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Presidential Election of 2000, Electoral and Popular Vote Summary

Principal Candidates for President and Vice President:
Republican—George W. Bush; Richard B. Cheney (winner)
Democratic—Albert A. Gore, Jr.; Joseph I. Lieberman
Green—Ralph Nader; Winona LaDuke

	George W. Bush		Albert A. Gore, Jr.		Ralph Nader		Electoral votes
	Popular vote	%	Popular vote	%	Popular vote	%	R	D	G
Alabama	941,173	56%	692,611	42%	18,323	1%	9
Alaska	167,398	59	79,004	28	28,747	10	3
Arizona	781,652	51	685,341	45	45,645	3	8
Arkansas	472,940	51	422,768	46	13,421	1	6
California	4,567,429	42	5,861,203	53	418,707	4		54
Colorado	883,748	51	738,227	42	91,434	5	8
Connecticut	561,094	38	816,015	56	64,452	4		8
Delaware	137,288	42	180,068	55	8,307	3		3
DC	18,073	9	171,923	85	10,576	5		2¹
Florida	2,912,790	49	2,912,253	49	97,488	2	25
Georgia	1,419,720	55	1,116,230	43	13,432²	1	13
Hawaii	137,845	37	205,286	56	21,623	6		4
Idaho	336,937	67	138,637	28	12,292²	2	4
Illinois	2,019,421	43	2,589,026	55	103,759	2		22
Indiana	1,245,836	57	901,980	41	18,531²	1	12
Iowa	634,373	48	638,517	49	29,374	2		7
Kansas	622,332	58	399,276	37	36,086	3	6
Kentucky	872,492	57	638,898	41	23,192	2	8
Louisiana	927,871	53	792,344	45	20,473	1	9
Maine	286,616	44	319,951	49	37,127	6		4
Maryland	813,797	40	1,145,782	56	53,768	3		10
Massachusetts	878,502	33	1,616,487	60	173,564	6		12
Michigan	1,953,139	46	2,170,418	51	84,165	2		18
Minnesota	1,109,659	46	1,168,266	48	126,696	5		10
Mississippi	572,844	58	404,614	41	8,122	1	7
Missouri	1,189,924	50	1,111,138	47	38,515	2	11
Montana	240,178	58	137,126	33	24,437	6	3
Nebraska	433,862	62	231,780	33	24,540	4	5
Nevada	301,575	50	279,978	46	15,008	2	4
New Hampshire	273,559	48	266,348	47	22,198	4	4
New Jersey	1,284,173	40	1,788,850	56	94,554	3		15
New Mexico	286,417	48	286,783	48	21,251	4		5
New York	2,403,374	35	4,107,697	60	244,030	4		33
North Carolina	1,631,163	56	1,257,692	43	—	—	14
North Dakota	174,852	61	95,284	33	9,486	3	3
Ohio	2,351,209	50	2,186,190	46	117,857	3	21
Oklahoma	744,337	60	474,276	38	—	—	8
Oregon	713,577	47	720,342	47	77,357	5		7
Pennsylvania	2,281,127	46	2,485,967	51	103,392	2		23
Rhode Island	130,555	32	249,508	61	25,052	6		4
South Carolina	785,937	57	565,561	41	20,200	1	8
South Dakota	190,700	60	118,804	38	—	—	3
Tennessee	1,061,949	51	981,720	47	19,781	1	11
Texas	3,799,639	59	2,433,746	38	137,994	2	32
Utah	515,096	67	203,053	26	35,850	5	5
Vermont	119,775	41	149,022	51	20,374	7		3
Virginia	1,437,490	52	1,217,290	44	59,398	2	13
Washington	1,108,864	45	1,247,652	50	103,002	4		11
West Virginia	336,475	52	295,497	46	10,680	2	5
Wisconsin	1,237,279	48	1,242,987	48	94,070	4		11
Wyoming	147,947	68	60,481	28	4,625²	2	3
Total	50,456,002	47.87%	50,999,897	48.38%	2,882,955	2.74%	271	266

NOTE: Total electoral votes = 538. Total electoral votes needed to win = 270. Dash (—) indicates not on ballot.

Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding and other candidates.

1. The District of Columbia has 3 votes. There was 1 abstention.

2. Write-in votes.

Source: Federal Election Commission.

Voting age population (Census Bureau Population Survey for Nov. 2000): 205,815,000
Percentage of voting age population casting a vote for president: 51.3%

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