California — 2000 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate2000 presidential electionCalifornia · PresidentGoreD+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 | 4.9% | 537,224 |
2000presidential margin
D+60R+60
58 counties, each filled by 2000 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
California cast 54 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (58 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Alameda County, CA | Democratic | D+45.2 |
| Alpine County, CA | Republican | R+2.7 |
| Amador County, CA | Republican | R+18.5 |
| Butte County, CA | Republican | R+17.0 |
| Calaveras County, CA | Republican | R+18.6 |
| Colusa County, CA | Republican | R+33.7 |
| Contra Costa County, CA | Democratic | D+21.7 |
| Del Norte County, CA | Republican | R+17.0 |
| El Dorado County, CA | Republican | R+21.9 |
| Fresno County, CA | Republican | R+10.1 |
| Glenn County, CA | Republican | R+37.8 |
| Humboldt County, CA | Democratic | D+2.9 |
| Imperial County, CA | Democratic | D+10.2 |
| Inyo County, CA | Republican | R+26.4 |
| Kern County, CA | Republican | R+24.5 |
| Kings County, CA | Republican | R+18.8 |
| Lake County, CA | Democratic | D+9.6 |
| Lassen County, CA | Republican | R+38.7 |
| Los Angeles County, CA | Democratic | D+31.1 |
| Madera County, CA | Republican | R+25.9 |
| Marin County, CA | Democratic | D+35.9 |
| Mariposa County, CA | Republican | R+23.7 |
| Mendocino County, CA | Democratic | D+12.7 |
| Merced County, CA | Republican | R+6.7 |
| Modoc County, CA | Republican | R+49.3 |
| Mono County, CA | Republican | R+11.6 |
| Monterey County, CA | Democratic | D+20.3 |
| Napa County, CA | Democratic | D+14.4 |
| Nevada County, CA | Republican | R+17.5 |
| Orange County, CA | Republican | R+15.4 |
| Placer County, CA | Republican | R+23.2 |
| Plumas County, CA | Republican | R+27.7 |
| Riverside County, CA | Republican | R+6.5 |
| Sacramento County, CA | Democratic | D+4.0 |
| San Benito County, CA | Democratic | D+12.6 |
| San Bernardino County, CA | Republican | R+1.5 |
| San Diego County, CA | Republican | R+4.0 |
| San Francisco County, CA | Democratic | D+59.4 |
| San Joaquin County, CA | Republican | R+1.2 |
| San Luis Obispo County, CA | Republican | R+11.3 |
| San Mateo County, CA | Democratic | D+33.3 |
| Santa Barbara County, CA | Democratic | D+1.2 |
| Santa Clara County, CA | Democratic | D+26.2 |
| Santa Cruz County, CA | Democratic | D+34.1 |
| Shasta County, CA | Republican | R+34.8 |
| Sierra County, CA | Republican | R+34.2 |
| Siskiyou County, CA | Republican | R+29.6 |
| Solano County, CA | Democratic | D+17.8 |
| Sonoma County, CA | Democratic | D+27.3 |
| Stanislaus County, CA | Republican | R+8.4 |
| Sutter County, CA | Republican | R+33.6 |
| Tehama County, CA | Republican | R+32.4 |
| Trinity County, CA | Republican | R+24.3 |
| Tulare County, CA | Republican | R+23.5 |
| Tuolumne County, CA | Republican | R+16.1 |
| Ventura County, CA | Republican | R+1.0 |
| Yolo County, CA | Democratic | D+17.4 |
| Yuba County, CA | Republican | R+26.6 |
California results by county
58 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alameda County | Al Gore+223,610 | 342,88969.4% | 119,27924.1% | 4,6690.9% | 494,336 |
| Alpine County | George W. Bush+16 | 26545.2% | 28148.0% | 152.6% | 586 |
| Amador County | George W. Bush+2,860 | 5,90638.2% | 8,76656.7% | 2081.3% | 15,464 |
| Butte County | George W. Bush+14,246 | 31,33837.4% | 45,58454.4% | 1,0721.3% | 83,721 |
| Calaveras County | George W. Bush+3,506 | 7,09337.6% | 10,59956.2% | 3211.7% | 18,876 |
| Colusa County | George W. Bush+1,884 | 1,74531.2% | 3,62964.9% | 651.2% | 5,590 |
| Contra Costa County | Al Gore+82,965 | 224,33858.8% | 141,37337.1% | 2,7000.7% | 381,478 |
| Del Norte County | George W. Bush+1,409 | 3,11737.6% | 4,52654.6% | 1662.0% | 8,294 |
| El Dorado County | George W. Bush+15,825 | 26,22036.3% | 42,04558.3% | 8581.2% | 72,136 |
| Fresno County | George W. Bush+22,283 | 95,05943.0% | 117,34253.1% | 1,8930.9% | 220,835 |
| Glenn County | George W. Bush+3,297 | 2,49828.7% | 5,79566.5% | 1501.7% | 8,711 |
| Humboldt County | Al Gore+1,632 | 24,85144.4% | 23,21941.5% | 8021.4% | 55,972 |
| Imperial County | Al Gore+2,965 | 15,48953.5% | 12,52443.3% | 3161.1% | 28,937 |
| Inyo County | George W. Bush+2,061 | 2,65233.9% | 4,71360.3% | 1061.4% | 7,815 |
| Kern County | George W. Bush+44,660 | 66,00336.2% | 110,66360.7% | 2,1681.2% | 182,308 |
| Kings County | George W. Bush+5,336 | 11,04139.0% | 16,37757.8% | 3501.2% | 28,335 |
| Lake County | Al Gore+2,018 | 10,71751.2% | 8,69941.6% | 2381.1% | 20,919 |
| Lassen County | George W. Bush+4,098 | 2,98228.2% | 7,08066.9% | 1851.7% | 10,586 |
| Los Angeles County | Al Gore+838,575 | 1,710,50563.5% | 871,93032.4% | 28,9881.1% | 2,695,154 |
| Madera County | George W. Bush+8,633 | 11,65034.9% | 20,28360.7% | 3821.1% | 33,395 |
| Marin County | Al Gore+44,263 | 79,13564.3% | 34,87228.3% | 8590.7% | 123,155 |
| Mariposa County | George W. Bush+1,911 | 2,81634.9% | 4,72758.5% | 1521.9% | 8,074 |
| Mendocino County | Al Gore+4,362 | 16,63448.3% | 12,27235.7% | 4531.3% | 34,410 |
| Merced County | George W. Bush+3,376 | 22,72645.1% | 26,10251.8% | 4240.8% | 50,418 |
| Modoc County | George W. Bush+2,024 | 94523.0% | 2,96972.3% | 711.7% | 4,107 |
| Mono County | George W. Bush+508 | 1,78840.9% | 2,29652.5% | 571.3% | 4,371 |
| Monterey County | Al Gore+23,857 | 67,61857.5% | 43,76137.2% | 1,0960.9% | 117,534 |
| Napa County | Al Gore+7,464 | 28,09754.3% | 20,63339.9% | 5231.0% | 51,724 |
| Nevada County | George W. Bush+8,328 | 17,67037.2% | 25,99854.8% | 5241.1% | 47,479 |
| Orange County | George W. Bush+149,480 | 391,81940.4% | 541,29955.8% | 10,9541.1% | 970,905 |
| Placer County | George W. Bush+27,386 | 42,44936.0% | 69,83559.3% | 1,0660.9% | 117,799 |
| Plumas County | George W. Bush+2,885 | 3,45833.2% | 6,34361.0% | 1441.4% | 10,401 |
| Riverside County | George W. Bush+29,379 | 202,57644.9% | 231,95551.4% | 4,9181.1% | 451,127 |
| Sacramento County | Al Gore+17,173 | 212,79249.3% | 195,61945.3% | 5,4801.3% | 431,550 |
| San Benito County | Al Gore+2,116 | 9,13154.3% | 7,01541.7% | 1500.9% | 16,831 |
| San Bernardino County | George W. Bush+7,008 | 214,74947.2% | 221,75748.7% | 6,6121.5% | 454,893 |
| San Diego County | George W. Bush+38,070 | 437,66645.7% | 475,73649.6% | 11,2531.2% | 958,634 |
| San Francisco County | Al Gore+190,082 | 241,57875.5% | 51,49616.1% | 1,8840.6% | 319,786 |
| San Joaquin County | George W. Bush+1,997 | 79,77647.7% | 81,77348.9% | 1,4950.9% | 167,239 |
| San Luis Obispo County | George W. Bush+12,333 | 44,52640.9% | 56,85952.2% | 9780.9% | 108,886 |
| San Mateo County | Al Gore+86,461 | 166,75764.3% | 80,29631.0% | 1,9130.7% | 259,399 |
| Santa Barbara County | Al Gore+1,918 | 73,41147.4% | 71,49346.1% | 1,4060.9% | 154,974 |
| Santa Clara County | Al Gore+143,740 | 332,49060.7% | 188,75034.4% | 7,8171.4% | 548,129 |
| Santa Cruz County | Al Gore+36,991 | 66,61861.5% | 29,62727.3% | 1,2611.2% | 108,350 |
| Shasta County | George W. Bush+23,151 | 20,12730.2% | 43,27865.0% | 1,0081.5% | 66,544 |
| Sierra County | George W. Bush+632 | 54029.2% | 1,17263.5% | 492.7% | 1,847 |
| Siskiyou County | George W. Bush+5,875 | 6,32331.9% | 12,19861.5% | 4262.1% | 19,819 |
| Solano County | Al Gore+23,512 | 75,11657.0% | 51,60439.2% | 1,1460.9% | 131,735 |
| Sonoma County | Al Gore+53,766 | 117,29559.5% | 63,52932.2% | 1,8580.9% | 197,006 |
| Stanislaus County | George W. Bush+10,740 | 56,44844.0% | 67,18852.4% | 1,2331.0% | 128,267 |
| Sutter County | George W. Bush+8,934 | 8,41631.7% | 17,35065.3% | 2040.8% | 26,564 |
| Tehama County | George W. Bush+6,763 | 6,50731.2% | 13,27063.6% | 3801.8% | 20,854 |
| Trinity County | George W. Bush+1,408 | 1,93233.3% | 3,34057.6% | 1292.2% | 5,797 |
| Tulare County | George W. Bush+21,064 | 33,00636.7% | 54,07060.2% | 9081.0% | 89,818 |
| Tuolumne County | George W. Bush+3,813 | 9,35939.4% | 13,17255.5% | 2471.0% | 23,727 |
| Ventura County | George W. Bush+2,915 | 133,25847.1% | 136,17348.2% | 3,0261.1% | 282,692 |
| Yolo County | Al Gore+10,690 | 33,74754.9% | 23,05737.5% | 5250.9% | 61,436 |
| Yuba County | George W. Bush+4,292 | 5,54634.4% | 9,83861.0% | 2361.5% | 16,127 |
Nominees: Al Gore (D) · George W. Bush (R)
California's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 2000 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 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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Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 2000 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.