Arkansas — 2000 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate2000 presidential electionArkansas · PresidentBushR+5.4
How it voted
Share of the 2000 vote
| George W. Bush ✓Republican | 51.3% | 472,940 |
|---|---|---|
| Al GoreDemocratic | 45.9% | 422,768 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 2.8% | 26,073 |
2000presidential margin
D+60R+60
75 counties, each filled by 2000 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Arkansas cast 6 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (75 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas County, AR | Republican | R+7.5 |
| Ashley County, AR | Democratic | D+4.6 |
| Baxter County, AR | Republican | R+18.1 |
| Benton County, AR | Republican | R+32.7 |
| Boone County, AR | Republican | R+29.9 |
| Bradley County, AR | Democratic | D+8.3 |
| Calhoun County, AR | Republican | R+5.1 |
| Carroll County, AR | Republican | R+20.4 |
| Chicot County, AR | Democratic | D+28.2 |
| Clark County, AR | Democratic | D+10.3 |
| Clay County, AR | Democratic | D+21.6 |
| Cleburne County, AR | Republican | R+15.8 |
| Cleveland County, AR | Republican | R+8.3 |
| Columbia County, AR | Republican | R+10.9 |
| Conway County, AR | Republican | R+0.7 |
| Craighead County, AR | Democratic | D+0.9 |
| Crawford County, AR | Republican | R+25.6 |
| Crittenden County, AR | Democratic | D+10.3 |
| Cross County, AR | Democratic | D+1.0 |
| Dallas County, AR | Democratic | D+4.2 |
| Desha County, AR | Democratic | D+26.1 |
| Drew County, AR | Democratic | D+5.1 |
| Faulkner County, AR | Republican | R+14.1 |
| Franklin County, AR | Republican | R+9.8 |
| Fulton County, AR | Republican | R+1.5 |
| Garland County, AR | Republican | R+9.1 |
| Grant County, AR | Republican | R+12.5 |
| Greene County, AR | Democratic | D+3.9 |
| Hempstead County, AR | Democratic | D+9.3 |
| Hot Spring County, AR | Democratic | D+4.4 |
| Howard County, AR | Republican | R+5.9 |
| Independence County, AR | Republican | R+8.6 |
| Izard County, AR | Democratic | D+5.7 |
| Jackson County, AR | Democratic | D+22.6 |
| Jefferson County, AR | Democratic | D+32.9 |
| Johnson County, AR | Republican | R+5.4 |
| Lafayette County, AR | Democratic | D+7.9 |
| Lawrence County, AR | Democratic | D+10.4 |
| Lee County, AR | Democratic | D+33.4 |
| Lincoln County, AR | Democratic | D+12.2 |
| Little River County, AR | Democratic | D+11.4 |
| Logan County, AR | Republican | R+14.9 |
| Lonoke County, AR | Republican | R+20.9 |
| Madison County, AR | Republican | R+23.7 |
| Marion County, AR | Republican | R+19.4 |
| Miller County, AR | Republican | R+7.3 |
| Mississippi County, AR | Democratic | D+15.2 |
| Monroe County, AR | Democratic | D+17.6 |
| Montgomery County, AR | Republican | R+18.5 |
| Nevada County, AR | Democratic | D+1.9 |
| Newton County, AR | Republican | R+33.7 |
| Ouachita County, AR | Democratic | D+7.0 |
| Perry County, AR | Republican | R+11.6 |
| Phillips County, AR | Democratic | D+30.8 |
| Pike County, AR | Republican | R+16.9 |
| Poinsett County, AR | Democratic | D+15.4 |
| Polk County, AR | Republican | R+31.8 |
| Pope County, AR | Republican | R+24.8 |
| Prairie County, AR | Republican | R+8.5 |
| Pulaski County, AR | Democratic | D+9.8 |
| Randolph County, AR | Democratic | D+5.9 |
| Saline County, AR | Republican | R+18.3 |
| Scott County, AR | Republican | R+24.0 |
| Searcy County, AR | Republican | R+34.0 |
| Sebastian County, AR | Republican | R+19.7 |
| Sevier County, AR | Republican | R+0.4 |
| Sharp County, AR | Republican | R+6.5 |
| St. Francis County, AR | Democratic | D+18.5 |
| Stone County, AR | Republican | R+11.9 |
| Union County, AR | Republican | R+15.3 |
| Van Buren County, AR | Republican | R+4.1 |
| Washington County, AR | Republican | R+13.2 |
| White County, AR | Republican | R+21.8 |
| Woodruff County, AR | Democratic | D+30.2 |
| Yell County, AR | Republican | R+2.5 |
Arkansas results by county
75 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas County | Bush, George W.+476 | 3,35352.6% | 2,87745.2% | 771.2% | 6,372 |
| Ashley County | Gore, Al+377 | 3,87646.9% | 4,25351.4% | 811.0% | 8,271 |
| Baxter County | Bush, George W.+3,022 | 9,53857.1% | 6,51639.0% | 2251.3% | 16,708 |
| Benton County | Bush, George W.+17,561 | 34,83864.9% | 17,27732.2% | 6691.2% | 53,646 |
| Boone County | Bush, George W.+4,076 | 8,56962.8% | 4,49333.0% | 2842.1% | 13,635 |
| Bradley County | Gore, Al+329 | 1,79345.1% | 2,12253.3% | 300.8% | 3,979 |
| Calhoun County | Bush, George W.+111 | 1,12851.6% | 1,01746.5% | 211.0% | 2,185 |
| Carroll County | Bush, George W.+1,961 | 5,55657.9% | 3,59537.5% | 1381.4% | 9,590 |
| Chicot County | Gore, Al+1,256 | 1,56435.1% | 2,82063.3% | 420.9% | 4,452 |
| Clark County | Gore, Al+885 | 3,77643.8% | 4,66154.0% | 861.0% | 8,626 |
| Clay County | Gore, Al+1,273 | 2,25438.2% | 3,52759.8% | 460.8% | 5,900 |
| Cleburne County | Bush, George W.+1,610 | 5,73056.1% | 4,12040.4% | 1741.7% | 10,207 |
| Cleveland County | Bush, George W.+264 | 1,67852.8% | 1,41444.5% | 591.9% | 3,181 |
| Columbia County | Bush, George W.+1,015 | 5,01853.9% | 4,00343.0% | 2162.3% | 9,307 |
| Conway County | Bush, George W.+49 | 3,54549.0% | 3,49648.3% | 1091.5% | 7,234 |
| Craighead County | Gore, Al+218 | 12,15848.3% | 12,37649.2% | 2140.9% | 25,157 |
| Crawford County | Bush, George W.+4,516 | 10,80461.3% | 6,28835.7% | 3101.8% | 17,625 |
| Crittenden County | Gore, Al+1,367 | 5,85744.3% | 7,22454.6% | 560.4% | 13,234 |
| Cross County | Gore, Al+63 | 3,03348.8% | 3,09649.8% | 480.8% | 6,215 |
| Dallas County | Gore, Al+139 | 1,57147.2% | 1,71051.4% | 230.7% | 3,325 |
| Desha County | Gore, Al+1,173 | 1,60335.7% | 2,77661.8% | 781.7% | 4,495 |
| Drew County | Gore, Al+304 | 2,75646.5% | 3,06051.7% | 591.0% | 5,922 |
| Faulkner County | Bush, George W.+4,105 | 16,05555.0% | 11,95040.9% | 6982.4% | 29,216 |
| Franklin County | Bush, George W.+603 | 3,27753.4% | 2,67443.6% | 891.4% | 6,140 |
| Fulton County | Bush, George W.+60 | 2,03649.6% | 1,97648.1% | 451.1% | 4,108 |
| Garland County | Bush, George W.+3,258 | 19,09853.1% | 15,84044.1% | 4311.2% | 35,935 |
| Grant County | Bush, George W.+750 | 3,28554.6% | 2,53542.2% | 1051.7% | 6,013 |
| Greene County | Gore, Al+488 | 5,83146.7% | 6,31950.6% | 1291.0% | 12,484 |
| Hempstead County | Gore, Al+680 | 3,25744.7% | 3,93754.0% | 450.6% | 7,289 |
| Hot Spring County | Gore, Al+485 | 5,04245.9% | 5,52750.3% | 2101.9% | 10,981 |
| Howard County | Bush, George W.+263 | 2,32652.2% | 2,06346.3% | 200.4% | 4,459 |
| Independence County | Bush, George W.+999 | 6,14553.0% | 5,14644.4% | 1321.1% | 11,594 |
| Izard County | Gore, Al+286 | 2,30145.7% | 2,58751.4% | 681.4% | 5,032 |
| Jackson County | Gore, Al+1,371 | 2,28037.5% | 3,65160.1% | 641.1% | 6,072 |
| Jefferson County | Gore, Al+8,951 | 8,76532.2% | 17,71665.1% | 3591.3% | 27,201 |
| Johnson County | Bush, George W.+387 | 3,65751.1% | 3,27045.7% | 1251.7% | 7,161 |
| Lafayette County | Gore, Al+268 | 1,53845.5% | 1,80653.4% | 120.4% | 3,383 |
| Lawrence County | Gore, Al+629 | 2,62643.5% | 3,25553.9% | 721.2% | 6,040 |
| Lee County | Gore, Al+1,376 | 1,35132.8% | 2,72766.2% | 250.6% | 4,121 |
| Lincoln County | Gore, Al+431 | 1,52643.0% | 1,95755.2% | 421.2% | 3,546 |
| Little River County | Gore, Al+600 | 2,28343.4% | 2,88354.8% | 470.9% | 5,263 |
| Logan County | Bush, George W.+1,204 | 4,48755.4% | 3,28340.6% | 2022.5% | 8,096 |
| Lonoke County | Bush, George W.+3,755 | 10,60659.1% | 6,85138.2% | 2491.4% | 17,943 |
| Madison County | Bush, George W.+1,332 | 3,38760.2% | 2,05536.5% | 981.7% | 5,628 |
| Marion County | Bush, George W.+1,169 | 3,40256.6% | 2,23337.1% | 1602.7% | 6,015 |
| Miller County | Bush, George W.+998 | 7,27652.9% | 6,27845.7% | 910.7% | 13,745 |
| Mississippi County | Gore, Al+1,908 | 5,19941.3% | 7,10756.5% | 1701.4% | 12,586 |
| Monroe County | Gore, Al+581 | 1,32940.4% | 1,91058.0% | 250.8% | 3,293 |
| Montgomery County | Bush, George W.+690 | 2,12856.9% | 1,43838.5% | 721.9% | 3,739 |
| Nevada County | Gore, Al+71 | 1,79648.0% | 1,86749.9% | 330.9% | 3,738 |
| Newton County | Bush, George W.+1,324 | 2,52964.4% | 1,20530.7% | 812.1% | 3,927 |
| Ouachita County | Gore, Al+725 | 4,73945.6% | 5,46452.6% | 920.9% | 10,395 |
| Perry County | Bush, George W.+466 | 2,11452.8% | 1,64841.1% | 1844.6% | 4,007 |
| Phillips County | Gore, Al+2,864 | 3,15433.9% | 6,01864.6% | 660.7% | 9,313 |
| Pike County | Bush, George W.+671 | 2,27557.3% | 1,60440.4% | 471.2% | 3,971 |
| Poinsett County | Gore, Al+1,114 | 2,98841.3% | 4,10256.7% | 580.8% | 7,235 |
| Polk County | Bush, George W.+2,285 | 4,60064.0% | 2,31532.2% | 1482.1% | 7,193 |
| Pope County | Bush, George W.+4,575 | 11,24461.0% | 6,66936.2% | 2501.4% | 18,422 |
| Prairie County | Bush, George W.+299 | 1,86253.1% | 1,56344.6% | 531.5% | 3,507 |
| Pulaski County | Gore, Al+12,454 | 55,86643.9% | 68,32053.7% | 1,2091.0% | 127,151 |
| Randolph County | Gore, Al+346 | 2,67345.5% | 3,01951.4% | 1011.7% | 5,877 |
| Saline County | Bush, George W.+5,917 | 18,61757.5% | 12,70039.2% | 5411.7% | 32,391 |
| Scott County | Bush, George W.+955 | 2,39960.3% | 1,44436.3% | 902.3% | 3,981 |
| Searcy County | Bush, George W.+1,381 | 2,61064.3% | 1,22930.3% | 1363.4% | 4,058 |
| Sebastian County | Bush, George W.+7,928 | 23,48358.5% | 15,55538.7% | 6181.5% | 40,159 |
| Sevier County | Bush, George W.+16 | 2,11149.2% | 2,09548.8% | 320.7% | 4,293 |
| Sharp County | Bush, George W.+462 | 3,69851.9% | 3,23645.4% | 771.1% | 7,126 |
| St. Francis County | Gore, Al+1,572 | 3,41440.2% | 4,98658.7% | 540.6% | 8,496 |
| Stone County | Bush, George W.+580 | 2,62354.0% | 2,04342.0% | 962.0% | 4,860 |
| Union County | Bush, George W.+2,386 | 8,64755.4% | 6,26140.1% | 5713.7% | 15,609 |
| Van Buren County | Bush, George W.+283 | 3,48549.9% | 3,20245.8% | 1442.1% | 6,984 |
| Washington County | Bush, George W.+6,806 | 28,23154.9% | 21,42541.6% | 5951.2% | 51,459 |
| White County | Bush, George W.+4,828 | 13,17059.5% | 8,34237.7% | 3951.8% | 22,150 |
| Woodruff County | Gore, Al+801 | 89833.9% | 1,69964.1% | 351.3% | 2,651 |
| Yell County | Bush, George W.+161 | 3,22349.7% | 3,06247.3% | 1161.8% | 6,479 |
complete certified result
Arkansas candidate results
Top three shown first · expand for every reported candidate and write-in category
Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab — U.S. President 1976–2024 state candidate returns
Nominees: Al Gore (D) · George W. Bush (R)
Arkansas's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 2000 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +27.6% |
| 1896 | +48.6% |
| 1900 | +28.5% |
| 1904 | +15.2% |
| 1908 | +20.3% |
| 1912 | +35.9% |
| 1916 | +40.9% |
| 1920 | +18.9% |
| 1924 | +31.9% |
| 1928 | +20.9% |
| 1932 | +73.9% |
| 1936 | +63.9% |
| 1940 | +57.4% |
| 1944 | +40.1% |
| 1948 | +40.7% |
| 1952 | +12.1% |
| 1956 | +6.6% |
| 1960 | +7.1% |
| 1964 | +12.7% |
| 1968 | −0.4% |
| 1972 | −38.1% |
| 1976 | +30.0% |
| 1980 | −0.6% |
| 1984 | −22.2% |
| 1988 | −14.2% |
| 1992 | +17.7% |
| 1996 | +16.9% |
| 2000 | −5.4% |
| 2004 | −9.8% |
| 2008 | −19.9% |
| 2012 | −23.7% |
| 2016 | −27.8% |
| 2020 | −27.6% |
| 2024 | −30.6% |
Same ballot, 2000AR
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 2000 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.