United States presidential election in Ohio, 2000

United States presidential election in Ohio, 2000

November 7, 2000

Nominee George W. Bush Albert Gore Jr. Party Republican Democratic Home state Texas Tennessee Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman Electoral vote 21 0 Popular vote 2,351,209 2,186,190 Percentage 50.0% 46.5%

390px County Results   Gore—60-70%   Gore—50-60%   Gore—<50%   Bush—<50%   Bush—50-60%   Bush—60-70%   Bush—70-80%

President before election Bill Clinton Democratic Elected President George W. Bush Republican

The 2000 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 7, 2000 throughout all 50 states and D.C., which 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. Had Gore won the Florida recount, and therefore the entire election, this would have been the first time since 1960 in which Ohio voted for the losing presidential candidate.

Results

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

United States presidential election in Ohio, 2000
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	Bush%	Bush#	Gore%	Gore#	Others%	Others	Total
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
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
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%)	.
Counties won under nationwide margin (0.51%)	0	0	0
	.	.	.

By congressional district

Bush won 13 of 18 congressional districts.

District	Bush	Gore	Representative
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