Al Gore carried Minnesota D+2.4.

Al Gore (D) vs George W. Bush (R) in Minnesota, 2000. The state ran 1.0 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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Minnesota result

2,438,685 votes counted

Gore (D)

1,168,266

47.9%

Bush (R)

1,109,659

45.5%

All others

34,064

1.4%

Margin

D+2.4

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2000 presidential election

Minnesota, 2000

GoreD+2.4

How it voted

Share of the 2000 vote

Al Gore ✓Democratic	47.9%	1,168,266
George W. BushRepublican	45.5%	1,109,659
OtherAll other candidates	1.4%	34,064

D+60

R+60

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

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Minnesota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2000 contest in context

Minnesota's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+8.3%
1896	−15.7%
1900	−24.5%
1904	−55.1%
1908	−26.2%
1912	+12.6%
1916	−0.1%
1920	−51.2%
1924	−44.4%
1928	−16.9%
1932	+23.6%
1936	+30.8%
1940	+3.8%
1944	+5.5%
1948	+17.3%
1952	−11.2%
1956	−7.6%
1960	+1.4%
1964	+27.8%
1968	+12.5%
1972	−5.5%
1976	+12.9%
1980	+3.9%
1984	+0.2%
1988	+7.0%
1992	+11.6%
1996	+16.1%
2000	+2.4%
2004	+3.5%
2008	+10.2%
2012	+7.7%
2016	+1.5%
2020	+7.1%
2024	+4.2%

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County results — 2000

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aitkin County	D	+0.9%	3,830	3,755	8,260
Anoka County	R	−0.9%	68,008	69,256	145,619
Becker County	R	−20.2%	5,253	8,152	14,333
Beltrami County	R	−6.1%	7,301	8,346	17,217
Benton County	R	−11.1%	6,009	7,663	14,908
Big Stone County	D	+2.0%	1,430	1,370	2,980
Blue Earth County	R	−2.2%	12,329	12,942	27,402
Brown County	R	−21.2%	4,650	7,370	12,834
Carlton County	D	+20.2%	8,620	5,578	15,081
Carver County	R	−23.8%	12,462	20,790	35,021
Cass County	R	−11.8%	5,534	7,134	13,593
Chippewa County	R	−0.4%	2,952	2,977	6,352
Chisago County	R	−6.1%	9,593	10,937	21,987
Clay County	R	−6.8%	10,128	11,712	23,358
Clearwater County	R	−17.5%	1,466	2,137	3,824
Cook County	R	−4.4%	1,171	1,295	2,820
Cottonwood County	R	−14.0%	2,503	3,369	6,181
Crow Wing County	R	−13.4%	11,255	15,035	28,128
Dakota County	R	−1.0%	85,446	87,250	182,249
Dodge County	R	−10.5%	3,370	4,213	8,050
Douglas County	R	−20.1%	6,352	9,811	17,205
Faribault County	R	−8.5%	3,624	4,336	8,424
Fillmore County	D	+3.7%	5,020	4,646	10,223
Freeborn County	D	+10.4%	8,514	6,843	16,139
Goodhue County	R	−3.9%	9,981	10,852	22,257
Grant County	R	−8.2%	1,507	1,804	3,624
Hennepin County	D	+14.3%	307,599	225,657	573,846
Houston County	R	−5.7%	4,502	5,077	10,167
Hubbard County	R	−17.4%	3,632	5,307	9,613
Isanti County	R	−9.5%	6,247	7,668	14,929
Itasca County	D	+4.8%	10,583	9,545	21,714
Jackson County	R	−7.5%	2,364	2,773	5,438
Kanabec County	R	−9.5%	2,831	3,480	6,811
Kandiyohi County	R	−9.4%	8,220	10,026	19,285
Kittson County	R	−9.3%	1,107	1,353	2,637
Koochiching County	R	−9.0%	2,903	3,523	6,879
Lac qui Parle County	D	+6.8%	2,244	1,941	4,453
Lake County	D	+17.0%	3,579	2,465	6,563
Lake of the Woods County	R	−16.8%	848	1,216	2,187
Le Sueur County	R	−6.3%	5,361	6,138	12,331
Lincoln County	D	+2.3%	1,590	1,513	3,284
Lyon County	R	−11.8%	4,737	6,087	11,489
Mahnomen County	R	−9.0%	921	1,122	2,224
Marshall County	R	−19.3%	1,910	2,912	5,199
Martin County	R	−14.7%	4,166	5,686	10,371
McLeod County	R	−20.6%	5,609	8,782	15,394
Meeker County	R	−10.5%	4,402	5,520	10,672
Mille Lacs County	R	−8.3%	4,376	5,223	10,253
Morrison County	R	−19.9%	5,274	8,197	14,677
Mower County	D	+20.7%	10,693	6,873	18,480
Murray County	R	−6.6%	2,093	2,407	4,753
Nicollet County	R	−1.2%	7,041	7,221	15,327
Nobles County	R	−11.3%	3,760	4,766	8,872
Norman County	R	−6.4%	1,575	1,808	3,641
Olmsted County	R	−8.1%	25,822	30,641	59,392
Otter Tail County	R	−25.0%	9,844	16,963	28,511
Pennington County	R	−14.6%	2,458	3,380	6,320
Pine County	D	+2.2%	6,148	5,854	13,068
Pipestone County	R	−14.8%	1,970	2,693	4,894
Polk County	R	−13.0%	5,764	7,609	14,140
Pope County	R	−0.6%	2,771	2,808	5,987
Ramsey County	D	+20.8%	138,470	87,669	244,278
Red Lake County	R	−12.4%	830	1,090	2,090
Redwood County	R	−24.6%	2,681	4,589	7,748
Renville County	R	−6.2%	3,533	4,036	8,122
Rice County	D	+8.7%	13,140	10,876	26,021
Rock County	R	−13.8%	2,081	2,772	5,010
Roseau County	R	−35.8%	2,128	4,695	7,166
Scott County	R	−14.7%	17,503	23,954	43,793
Sherburne County	R	−15.3%	12,109	16,813	30,835
Sibley County	R	−19.1%	2,687	4,087	7,335
St. Louis County	D	+26.8%	64,237	35,420	107,464
Stearns County	R	−12.2%	24,800	32,402	62,476
Steele County	R	−8.2%	6,900	8,223	16,066
Stevens County	R	−6.9%	2,434	2,831	5,752
Swift County	D	+5.9%	2,698	2,376	5,437
Todd County	R	−17.1%	4,132	6,031	11,092
Traverse County	R	−9.0%	884	1,074	2,106
Wabasha County	R	−6.9%	4,522	5,245	10,531
Wadena County	R	−23.2%	2,251	3,733	6,382
Waseca County	R	−10.3%	3,694	4,608	8,864
Washington County	R	−1.7%	49,637	51,502	107,009
Watonwan County	R	−5.9%	2,258	2,562	5,134
Wilkin County	R	−29.8%	1,046	2,032	3,305
Winona County	D	+1.2%	11,069	10,773	23,918
Wright County	R	−16.4%	16,762	23,861	43,366
Yellow Medicine County	R	−1.3%	2,528	2,598	5,515