2000 United States presidential election in Georgia

The 2000 United States presidential election in Georgia 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.

Georgia was won by Governor George W. Bush (R-TX) by an 11.7% margin of victory. He won a majority of the popular vote, counties, and congressional districts. Bush dominated in most of the rural parts of the state, but Vice President Al Gore (D-TN) did well in highly populated Fulton; and majority-Black DeKalb and Clayton counties of the Metro Atlanta area. Within that area are the 4th and 5th congressional districts, which are the only two districts Gore won. Author and investment analyst Harry Browne (L-TN) would finish third in the popular vote in Georgia.

In 1992 and 1996, Georgia was the first and third closest state, respectively. In 2000, however, Georgia was not a close state at all, as the Democratic candidate, Vice President Al Gore, did not do as well as Bill Clinton in the general election. In other down-ballot races, Zell Miller (D), who was appointed by then-Governor Roy Barnes (D) following Senator Paul Coverdell's (R) death in July 2000, won the special election for the unexpired remainder of the term. Another notable down ballot race was the 2000 U.S. House election in Georgia's 2nd congressional district in which Incumbent U.S. Representative Sanford Bishop (D) survived a strong challenge from Dylan Glenn (R). Miller in the Senate race actually outperformed Gore in the presidential race by over 30 points. The state was also 1 of 14 that Bill Clinton carried at least once during the elections of 1992 and 1996 (having carried it in 1992) that Gore lost.

In this election, Georgia voted 12.21% to the right of the nation at-large.

, this is the last election in which Chatham County voted Republican and the last in which McIntosh County, Meriwether County, Mitchell County, Telfair County, and Wilkinson County voted Democratic.

Results United States presidential election in Georgia, 2000PartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican George W. Bush Dick Cheney 1,419,720 54.67% 13 Democratic Al Gore Joe Lieberman 1,116,230 42.98% 0 Libertarian Harry Browne Art Olivier 36,332 1.40% 0 Green Ralph Nader (write-in) Winona LaDuke 13,432 0.52% 0 Reform Patrick Buchanan Ezola B. Foster 10,926 0.42% 0 Constitution Howard Phillips (write-in) Curtis Frazier 140 0.0% 0 Socialist Workers James Harris (write-in) Margaret Trowe 11 0.0% 0 Write-in Gloria Strickland n/a 8 0.0% 0 Independent Joe Schriner (write-in) n/a 5 0.0% 0 Totals 2,596,804 100.00% 13 Voter turnout (Voting age) 43%

By county

CountyGeorge W. BushRepublicanAl GoreDemocraticVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal#%#%#%#%Appling3,94064.60%2,09334.32%661.08%1,84730.28%6,099Atkinson1,22859.30%82139.64%221.06%40719.66%2,071Bacon2,01067.11%95631.92%290.97%1,05435.19%2,995Baker61540.49%89358.79%110.72%-278-18.30%1,519Baldwin6,04149.82%5,89348.60%1921.58%1481.22%12,126Banks3,20270.64%1,22026.91%1112.45%1,98243.73%4,533Barrow7,92565.49%3,65730.22%5204.30%4,26835.27%12,102Bartow14,72064.62%7,50832.96%5532.43%7,21231.66%22,781Ben Hill2,38151.08%2,23447.93%460.99%1473.15%4,661Berrien2,71861.63%1,64037.19%521.18%1,07824.44%4,410Bibb24,07148.36%24,99650.22%7091.42%-925-1.86%49,776Bleckley2,43664.98%1,27333.96%401.07%1,16331.02%3,749Brantley3,11868.29%1,37230.05%761.66%1,74638.24%4,566Brooks2,40652.87%2,09646.06%491.08%3106.81%4,551Bryan4,83568.49%2,17230.77%520.74%2,66337.72%7,059Bulloch8,99060.82%5,56137.62%2311.56%3,42923.20%14,782Burke3,38147.39%3,72052.14%340.48%-339-4.75%7,135Butts3,19856.75%2,28140.48%1562.77%91716.27%5,635Calhoun76840.70%1,10758.66%120.64%-339-17.96%1,887Camden6,37162.96%3,63635.93%1121.11%2,73527.03%10,119Candler1,64360.36%1,05338.68%260.96%59021.68%2,722Carroll16,32663.42%8,75234.00%6632.58%7,57429.42%25,741Catoosa12,03367.90%5,47030.87%2181.23%6,56337.03%17,721Charlton1,77062.86%1,01536.04%311.10%75526.82%2,816Chatham37,84749.49%37,59049.15%1,0381.36%2570.34%76,475Chattahoochee59048.88%60049.71%171.41%-10-0.83%1,207Chattooga3,64056.20%2,72942.13%1081.67%91114.07%6,477Cherokee38,03372.65%12,29523.49%2,0203.86%25,73849.16%52,348Clarke11,85041.00%15,16752.47%1,8876.53%-3,317-11.47%28,904Clay44835.08%82164.29%80.63%-373-29.21%1,277Clayton19,96632.52%40,04265.21%1,3942.27%-20,076-32.69%61,402Clinch1,09156.56%81642.30%221.14%27514.26%1,929Cobb140,49459.78%86,67636.88%7,8573.34%53,81822.90%235,027Coffee5,75661.04%3,59338.10%810.86%2,16322.94%9,430Colquitt6,58966.08%3,29733.06%860.86%3,29233.02%9,972Columbia26,66074.04%8,96924.91%3791.05%17,69149.13%36,008Cook2,27957.78%1,63941.56%260.66%64016.22%3,944Coweta21,32768.30%9,05629.00%8432.70%12,27139.30%31,226Crawford1,98755.71%1,51342.42%671.88%47413.29%3,567Crisp3,28558.57%2,26840.44%561.00%1,01718.13%5,609Dade3,33366.01%1,62832.24%881.74%1,70533.77%5,049Dawson4,21071.38%1,45824.72%2303.90%2,75246.66%5,898Decatur4,18754.75%3,39844.43%630.82%78910.32%7,648DeKalb58,80726.73%154,50970.24%6,6643.03%-95,702-43.51%219,980Dodge3,47259.08%2,32639.58%791.34%1,14619.50%5,877Dooly1,58845.11%1,90154.01%310.88%-313-8.90%3,520Dougherty12,24842.14%16,65057.29%1660.57%-4,402-15.15%29,064Douglas18,89361.02%11,16236.05%9092.94%7,73124.97%30,964Early1,93854.06%1,62245.24%250.70%3168.82%3,585Echols61468.37%27230.29%121.34%34238.08%898Effingham7,32668.79%3,23230.35%920.86%4,09438.44%10,650Elbert3,26255.73%2,52743.17%641.09%73512.56%5,853Emanuel3,34353.38%2,83545.27%851.36%5088.11%6,263Evans1,84159.77%1,21739.51%220.71%62420.26%3,080Fannin5,46365.11%2,73632.61%1912.28%2,72732.50%8,390Fayette29,33869.11%11,91228.06%1,1992.82%17,42641.05%42,449Floyd16,19460.37%10,28238.33%3491.30%5,91222.04%26,825Forsyth27,76977.66%6,69418.72%1,2923.61%21,07558.94%35,755Franklin3,65963.50%2,04035.40%631.09%1,61928.10%5,762Fulton104,87039.84%152,03957.76%6,3032.39%-47,169-17.92%263,212Gilmer4,94167.04%2,23030.26%1992.70%2,71136.78%7,370Glascock76374.80%24924.41%80.78%51450.39%1,020Glynn14,34664.09%7,77834.75%2601.16%6,56829.34%22,384Gordon7,94465.09%4,03233.04%2291.88%3,91232.05%12,205Grady3,89458.09%2,72140.59%881.31%1,17317.50%6,703Greene2,98057.34%2,13741.12%801.54%84316.22%5,197Gwinnett121,75663.71%61,43432.15%7,9214.14%60,32231.56%191,111Habersham6,96471.86%2,53026.11%1972.03%4,43445.75%9,691Hall26,84170.36%10,25926.89%1,0502.75%16,58243.47%38,150Hancock66221.45%2,41478.22%100.32%-1,752-56.77%3,086Haralson5,15363.10%2,86935.13%1451.78%2,28427.97%8,167Harris5,55464.87%2,91234.01%961.12%2,64230.86%8,562Hart4,24256.29%3,19242.36%1021.35%1,05013.93%7,536Heard1,94760.88%1,17836.84%732.28%76924.04%3,198Henry25,81566.42%11,97130.80%1,0812.78%13,84435.62%38,867Houston23,17462.65%13,30135.96%5131.39%9,87326.69%36,988Irwin1,72060.31%1,10538.74%270.95%61521.57%2,852Jackson7,87867.71%3,42029.39%3372.90%4,45838.32%11,635Jasper2,29858.28%1,55839.51%872.21%74018.77%3,943Jeff Davis2,79766.26%1,37932.67%451.07%1,41833.59%4,221Jefferson2,55945.98%2,97353.41%340.61%-414-7.43%5,566Jenkins1,31750.79%1,25048.21%261.00%672.58%2,593Johnson1,79762.33%1,06536.94%210.73%73225.39%2,883Jones4,85060.11%3,10238.45%1161.44%1,74821.66%8,068Lamar2,91255.68%2,19441.95%1242.37%71813.73%5,230Lanier1,04855.04%83243.70%241.26%21611.34%1,904Laurens8,13357.94%5,72440.78%1791.28%2,40917.16%14,036Lee5,87274.48%1,93624.56%760.96%3,93649.92%7,884Liberty4,45544.68%5,34753.62%1701.70%-892-8.94%9,972Lincoln1,80758.23%1,27541.09%210.68%53217.14%3,103Long1,32057.04%97542.13%190.82%34514.91%2,314Lowndes14,46256.87%10,61641.74%3541.39%3,84615.13%25,432Lumpkin4,42765.59%2,12131.42%2022.99%2,30634.17%6,750Macon1,56635.96%2,75763.31%320.73%-1,191-27.35%4,355Madison5,52969.17%2,28528.59%1792.24%3,24440.58%7,993Marion1,18754.35%98244.96%150.69%2059.39%2,184McDuffie3,92659.94%2,58039.39%440.67%1,34620.55%6,550McIntosh1,76646.03%2,04753.35%240.63%-281-7.32%3,837Meriwether3,16247.13%3,44151.29%1061.58%-279-4.16%6,709Miller1,34962.74%78336.42%180.84%56626.32%2,150Mitchell2,79048.11%2,97151.23%380.66%-181-3.12%5,799Monroe4,56160.48%2,83937.65%1411.87%1,72222.83%7,541Montgomery1,46558.39%1,01340.37%311.24%45218.02%2,509Morgan3,52459.71%2,23837.92%1402.37%1,28621.79%5,902Murray5,53966.16%2,68432.06%1491.78%2,85534.10%8,372Muscogee23,47945.01%28,19354.05%4910.94%-4,714-9.04%52,163Newton11,12760.56%6,70336.48%5452.97%4,42424.08%18,375Oconee7,61168.15%3,18428.51%3733.34%4,42739.64%11,168Oglethorpe2,70661.71%1,51934.64%1603.65%1,18727.07%4,385Paulding16,88169.58%6,74327.79%6362.62%10,13841.79%24,260Peach3,52549.39%3,54049.60%721.01%-15-0.21%7,137Pickens5,48866.92%2,48930.35%2242.73%2,99936.57%8,201Pierce3,34871.52%1,30027.77%330.70%2,04843.75%4,681Pike3,35868.74%1,41328.93%1142.33%1,94539.81%4,885Polk5,84157.74%4,11240.65%1631.61%1,72917.09%10,116Pulaski1,92257.44%1,39041.54%341.02%53215.90%3,346Putnam3,59657.09%2,61241.47%911.44%98415.62%6,299Quitman34838.50%54259.96%141.55%-194-21.46%904Rabun3,45164.61%1,77633.25%1142.13%1,67531.36%5,341Randolph1,17445.70%1,38153.76%140.54%-207-8.06%2,569Richmond25,48544.29%31,41354.60%6401.11%-5,928-10.31%57,538Rockdale15,44062.64%8,29533.65%9143.71%7,14528.99%24,649Schley70660.03%46039.12%100.85%24620.91%1,176Screven2,46152.15%2,23347.32%250.53%2284.83%4,719Seminole1,53753.42%1,31345.64%270.94%2247.78%2,877Spalding9,27160.24%5,83137.89%2891.88%3,44022.35%15,391Stephens5,37064.11%2,86934.25%1371.64%2,50129.86%8,376Stewart67534.54%1,26764.84%120.61%-592-30.30%1,954Sumter4,84749.98%4,74848.96%1021.05%991.02%9,697Talbot84433.35%1,66265.67%250.99%-818-32.32%2,531Taliaferro27132.57%55666.83%50.60%-285-34.26%832Tattnall3,59764.12%1,96334.99%500.89%1,63429.13%5,610Taylor1,41250.79%1,34048.20%281.01%722.59%2,780Telfair1,69348.47%1,77750.87%230.66%-84-2.40%3,493Terrell1,50448.31%1,58450.88%250.80%-80-2.57%3,113Thomas7,09358.82%4,86240.32%1030.85%2,23118.50%12,058Tift6,67864.66%3,54734.34%1031.00%3,13130.32%10,328Toombs4,48762.23%2,64336.66%801.11%1,84425.57%7,210Towns2,90264.53%1,49533.24%1002.22%1,40731.29%4,497Treutlen1,06254.10%87944.78%221.12%1839.32%1,963Troup11,19862.90%6,37935.83%2271.27%4,81927.07%17,804Turner1,25851.22%1,16947.60%291.18%893.62%2,456Twiggs1,57043.43%1,97754.69%681.88%-407-11.26%3,615Union4,56765.66%2,23032.06%1592.29%2,33733.60%6,956Upson5,01960.60%3,15838.13%1051.27%1,86122.47%8,282Walker12,32665.23%6,34133.56%2281.21%5,98531.67%18,895Walton12,96667.95%5,48428.74%6333.32%7,48239.21%19,083Ware6,09963.35%3,48036.14%490.51%2,61927.21%9,628Warren93343.50%1,19655.76%160.75%-263-12.26%2,145Washington3,16247.26%3,47651.95%530.79%-314-4.69%6,691Wayne5,21965.20%2,73634.18%490.61%2,48331.02%8,004Webster35939.49%54159.52%90.99%-182-20.03%909Wheeler81351.62%75247.75%100.63%613.87%1,575White4,85768.96%2,01428.60%1722.44%2,84340.36%7,043Whitfield15,85268.03%7,03430.19%4161.79%8,81837.84%23,302Wilcox1,38158.39%96240.68%220.93%41917.71%2,365Wilkes2,04450.77%1,94048.19%421.04%1042.58%4,026Wilkinson1,80048.13%1,88450.37%561.50%-84-2.24%3,740Worth3,79262.56%2,21436.53%550.91%1,57826.03%6,061Totals1,419,72054.67%1,116,23042.98%60,8542.34%303,49011.69%2,596,804

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Atkinson (largest city: Pearson) Baldwin (largest city: Milledgeville) Ben Hill (largest city: Fitzgerald) Berrien (largest city: Nashville) Brooks (largest city: Quitman) Butts (largest city: Jackson) Chatham (largest city: Savannah) Chattooga (largest city: Summerville) Clinch (largest city: Homerville) Cook (largest city: Adel) Crawford (largest city: Roberta) Crisp (largest city: Cordele) Decatur (largest city: Bainbridge) Dodge (largest city: Eastman) Early (largest city: Blakely) Elbert (largest city: Elberton) Emanuel (largest city: Swainsboro) Grady (largest city: Cairo) Greene (largest city: Greensboro) Hart (largest city: Hartwell) Heard (largest city: Franklin) Irwin (largest city: Ocilla) Jasper (largest city: Monticello) Jenkins (largest city: Millen) Johnson (largest city: Wrightsville)