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Main article: 2000 United States presidential election

2000 United States presidential election

November 7, 2000
538 members of the Electoral College 270 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout	51.2% 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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  Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Bush/Cheney and blue denotes those won by Gore/Lieberman. One of D.C.'s three electors abstained from casting a vote for president or vice president. Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each state and the District of Columbia.
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  Results by county, shaded according to winning candidate's percentage of the vote.

Results

See also: List of 2000 United States presidential electors

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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

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

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

Alabama

Main article: 2000 United States presidential election in Alabama

Alabama results by county

Map legend

• Bush:
       50–60%
       60–70%
       70–80%
• Gore:
       40–50%
       50–60%
       60–70%
       70–80%
       80–90%

Flipped counties

• Republican: Butler, Chambers, Cherokee, Clarke, Coosa, Crenshaw, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Marion, Pickens, Walker, Washington

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

External links

• Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections