United States presidential election in Ohio, 2000
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County Results
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The 2000 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 21 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Ohio was won by Governor George W. Bush by a 3.51% margin of victory. Prior to the election, most news organizations considered Ohio a swing state.
Results
Bush won a narrow 3.51% victory. Bush performed strongly in most parts of rural Ohio. Gore kept the race close by running up big margins in Cuyahoga County, home of Cleveland. Gore also won the traditional working-class counties of Mahoning, Portage, and Trumbull counties. Gore only narrowly took Franklin County, home of Columbus, which at the time was a swing county but is now seen as reliably Democratic. As of the 2016 presidential election, this was the last presidential election in Ohio where the Democrat won Clark County, home of Springfield. Official state results from the Ohio Secretary of State are as follows
United States presidential election in Ohio, 2000 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
Republican | George W. Bush | 2,351,209 | 50.0% | 21 | ||
Democratic | Al Gore | 2,186,190 | 46.5% | 0 | ||
Green | Ralph Nader | 117,857 | 2.5% | 0 | ||
Libertarian | Harry Browne | 13,475 | 0.49% | 0 | ||
Reform | Pat Buchanan | 26,724 | 0.46% | 0 | ||
Natural Law | John Hagelin | 6,169 | 0.17% | 0 | ||
Constitution | Howard Phillips | 3,823 | 0.14% | 0 | ||
Write-ins | Write-ins | 10 | 0.22% | 0 | ||
Totals | 4,701,998 | 100.00% | 21 | |||
By county
County[1] | Bush% | Bush# | Gore% | Gore# | Others% | Others | Total |
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Adams | 62.34% | 6,380 | 34.99% | 3,581 | 2.68% | 274 | 10,235 |
Allen | 65.41% | 28,647 | 31.96% | 13,996 | 2.64% | 1,152 | 43,795 |
Ashland | 63.66% | 13,533 | 31.45% | 6,685 | 4.9% | 1,040 | 21,258 |
Ashtabula | 45.45% | 17,940 | 50.24% | 19,831 | 4.32% | 1,701 | 39,472 |
Athens | 38.13% | 9,703 | 51.71% | 13,158 | 10.16% | 2,586 | 25,447 |
Auglaize | 69.22% | 13,770 | 27.97% | 5,564 | 2.8% | 558 | 19,892 |
Belmont | 41.89% | 12,625 | 53.02% | 15,980 | 5.1% | 1,536 | 30,141 |
Brown | 61.03% | 10,027 | 36.35% | 5,972 | 2.63% | 430 | 16,429 |
Butler | 63.62% | 86,587 | 33.93% | 46,390 | 2.75% | 3,760 | 136,737 |
Carroll | 54.91% | 6,732 | 40.45% | 4,960 | 4.64% | 569 | 12,261 |
Champaign | 58.8% | 9,220 | 37.98% | 5,955 | 3.22% | 505 | 15,680 |
Clark | 48.06% | 27,660 | 48.62% | 27,984 | 3.32% | 1,915 | 57,559 |
Clermont | 67.45% | 47,129 | 29.95% | 20,927 | 2.59% | 1,821 | 69,877 |
Clinton | 65.19% | 9,824 | 31.79% | 4,791 | 3.02% | 455 | 15,070 |
Columbiana | 49.08% | 21,804 | 46.5% | 20,657 | 4.42% | 1,966 | 44,427 |
Coshocton | 57.77% | 8,243 | 39.21% | 5,594 | 2.99% | 431 | 14,268 |
Crawford | 60.84% | 11,666 | 35.05% | 6,721 | 4.12% | 789 | 19,176 |
Cuyahoga | 33.42% | 192,099 | 62.62% | 359,913 | 3.96% | 22,770 | 574,782 |
Darke | 63.68% | 14,817 | 33.27% | 7,741 | 3.04% | 709 | 23,267 |
Defiance | 58.74% | 9,540 | 38.02% | 6,175 | 3.25% | 527 | 16,242 |
Delaware | 66.13% | 36,639 | 30.93% | 17,134 | 2.94% | 1,630 | 55,403 |
Erie | 45.99% | 16,105 | 50.64% | 17,732 | 3.37% | 1,178 | 35,015 |
Fairfield | 61.97% | 33,523 | 35.24% | 19,065 | 2.79% | 1,506 | 54,094 |
Fayette | 61.27% | 5,685 | 36.25% | 3,363 | 2.48% | 230 | 9,278 |
Franklin | 47.78% | 197,862 | 48.79% | 202,018 | 3.42% | 14,194 | 414,074 |
Fulton | 61.1% | 11,546 | 36.01% | 6,805 | 2.89% | 545 | 18,896 |
Gallia | 58.79% | 7,511 | 38.13% | 4,872 | 3.07% | 393 | 12,776 |
Geauga | 59.66% | 25,417 | 35.98% | 15,327 | 4.36% | 1,856 | 42,600 |
Greene | 58.2% | 37,946 | 38.43% | 25,059 | 3.37% | 2,199 | 65,204 |
Guernsey | 53.02% | 8,181 | 43.05% | 6,643 | 3.92% | 606 | 15,430 |
Hamilton | 54.03% | 204,175 | 42.76% | 161,578 | 3.22% | 12,146 | 377,899 |
Hancock | 68.54% | 20,985 | 28.74% | 8,798 | 2.72% | 834 | 30,617 |
Hardin | 59.03% | 7,124 | 37.76% | 4,557 | 3.2% | 387 | 12,068 |
Harrison | 47.72% | 3,417 | 46.8% | 3,351 | 5.49% | 393 | 7,161 |
Henry | 64.37% | 8,530 | 32.95% | 4,367 | 2.68% | 355 | 13,252 |
Highland | 62.98% | 9,728 | 34.49% | 5,328 | 2.54% | 391 | 15,447 |
Hocking | 53.01% | 5,702 | 41.6% | 4,474 | 5.4% | 580 | 10,756 |
Holmes | 73.85% | 6,754 | 22.59% | 2,066 | 3.55% | 325 | 9,145 |
Huron | 57.52% | 12,286 | 38.31% | 8,183 | 4.17% | 891 | 21,360 |
Jackson | 55.71% | 6,958 | 41.08% | 5,131 | 3.21% | 401 | 12,490 |
Jefferson | 43.42% | 15,038 | 50.49% | 17,488 | 6.1% | 2,110 | 34,636 |
Knox | 63.0% | 13,393 | 33.55% | 7,133 | 3.46% | 734 | 21,260 |
Lake | 50.45% | 51,747 | 45.33% | 46,497 | 4.22% | 4,320 | 102,564 |
Lawrence | 51.25% | 12,531 | 46.24% | 11,307 | 2.51% | 614 | 24,452 |
Licking | 59.52% | 37,180 | 37.13% | 23,196 | 3.35% | 2,090 | 62,466 |
Logan | 64.2% | 11,849 | 32.21% | 5,945 | 3.58% | 661 | 18,455 |
Lorain | 42.75% | 47,957 | 53.32% | 59,809 | 3.93% | 4,414 | 112,180 |
Lucas | 39.15% | 73,342 | 57.83% | 108,344 | 3.03% | 5,664 | 187,350 |
Madison | 60.63% | 8,892 | 36.05% | 5,287 | 3.32% | 488 | 14,667 |
Mahoning | 35.45% | 40,460 | 60.65% | 69,212 | 3.89% | 4,447 | 114,119 |
Marion | 54.87% | 13,617 | 41.79% | 10,370 | 3.33% | 828 | 24,815 |
Medina | 55.84% | 37,349 | 39.82% | 26,635 | 4.34% | 2,899 | 66,883 |
Meigs | 58.7% | 5,750 | 37.51% | 3,674 | 3.8% | 371 | 9,795 |
Mercer | 68.25% | 12,485 | 28.49% | 5,212 | 3.26% | 597 | 18,294 |
Miami | 60.78% | 26,037 | 36.38% | 15,584 | 2.84% | 1,220 | 42,841 |
Monroe | 44.2% | 3,145 | 50.67% | 3,605 | 5.12% | 365 | 7,115 |
Montgomery | 47.53% | 109,792 | 49.61% | 114,597 | 2.86% | 6,598 | 230,987 |
Morgan | 57.58% | 3,451 | 37.73% | 2,261 | 4.68% | 281 | 5,993 |
Morrow | 61.08% | 7,842 | 35.28% | 4,529 | 3.66% | 468 | 12,839 |
Muskingum | 55.16% | 17,995 | 41.12% | 13,415 | 3.72% | 1,214 | 32,624 |
Noble | 57.36% | 3,435 | 38.34% | 2,296 | 4.29% | 257 | 5,988 |
Ottawa | 49.66% | 9,917 | 47.5% | 9,485 | 2.84% | 566 | 19,968 |
Paulding | 58.24% | 5,210 | 37.83% | 3,384 | 3.94% | 352 | 8,946 |
Perry | 50.2% | 6,440 | 45.95% | 5,895 | 3.84% | 493 | 12,828 |
Pickaway | 60.41% | 10,717 | 37.19% | 6,598 | 2.39% | 425 | 17,740 |
Pike | 50.5% | 5,333 | 46.62% | 4,923 | 2.88% | 304 | 10,560 |
Portage | 44.95% | 28,271 | 49.99% | 31,446 | 5.06% | 3,182 | 62,899 |
Preble | 61.52% | 11,176 | 35.09% | 6,375 | 3.38% | 615 | 18,166 |
Putnam | 74.01% | 12,837 | 23.43% | 4,063 | 2.55% | 444 | 17,344 |
Richland | 57.1% | 30,138 | 38.98% | 20,572 | 3.92% | 2,069 | 52,779 |
Ross | 52.68% | 13,706 | 44.83% | 11,662 | 2.49% | 648 | 26,016 |
Sandusky | 53.21% | 13,699 | 43.3% | 11,146 | 3.49% | 899 | 25,744 |
Scioto | 50.17% | 15,022 | 46.74% | 13,997 | 3.09% | 926 | 29,945 |
Seneca | 56.93% | 13,863 | 39.06% | 9,512 | 4.01% | 976 | 24,351 |
Shelby | 63.43% | 12,476 | 33.52% | 6,593 | 3.04% | 601 | 19,670 |
Stark | 48.89% | 78,153 | 47.11% | 75,308 | 4.0% | 6,383 | 159,844 |
Summit | 43.02% | 96,721 | 53.26% | 119,759 | 3.72% | 8,359 | 224,839 |
Trumbull | 36.01% | 34,654 | 59.9% | 57,643 | 4.1% | 3,942 | 96,239 |
Tuscarawas | 52.67% | 19,549 | 42.78% | 15,879 | 4.56% | 1,690 | 37,118 |
Union | 67.56% | 11,502 | 29.61% | 5,040 | 2.83% | 482 | 17,024 |
Van Wert | 65.66% | 8,679 | 31.84% | 4,209 | 2.51% | 331 | 13,219 |
Vinton | 54.99% | 2,720 | 41.18% | 2,037 | 3.81% | 189 | 4,946 |
Warren | 69.95% | 48,318 | 27.71% | 19,142 | 2.34% | 1,618 | 69,078 |
Washington | 57.86% | 15,342 | 39.16% | 10,383 | 2.98% | 790 | 26,515 |
Wayne | 61.04% | 25,901 | 34.83% | 14,779 | 4.14% | 1,756 | 42,436 |
Williams | 62.45% | 9,941 | 34.26% | 5,454 | 3.29% | 524 | 15,919 |
Wood | 52.7% | 27,504 | 43.47% | 22,687 | 3.84% | 2,003 | 52,194 |
Wyandot | 62.21% | 6,113 | 34.57% | 3,397 | 3.22% | 317 | 9,827 |
George W. Bush | Al Gore | Total | |
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Counties won | 72 | 16 | 88 |
Best score | Putnam County (74.01%) | Cuyahoga County (62.62%) | . |
Counties won under statewide margin (3.51%) | 5 | 3 | 8 |
Harrison County (0.92%) Stark County (1.78%) Ottawa County (2.16%) Columbiana County (2.58%) Scioto County (3.43%) |
Clark County (0.56%) Franklin County (1.01%) Montgomery County (2.08%) |
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Counties won under nationwide margin (0.51%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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By congressional district
Bush won 13 of 18 congressional districts.[2]
District | Bush | Gore | Representative |
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1st | 51% | 46% | Steve Chabot |
2nd | 63% | 34% | Rob Portman |
3rd | 52% | 45% | Tony P. Hall |
4th | 62% | 35% | Mike Oxley |
5th | 59% | 37% | Paul Gillmor |
6th | 49% | 47% | Ted Strickland |
7th | 56% | 42% | David Hobson |
8th | 61% | 36% | John Boehner |
9th | 41% | 55% | Marcy Kaptur |
10th | 42% | 53% | Dennis Kucinich |
11th | 18% | 79% | Stephanie Tubbs Jones |
12th | 52% | 46% | John Kasich |
13th | 44% | 53% | Sherrod Brown |
14th | 52% | 44% | Thomas C. Sawyer |
15th | 52% | 44% | Deborah Pryce |
16th | 53% | 42% | Ralph Regula |
17th | 35% | 60% | James Traficant |
18th | 55% | 41% | Bob Ney |