2000 United States presidential election in Ohio

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 Texas governor George W. Bush by a 3.51% margin of victory. Prior to the election, most news organizations considered Ohio a swing state. 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, having given Democratic nominees a majority of the vote in every election since. , this was the last presidential election in Ohio where the Democrat won Clark County, home of Springfield.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016

Ohio kept its streak of voting for the winner in every election since 1964, but this was the first election since Ohio voted for Richard Nixon in 1960 where the state failed to back the national popular vote winner. Ohio was one of nine states that voted for Bill Clinton twice that Bush managed to flip. Had Gore won the state's electoral votes instead of Bush, the election would have gone his way. Bush became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Erie County and Franklin County since Benjamin Harrison in 1888.

Results Official state results from the Ohio Secretary of State are as follows:

2000 United States presidential election in OhioPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican George W. Bush 2,351,209 49.97%21 Democratic Al Gore 2,186,190 46.46% 0 Not Designated Ralph Nader 117,857 2.51% 0 Not Designated Pat Buchanan 26,724 0.57% 0 Libertarian Harry Browne 13,475 0.29% 0 Natural Law John Hagelin 6,169 0.13% 0 Not Designated Howard Phillips 3,823 0.08% 0 Write-ins Write-ins 10 <0.01% 0 Totals 4,705,457 100.00% 21

Results by county CountyGeorge W. BushRepublicanAl GoreDemocraticRalph NaderNot DesignatedVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal votescastOur Campaigns; OH US President 2000#%#%#%#%#%Adams6,38062.34%3,58134.99%1621.58%1121.09%2,79927.35%10,235Allen28,64765.41%13,99631.96%7601.74%3920.90%14,65133.45%43,795Ashland13,53363.66%6,68531.45%5632.65%4772.24%6,84832.21%21,258Ashtabula17,94045.45%19,83150.24%1,1092.81%5921.50%-1,891-4.79%39,472Athens9,70338.13%13,15851.71%1,6636.54%9233.63%-3,455-13.58%25,447Auglaize13,77069.22%5,56427.97%3721.87%1860.94%8,20641.25%19,892Belmont12,62541.89%15,98053.02%7232.40%8132.70%-3,355-11.13%30,141Brown10,02761.03%5,97236.35%2691.64%1610.98%4,05524.68%16,429Butler86,58763.32%46,39033.93%2,7081.98%1,0520.77%40,19729.39%136,737Carroll6,73254.91%4,96040.45%2712.21%2982.43%1,77214.46%12,261Champaign9,22058.80%5,95537.98%3462.21%1591.01%3,26520.82%15,680Clark27,66048.06%27,98448.62%1,3472.34%5680.99%-324-0.56%57,559Clermont47,12967.45%20,92729.95%1,3031.86%5180.74%26,20237.50%69,877Clinton9,82465.19%4,79131.79%3252.16%1300.86%5,03333.40%15,070Columbiana21,80449.08%20,65746.50%1,2172.74%7491.69%1,1472.58%44,427Coshocton8,24357.77%5,59439.21%2952.07%1360.95%2,64918.56%14,268Crawford11,66660.84%6,72135.05%5362.80%2531.32%4,94525.79%19,176Cuyahoga192,09933.42%359,91362.62%16,9562.95%5,8141.01%-167,814-29.20%574,782Darke14,81763.68%7,74133.27%4521.94%2571.10%7,07630.41%23,267Defiance9,54058.74%6,17538.02%3652.25%1621.00%3,36520.72%16,242Delaware36,63966.13%17,13430.93%1,2122.19%4180.75%19,50535.20%55,403Erie16,10545.99%17,73250.64%8722.49%3060.87%-1,627-4.65%35,015Fairfield33,52361.97%19,06535.24%1,1152.06%3910.72%14,45826.73%54,094Fayette5,68561.27%3,36336.25%1651.78%650.70%2,32225.02%9,278Franklin197,86247.78%202,01848.79%10,7022.58%3,4920.84%-4,156-1.01%414,074Fulton11,54661.10%6,80536.01%3761.99%1690.89%4,74125.09%18,896Gallia7,51158.79%4,87238.13%2151.68%1781.39%2,63920.66%12,776Geauga25,41759.66%15,32735.98%1,4053.30%4511.06%10,09023.68%42,600Greene37,94658.20%25,05938.43%1,5922.44%6070.93%12,88719.77%65,204Guernsey8,18153.02%6,64343.05%4052.62%2011.30%1,5389.97%15,430Hamilton204,17554.03%161,57842.76%9,2222.44%2,9240.77%42,59711.27%377,899Hancock20,98568.54%8,79828.74%5921.93%2420.79%12,18739.80%30,617Hardin7,12459.03%4,55737.76%2432.01%1441.19%2,56721.27%12,068Harrison3,41747.72%3,35146.80%1922.68%2012.81%660.92%7,161Henry8,53064.37%4,36732.95%2581.95%970.73%4,16331.42%13,252Highland9,72862.98%5,32834.49%2451.59%1460.95%4,40028.49%15,447Hocking5,70253.01%4,47441.60%2912.71%2892.69%1,22811.41%10,756Holmes6,75473.85%2,06622.59%1721.88%1531.67%4,68851.26%9,145Huron12,28657.52%8,18338.31%5602.62%3311.55%4,10319.21%21,360Jackson6,95855.71%5,13141.08%2221.78%1791.43%1,82714.63%12,490Jefferson15,03843.42%17,48850.49%8972.59%1,2133.50%-2,450-7.07%34,636Knox13,39363.00%7,13333.55%4522.13%2821.33%6,26029.45%21,260Lake51,74750.45%46,49745.33%3,1663.09%1,1541.13%5,2505.12%102,564Lawrence12,53151.25%11,30746.24%4021.64%2120.87%1,2245.01%24,452Licking37,18059.52%23,19637.13%1,4982.40%5920.95%13,98422.39%62,466Logan11,84964.20%5,94532.21%4492.43%2121.15%5,90431.99%18,455Lorain47,95742.75%59,80953.32%3,1832.84%1,2311.10%-11,852-10.57%112,180Lucas73,34239.15%108,34457.83%4,2272.26%1,4370.77%-35,002-18.68%187,350Madison8,89260.63%5,28736.05%2992.04%1891.29%3,60524.58%14,667Mahoning40,46035.45%69,21260.65%3,3222.91%1,1250.99%-28,752-25.20%114,119Marion13,61754.87%10,37041.79%5882.37%2400.97%3,24713.08%24,815Medina37,34955.84%26,63539.82%1,9602.93%9391.40%10,71416.02%66,883Meigs5,75058.70%3,67437.51%2262.31%1451.48%2,07621.19%9,795Mercer12,48568.25%5,21228.49%3922.14%2051.12%7,27339.76%18,294Miami26,03760.78%15,58436.38%8792.05%3410.80%10,45324.40%42,841Monroe3,14544.20%3,60550.67%1492.09%2163.04%-460-6.47%7,115Montgomery109,79247.53%114,59749.61%4,6902.03%1,9080.83%-4,805-2.08%230,987Morgan3,45157.58%2,26137.73%1772.95%1041.74%1,19019.85%5,993Morrow7,84261.08%4,52935.28%3052.38%1631.27%3,31325.80%12,839Muskingum17,99555.16%13,41541.12%8822.70%3321.02%4,58014.04%32,624Noble3,43557.36%2,29638.34%1542.57%1031.72%1,13919.02%5,988Ottawa9,91749.66%9,48547.50%4322.16%1340.67%4322.16%19,968Paulding5,21058.24%3,38437.83%2422.71%1101.23%1,82620.41%8,946Perry6,44050.20%5,89545.95%3342.60%1591.24%5454.25%12,828Pickaway10,71760.41%6,59837.19%2761.56%1490.83%4,11923.22%17,740Pike5,33350.50%4,92346.62%1761.67%1281.21%4103.88%10,560Portage28,27144.95%31,44649.99%2,3403.72%8421.34%-3,175-5.04%62,899Preble11,17661.52%6,37535.09%4042.22%2111.16%4,80126.43%18,166Putnam12,83774.01%4,06323.43%2541.46%1901.10%8,77450.58%17,344Richland30,13857.10%20,57238.98%1,3062.47%7631.45%9,56618.12%52,779Ross13,70652.68%11,66244.83%4211.62%2270.87%2,0447.85%26,016Sandusky13,69953.21%11,14643.30%5872.28%3121.21%2,5539.91%25,744Scioto15,02250.17%13,99746.74%5901.97%3361.12%1,0253.43%29,945Seneca13,86356.93%9,51239.06%6662.74%3101.27%4,35117.87%24,351Shelby12,47663.43%6,59333.52%3921.99%2091.06%5,88329.91%19,670Stark78,15348.89%75,30847.11%4,0322.52%2,3511.47%2,8451.78%159,844Summit96,72143.02%119,75953.26%5,9552.65%2,4041.07%-23,038-10.24%224,839Trumbull34,65436.01%57,64359.90%2,7492.86%1,1931.24%-22,989-23.89%96,239Tuscarawas19,54952.67%15,87942.78%1,0612.86%6291.69%3,6709.89%37,118Union11,50267.56%5,04029.61%3361.97%1460.86%6,46237.95%17,024Van Wert8,67965.66%4,20931.84%2161.63%1150.87%4,47033.82%13,219Vinton2,72054.99%2,03741.18%1102.22%791.60%68313.81%4,946Warren48,31869.95%19,14227.71%1,0671.54%5510.80%29,17642.24%69,078Washington15,34257.86%10,38339.16%5712.15%2190.83%4,95918.70%26,515Wayne25,90161.04%14,77934.83%1,1712.76%5851.38%11,12226.21%42,436Williams9,94162.45%5,45434.26%3472.18%1771.11%4,48728.19%15,919Wood27,50452.70%22,68743.47%1,5362.94%4670.89%4,8179.23%52,194Wyandot6,11362.21%3,39734.57%1911.94%1261.28%2,71627.64%9,827Totals2,351,20949.97%2,186,19046.46%117,8572.50%50,2011.07%165,0193.51%4,705,457

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Carroll (Largest city: Carrollton) Columbiana (Largest city: Salem) Gallia (Largest city: Gallipolis) Guernsey (Largest city: Cambridge) Harrison (Largest city: Cadiz) Hocking (Largest city: Logan) Huron (Largest city: Norwalk) Jackson (Largest city: Jackson) Lake (Largest city: Mentor) Lawrence (Largest city: Ironton) Meigs (Largest city: Middleport) Noble (Largest city: Caldwell) Ottawa (Largest city: Port Clinton) Perry (Largest city: New Lexington) Pike (Largest city: Waverly) Ross (Largest city: Chillicothe) Sandusky (Largest city: Fremont) Scioto (Largest city: Portsmouth) Seneca (Largest city: Tiffin) Stark (Largest city: Canton) Tuscarawas (Largest city: New Philadelphia) Vinton (Largest city: McArthur) Wood (Largest city: Bowling Green)

By congressional district Bush won 11 of 19 congressional districts. Both candidates won two districts held by the other party. District Gore Bush Representative 50% 47%Steve Chabot 32% 65%Rob Portman 50% 47%Tony P. Hall 35% 62%Mike Oxley 39% 57%Paul Gillmor 41% 56%Ted Strickland 39% 58%David Hobson 34% 63%John Boehner 55% 42%Marcy Kaptur 52% 43%Dennis Kucinich 82% 15%Stephanie Tubbs Jones 46%51%John KasichPat Tiberi 46% 50%Sherrod Brown 54% 42%Thomas C. Sawyer 44% 52%Deborah Pryce 42% 54%Ralph Regula 58% 38%James Traficant 45% 51%Bob Ney 50% 46%Steve LaTourette

See also United States presidential elections in Ohio Presidency of George W. Bush

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