Al Gore carried North Carolina D+12.8.

Al Gore (D) vs George W. Bush (R) in North Carolina, 2000. The state ran 11.5 points more Democratic than the nation (D+1.4 nationally).

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

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North Carolina result

2,911,262 votes counted

Gore (D)

1,631,163

56.0%

Bush (R)

1,257,692

43.2%

All others

22,407

0.8%

Margin

D+12.8

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2000 presidential election

North Carolina, 2000

GoreD+12.8

How it voted

Share of the 2000 vote

Al Gore ✓Democratic	56.0%	1,631,163
George W. BushRepublican	43.2%	1,257,692
OtherAll other candidates	0.8%	22,407

D+60

R+60

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

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North Carolina's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2000 contest in context

North Carolina's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+11.6%
1896	+5.8%
1900	+8.5%
1904	+20.1%
1908	+8.7%
1912	+47.3%
1916	+16.4%
1920	+13.5%
1924	+19.4%
1928	−9.9%
1932	+40.6%
1936	+46.8%
1940	+48.1%
1944	+33.4%
1948	+25.3%
1952	+7.8%
1956	+1.3%
1960	+4.2%
1964	+12.3%
1968	−10.3%
1972	−40.6%
1976	+11.0%
1980	−2.1%
1984	−24.0%
1988	−16.3%
1992	−0.8%
1996	−4.7%
2000	+12.8%
2004	−12.4%
2008	+0.3%
2012	−2.0%
2016	−3.7%
2020	−1.3%
2024	−3.2%

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County results — 2000

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alamance County	D	+25.2%	29,305	17,459	47,091
Alexander County	D	+37.6%	9,242	4,166	13,492
Alleghany County	D	+18.9%	2,531	1,715	4,313
Anson County	R	−20.4%	3,161	4,792	7,985
Ashe County	D	+21.5%	6,226	4,011	10,316
Avery County	D	+48.8%	4,956	1,686	6,694
Beaufort County	D	+22.5%	10,531	6,634	17,313
Bertie County	R	−30.3%	2,488	4,660	7,176
Bladen County	R	−8.4%	4,977	5,889	10,908
Brunswick County	D	+8.0%	15,427	13,118	28,839
Buncombe County	D	+8.8%	46,101	38,545	85,476
Burke County	D	+21.3%	18,466	11,924	30,658
Cabarrus County	D	+33.3%	32,704	16,284	49,381
Caldwell County	D	+33.5%	17,337	8,588	26,115
Camden County	D	+15.6%	1,628	1,187	2,831
Carteret County	D	+32.3%	17,381	8,839	26,461
Caswell County	D	+2.1%	4,270	4,091	8,422
Catawba County	D	+35.4%	34,244	16,246	50,841
Chatham County	R	−1.0%	10,248	10,461	20,931
Cherokee County	D	+31.7%	6,305	3,239	9,674
Chowan County	R	−0.3%	2,415	2,430	4,890
Clay County	D	+27.4%	2,416	1,361	3,852
Cleveland County	D	+17.1%	19,064	13,455	32,746
Columbus County	R	−8.9%	8,342	9,986	18,425
Craven County	D	+22.8%	19,494	12,213	31,985
Cumberland County	R	−0.6%	38,129	38,626	77,151
Currituck County	D	+22.3%	4,095	2,595	6,739
Dare County	D	+13.2%	7,301	5,589	13,002
Davidson County	D	+36.9%	35,387	16,199	52,047
Davie County	D	+46.7%	10,184	3,651	13,998
Duplin County	D	+9.5%	7,840	6,475	14,390
Durham County	R	−28.1%	30,150	53,907	84,604
Edgecombe County	R	−24.6%	6,836	11,315	18,202
Forsyth County	D	+12.6%	67,700	52,457	120,942
Franklin County	D	+6.5%	8,501	7,454	16,051
Gaston County	D	+34.1%	39,453	19,281	59,179
Gates County	R	−13.5%	1,480	1,944	3,446
Graham County	D	+38.6%	2,304	1,006	3,361
Granville County	R	−2.4%	7,364	7,733	15,194
Greene County	D	+14.9%	3,353	2,478	5,870
Guilford County	D	+2.2%	84,394	80,787	166,264
Halifax County	R	−20.8%	6,698	10,222	16,970
Harnett County	D	+23.2%	14,762	9,155	24,167
Haywood County	D	+10.4%	12,118	9,793	22,273
Henderson County	D	+34.0%	25,688	12,562	38,607
Hertford County	R	−39.3%	2,382	5,484	7,897
Hoke County	R	−18.4%	3,439	5,017	8,582
Hyde County	D	+2.0%	1,132	1,088	2,237
Iredell County	D	+31.6%	29,853	15,434	45,586
Jackson County	D	+4.2%	6,237	5,722	12,121
Johnston County	D	+32.8%	27,212	13,704	41,155
Jones County	D	+7.4%	2,114	1,822	3,964
Lee County	D	+16.1%	9,406	6,785	16,283
Lenoir County	D	+9.4%	11,512	9,527	21,163
Lincoln County	D	+30.7%	15,951	8,412	24,529
Macon County	D	+28.1%	8,406	4,683	13,234
Madison County	D	+14.1%	4,676	3,505	8,325
Martin County	R	−5.4%	4,420	4,929	9,366
McDowell County	D	+31.1%	9,109	4,747	14,011
Mecklenburg County	D	+2.7%	134,068	126,911	263,036
Mitchell County	D	+52.3%	4,984	1,535	6,600
Montgomery County	D	+10.8%	4,946	3,979	8,974
Moore County	D	+27.6%	19,882	11,232	31,301
Nash County	D	+18.4%	17,995	12,376	30,513
New Hanover County	D	+10.9%	36,503	29,292	66,319
Northampton County	R	−34.7%	2,667	5,513	8,200
Onslow County	D	+31.1%	19,657	10,269	30,215
Orange County	R	−26.3%	17,930	30,921	49,344
Pamlico County	D	+15.5%	2,999	2,188	5,242
Pasquotank County	R	−8.5%	4,943	5,874	10,903
Pender County	D	+8.8%	7,661	6,415	14,154
Perquimans County	D	+4.6%	2,230	2,033	4,306
Person County	D	+14.2%	6,722	5,042	11,833
Pitt County	D	+8.1%	23,192	19,685	43,075
Polk County	D	+23.6%	5,074	3,114	8,303
Randolph County	D	+45.9%	30,959	11,366	42,696
Richmond County	R	−11.7%	6,263	7,935	14,269
Robeson County	R	−20.5%	11,721	17,834	29,747
Rockingham County	D	+17.6%	18,979	13,260	32,528
Rowan County	D	+31.8%	28,922	14,891	44,133
Rutherford County	D	+27.9%	13,755	7,697	21,716
Sampson County	D	+8.5%	10,410	8,768	19,239
Scotland County	R	−20.1%	3,740	5,627	9,403
Stanly County	D	+37.2%	15,548	7,066	22,818
Stokes County	D	+40.7%	12,028	5,030	17,182
Surry County	D	+32.7%	15,401	7,757	23,358
Swain County	D	+2.9%	2,224	2,097	4,370
Transylvania County	D	+27.9%	9,011	5,044	14,225
Tyrrell County	R	−9.1%	706	849	1,566
Union County	D	+36.0%	31,876	14,890	47,161
Vance County	R	−12.0%	5,564	7,092	12,701
Wake County	D	+7.1%	142,494	123,466	268,220
Warren County	R	−34.9%	2,202	4,576	6,795
Washington County	R	−10.9%	2,169	2,704	4,890
Watauga County	D	+13.2%	10,438	7,959	18,723
Wayne County	D	+22.9%	20,758	13,005	33,884
Wilkes County	D	+39.5%	16,826	7,226	24,323
Wilson County	D	+8.9%	13,466	11,266	24,826
Yadkin County	D	+53.4%	10,435	3,127	13,682
Yancey County	D	+14.3%	4,970	3,714	8,764