Al Gore carried Washington D+5.6.

Al Gore (D) vs George W. Bush (R) in Washington, 2000. The state ran 4.2 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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Washington result

2,488,745 votes counted

Gore (D)

1,247,652

50.1%

Bush (R)

1,108,864

44.6%

All others

29,227

1.2%

Margin

D+5.6

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2000 presidential election

Washington, 2000

GoreD+5.6

How it voted

Share of the 2000 vote

Al Gore ✓Democratic	50.1%	1,247,652
George W. BushRepublican	44.6%	1,108,864
OtherAll other candidates	1.2%	29,227

D+60

R+60

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

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Washington's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2000 contest in context

Washington's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−7.6%
1896	+15.1%
1900	−11.7%
1904	−50.6%
1908	−25.8%
1912	+5.1%
1916	+4.2%
1920	−34.8%
1924	−42.1%
1928	−35.8%
1932	+23.5%
1936	+36.5%
1940	+17.6%
1944	+14.6%
1948	+9.8%
1952	−9.6%
1956	−8.5%
1960	−2.4%
1964	+24.6%
1968	+2.1%
1972	−18.3%
1976	−3.9%
1980	−12.3%
1984	−13.0%
1988	+1.6%
1992	+11.4%
1996	+12.5%
2000	+5.6%
2004	+7.2%
2008	+17.2%
2012	+14.8%
2016	+15.7%
2020	+19.2%
2024	+18.2%

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County results — 2000

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−40.9%	1,406	3,440	4,974
Asotin County	R	−27.2%	2,736	4,909	7,985
Benton County	R	−31.5%	19,512	38,367	59,779
Chelan County	R	−32.2%	8,412	16,980	26,576
Clallam County	R	−7.7%	13,779	16,251	32,232
Clark County	R	−4.0%	61,767	67,219	135,544
Columbia County	R	−47.8%	515	1,523	2,107
Cowlitz County	D	+3.7%	18,233	16,873	36,962
Douglas County	R	−36.5%	3,822	8,512	12,855
Ferry County	R	−31.7%	932	1,896	3,038
Franklin County	R	−28.9%	4,653	8,594	13,614
Garfield County	R	−51.3%	300	982	1,329
Grant County	R	−36.8%	7,073	15,830	23,798
Grays Harbor County	D	+8.0%	13,304	11,225	25,972
Island County	R	−4.9%	14,778	16,408	33,004
Jefferson County	D	+13.8%	8,281	6,095	15,833
King County	D	+25.6%	476,700	273,171	794,196
Kitsap County	D	+3.8%	50,302	46,427	102,867
Kittitas County	R	−15.7%	5,516	7,727	14,086
Klickitat County	R	−18.3%	3,062	4,557	8,181
Lewis County	R	−28.9%	9,891	18,565	29,986
Lincoln County	R	−41.0%	1,417	3,546	5,197
Mason County	D	+2.8%	10,876	10,257	22,480
Okanogan County	R	−34.1%	4,335	9,384	14,798
Pacific County	D	+9.0%	4,895	4,042	9,519
Pend Oreille County	R	−20.3%	1,973	3,076	5,438
Pierce County	D	+7.4%	138,249	118,431	268,926
San Juan County	D	+16.9%	4,426	3,005	8,424
Skagit County	R	−3.8%	20,432	22,163	45,221
Skamania County	R	−9.4%	1,753	2,151	4,249
Snohomish County	D	+8.0%	129,612	109,615	251,328
Spokane County	R	−8.5%	74,604	89,299	172,112
Stevens County	R	−31.9%	5,560	11,299	17,999
Thurston County	D	+10.8%	50,467	39,924	97,422
Wahkiakum County	R	−11.7%	803	1,033	1,973
Walla Walla County	R	−28.6%	7,188	13,304	21,365
Whatcom County	R	−0.3%	34,033	34,287	73,757
Whitman County	R	−15.4%	6,509	9,003	16,237
Yakima County	R	−20.7%	25,546	39,494	67,382