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Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Bush/Cheney and blue denotes those won by Gore/Lieberman. One of D.C.'s three electors abstained from casting a vote for president or vice president. Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each state and the District of Columbia.
It is a way to view the relative competitiveness of each state. These maps are also available as a timeline for each election from 1972-2020. Results of the presidential election of 2000, won by George W. Bush with 271 electoral votes.
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United States presidential election of 2000, American presidential election held on Nov. 7, 2000, in which Republican George W. Bush narrowly lost the popular vote to Democrat Al Gore but defeated Gore in the electoral college.
Gore, as Bill Clinton’s vice president for eight years, was the clear favourite in the primary to win the Democratic nomination. He captured it easily, seeing off a challenge from Bill Bradley, a former U.S. senator from New Jersey.
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Most of the excitement in the primaries came on the Republican side, as Bush faced a stiff challenge from John McCain, a U.S. senator from Arizona; other candidates included businessman Steve Forbes, diplomat and conservative commentator Alan Keyes, U.S. senator Orrin Hatch, and conservative activist Gary Bauer. Bush ultimately prevailed after a strenuous fight, including an especially brutal effort by the Bush campaign in the South Carolina primary.
Despite the continued economic growth that Gore could attribute to his economic stewardship with Clinton, early in the general election campaign it appeared that Bush might easily defeat Gore, who appeared wooden and dismissive of Bush in the campaign’s debates and who was criticized repeatedly by the Bush campaign as an exaggerator. In late October, however, the gap in the polls between Bush and Gore narrowed dramatically.
On election night, no clear winner emerged. Print and broadcast media cited often contradictory exit-polling numbers, and the races in Oregon and New Mexico would remain too close to call for some days. Ultimately, the contest focused on Florida. Networks initially projected Gore the winner in Florida, but later they declared that Bush had opened an insurmountable lead. Gore called Bush to concede the election, but in the early hours of the following morning it became apparent that the Florida race was much closer than Gore’s staff had originally believed. Fewer than 600 votes separated the candidates, and that margin appeared to be narrowing. About 3:00 am Gore called a stunned Bush to retract his concession.
Election Notes: In the District of Columbia, one Gore Elector abstained from voting. The 2000 Campaign: Candidates on the Issues; Pre-Election Polls; Related Articles: November 7, 2000 - Election Night Timeline; November 7, 2000 - Post Election Night Timeline; How the Bellwether States and Counties Voted in the 2000 Presidential Election
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Total State Votes: 1,666,272 LASKA Bush, George W. R 167,398 58.62 Gore, Al D 79,004 27.67 Nader, Ralph GRN 28,747 10.07 Buchanan, Pat REF 5,192 1.82 Browne, Harry LBT 2,636 0.92 Scattered W 1,068 0.37 Hagelin, John NL 919 0.32 Phillips, Howard CON 596 0.21 Federal Elections 2000: Presidential General Election Results by State
Electoral Vote: Popular Vote Presidential: Vice Presidential Republican: George W. Bush: Richard Cheney: 271: 50.4%: 50,455,156: 47.9% Democratic Albert Gore, Jr. Joseph Lieberman: 266: 49.4%: 50,992,335: 48.4% Green Ralph Nader: Winona LaDuke: 0: 0%: 2,882,738 2.7%
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