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2000 United States presidential election

← 1996 November 7, 2000 2004 →

538 members of the Electoral College
270 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout51.2% Increase 2.2 pp
 
Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Texas Tennessee
Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman
Electoral vote 271 266
States carried 30 20 + DC
Popular vote 50,456,002 50,999,897
Percentage 47.87% 48.39%

President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

This workpage details the results of the 2000 United States presidential election, which was the 54th quadrennial presidential election held on November 7, 2000. Republican nominee George W. Bush, the governor of Texas and eldest son of former president George H. W. Bush, won the election, defeating Democratic vice president Al Gore. It was the fourth of five presidential elections, and the first since 1888, in which the winning candidate lost the popular vote, and is considered one of the closest elections in U.S. history, with longstanding controversy surrounding the ultimate results.

On election night, it was unclear who had won, with the electoral votes of the state of Florida still undecided. The returns showed that Bush had won Florida by such a close margin that state law required a recount. A month-long series of legal battles led to the highly controversial 5–4 Supreme Court decision Bush v. Gore, which ended the recount.

The recount having been ended, Bush won Florida by 537 votes, a margin of 0.009%. The Florida recount and subsequent litigation resulted in major post-election controversy, and with speculative analysis suggesting that limited county-based recounts would likely have confirmed a Bush victory, whereas a statewide recount would likely have given the state to Gore. Ultimately, Bush won 271 electoral votes, one vote more than the 270-to-win majority, despite Gore receiving 543,895 more votes (a margin of 0.52% of all votes cast). Bush won 11 states that had voted Democratic in the 1996 election: Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, Tennessee and West Virginia. This was the first election since 1948 in which the Democrats won the popular vote three times in a row.

As of 2022, this is the earliest election in which all four major-party presidential and vice-presidential candidates are still living. This was also the last time that New Hampshire voted for the Republican nominee.

Overview

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Results

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267 271
Al Gore George W. Bush
Electoral results
Presidential candidate Party Home state Popular vote Electoral
vote
Running mate
Count Percentage Vice-presidential candidate Home state Electoral vote
George W. Bush Republican Texas 50,462,412 47.87% 271 Dick Cheney Texas 271
Al Gore Democratic Tennessee 51,009,810 48.38% 266 Joe Lieberman Connecticut 266
Ralph Nader Green Connecticut 2,883,443 2.74% 0 Winona LaDuke Minnesota 0
Pat Buchanan Reform Virginia 449,181 0.43% 0 Ezola Foster California 0
Harry Browne Libertarian Tennessee 384,532 0.36% 0 Art Olivier California 0
Howard Phillips Constitution Virginia 98,027 0.09% 0 Curtis Frazier Missouri 0
John Hagelin Natural Law Iowa 83,710 0.08% 0 Nat Goldhaber California 0
James Harris Socialist Workers Ohio 7,039 0.01% 0 Margaret Trowe Iowa 0
L. Neil Smith Libertarian Colorado 5,775 0.01% 0 Vin Suprynowicz Nevada 0
David McReynolds Socialist New York 5,602 0.01% 0 Mary Cal Hollis Colorado 0
Other 31,659 0.03% Other
Total 105,425,985 100% 538 538
Needed to win 270 270
Popular vote
Gore
48.38%
Bush
47.87%
Nader
2.74%
Buchanan
0.43%
Others
0.58%
Electoral vote
Bush
50.37%
Kerry
49.44%
Abstaning
0.19%

Summary table

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State or
district
George W. Bush
Republican
Al Gore
Democratic
Ralph Nader
Green
Pat Buchanan
Reform
Harry Browne
Libertarian
Others Margin Total
votes
Votes %
EV
Votes %
EV
Votes %
EV
Votes %
EV
Votes %
EV
Votes %
EV
Votes %
Alabama 944,409 56.47% 9 695,602 41.59% 18,349 1.10% 6,364 0.38% 5,902 0.35% 1,925 0.12% 248,807 14.88% 1,672,551
Alaska 167,398 58.62% 3 79,004 27.67% 28,747 10.07% 5,192 1.82% 2,636 0.92% 2,583 0.90% 88,394 30.95% 285,560
Arizona 781,652 50.95% 8 685,341 44.67% 45,645 2.98% 12,373 0.81% 9,102 0.59% 96,311 6.28% 1,534,113
Arkansas 472,940 51.31% 6 422,768 45.86% 13,421 1.46% 7,358 0.80% 2,781 0.30% 2,513 0.27% 50,172 5.44% 921,781
California 4,567,429 41.65% 54 5,861,203 53.45% 418,707 3.82% 44,987 0.41% 45,520 0.42% 28,010 0.26% -1,293,774 -11.80% 10,965,856
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
D.C.
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Total 50,462,412 47.87% 271 51,009,810 48.38% 266 2,883,443 2.74% 449,181 0.43% 384,532 0.36% 236,607 0.22% 1 -547,398 -0.52% 105,425,985
George W. Bush
Republican
Al Gore
Democratic
Ralph Nader
Green
Pat Buchanan
Reform
Harry Browne
Libertarian
Others Margin Total
votes

Close states

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States where the margin of victory was under 10% (14 electoral votes):

  1. Arkansas, 5.44% (50,172 votes)
  2. Arizona, 6.28% (96,311 votes)

Results by state

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Alabama

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Alabama results by county
Map legend
  • Bush:
         50–60%
         60–70%
         70–80%
  • Gore:
         40–50%
         50–60%
         60–70%
         70–80%
         80–90%
2000 United States presidential election in Alabama
9 electoral votes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican George W. Bush 944,409 56.47% +6.35
Democratic Al Gore 695,602 41.59% –1.57
Independent Ralph Nader 18,349 1.10% N/A
Independent Pat Buchanan 6,364 0.38% –5.63
Libertarian Harry Browne 5,902 0.35% +0.01
Independent Howard Phillips 777 0.05% –0.10
Independent John Hagelin 447 0.03% –0.08
Write-in 701 0.04%
Margin of victory 248,807 14.88% +7.92
Total votes 1,672,551 100.00%
Republican win
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