans 2,361. 962 counties flipped parties from the previous cycle.

Biggest county swings: Sanborn County, SD (R+145.7 swing) · Haakon County, SD (D+115.3 swing) · Yadkin County, NC (D+98.2 swing) · Mitchell County, NC (D+92.3 swing) · Douglas County, SD (D+91.4 swing) · McPherson County, SD (D+90.5 swing)

Results by state

Every row links to the state's contest page with its county map.

State	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alaska	R	−31.0%	79,004	167,396	285,560
Alabama	R	−14.9%	695,602	944,409	1,672,551
Arkansas	R	−5.4%	422,768	472,940	921,781
Arizona	R	−6.3%	685,341	781,652	1,534,113
California	D	+11.8%	5,861,203	4,567,429	10,965,856
Colorado	R	−8.4%	738,227	883,745	1,741,365
Connecticut	D	+17.5%	815,997	561,077	1,459,486
District of Columbia	D	+76.2%	171,923	18,073	201,894
Delaware	D	+13.1%	180,068	137,288	327,601
Florida	R	−0.0%	2,912,253	2,912,790	5,963,110
Georgia	R	−11.7%	1,116,230	1,419,720	2,596,804
Hawaii	D	+18.3%	205,242	137,819	367,871
Iowa	D	+0.3%	638,517	634,373	1,315,563
Idaho	R	−39.5%	138,637	336,937	501,621
Illinois	D	+12.0%	2,589,026	2,019,421	4,742,123
Indiana	R	−15.6%	901,980	1,245,836	2,199,305
Kansas	R	−20.8%	399,276	622,332	1,072,216
Kentucky	R	−15.1%	638,898	872,492	1,544,187
Louisiana	R	−7.7%	792,344	927,871	1,765,656
Massachusetts	D	+27.3%	1,616,487	878,502	2,702,984
Maryland	D	+16.4%	1,145,782	813,797	2,025,480
Maine	D	+5.1%	319,951	286,616	651,817
Michigan	D	+5.1%	2,170,418	1,953,139	4,232,711
Minnesota	D	+2.4%	1,168,266	1,109,659	2,438,685
Missouri	R	−3.3%	1,111,138	1,189,924	2,359,892
Mississippi	R	−16.9%	404,964	573,230	994,926
Montana	R	−25.1%	137,126	240,178	410,986
North Carolina	D	+12.8%	1,631,163	1,257,692	2,911,262
North Dakota	R	−27.6%	95,284	174,852	288,267
Nebraska	R	−29.0%	231,780	433,862	697,019
New Hampshire	R	−1.3%	266,348	273,559	569,081
New Jersey	D	+15.8%	1,788,850	1,284,173	3,187,226
New Mexico	D	+0.1%	286,783	286,417	598,605
Nevada	R	−3.5%	279,978	301,575	608,970
New York	D	+25.0%	4,113,791	2,405,676	6,831,178
Ohio	R	−3.5%	2,186,190	2,351,209	4,705,457
Oklahoma	R	−21.9%	474,276	744,337	1,234,229
Oregon	D	+0.4%	720,342	713,577	1,533,968
Pennsylvania	D	+4.2%	2,485,967	2,281,127	4,913,027
Rhode Island	D	+29.1%	249,508	130,555	409,112
South Carolina	R	−15.9%	566,039	786,426	1,383,777
South Dakota	D	+22.7%	190,700	118,804	316,269
Tennessee	R	−3.9%	981,720	1,061,949	2,076,181
Texas	R	−21.3%	2,433,746	3,799,639	6,407,637
Utah	R	−40.5%	203,053	515,096	770,754
Virginia	R	−8.1%	1,215,344	1,435,608	2,735,474
Vermont	D	+9.9%	149,022	119,775	294,308
Washington	D	+5.6%	1,247,652	1,108,864	2,488,745
Wisconsin	D	+0.2%	1,242,987	1,237,279	2,598,607
West Virginia	R	−6.3%	295,497	336,475	648,124
Wyoming	R	−40.1%	60,481	147,947	218,351