2000 Presidential Election

George W. Bush [R]271 of 538 electoral votes
271
Electoral votes — George W. Bush
266
Electoral votes — Albert Gore, Jr.
270
Needed for a majority

Electoral College record, as published by the National Archives

President
George W. Bush [R]
Main Opponent
Albert Gore, Jr. [D]
Electoral Vote
Winner: 271 · Main Opponent: 266* · Total/Majority: 538/270
Vice President
Richard B. Cheney (271)
V.P. Opponent:
Joseph Lieberman (266*)
Notes

George W. Bush received fewer popular votes than Albert Gore Jr., but received a majority of electoral votes. An elector from the District of Columbia "cast a blank ballot", effectively abstaining, so DC cast only 2 of its 3 electoral votes for a candidate for both President and Vice President.

Popular vote by state — party lines

The FEC published no machine-readable candidate results for 2000; these are the House Clerk's certified returns, reported by the party line of each slate of electors.

StateRepublicanDemocraticOther linesTotal
Alabama941,173692,61132,4881,666,272
Alaska167,39879,00439,158285,560
Arizona781,652685,34165,0231,532,016
Arkansas472,940422,76826,073921,781
California4,567,4295,861,203537,19010,965,822
Colorado883,748738,227119,3931,741,368
Connecticut561,094816,01582,4161,459,525
Delaware137,288180,06810,173327,529
Florida2,912,7902,912,253138,0675,963,110
Georgia1,419,7201,116,23047,2582,583,208
Hawaii137,845205,28624,820367,951
Idaho336,937138,63726,041501,615
Illinois2,019,4212,589,026133,6614,742,108
Indiana1,245,836901,98051,4862,199,302
Iowa634,373638,51780,1321,353,022
Kansas622,332399,27650,6081,072,216
Kentucky872,520638,92332,6631,544,106
Louisiana927,871792,34445,4411,765,656
Maine286,616319,95145,250651,817
Maryland813,8271,144,00867,3772,025,212
Massachusetts878,5021,616,487239,0172,734,006
Michigan1,953,1392,170,418108,9444,232,501
Minnesota1,109,65901,329,0262,438,685
Mississippi572,844404,61416,726994,184
Missouri1,189,9241,111,13858,8302,359,892
Montana240,178137,12633,682410,986
Nebraska0231,78031,377263,157
Nevada301,575279,97827,873609,426
New Hampshire273,559266,34829,174569,081
New Jersey1,284,1731,788,850114,2033,187,226
New Mexico286,417286,78325,405598,605
New York2,258,5773,942,215759,4236,960,215
North Carolina1,631,1631,257,69226,1352,914,990
North Dakota174,8520113,404288,256
Ohio2,350,3632,183,628168,0074,701,998
Oklahoma744,337474,27615,6161,234,229
Oregon713,577720,342100,0311,533,950
Pennsylvania2,281,1272,485,967145,0914,912,185
Rhode Island130,555249,50829,049409,112
South Carolina786,892566,03730,9731,383,902
South Dakota190,700118,8046,765316,269
Tennessee1,061,949981,72032,5122,076,181
Texas3,799,6392,433,746174,2526,407,637
Utah515,096203,05352,605770,754
Vermont119,775149,02225,511294,308
Virginia1,437,4901,217,29084,6672,739,447
Washington1,108,8641,247,652130,9172,487,433
West Virginia336,475295,49716,152648,124
Wisconsin1,237,2791,242,987118,3412,598,607
Wyoming147,94760,4815,298213,726
District of Columbia18,073171,92311,898201,894
Total49,877,51049,567,0305,715,622105,160,162

Where a candidate also ran on another party's line (fusion voting, as in New York), those votes are counted under “Other lines.”

Electoral votes by state

StateElectoral Vote of each StateFor PresidentFor Vice-President
George W. Bush, of TexasAlbert Gore, Jr., of TennesseeRichard B. Cheney, of WyomingJoseph Lieberman, of Connecticut
Alabama99-9-
Alaska33-3-
Arizona88-8-
Arkansas66-6-
California54-54-54
Colorado88-8-
Connecticut8-8-8
Delaware3-3-3
District of Columbia3-2-2
Florida2525-25-
Georgia1313-13-
Hawaii4-4-4
Idaho44-4-
Illinois22-22-22
Indiana1212-12-
Iowa7-7-7
Kansas66-6-
Kentucky88-8-
Louisiana99-9-
Maine4-4-4
Maryland10-10-10
Massachusetts12-12-12
Michigan18-18-18
Minnesota10-10-10
Mississippi77-7-
Missouri1111-11-
Montana33-3-
Nebraska55-5-
Nevada44-4-
New Hampshire44-4-
New Jersey15-15-15
New Mexico5-5-5
New York33-33-33
North Carolina1414-14-
North Dakota33-3-
Ohio2121-21-
Oklahoma88-8-
Oregon7-7-7
Pennsylvania23-23-23
Rhode Island4-4-4
South Carolina88-8-
South Dakota33-3-
Tennessee1111-11-
Texas3232-32-
Utah55-5-
Vermont3-3-3
Virginia1313-13-
Washington11-11-11
West Virginia55-5-
Wisconsin11-11-11
Wyoming33-3-
Total538271266271266

Congressional results by state

Every candidate's certified vote in all 440 House races and 34 Senate races, from the Clerk's report. 471 of 474 races match the totals printed in the report's own recapitulation tables; 2 were unopposed with no vote count printed; 1 differ from the report's printed total and are flagged on their state's page.

AlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyomingPuerto RicoAmerican SamoaDistrict of ColumbiaGuamVirgin Islands

Official records

Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Federal Election Commission
National Archives — Office of the Federal Register

Provenance

Electoral College record
https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/2000
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Popular vote — Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 2000
https://history.house.gov/Institution/Election-Statistics/2000election/
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