Al Gore carried Iowa D+0.3.

Al Gore (D) vs George W. Bush (R) in Iowa, 2000. The state ran 1.0 points more Republican than the nation (D+1.4 nationally).

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

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Iowa result

1,315,563 votes counted

Gore (D)

638,517

48.5%

Bush (R)

634,373

48.2%

All others

13,299

1.0%

Margin

D+0.3

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2000 presidential election

Iowa, 2000

How it voted

Share of the 2000 vote

Al Gore ✓Democratic	48.5%	638,517
George W. BushRepublican	48.2%	634,373
OtherAll other candidates	1.0%	13,299

D+60

R+60

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

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Iowa's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2000 contest in context

Iowa's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−5.3%
1896	−12.6%
1900	−18.6%
1904	−32.7%
1908	−15.0%
1912	+13.3%
1916	−11.4%
1920	−45.5%
1924	−38.6%
1928	−24.2%
1932	+17.7%
1936	+11.7%
1940	−4.4%
1944	−4.5%
1948	+2.7%
1952	−28.2%
1956	−18.4%
1960	−13.5%
1964	+24.0%
1968	−12.2%
1972	−17.1%
1976	−1.0%
1980	−12.7%
1984	−7.4%
1988	+10.2%
1992	+6.0%
1996	+10.3%
2000	+0.3%
2004	−0.7%
2008	+9.5%
2012	+5.8%
2016	−9.3%
2020	−8.2%
2024	−13.2%

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County results — 2000

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−12.7%	1,753	2,275	4,123
Adams County	R	−12.7%	897	1,170	2,145
Allamakee County	R	−6.1%	2,883	3,277	6,462
Appanoose County	R	−7.6%	2,560	2,992	5,704
Audubon County	R	−3.4%	1,780	1,909	3,784
Benton County	D	+3.8%	5,915	5,468	11,766
Black Hawk County	D	+12.1%	30,112	23,468	55,085
Boone County	D	+5.3%	6,270	5,625	12,249
Bremer County	R	−4.5%	5,169	5,675	11,175
Buchanan County	D	+10.1%	5,045	4,092	9,410
Buena Vista County	R	−13.3%	3,297	4,354	7,977
Butler County	R	−16.4%	2,735	3,837	6,724
Calhoun County	R	−12.8%	2,132	2,776	5,041
Carroll County	R	−4.3%	4,463	4,879	9,568
Cass County	R	−25.1%	2,481	4,206	6,880
Cedar County	D	+0.0%	4,033	4,031	8,344
Cerro Gordo County	D	+12.6%	12,185	9,397	22,162
Cherokee County	R	−9.4%	2,845	3,463	6,592
Chickasaw County	D	+7.6%	3,435	2,936	6,584
Clarke County	D	+2.3%	2,081	1,984	4,176
Clay County	R	−9.2%	3,294	3,992	7,578
Clayton County	D	+2.4%	4,238	4,034	8,571
Clinton County	D	+13.7%	12,276	9,229	22,180
Crawford County	R	−9.8%	2,838	3,482	6,555
Dallas County	R	−9.0%	8,561	10,306	19,330
Davis County	R	−7.1%	1,691	1,956	3,758
Decatur County	R	−6.2%	1,674	1,903	3,709
Delaware County	R	−5.6%	3,808	4,273	8,349
Des Moines County	D	+20.5%	11,351	7,385	19,365
Dickinson County	R	−7.0%	3,660	4,225	8,121
Dubuque County	D	+14.6%	22,341	16,462	40,323
Emmet County	R	−3.6%	2,165	2,331	4,630
Fayette County	R	−1.1%	4,640	4,747	9,621
Floyd County	D	+8.8%	3,830	3,191	7,238
Franklin County	R	−10.8%	2,122	2,657	4,938
Fremont County	R	−16.9%	1,459	2,069	3,616
Greene County	D	+0.4%	2,301	2,282	4,719
Grundy County	R	−28.0%	2,139	3,851	6,111
Guthrie County	R	−6.3%	2,493	2,840	5,469
Hamilton County	R	−7.4%	3,407	3,968	7,574
Hancock County	R	−13.0%	2,281	2,988	5,438
Hardin County	R	−8.9%	3,734	4,486	8,435
Harrison County	R	−19.1%	2,551	3,802	6,543
Henry County	R	−6.6%	3,907	4,476	8,671
Howard County	D	+11.2%	2,426	1,922	4,491
Humboldt County	R	−18.2%	1,949	2,846	4,940
Ida County	R	−16.0%	1,411	1,968	3,491
Iowa County	R	−9.0%	3,230	3,894	7,413
Jackson County	D	+13.0%	4,945	3,769	9,032
Jasper County	R	−0.2%	8,699	8,729	17,835
Jefferson County	R	−5.1%	2,863	3,248	7,548
Johnson County	D	+25.2%	31,174	17,899	52,769
Jones County	D	+5.3%	4,690	4,201	9,143
Keokuk County	R	−7.9%	2,181	2,571	4,947
Kossuth County	R	−7.3%	3,960	4,612	8,878
Lee County	D	+19.9%	9,632	6,339	16,572
Linn County	D	+9.2%	48,897	40,417	92,064
Louisa County	D	+1.9%	2,294	2,207	4,637
Lucas County	R	−7.6%	1,934	2,262	4,303
Lyon County	R	−48.8%	1,313	3,918	5,342
Madison County	R	−8.2%	3,093	3,662	6,969
Mahaska County	R	−27.3%	3,370	5,971	9,543
Marion County	R	−18.2%	5,741	8,358	14,408
Marshall County	R	−2.6%	8,322	8,785	17,624
Mills County	R	−27.8%	2,039	3,684	5,915
Mitchell County	D	+5.1%	2,650	2,388	5,162
Monona County	R	−4.8%	2,086	2,304	4,560
Monroe County	R	−4.4%	1,699	1,858	3,647
Montgomery County	R	−29.3%	1,838	3,417	5,394
Muscatine County	D	+3.6%	8,058	7,483	16,076
O'Brien County	R	−35.5%	2,170	4,674	7,044
Osceola County	R	−37.6%	913	2,064	3,063
Page County	R	−32.5%	2,293	4,588	7,059
Palo Alto County	R	−0.3%	2,326	2,341	4,823
Plymouth County	R	−26.6%	3,499	6,189	10,118
Pocahontas County	R	−12.2%	1,736	2,242	4,141
Polk County	D	+5.6%	89,715	79,927	174,167
Pottawattamie County	R	−11.8%	14,726	18,783	34,467
Poweshiek County	R	−1.9%	4,222	4,396	8,980
Ringgold County	R	−4.6%	1,246	1,369	2,692
Sac County	R	−13.5%	2,099	2,776	5,033
Scott County	D	+4.3%	35,857	32,801	70,568
Shelby County	R	−24.6%	2,179	3,655	6,009
Sioux County	R	−68.7%	2,148	12,241	14,692
Story County	D	+3.5%	17,478	16,228	35,364
Tama County	D	+0.1%	4,045	4,034	8,315
Taylor County	R	−16.9%	1,247	1,770	3,096
Union County	R	−8.1%	2,540	3,003	5,740
Van Buren County	R	−16.2%	1,440	2,016	3,561
Wapello County	D	+13.5%	8,355	6,313	15,139
Warren County	R	−0.5%	9,521	9,621	19,653
Washington County	R	−9.8%	3,932	4,827	9,094
Wayne County	R	−12.1%	1,300	1,666	3,021
Webster County	D	+1.8%	8,479	8,172	17,048
Winnebago County	D	+0.5%	2,691	2,662	5,527
Winneshiek County	R	−3.3%	4,339	4,647	9,417
Woodbury County	R	−3.1%	17,691	18,864	37,896
Worth County	D	+13.7%	2,208	1,659	4,004
Wright County	R	−9.3%	2,796	3,384	6,336