Al Gore carried California D+11.8.

Al Gore (D) vs George W. Bush (R) in California, 2000. The state ran 10.4 points more Democratic than the nation (D+1.4 nationally). A US Senate contest shared the 2000 ballot here.

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

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California result

10,965,856 votes counted

Gore (D)

5,861,203

53.4%

Bush (R)

4,567,429

41.7%

All others

118,517

1.1%

Margin

D+11.8

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2000 presidential election

California, 2000

GoreD+11.8

How it voted

Share of the 2000 vote

Al Gore ✓Democratic	53.4%	5,861,203
George W. BushRepublican	41.7%	4,567,429
OtherAll other candidates	1.1%	118,517

D+60

R+60

58 counties, each filled by 2000 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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California's presidential margins

1876–2024, the 2000 contest in context

California's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1876	−1.8%
1880	+0.1%
1884	−6.7%
1888	−2.8%
1892	+1.2%
1896	−0.6%
1900	−13.1%
1904	−34.9%
1908	−22.5%
1912	+41.8%
1916	+0.4%
1920	−41.9%
1924	−49.0%
1928	−30.5%
1932	+21.0%
1936	+35.3%
1940	+16.1%
1944	+13.5%
1948	+0.4%
1952	−13.6%
1956	−11.1%
1960	−0.5%
1964	+18.3%
1968	−3.1%
1972	−13.5%
1976	−1.8%
1980	−16.8%
1984	−16.2%
1988	−3.6%
1992	+13.4%
1996	+12.9%
2000	+11.8%
2004	+9.9%
2008	+24.0%
2012	+23.1%
2016	+30.0%
2020	+29.1%
2024	+20.1%

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County results — 2000

58 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alameda County	D	+45.2%	342,889	119,279	494,336
Alpine County	R	−2.7%	265	281	586
Amador County	R	−18.5%	5,906	8,766	15,464
Butte County	R	−17.0%	31,338	45,584	83,721
Calaveras County	R	−18.6%	7,093	10,599	18,876
Colusa County	R	−33.7%	1,745	3,629	5,590
Contra Costa County	D	+21.7%	224,338	141,373	381,478
Del Norte County	R	−17.0%	3,117	4,526	8,294
El Dorado County	R	−21.9%	26,220	42,045	72,136
Fresno County	R	−10.1%	95,059	117,342	220,835
Glenn County	R	−37.8%	2,498	5,795	8,711
Humboldt County	D	+2.9%	24,851	23,219	55,972
Imperial County	D	+10.2%	15,489	12,524	28,937
Inyo County	R	−26.4%	2,652	4,713	7,815
Kern County	R	−24.5%	66,003	110,663	182,308
Kings County	R	−18.8%	11,041	16,377	28,335
Lake County	D	+9.6%	10,717	8,699	20,919
Lassen County	R	−38.7%	2,982	7,080	10,586
Los Angeles County	D	+31.1%	1,710,505	871,930	2,695,154
Madera County	R	−25.9%	11,650	20,283	33,395
Marin County	D	+35.9%	79,135	34,872	123,155
Mariposa County	R	−23.7%	2,816	4,727	8,074
Mendocino County	D	+12.7%	16,634	12,272	34,410
Merced County	R	−6.7%	22,726	26,102	50,418
Modoc County	R	−49.3%	945	2,969	4,107
Mono County	R	−11.6%	1,788	2,296	4,371
Monterey County	D	+20.3%	67,618	43,761	117,534
Napa County	D	+14.4%	28,097	20,633	51,724
Nevada County	R	−17.5%	17,670	25,998	47,479
Orange County	R	−15.4%	391,819	541,299	970,905
Placer County	R	−23.2%	42,449	69,835	117,799
Plumas County	R	−27.7%	3,458	6,343	10,401
Riverside County	R	−6.5%	202,576	231,955	451,127
Sacramento County	D	+4.0%	212,792	195,619	431,550
San Benito County	D	+12.6%	9,131	7,015	16,831
San Bernardino County	R	−1.5%	214,749	221,757	454,893
San Diego County	R	−4.0%	437,666	475,736	958,634
San Francisco County	D	+59.4%	241,578	51,496	319,786
San Joaquin County	R	−1.2%	79,776	81,773	167,239
San Luis Obispo County	R	−11.3%	44,526	56,859	108,886
San Mateo County	D	+33.3%	166,757	80,296	259,399
Santa Barbara County	D	+1.2%	73,411	71,493	154,974
Santa Clara County	D	+26.2%	332,490	188,750	548,129
Santa Cruz County	D	+34.1%	66,618	29,627	108,350
Shasta County	R	−34.8%	20,127	43,278	66,544
Sierra County	R	−34.2%	540	1,172	1,847
Siskiyou County	R	−29.6%	6,323	12,198	19,819
Solano County	D	+17.8%	75,116	51,604	131,735
Sonoma County	D	+27.3%	117,295	63,529	197,006
Stanislaus County	R	−8.4%	56,448	67,188	128,267
Sutter County	R	−33.6%	8,416	17,350	26,564
Tehama County	R	−32.4%	6,507	13,270	20,854
Trinity County	R	−24.3%	1,932	3,340	5,797
Tulare County	R	−23.5%	33,006	54,070	89,818
Tuolumne County	R	−16.1%	9,359	13,172	23,727
Ventura County	R	−1.0%	133,258	136,173	282,692
Yolo County	D	+17.4%	33,747	23,057	61,436
Yuba County	R	−26.6%	5,546	9,838	16,127