2000 Presidential Election

Bush v. Gore

November 7, 2000 · The Post-Cold-War Era · 538 electoral votes, 270 to win

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

EV share
George W. BushRepublicanDick Cheney271
50,456,00247.90%30
Al GoreDemocraticJoe Lieberman266
50,999,89748.40%21
Ralph NaderGreenWinona LaDuke—2,882,9552.74%—
Pat BuchananReformEzola Foster—448,8950.43%—
Harry BrowneLibertarianArt Olivier—384,4310.36%—
Howard PhillipsConstitutionCurtis Frazier—98,0200.09%—

105,270,200 votes recorded for the candidates listed.

Results by state

AlabamaGeorge W. Bush56.8%9Al Gore · 41.8%
AlaskaGeorge W. Bush58.8%3Al Gore · 27.8%
ArizonaGeorge W. Bush51.0%8Al Gore · 44.7%
ArkansasGeorge W. Bush51.3%6Al Gore · 45.9%
CaliforniaAl Gore53.4%54George W. Bush · 41.6%
ColoradoGeorge W. Bush50.7%8Al Gore · 42.4%
ConnecticutAl Gore55.9%8George W. Bush · 38.9%
D of ColumbiaAl Gore85.4%3George W. Bush · 9.0%
DelawareAl Gore55.0%3George W. Bush · 41.9%
FloridaGeorge W. Bush48.8%25Al Gore · 48.8%
GeorgiaGeorge W. Bush54.9%13Al Gore · 43.2%
HawaiiAl Gore55.8%4George W. Bush · 37.5%
IdahoGeorge W. Bush67.2%4Al Gore · 27.6%
IllinoisAl Gore54.6%23George W. Bush · 42.6%
IndianaGeorge W. Bush57.1%12Al Gore · 41.4%
IowaAl Gore48.6%7George W. Bush · 48.2%
KansasGeorge W. Bush58.0%6Al Gore · 37.2%
KentuckyGeorge W. Bush56.5%8Al Gore · 41.4%
LouisianaGeorge W. Bush52.5%9Al Gore · 44.9%
MaineAl Gore49.1%4George W. Bush · 44.0%
MarylandAl Gore56.8%10George W. Bush · 40.0%
MassachusettsAl Gore59.1%12George W. Bush · 32.1%
MichiganAl Gore51.3%18George W. Bush · 46.1%
MinnesotaAl Gore47.9%10George W. Bush · 45.5%
MississippiGeorge W. Bush57.7%7Al Gore · 40.6%
MissouriGeorge W. Bush50.4%11Al Gore · 47.1%
MontanaGeorge W. Bush58.6%3Al Gore · 33.4%
NebraskaGeorge W. Bush62.2%5Al Gore · 33.2%
NevadaGeorge W. Bush49.5%4Al Gore · 45.9%
New HampshireGeorge W. Bush48.2%4Al Gore · 46.9%
New JerseyAl Gore56.1%15George W. Bush · 40.3%
New MexicoAl Gore47.9%5George W. Bush · 47.8%
New YorkAl Gore57.8%33George W. Bush · 33.1%
North CarolinaGeorge W. Bush55.9%14Al Gore · 43.1%
North DakotaGeorge W. Bush60.7%3Al Gore · 33.1%
OhioGeorge W. Bush50.0%21Al Gore · 46.4%
OklahomaGeorge W. Bush60.3%8Al Gore · 38.4%
OregonAl Gore46.9%7George W. Bush · 46.5%
PennsylvaniaAl Gore50.6%23George W. Bush · 46.4%
Rhode IslandAl Gore61.0%4George W. Bush · 31.9%
South CarolinaGeorge W. Bush56.8%8Al Gore · 40.8%
South DakotaGeorge W. Bush60.3%3Al Gore · 37.6%
TennesseeGeorge W. Bush51.1%11Al Gore · 47.3%
TexasGeorge W. Bush59.3%32Al Gore · 38.0%
UtahGeorge W. Bush66.8%5Al Gore · 26.3%
VermontAl Gore50.6%3George W. Bush · 40.7%
VirginiaGeorge W. Bush52.5%13Al Gore · 44.4%
WashingtonAl Gore50.1%11George W. Bush · 44.6%
West VirginiaGeorge W. Bush51.9%5Al Gore · 45.6%
WisconsinAl Gore47.9%11George W. Bush · 47.6%
WyomingGeorge W. Bush69.2%3Al 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

Democratic vs Republican

House

212–221

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