Indiana — 2000 presidential election
Recent presidential results
state2000 presidential electionIndiana · PresidentBushR+15.6
How it voted
Share of the 2000 vote
| George W. Bush ✓Republican | 56.6% | 1,245,836 |
|---|---|---|
| Al GoreDemocratic | 41.0% | 901,980 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 2.3% | 51,489 |
2000presidential margin
D+60R+60
92 counties, each filled by 2000 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Indiana cast 12 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (92 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County, IN | Republican | R+38.0 |
| Allen County, IN | Republican | R+25.2 |
| Bartholomew County, IN | Republican | R+27.9 |
| Benton County, IN | Republican | R+28.7 |
| Blackford County, IN | Republican | R+12.2 |
| Boone County, IN | Republican | R+45.7 |
| Brown County, IN | Republican | R+18.5 |
| Carroll County, IN | Republican | R+25.8 |
| Cass County, IN | Republican | R+25.8 |
| Clark County, IN | Republican | R+5.5 |
| Clay County, IN | Republican | R+27.4 |
| Clinton County, IN | Republican | R+31.8 |
| Crawford County, IN | Republican | R+12.1 |
| Daviess County, IN | Republican | R+42.8 |
| Dearborn County, IN | Republican | R+30.8 |
| Decatur County, IN | Republican | R+35.2 |
| DeKalb County, IN | Republican | R+28.5 |
| Delaware County, IN | Republican | R+2.8 |
| Dubois County, IN | Republican | R+32.5 |
| Elkhart County, IN | Republican | R+37.4 |
| Fayette County, IN | Republican | R+19.0 |
| Floyd County, IN | Republican | R+10.9 |
| Fountain County, IN | Republican | R+23.2 |
| Franklin County, IN | Republican | R+35.9 |
| Fulton County, IN | Republican | R+27.1 |
| Gibson County, IN | Republican | R+14.0 |
| Grant County, IN | Republican | R+24.4 |
| Greene County, IN | Republican | R+20.2 |
| Hamilton County, IN | Republican | R+50.5 |
| Hancock County, IN | Republican | R+41.1 |
| Harrison County, IN | Republican | R+19.1 |
| Hendricks County, IN | Republican | R+44.4 |
| Henry County, IN | Republican | R+14.6 |
| Howard County, IN | Republican | R+21.8 |
| Huntington County, IN | Republican | R+41.0 |
| Jackson County, IN | Republican | R+25.5 |
| Jasper County, IN | Republican | R+31.1 |
| Jay County, IN | Republican | R+18.9 |
| Jefferson County, IN | Republican | R+12.3 |
| Jennings County, IN | Republican | R+23.0 |
| Johnson County, IN | Republican | R+41.3 |
| Knox County, IN | Republican | R+14.5 |
| Kosciusko County, IN | Republican | R+52.4 |
| LaGrange County, IN | Republican | R+32.4 |
| Lake County, IN | Democratic | D+26.0 |
| LaPorte County, IN | Democratic | D+1.9 |
| Lawrence County, IN | Republican | R+34.7 |
| Madison County, IN | Republican | R+8.7 |
| Marion County, IN | Republican | R+1.3 |
| Marshall County, IN | Republican | R+29.3 |
| Martin County, IN | Republican | R+32.3 |
| Miami County, IN | Republican | R+32.8 |
| Monroe County, IN | Republican | R+4.0 |
| Montgomery County, IN | Republican | R+38.1 |
| Morgan County, IN | Republican | R+41.1 |
| Newton County, IN | Republican | R+20.9 |
| Noble County, IN | Republican | R+30.1 |
| Ohio County, IN | Republican | R+22.6 |
| Orange County, IN | Republican | R+28.0 |
| Owen County, IN | Republican | R+27.2 |
| Parke County, IN | Republican | R+21.1 |
| Perry County, IN | Democratic | D+4.9 |
| Pike County, IN | Republican | R+15.2 |
| Porter County, IN | Republican | R+7.4 |
| Posey County, IN | Republican | R+18.6 |
| Pulaski County, IN | Republican | R+28.6 |
| Putnam County, IN | Republican | R+27.2 |
| Randolph County, IN | Republican | R+20.9 |
| Ripley County, IN | Republican | R+32.7 |
| Rush County, IN | Republican | R+32.7 |
| Scott County, IN | Democratic | D+2.0 |
| Shelby County, IN | Republican | R+27.5 |
| Spencer County, IN | Republican | R+15.0 |
| St. Joseph County, IN | Democratic | D+0.1 |
| Starke County, IN | Republican | R+2.4 |
| Steuben County, IN | Republican | R+25.3 |
| Sullivan County, IN | Republican | R+5.9 |
| Switzerland County, IN | Republican | R+15.3 |
| Tippecanoe County, IN | Republican | R+17.0 |
| Tipton County, IN | Republican | R+32.7 |
| Union County, IN | Republican | R+32.2 |
| Vanderburgh County, IN | Republican | R+10.0 |
| Vermillion County, IN | Democratic | D+3.6 |
| Vigo County, IN | Republican | R+1.2 |
| Wabash County, IN | Republican | R+31.4 |
| Warren County, IN | Republican | R+19.8 |
| Warrick County, IN | Republican | R+20.0 |
| Washington County, IN | Republican | R+22.4 |
| Wayne County, IN | Republican | R+15.9 |
| Wells County, IN | Republican | R+39.3 |
| White County, IN | Republican | R+24.1 |
| Whitley County, IN | Republican | R+32.0 |
Indiana results by county
92 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | George W. Bush+4,780 | 8,55568.0% | 3,77530.0% | 2602.1% | 12,590 |
| Allen County | George W. Bush+28,790 | 70,42661.6% | 41,63636.4% | 2,2582.0% | 114,320 |
| Bartholomew County | George W. Bush+7,185 | 16,20062.9% | 9,01535.0% | 5542.1% | 25,769 |
| Benton County | George W. Bush+1,113 | 2,44163.0% | 1,32834.3% | 1052.7% | 3,874 |
| Blackford County | George W. Bush+596 | 2,69955.2% | 2,10343.0% | 911.9% | 4,893 |
| Boone County | George W. Bush+8,398 | 13,16171.5% | 4,76325.9% | 4722.6% | 18,396 |
| Brown County | George W. Bush+1,263 | 3,87156.8% | 2,60838.3% | 3385.0% | 6,817 |
| Carroll County | George W. Bush+2,137 | 5,10261.7% | 2,96535.9% | 2012.4% | 8,268 |
| Cass County | George W. Bush+3,893 | 9,30561.6% | 5,41235.8% | 3892.6% | 15,106 |
| Clark County | George W. Bush+2,057 | 19,41752.0% | 17,36046.5% | 5591.5% | 37,336 |
| Clay County | George W. Bush+2,788 | 6,39362.9% | 3,60535.5% | 1601.6% | 10,158 |
| Clinton County | George W. Bush+3,498 | 7,14165.0% | 3,64333.1% | 2071.9% | 10,991 |
| Crawford County | George W. Bush+510 | 2,32755.3% | 1,81743.2% | 651.5% | 4,209 |
| Daviess County | George W. Bush+4,175 | 6,87270.4% | 2,69727.6% | 1922.0% | 9,761 |
| Dearborn County | George W. Bush+5,432 | 11,45264.9% | 6,02034.1% | 1781.0% | 17,650 |
| Decatur County | George W. Bush+3,226 | 6,11566.7% | 2,88931.5% | 1671.8% | 9,171 |
| DeKalb County | George W. Bush+3,925 | 8,70163.1% | 4,77634.6% | 3082.2% | 13,785 |
| Delaware County | George W. Bush+1,229 | 22,10550.1% | 20,87647.3% | 1,1662.6% | 44,147 |
| Dubois County | George W. Bush+5,044 | 10,13465.4% | 5,09032.8% | 2801.8% | 15,504 |
| Elkhart County | George W. Bush+20,354 | 36,75667.5% | 16,40230.1% | 1,3242.4% | 54,482 |
| Fayette County | George W. Bush+1,645 | 5,06058.5% | 3,41539.5% | 1722.0% | 8,647 |
| Floyd County | George W. Bush+3,277 | 16,48654.9% | 13,20944.0% | 3351.1% | 30,030 |
| Fountain County | George W. Bush+1,691 | 4,40860.5% | 2,71737.3% | 1562.1% | 7,281 |
| Franklin County | George W. Bush+2,996 | 5,58767.0% | 2,59131.1% | 1611.9% | 8,339 |
| Fulton County | George W. Bush+2,258 | 5,21862.7% | 2,96035.5% | 1491.8% | 8,327 |
| Gibson County | George W. Bush+1,932 | 7,73456.2% | 5,80242.1% | 2361.7% | 13,772 |
| Grant County | George W. Bush+6,441 | 16,15361.2% | 9,71236.8% | 5212.0% | 26,386 |
| Greene County | George W. Bush+2,554 | 7,45259.1% | 4,89838.8% | 2692.1% | 12,619 |
| Hamilton County | George W. Bush+38,370 | 56,37274.2% | 18,00223.7% | 1,5522.0% | 75,926 |
| Hancock County | George W. Bush+9,440 | 15,94369.5% | 6,50328.3% | 5042.2% | 22,950 |
| Harrison County | George W. Bush+2,841 | 8,71158.5% | 5,87039.4% | 3152.1% | 14,896 |
| Hendricks County | George W. Bush+17,865 | 28,65171.2% | 10,78626.8% | 7841.9% | 40,221 |
| Henry County | George W. Bush+2,674 | 10,32156.4% | 7,64741.8% | 3471.9% | 18,315 |
| Howard County | George W. Bush+7,432 | 20,33159.6% | 12,89937.8% | 8652.5% | 34,095 |
| Huntington County | George W. Bush+5,994 | 10,11369.2% | 4,11928.2% | 3882.7% | 14,620 |
| Jackson County | George W. Bush+3,724 | 9,05462.0% | 5,33036.5% | 2181.5% | 14,602 |
| Jasper County | George W. Bush+3,468 | 7,21264.6% | 3,74433.5% | 2111.9% | 11,167 |
| Jay County | George W. Bush+1,520 | 4,68758.4% | 3,16739.4% | 1762.2% | 8,030 |
| Jefferson County | George W. Bush+1,465 | 6,58255.2% | 5,11742.9% | 2321.9% | 11,931 |
| Jennings County | George W. Bush+2,183 | 5,73260.4% | 3,54937.4% | 2132.2% | 9,494 |
| Johnson County | George W. Bush+17,452 | 29,40469.5% | 11,95228.3% | 9282.2% | 42,284 |
| Knox County | George W. Bush+2,185 | 8,48556.4% | 6,30041.8% | 2691.8% | 15,054 |
| Kosciusko County | George W. Bush+13,255 | 19,04075.3% | 5,78522.9% | 4591.8% | 25,284 |
| LaGrange County | George W. Bush+2,704 | 5,43765.2% | 2,73332.8% | 1632.0% | 8,333 |
| Lake County | Al Gore+45,689 | 63,38936.0% | 109,07862.0% | 3,5272.0% | 175,994 |
| LaPorte County | Al Gore+742 | 18,99447.8% | 19,73649.7% | 1,0172.6% | 39,747 |
| Lawrence County | George W. Bush+5,606 | 10,67766.1% | 5,07131.4% | 3942.4% | 16,142 |
| Madison County | George W. Bush+4,553 | 27,95653.5% | 23,40344.8% | 8571.6% | 52,216 |
| Marion County | George W. Bush+3,621 | 137,81049.2% | 134,18947.9% | 7,9042.8% | 279,903 |
| Marshall County | George W. Bush+4,725 | 10,26663.6% | 5,54134.3% | 3432.1% | 16,150 |
| Martin County | George W. Bush+1,490 | 3,00865.3% | 1,51832.9% | 831.8% | 4,609 |
| Miami County | George W. Bush+4,246 | 8,40165.0% | 4,15532.1% | 3722.9% | 12,928 |
| Monroe County | George W. Bush+1,624 | 19,14747.6% | 17,52343.6% | 3,5508.8% | 40,220 |
| Montgomery County | George W. Bush+4,992 | 8,89167.9% | 3,89929.8% | 3112.4% | 13,101 |
| Morgan County | George W. Bush+9,058 | 15,28669.4% | 6,22828.3% | 5222.4% | 22,036 |
| Newton County | George W. Bush+1,149 | 3,25059.0% | 2,10138.1% | 1592.9% | 5,510 |
| Noble County | George W. Bush+4,281 | 9,10364.0% | 4,82233.9% | 2912.0% | 14,216 |
| Ohio County | George W. Bush+564 | 1,51560.8% | 95138.2% | 261.0% | 2,492 |
| Orange County | George W. Bush+2,086 | 4,68762.8% | 2,60134.9% | 1702.3% | 7,458 |
| Owen County | George W. Bush+1,766 | 4,01961.8% | 2,25334.6% | 2313.6% | 6,503 |
| Parke County | George W. Bush+1,360 | 3,84159.6% | 2,48138.5% | 1251.9% | 6,447 |
| Perry County | Al Gore+362 | 3,46146.9% | 3,82351.8% | 1031.4% | 7,387 |
| Pike County | George W. Bush+961 | 3,56656.6% | 2,60541.3% | 1312.1% | 6,302 |
| Porter County | George W. Bush+4,367 | 31,15752.5% | 26,79045.1% | 1,4312.4% | 59,378 |
| Posey County | George W. Bush+2,068 | 6,49858.5% | 4,43039.9% | 1821.6% | 11,110 |
| Pulaski County | George W. Bush+1,578 | 3,49763.4% | 1,91934.8% | 1021.8% | 5,518 |
| Putnam County | George W. Bush+3,229 | 7,35261.9% | 4,12334.7% | 3963.3% | 11,871 |
| Randolph County | George W. Bush+2,114 | 6,02059.4% | 3,90638.6% | 2062.0% | 10,132 |
| Ripley County | George W. Bush+3,490 | 6,98865.5% | 3,49832.8% | 1891.8% | 10,675 |
| Rush County | George W. Bush+2,379 | 4,74965.2% | 2,37032.5% | 1652.3% | 7,284 |
| Scott County | Al Gore+154 | 3,76147.9% | 3,91549.9% | 1702.2% | 7,846 |
| Shelby County | George W. Bush+4,216 | 9,59062.6% | 5,37435.1% | 3462.3% | 15,310 |
| Spencer County | George W. Bush+1,344 | 5,09656.7% | 3,75241.7% | 1391.5% | 8,987 |
| St. Joseph County | Al Gore+122 | 47,58148.8% | 47,70348.9% | 2,1902.2% | 97,474 |
| Starke County | George W. Bush+213 | 4,34950.0% | 4,13647.5% | 2162.5% | 8,701 |
| Steuben County | George W. Bush+2,850 | 6,95361.7% | 4,10336.4% | 2212.0% | 11,277 |
| Sullivan County | George W. Bush+486 | 4,31952.3% | 3,83346.4% | 1101.3% | 8,262 |
| Switzerland County | George W. Bush+495 | 1,83156.5% | 1,33641.2% | 722.2% | 3,239 |
| Tippecanoe County | George W. Bush+7,886 | 26,10656.4% | 18,22039.4% | 1,9694.3% | 46,295 |
| Tipton County | George W. Bush+2,392 | 4,78465.4% | 2,39232.7% | 1401.9% | 7,316 |
| Union County | George W. Bush+911 | 1,83865.0% | 92732.8% | 632.2% | 2,828 |
| Vanderburgh County | George W. Bush+6,624 | 35,84654.1% | 29,22244.1% | 1,1531.7% | 66,221 |
| Vermillion County | Al Gore+240 | 3,13047.2% | 3,37050.8% | 1332.0% | 6,633 |
| Vigo County | George W. Bush+451 | 18,02149.7% | 17,57048.5% | 6371.8% | 36,228 |
| Wabash County | George W. Bush+4,044 | 8,32164.6% | 4,27733.2% | 2852.2% | 12,883 |
| Warren County | George W. Bush+747 | 2,21858.9% | 1,47139.0% | 792.1% | 3,768 |
| Warrick County | George W. Bush+4,456 | 13,20559.2% | 8,74939.2% | 3551.6% | 22,309 |
| Washington County | George W. Bush+2,193 | 5,86859.9% | 3,67537.5% | 2582.6% | 9,801 |
| Wayne County | George W. Bush+4,000 | 14,27356.7% | 10,27340.8% | 6052.4% | 25,151 |
| Wells County | George W. Bush+4,436 | 7,75568.7% | 3,31929.4% | 2071.8% | 11,281 |
| White County | George W. Bush+2,382 | 6,03761.0% | 3,65536.9% | 2122.1% | 9,904 |
| Whitley County | George W. Bush+3,973 | 8,08065.0% | 4,10733.0% | 2452.0% | 12,432 |
Nominees: Al Gore (D) · George W. Bush (R)
Indiana's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 2000 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +1.2% |
| 1896 | −2.9% |
| 1900 | −3.8% |
| 1904 | −13.8% |
| 1908 | −1.5% |
| 1912 | +20.0% |
| 1916 | −0.9% |
| 1920 | −14.6% |
| 1924 | −16.6% |
| 1928 | −20.1% |
| 1932 | +11.7% |
| 1936 | +14.7% |
| 1940 | −1.4% |
| 1944 | −5.7% |
| 1948 | −0.8% |
| 1952 | −17.1% |
| 1956 | −20.2% |
| 1960 | −10.4% |
| 1964 | +12.4% |
| 1968 | −12.3% |
| 1972 | −32.8% |
| 1976 | −7.6% |
| 1980 | −18.4% |
| 1984 | −24.0% |
| 1988 | −20.2% |
| 1992 | −6.1% |
| 1996 | −5.6% |
| 2000 | −15.6% |
| 2004 | −20.7% |
| 2008 | +1.0% |
| 2012 | −10.2% |
| 2016 | −19.0% |
| 2020 | −16.1% |
| 2024 | −19.0% |
Same ballot, 2000IN
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 2000 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.