Who won the 2000 presidential election?

George W. Bush (Republican) won the 2000 presidential election with 271 electoral votes and 47.9% of the popular vote.

What was the Electoral College result in 2000?

The 2000 Electoral College result was 267 Democratic to 271 Republican (538 total electoral votes, 269 needed to win).

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2000

Presidential Election · 2000

Elected President

George W. Bush

Republicandefeating Al Gore

267

Gore

Electoral

Votes

269 to win

271

Bush

267 EV269 needed to win271 EV

Popular Vote

Gore(DEM)48.4%

Bush(REP)47.9%

candidates(OTH)3.8%

National margin:D+0.5%

105,425,829 total votes cast

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Gore: 21 states · 266 EV|Bush: 30 states · 271 EV

	State	EV	Cum. EV ▲	Gore %	Votes	Bush %	Votes	Other %	Margin	Swing
▶	Utah	5	5	26.3%	203,053	66.8%	515,096	6.8%	R+40.5	↓ R+19.4
▶	Wyoming	3	8	27.7%	60,481	67.8%	147,947	—	R+40.1	↓ R+27.1
▶	Idaho	4	12	27.6%	138,637	67.2%	336,937	5.2%	R+39.5	↓ R+21.0
▶	Alaska	3	15	27.7%	79,004	58.6%	167,398	13.7%	R+30.9	↓ R+13.4
▶	Nebraska	5	20	33.3%	231,780	62.3%	433,862	—	R+29.0	↓ R+10.3
▶	North Dakota	3	23	33.0%	95,284	60.7%	174,852	6.3%	R+27.6	↓ R+20.8
▶	Montana	3	26	33.4%	137,126	58.4%	240,178	8.2%	R+25.1	↓ R+22.2
▶	South Dakota	3	29	37.6%	118,804	60.3%	190,700	—	R+22.7	↓ R+19.3
▶	Oklahoma	8	37	38.4%	474,276	60.3%	744,337	—	R+21.9	↓ R+14.1
▶	Texas	32	69	38.0%	2,433,746	59.3%	3,799,639	—	R+21.3	↓ R+16.4
▶	Kansas	6	75	37.2%	399,276	58.0%	622,332	—	R+20.8	↓ R+2.6
▶	Mississippi	7	82	40.7%	404,964	57.6%	573,230	—	R+16.9	↓ R+11.8
▶	South Carolina	8	90	40.9%	566,039	56.8%	786,426	—	R+15.9	↓ R+9.9
▶	Indiana	12	102	41.0%	901,980	56.6%	1,245,836	—	R+15.6	↓ R+10.1
▶	Kentucky	8	110	41.4%	638,898	56.5%	872,492	—	R+15.1	↓ R+16.1
▶	Alabama	9	119	41.6%	695,602	56.5%	944,409	—	R+14.9	↓ R+7.9
▶	North Carolina	14	133	43.2%	1,257,692	56.0%	1,631,163	—	R+12.8	↓ R+8.1
▶	Georgia	13	146	43.0%	1,116,230	54.7%	1,419,720	—	R+11.7	↓ R+10.5
▶	Colorado	8	154	42.4%	738,227	50.8%	883,745	6.9%	R+8.4	↓ R+7.0
▶	Virginia	13	167	44.4%	1,217,290	52.5%	1,437,490	—	R+8.0	↓ R+6.1
▶	Louisiana	9	176	44.9%	792,344	52.5%	927,871	—	R+7.7	↓ R+19.8
▶	West Virginia	5	181	45.6%	295,497	51.9%	336,475	—	R+6.3	↓ R+21.1
▶	Arizona	8	189	44.7%	685,341	51.0%	781,652	—	R+6.3	↓ R+8.5
▶	Arkansas	6	195	45.9%	422,768	51.3%	472,940	—	R+5.4	↓ R+22.4
▶	Tennessee	11	206	47.3%	981,720	51.1%	1,061,949	—	R+3.9	↓ R+6.3
▶	Nevada	4	210	46.0%	279,978	49.5%	301,575	—	R+3.5	↓ R+4.6
▶	Ohio	21	231	46.5%	2,186,190	50.0%	2,351,209	—	R+3.5	↓ R+9.9
▶	Missouri	11	242	47.1%	1,111,138	50.4%	1,189,924	—	R+3.3	↓ R+9.6
▶	New Hampshire	4	246	46.8%	266,348	48.1%	273,559	5.1%	R+1.3	↓ R+11.2
▶	Florida	25	271	48.8%	2,912,253	48.9%	2,912,790	—	R+0.0	↓ R+5.7
▶	District of Columbia	3*	2*	85.2%	171,923	8.9%	18,073	5.9%	D+76.2	↑ D+0.3
▶	Rhode Island	4	6	61.0%	249,508	31.9%	130,555	7.1%	D+29.1	↓ R+3.8
▶	Massachusetts	12	18	59.8%	1,616,487	32.5%	878,502	7.7%	D+27.3	↓ R+6.1
▶	New York	33	51	60.2%	4,113,791	35.2%	2,405,676	—	D+25.0	↓ R+3.9
▶	Hawaii	4	55	55.8%	205,272	37.5%	137,830	6.7%	D+18.3	↓ R+7.0
▶	Connecticut	8	63	55.9%	816,015	38.4%	561,094	5.6%	D+17.5	↓ R+0.7
▶	Maryland	10	73	56.6%	1,145,782	40.2%	813,797	—	D+16.4	↑ D+0.4
▶	New Jersey	15	88	56.1%	1,788,850	40.3%	1,284,173	—	D+15.8	↓ R+2.0
▶	Delaware	3	91	55.0%	180,068	41.9%	137,288	—	D+13.1	↓ R+2.2
▶	Illinois	22	113	54.6%	2,589,026	42.6%	2,019,421	—	D+12.0	↓ R+5.5
▶	California	54	167	53.5%	5,861,203	41.6%	4,567,429	—	D+11.8	↓ R+1.1
▶	Vermont	3	170	50.6%	149,022	40.7%	119,775	8.7%	D+9.9	↓ R+12.3
▶	Washington	11	181	50.1%	1,247,652	44.6%	1,108,864	5.3%	D+5.6	↓ R+7.0
▶	Michigan	18	199	51.3%	2,170,418	46.1%	1,953,139	—	D+5.1	↓ R+8.1
▶	Maine	4	203	49.1%	319,951	44.0%	286,616	6.9%	D+5.1	↓ R+15.8
▶	Pennsylvania	23	226	50.6%	2,485,967	46.4%	2,281,127	—	D+4.2	↓ R+5.0
▶	Minnesota	10	236	47.9%	1,168,266	45.5%	1,109,659	6.6%	D+2.4	↓ R+13.7
▶	Oregon	7	243	47.0%	720,342	46.5%	713,577	6.5%	D+0.4	↓ R+7.7
▶	Iowa	7	250	48.5%	638,517	48.2%	634,373	—	D+0.3	↓ R+10.0
▶	Wisconsin	11	261	47.8%	1,242,987	47.6%	1,237,279	—	D+0.2	↓ R+10.1
▶	New Mexico	5	266	47.9%	286,783	47.9%	286,417	—	D+0.1	↓ R+7.3

Margin = (Dem votes − Rep votes) ÷ total votes × 100. Swing = current margin − 1996 margin. Cum. EV orders each winning ticket's states from largest win to closest win and accumulates the official EV awarded in each state, so the closest state is that candidate's final cumulative total.Other % shown when > 5% of total votes.

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