Presidential Election of 2000, Electoral and Popular Vote Summary

Updated June 26, 2019 | Infoplease Staff

This table provides information about the election results between candidates Albert A. Gore, George W. Bush, and Ralph Nader

Principal Candidates for President and Vice President:
Republican—George W. Bush; Richard B. Cheney (winner)
Democratic—Albert A. Gore, Jr.; Joseph I. Lieberman
Green—Ralph Nader; Winona LaDuke

  George W.
Bush		 Albert A.
Gore, Jr.		 Ralph
Nader		 Electoral votes
  Popular
vote		 % Popular
vote		 % Popular
vote		 % R D G
Alabama 941,173 56% 692,611 42% 18,323 1% 9    
Alaska 167,398 59 79,004 28 28,747 10 3    
Arizona 781,652 51 685,341 45 45,645 3 8    
Arkansas 472,940 51 422,768 46 13,421 1 6    
California 4,567,429 42 5,861,203 53 418,707 4   54  
Colorado 883,748 51 738,227 42 91,434 5 8    
Connecticut 561,094 38 816,015 56 64,452 4   8  
Delaware 137,288 42 180,068 55 8,307 3   3  
DC 18,073 9 171,923 85 10,576 5   21  
Florida 2,912,790 49 2,912,253 49 97,488 2 25    
Georgia 1,419,720 55 1,116,230 43 13,4322 1 13    
Hawaii 137,845 37 205,286 56 21,623 6   4  
Idaho 336,937 67 138,637 28 12,2922 2 4    
Illinois 2,019,421 43 2,589,026 55 103,759 2   22  
Indiana 1,245,836 57 901,980 41 18,5312 1 12    
Iowa 634,373 48 638,517 49 29,374 2   7  
Kansas 622,332 58 399,276 37 36,086 3 6    
Kentucky 872,492 57 638,898 41 23,192 2 8    
Louisiana 927,871 53 792,344 45 20,473 1 9    
Maine 286,616 44 319,951 49 37,127 6   4  
Maryland 813,797 40 1,145,782 56 53,768 3   10  
Massachusetts 878,502 33 1,616,487 60 173,564 6   12  
Michigan 1,953,139 46 2,170,418 51 84,165 2   18  
Minnesota 1,109,659 46 1,168,266 48 126,696 5   10  
Mississippi 572,844 58 404,614 41 8,122 1 7    
Missouri 1,189,924 50 1,111,138 47 38,515 2 11    
Montana 240,178 58 137,126 33 24,437 6 3    
Nebraska 433,862 62 231,780 33 24,540 4 5    
Nevada 301,575 50 279,978 46 15,008 2 4    
New Hampshire 273,559 48 266,348 47 22,198 4 4    
New Jersey 1,284,173 40 1,788,850 56 94,554 3   15  
New Mexico 286,417 48 286,783 48 21,251 4   5  
New York 2,403,374 35 4,107,697 60 244,030 4   33  
North Carolina 1,631,163 56 1,257,692 43 — — 14    
North Dakota 174,852 61 95,284 33 9,486 3 3    
Ohio 2,351,209 50 2,186,190 46 117,857 3 21    
Oklahoma 744,337 60 474,276 38 — — 8    
Oregon 713,577 47 720,342 47 77,357 5   7  
Pennsylvania 2,281,127 46 2,485,967 51 103,392 2   23  
Rhode Island 130,555 32 249,508 61 25,052 6   4  
South Carolina 785,937 57 565,561 41 20,200 1 8    
South Dakota 190,700 60 118,804 38 — — 3    
Tennessee 1,061,949 51 981,720 47 19,781 1 11    
Texas 3,799,639 59 2,433,746 38 137,994 2 32    
Utah 515,096 67 203,053 26 35,850 5 5    
Vermont 119,775 41 149,022 51 20,374 7   3  
Virginia 1,437,490 52 1,217,290 44 59,398 2 13    
Washington 1,108,864 45 1,247,652 50 103,002 4   11  
West Virginia 336,475 52 295,497 46 10,680 2 5    
Wisconsin 1,237,279 48 1,242,987 48 94,070 4   11  
Wyoming 147,947 68 60,481 28 4,6252 2 3    
Total 50,456,002 47.87% 50,999,897 48.38% 2,882,955 2.74% 271 266  
NOTE: Total electoral votes = 538. Total electoral votes needed to win = 270. Dash (—) indicates not on ballot.
Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding and other candidates.
1. The District of Columbia has 3 votes. There was 1 abstention.
2. Write-in votes.
Source: Federal Election Commission.

Voting age population (Census Bureau Population Survey for Nov. 2000): 205,815,000
Percentage of voting age population casting a vote for president: 51.3%

 

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