November 5, 2000

George W. Bush Wins 2000

George W. Bush defeats Al Gore with 289 electoral votes, winning 30 states.

Al Gore

249 EV

270 to win

George W. Bush

289 EV

249

289

270

George W. Bush wins

289

Electoral Votes

47.9%

Popular Vote

States Carried

105,421,811

Total Votes Cast

George W. Bush won the Electoral College despite losing the popular vote by 547,318 votes

George W. Bush won the 2000 presidential election with 289 electoral votes to Al Gore's 249. George W. Bush received 47.9% of the popular vote and carried 30 states. Compared to the previous election, 100 counties changed parties—100 flipped Republican and 0 flipped Democratic.

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State Results

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Recent Presidential Elections

Year	Democrat	Republican	Electoral	Popular	Winner
2000	Al Gore	George W. Bush	249-289	D+0.5%	GOP
1996	Bill Clinton	Bob Dole	364-174	D+8.5%	DEM
1992	Bill Clinton	George H.W. Bush	353-185	D+5.6%	DEM
1988	Michael Dukakis	George H.W. Bush	100-438	R+7.7%	GOP
1984	Walter Mondale	Ronald Reagan	13-525	R+18.2%	GOP

State-by-State Results

21 Dem30 Rep

Battleground States (Margin < 5%)

State	EV	2000	1996	1992	1988	1984
District of Columbia	3	D+76.2	D+75.8	D+75.5	D+68.3	D+71.7
Rhode Island	4	D+29.1	D+32.9	D+18.0	D+11.7	R+3.6
Massachusetts	11	D+27.3	D+33.4	D+18.5	D+7.8	R+2.8
New York	28	D+25.0	D+28.9	D+15.8	D+4.1	R+8.0
Hawaii	4	D+18.3	D+25.3	D+11.4	D+9.5	R+11.3
Connecticut	7	D+17.5	D+18.1	D+6.4	R+5.1	R+21.9
Maryland	10	D+16.4	D+16.0	D+14.2	R+2.9	R+5.5
New Jersey	14	D+15.8	D+17.9	D+2.4	R+13.6	R+20.9
Delaware	3	D+13.1	D+15.3	D+8.2	R+12.4	R+19.9
Illinois	19	D+12.0	D+17.5	D+14.2	R+2.1	R+12.9
California	54	D+11.8	D+12.9	D+13.4	R+3.6	R+16.3
Vermont	3	D+9.9	D+22.3	D+15.7	R+3.5	R+17.1
Washington	12	D+5.6	D+12.5	D+11.4	D+1.6	R+13.0
Michigan	15	D+5.1	D+13.2	D+7.4	R+7.9	R+19.0
Maine	4	D+5.1	D+20.9	D+8.4	R+11.4	R+22.1
Pennsylvania	19	D+4.2	D+9.2	D+9.0	R+2.3	R+7.3
Minnesota	10	D+2.4	D+16.1	D+11.6	D+7.0	D+0.2
Oregon	8	D+0.4	D+8.1	D+9.9	D+4.7	R+12.2
Iowa	6	D+0.3	D+10.3	D+6.0	D+10.2	R+7.4
Wisconsin	10	D+0.2	D+10.3	D+4.3	D+3.6	R+9.2
New Mexico	5	D+0.1	D+7.3	D+8.6	R+5.0	R+20.5
Florida	30	R+0.0	D+5.7	R+1.9	R+22.4	R+30.7
New Hampshire	4	R+1.3	D+10.3	D+1.2	R+26.2	R+37.7
Missouri	10	R+3.3	D+6.3	D+10.2	R+4.0	R+20.1
Ohio	17	R+3.5	D+6.4	D+1.8	R+10.8	R+18.8
Nevada	6	R+3.5	D+1.0	D+2.6	R+20.9	R+33.9
Tennessee	11	R+3.9	D+2.4	D+4.7	R+16.3	R+16.3
Arkansas	6	R+5.4	D+16.9	D+17.7	R+14.2	R+22.2
Arizona	11	R+6.3	D+2.2	R+1.9	R+21.2	R+33.9
West Virginia	4	R+6.3	D+14.8	D+13.0	D+4.7	R+10.5
Louisiana	8	R+7.7	D+12.1	D+4.6	R+10.2	R+22.6
Virginia	13	R+8.1	R+2.0	R+4.4	R+20.5	R+25.2
Colorado	10	R+8.4	R+1.4	D+4.3	R+7.8	R+28.3
Georgia	16	R+11.7	R+1.2	D+0.6	R+20.3	R+20.4
North Carolina	16	R+12.8	R+4.7	R+0.8	R+16.3	R+24.0
Alabama	9	R+14.9	R+7.0	R+6.8	R+19.3	R+22.4
Kentucky	8	R+15.1	D+1.0	D+3.2	R+11.6	R+20.7
Indiana	11	R+15.6	R+5.6	R+6.1	R+20.2	R+24.0
South Carolina	9	R+15.9	R+6.0	R+8.2	R+23.9	R+28.0
Mississippi	6	R+16.9	R+5.1	R+8.9	R+20.8	R+24.5
Kansas	6	R+20.8	R+18.2	R+5.1	R+13.2	R+33.7
Texas	40	R+21.3	R+4.9	R+3.5	R+12.6	R+27.5
Oklahoma	7	R+21.9	R+7.8	R+8.6	R+16.6	R+37.9
South Dakota	3	R+22.7	R+3.5	R+3.5	R+6.3	R+26.5
Montana	4	R+25.1	R+2.9	D+2.5	R+5.9	R+22.3
North Dakota	3	R+27.6	R+6.8	R+12.0	R+13.1	R+31.0
Nebraska	5	R+29.0	R+18.7	R+17.2	R+21.0	R+41.7
Alaska	3	R+30.9	R+17.5	R+9.2	R+23.3	R+36.8
Idaho	4	R+39.5	R+18.5	R+13.6	R+26.1	R+46.0
Wyoming	3	R+40.1	R+13.0	R+5.6	R+22.5	R+42.3
Utah	6	R+40.5	R+21.1	R+18.7	R+34.2	R+49.8

Counties That Changed Parties

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Flipped Republican

100 total

Tyler County, West Virginia, WVR+60.9%Mineral County, Montana, MTR+49.2%Cameron Parish, Louisiana, LAR+45.5%Mitchell County, Texas, TXR+44.8%Kent County, Texas, TXR+44.2%

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