Gore won the popular vote; Bush won the presidency by 537 votes in Florida after a 36-day recount fight that ended in Bush v. Gore. The fourth popular-vote inversion, and the making of the modern election-law wars.
Elected
George W. Bush
Republican
Electoral vote
271 of 538
won while losing the popular vote
Popular vote
47.9%
50,456,002 votes
Turnout
54.2%
VEP 54.2% · VAP 52.0%
The result
George W. Bush
Republican · 47.90% of votes
271
electoral votes
Al Gore
Democratic · 48.40% of votes
266
electoral votes
Ralph Nader
Green · 2.74% of votes
—
electoral votes
Pat Buchanan
Reform · 0.43% of votes
—
electoral votes
Harry Browne
Libertarian · 0.36% of votes
—
electoral votes
Howard Phillips
Constitution · 0.09% of votes
—
electoral votes
EV share
George W. Bush
Republican
Dick Cheney
271
50,456,002
47.90%
30
Al Gore
Democratic
Joe Lieberman
266
50,999,897
48.40%
21
Ralph Nader
Green
Winona LaDuke
—
2,882,955
2.74%
—
Pat Buchanan
Reform
Ezola Foster
—
448,895
0.43%
—
Harry Browne
Libertarian
Art Olivier
—
384,431
0.36%
—
Howard Phillips
Constitution
Curtis Frazier
—
98,020
0.09%
—
105,270,200 votes recorded for the candidates listed.
Results by state
Alabama
George W. Bush · 56.8% · runner-up Al Gore 41.8%
9
electoral votes
Alaska
George W. Bush · 58.8% · runner-up Al Gore 27.8%
3
electoral votes
Arizona
George W. Bush · 51.0% · runner-up Al Gore 44.7%
8
electoral votes
Arkansas
George W. Bush · 51.3% · runner-up Al Gore 45.9%
6
electoral votes
California
Al Gore · 53.4% · runner-up George W. Bush 41.6%
54
electoral votes
Colorado
George W. Bush · 50.7% · runner-up Al Gore 42.4%
8
electoral votes
Connecticut
Al Gore · 55.9% · runner-up George W. Bush 38.9%
8
electoral votes
D of Columbia
Al Gore · 85.4% · runner-up George W. Bush 9.0%
3
electoral votes
Delaware
Al Gore · 55.0% · runner-up George W. Bush 41.9%
3
electoral votes
Florida
George W. Bush · 48.8% · runner-up Al Gore 48.8%
25
electoral votes
Georgia
George W. Bush · 54.9% · runner-up Al Gore 43.2%
13
electoral votes
Hawaii
Al Gore · 55.8% · runner-up George W. Bush 37.5%
4
electoral votes
Alabama
George W. Bush
56.8%
9
Al Gore · 41.8%
Alaska
George W. Bush
58.8%
3
Al Gore · 27.8%
Arizona
George W. Bush
51.0%
8
Al Gore · 44.7%
Arkansas
George W. Bush
51.3%
6
Al Gore · 45.9%
California
Al Gore
53.4%
54
George W. Bush · 41.6%
Colorado
George W. Bush
50.7%
8
Al Gore · 42.4%
Connecticut
Al Gore
55.9%
8
George W. Bush · 38.9%
D of Columbia
Al Gore
85.4%
3
George W. Bush · 9.0%
Delaware
Al Gore
55.0%
3
George W. Bush · 41.9%
Florida
George W. Bush
48.8%
25
Al Gore · 48.8%
Georgia
George W. Bush
54.9%
13
Al Gore · 43.2%
Hawaii
Al Gore
55.8%
4
George W. Bush · 37.5%
Idaho
George W. Bush
67.2%
4
Al Gore · 27.6%
Illinois
Al Gore
54.6%
23
George W. Bush · 42.6%
Indiana
George W. Bush
57.1%
12
Al Gore · 41.4%
Iowa
Al Gore
48.6%
7
George W. Bush · 48.2%
Kansas
George W. Bush
58.0%
6
Al Gore · 37.2%
Kentucky
George W. Bush
56.5%
8
Al Gore · 41.4%
Louisiana
George W. Bush
52.5%
9
Al Gore · 44.9%
Maine
Al Gore
49.1%
4
George W. Bush · 44.0%
Maryland
Al Gore
56.8%
10
George W. Bush · 40.0%
Massachusetts
Al Gore
59.1%
12
George W. Bush · 32.1%
Michigan
Al Gore
51.3%
18
George W. Bush · 46.1%
Minnesota
Al Gore
47.9%
10
George W. Bush · 45.5%
Mississippi
George W. Bush
57.7%
7
Al Gore · 40.6%
Missouri
George W. Bush
50.4%
11
Al Gore · 47.1%
Montana
George W. Bush
58.6%
3
Al Gore · 33.4%
Nebraska
George W. Bush
62.2%
5
Al Gore · 33.2%
Nevada
George W. Bush
49.5%
4
Al Gore · 45.9%
New Hampshire
George W. Bush
48.2%
4
Al Gore · 46.9%
New Jersey
Al Gore
56.1%
15
George W. Bush · 40.3%
New Mexico
Al Gore
47.9%
5
George W. Bush · 47.8%
New York
Al Gore
57.8%
33
George W. Bush · 33.1%
North Carolina
George W. Bush
55.9%
14
Al Gore · 43.1%
North Dakota
George W. Bush
60.7%
3
Al Gore · 33.1%
Ohio
George W. Bush
50.0%
21
Al Gore · 46.4%
Oklahoma
George W. Bush
60.3%
8
Al Gore · 38.4%
Oregon
Al Gore
46.9%
7
George W. Bush · 46.5%
Pennsylvania
Al Gore
50.6%
23
George W. Bush · 46.4%
Rhode Island
Al Gore
61.0%
4
George W. Bush · 31.9%
South Carolina
George W. Bush
56.8%
8
Al Gore · 40.8%
South Dakota
George W. Bush
60.3%
3
Al Gore · 37.6%
Tennessee
George W. Bush
51.1%
11
Al Gore · 47.3%
Texas
George W. Bush
59.3%
32
Al Gore · 38.0%
Utah
George W. Bush
66.8%
5
Al Gore · 26.3%
Vermont
Al Gore
50.6%
3
George W. Bush · 40.7%
Virginia
George W. Bush
52.5%
13
Al Gore · 44.4%
Washington
Al Gore
50.1%
11
George W. Bush · 44.6%
West Virginia
George W. Bush
51.9%
5
Al Gore · 45.6%
Wisconsin
Al Gore
47.9%
11
George W. Bush · 47.6%
Wyoming
George W. Bush
69.2%
3
Al Gore · 28.3%
The state table accounts for 268 of Al Gore's 266 official electoral votes. The remainder reflect split delegations, district allocations, faithless electors or votes not counted, as recorded at the electoral count.
The Congress it seated
107th Congress
2001–2003
Unified government
Senate
50–50
Republican control · Democratic–Republican
House
212–221 +2
Republican control · Democratic–Republican +2 independents