United States presidential election in Virginia, 2000

United States presidential election in Virginia, 2000
	November 7, 2000
	November 7, 2000
Turnout	67.2% (of registered voters)[1]
Bush 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%	Gore 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%
President before election; Bill Clinton; Democratic	Elected President ; George W. Bush; Republican

The 2000 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Virginia, a state that hadn't gone Democratic since 1964, was won by Governor George W. Bush with a margin of victory of 8%. It would not vote Democratic again until 2008. The 2000 election was the last time Fairfax County, Virginia's most populous county, would go Republican. Fairfax's switch to the Democrats in recent years has resulted in the state turning Democratic.

Primaries

Virginia Democratic primary, 2000
Virginia Republican primary, 2000

Analysis

Despite the small margin of victory, Bush won most of the rural areas and the highly populated areas such as Fairfax County and Prince William County. Gore's strongest performance was within the greater Fairfax County area, Virginia's 8th congressional district and Virginia's 11th congressional district, both of which he won. He also won Virginia's 3rd congressional district. As of the 2016 presidential election, this was the last time Russell County and the independent City of Norton voted Democratic for president, and the last time Fairfax County and Prince Edward County voted Republican for president.^[2] Albemarle County and the independent cities of Fairfax, Danville, and Williamsburg have also not voted Republican since this election, while Southampton County has not voted Democratic since.

Results

United States presidential election in Virginia, 2000^[3]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	George W. Bush	Dick Cheney	1,437,490	52.47%	13
	Democratic	Al Gore	Joe Lieberman	1,217,290	44.44%	0
	Green	Ralph Nader	Winona LaDuke	59,398	2.17%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	Art Olivier	15,198	0.55%	0
	Reform	Pat Buchanan	Ezola Foster	5,455	0.20%	0
	Constitution	Howard Phillips	Curtis Frazier	1,809	0.07%	0
	Write-ins	Write-ins	-	2,807	0.10%	0
Totals				2,739,447	100.00%	13
Voter turnout				???		—

Results breakdown

By county/city

County/City	Gore%	Gore#	Bush%	Bush#	Others%	Others#	Total
Accomack County	42.70%	5,092	53.27%	6,352	4.03%	481	11,925
Albemarle County	43.42%	16,255	50.54%	18,921	6.04%	2,262	37,438
Alleghany County	43.22%	2,214	54.81%	2,808	1.97%	101	5,123
Amelia County	36.64%	1,754	61.56%	2,947	1.80%	86	4,787
Amherst County	41.10%	4,812	56.88%	6,660	2.02%	236	11,708
Appomattox County	35.97%	2,132	61.65%	3,654	2.38%	141	5,927
Arlington County	60.25%	50,260	34.23%	28,555	5.52%	4,601	83,416
Augusta County	26.29%	6,643	70.22%	17,744	3.49%	882	25,269
Bath County	37.19%	822	59.32%	1,311	3.48%	77	2,210
Bedford County	31.21%	8,160	65.87%	17,224	2.93%	765	26,149
Bland County	31.66%	851	65.44%	1,759	2.90%	78	2,688
Botetourt County	33.43%	4,627	64.07%	8,867	2.50%	346	13,840
Brunswick County	56.48%	3,387	42.70%	2,561	0.82%	49	5,997
Buchanan County	58.29%	5,745	39.23%	3,867	2.48%	244	9,856
Buckingham County	46.96%	2,561	50.20%	2,738	2.84%	155	5,454
Campbell County	32.76%	6,659	64.76%	13,162	2.47%	503	20,324
Caroline County	51.66%	4,314	46.38%	3,873	1.95%	163	8,350
Carroll County	33.07%	3,638	64.92%	7,142	2.01%	221	11,001
Charles City County	64.61%	1,981	33.37%	1,023	2.02%	62	3,066
Charlotte County	40.40%	2,017	57.18%	2,855	2.42%	121	4,993
Chesterfield County	34.90%	38,638	63.16%	69,924	1.94%	2,150	110,712
Clarke County	41.01%	2,166	54.58%	2,883	4.41%	233	5,282
Craig County	34.14%	851	63.38%	1,580	2.49%	62	2,493
Culpeper County	35.65%	4,364	60.77%	7,440	3.58%	438	12,242
Cumberland County	40.06%	1,405	56.29%	1,974	3.65%	128	3,507
Dickenson County	54.68%	3,951	43.21%	3,122	2.12%	153	7,226
Dinwiddie County	43.79%	4,001	54.28%	4,959	1.93%	176	9,136
Essex County	45.68%	1,750	52.08%	1,995	2.24%	86	3,831
Fairfax County	47.54%	196,501	48.91%	202,181	3.55%	14,656	413,338
Fauquier County	35.38%	8,296	61.66%	14,456	2.96%	694	23,446
Floyd County	34.11%	1,957	59.65%	3,423	6.24%	358	5,738
Fluvanna County	39.42%	3,431	57.01%	4,962	3.56%	310	8,703
Franklin County	37.95%	7,145	59.62%	11,225	2.44%	459	18,829
Frederick County	31.98%	7,158	65.10%	14,574	2.92%	654	22,386
Giles County	44.05%	3,004	52.40%	3,574	3.55%	242	6,820
Gloucester County	33.24%	4,553	63.64%	8,718	3.12%	427	13,698
Goochland County	45.35%	3,197	51.83%	3,654	2.82%	199	7,050
Grayson County	36.01%	2,467	61.83%	4,236	2.16%	148	6,851
Greene County	32.80%	1,774	62.41%	3,375	4.79%	259	5,408
Greensville County	59.24%	2,314	40.07%	1,565	0.69%	27	3,906
Halifax County	42.37%	5,963	54.95%	7,732	2.68%	377	14,072
Hanover County	28.97%	12,044	68.83%	28,614	2.20%	915	41,573
Henrico County	42.68%	48,645	55.18%	62,887	2.14%	2,444	113,976
Henry County	41.46%	8,898	55.31%	11,870	3.23%	694	21,462
Highland County	31.52%	453	65.55%	942	2.92%	42	1,437
Isle of Wight County	39.89%	5,162	58.63%	7,587	1.48%	191	12,940
James City County	37.14%	9,090	59.77%	14,628	3.09%	757	24,475
King and Queen County	48.51%	1,387	49.77%	1,423	1.71%	49	2,859
King George County	35.41%	2,070	61.41%	3,590	3.18%	186	5,846
King William County	36.84%	2,125	61.49%	3,547	1.66%	96	5,768
Lancaster County	35.52%	1,937	62.54%	3,411	1.94%	106	5,454
Lee County	46.08%	4,031	52.02%	4,551	1.90%	166	8,748
Loudoun County	40.98%	30,938	56.23%	42,453	2.80%	2,112	75,503
Louisa County	42.70%	4,309	54.12%	5,461	3.18%	321	10,091
Lunenburg County	44.13%	2,026	54.67%	2,510	1.20%	55	4,591
Madison County	36.70%	1,844	58.51%	2,940	4.80%	241	5,025
Mathews County	32.52%	1,499	64.03%	2,951	3.45%	159	4,609
Mecklenburg County	40.95%	4,797	56.86%	6,660	2.19%	256	11,713
Middlesex County	35.65%	1,671	60.68%	2,844	3.67%	172	4,687
Montgomery County	43.16%	11,720	51.53%	13,991	5.31%	1,442	27,153
Nelson County	47.35%	2,907	47.45%	2,913	5.20%	319	6,139
New Kent County	33.68%	2,055	64.47%	3,934	1.85%	113	6,102
Northampton County	47.83%	2,340	47.00%	2,299	5.17%	253	4,892
Northumberland County	37.80%	2,118	60.00%	3,362	2.20%	123	5,603
Nottoway County	44.79%	2,460	52.26%	2,870	2.95%	162	5,492
Orange County	34.11%	2,726	63.68%	5,089	2.21%	177	7,992
Page County	30.52%	2,254	66.36%	4,901	3.11%	230	7,385
Patrick County	30.52%	2,254	66.36%	4,901	3.11%	230	7,385
Pittsylvania County	27.89%	2,708	70.25%	6,820	1.85%	180	9,708
Powhatan County	45.92%	2,922	50.51%	3,214	3.57%	227	6,363
Prince Edward County	38.41%	4,182	60.43%	6,579	1.16%	126	10,887
Prince George County	44.53%	44,745	52.54%	52,788	2.93%	2,945	100,478
Prince William County	41.40%	5,255	55.85%	7,089	2.76%	350	12,694
Pulaski County	41.70%	1,462	52.77%	1,850	5.53%	194	3,506
Rappahannock County	36.49%	1,076	60.50%	1,784	3.02%	89	2,949
Richmond County	37.71%	16,141	60.13%	25,740	2.17%	927	42,808
Roanoke County	37.75%	2,953	57.80%	4,522	4.45%	348	7,823
Rockbridge County	24.33%	5,834	72.90%	17,482	2.78%	666	23,982
Rockingham County	50.43%	5,442	46.94%	5,065	2.63%	284	10,791
Russell County	38.05%	3,552	59.29%	5,535	2.66%	248	9,335
Scott County	30.60%	4,420	66.70%	9,636	2.70%	390	14,446
Shenandoah County	41.19%	4,836	56.05%	6,580	2.76%	324	11,740
Smyth County	50.04%	3,359	49.06%	3,293	0.89%	60	6,712
Southampton County	38.46%	13,455	59.28%	20,739	2.26%	791	34,985
Spotsylvania County	93.35%	12,596	00.15%	21	6.49%	876	13,493
Stafford County	57.12%	1,845	40.65%	1,313	2.23%	72	3,230
Surry County	51.36%	2,006	44.67%	1,745	3.97%	155	3,906
Sussex County	44.22%	7,227	52.96%	8,655	2.83%	462	16,344
Tazewell County	38.69%	4,323	56.69%	6,335	4.62%	516	11,174
Warren County	37.33%	7,549	59.66%	12,064	3.00%	607	20,220
Washington County	38.57%	2,737	57.55%	4,084	3.89%	276	7,097
Westmoreland County	48.49%	2,922	48.66%	2,932	2.85%	172	6,026
Wise County	48.17%	6,412	48.87%	6,504	2.96%	394	13,310
Wythe County	33.98%	3,462	64.18%	6,539	1.84%	187	10,188
York County	35.09%	8,622	62.32%	15,312	2.58%	634	24,568
Alexandria	60.93%	33,633	34.50%	19,043	4.57%	2,523	55,199
Bedford	44.16%	1,078	51.99%	1,269	3.85%	94	2,441
Bristol	42.14%	2,646	55.66%	3,495	2.20%	138	6,279
Buena Vista	47.65%	941	49.62%	980	2.73%	54	1,975
Charlottesville	58.70%	7,762	30.51%	4,034	10.80%	1,428	13,224
Chesapeake	45.02%	33,578	53.21%	39,684	1.77%	1,323	74,585
Clifton Forge	56.66%	868	40.01%	613	3.33%	51	1,532
Colonial Heights	26.99%	2,100	70.92%	5,519	2.09%	163	7,782
Covington	52.76%	1,168	43.63%	966	3.61%	80	2,214
Danville	44.91%	8,221	51.49%	9,427	3.60%	659	18,307
Emporia	53.65%	1,116	45.10%	938	1.25%	26	2,080
Fairfax	45.64%	4,361	49.83%	4,762	4.53%	433	9,556
Falls Church	55.59%	3,109	38.10%	2,131	6.31%	353	5,593
Franklin	55.25%	1,763	43.65%	1,393	1.10%	35	3,191
Fredericksburg	50.29%	3,360	43.93%	2,935	5.78%	386	6,681
Galax	45.01%	996	52.42%	1,160	2.58%	57	2,213
Hampton	57.41%	27,490	40.85%	19,561	1.75%	836	47,887
Harrisonburg	34.97%	3,482	57.65%	5,741	7.38%	735	9,958
Hopewell	43.34%	3,024	53.73%	3,749	2.94%	205	6,978
Lexington	48.97%	1,048	44.72%	957	6.31%	135	2,140
Lynchburg	44.13%	10,374	53.25%	12,518	2.61%	614	23,506
Manassas	42.40%	5,262	54.41%	6,752	3.19%	396	12,410
Manassas Park	40.62%	1,048	56.59%	1,460	2.79%	72	2,580
Martinsville	53.53%	3,048	44.96%	2,560	1.51%	86	5,694
Newport News	51.50%	29,779	46.70%	27,006	1.80%	1,040	57,825
Norfolk	61.70%	38,221	35.39%	21,920	2.91%	1,805	61,946
Norton	56.67%	867	41.76%	639	1.57%	24	1,530
Petersburg	79.11%	8,751	19.07%	2,109	1.83%	202	11,062
Poquoson	24.71%	1,448	72.87%	4,271	2.42%	142	5,861
Portsmouth	62.86%	22,286	35.62%	12,628	1.53%	541	35,455
Radford	46.38%	2,063	49.24%	2,190	4.38%	195	4,448
Richmond	64.80%	42,717	30.74%	20,265	4.47%	2,944	65,926
Roanoke	53.59%	17,920	43.75%	14,630	2.67%	892	33,442
Salem	40.37%	4,348	57.46%	6,188	2.17%	234	10,770
Staunton	39.04%	3,324	57.29%	4,878	3.66%	312	8,514
Suffolk	50.57%	12,471	47.99%	11,836	1.44%	354	24,661
Virginia Beach	41.58%	62,268	55.87%	83,674	2.56%	3,829	149,771
Waynesboro	38.54%	2,737	57.50%	4,084	3.96%	281	7,102
Williamsburg	46.28%	1,724	47.70%	1,777	6.01%	224	3,725
Winchester	42.07%	3,318	54.70%	4,314	3.22%	254	7,886

References

↑ "Registration/Turnout Statistics". Virginia Department of Elections.
↑ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2000election.pdf

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