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The2000 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 21 representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Ohio was won by Texas governorGeorge W. Bush by a 3.51% margin of victory. Prior to the election, most news organizations considered Ohio aswing state. Bush performed strongly in most parts of rural Ohio. Gore kept the race close by running up big margins inCuyahoga County, home ofCleveland. Gore also won the traditional working-class counties of Mahoning, Portage, and Trumbull counties. Gore only narrowly tookFranklin County, home ofColumbus, 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. As of the2024 presidential election[update], this was the last presidential election in Ohio where the Democrat wonClark County, home ofSpringfield.[1]
Ohio kept its streak of voting for the winner in every election since1964, but this was the first election since1960 that Ohio did not back the winner of the overall popular vote. Ohio was one of nine states that voted forBill 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 carryingErie County andFranklin County sinceBenjamin Harrison in1888.
Official state results from theOhio Secretary of State are as follows:
| 2000 United States presidential election in Ohio | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral 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 | |||
| County | George W. Bush Republican | Al Gore Democratic | Ralph Nader Not Designated | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 6,380 | 62.34% | 3,581 | 34.99% | 162 | 1.58% | 112 | 1.09% | 2,799 | 27.35% | 10,235 |
| Allen | 28,647 | 65.41% | 13,996 | 31.96% | 760 | 1.74% | 392 | 0.90% | 14,651 | 33.45% | 43,795 |
| Ashland | 13,533 | 63.66% | 6,685 | 31.45% | 563 | 2.65% | 477 | 2.24% | 6,848 | 32.21% | 21,258 |
| Ashtabula | 17,940 | 45.45% | 19,831 | 50.24% | 1,109 | 2.81% | 592 | 1.50% | -1,891 | -4.79% | 39,472 |
| Athens | 9,703 | 38.13% | 13,158 | 51.71% | 1,663 | 6.54% | 923 | 3.63% | -3,455 | -13.58% | 25,447 |
| Auglaize | 13,770 | 69.22% | 5,564 | 27.97% | 372 | 1.87% | 186 | 0.94% | 8,206 | 41.25% | 19,892 |
| Belmont | 12,625 | 41.89% | 15,980 | 53.02% | 723 | 2.40% | 813 | 2.70% | -3,355 | -11.13% | 30,141 |
| Brown | 10,027 | 61.03% | 5,972 | 36.35% | 269 | 1.64% | 161 | 0.98% | 4,055 | 24.68% | 16,429 |
| Butler | 86,587 | 63.32% | 46,390 | 33.93% | 2,708 | 1.98% | 1,052 | 0.77% | 40,197 | 29.39% | 136,737 |
| Carroll | 6,732 | 54.91% | 4,960 | 40.45% | 271 | 2.21% | 298 | 2.43% | 1,772 | 14.46% | 12,261 |
| Champaign | 9,220 | 58.80% | 5,955 | 37.98% | 346 | 2.21% | 159 | 1.01% | 3,265 | 20.82% | 15,680 |
| Clark | 27,660 | 48.06% | 27,984 | 48.62% | 1,347 | 2.34% | 568 | 0.99% | -324 | -0.56% | 57,559 |
| Clermont | 47,129 | 67.45% | 20,927 | 29.95% | 1,303 | 1.86% | 518 | 0.74% | 26,202 | 37.50% | 69,877 |
| Clinton | 9,824 | 65.19% | 4,791 | 31.79% | 325 | 2.16% | 130 | 0.86% | 5,033 | 33.40% | 15,070 |
| Columbiana | 21,804 | 49.08% | 20,657 | 46.50% | 1,217 | 2.74% | 749 | 1.69% | 1,147 | 2.58% | 44,427 |
| Coshocton | 8,243 | 57.77% | 5,594 | 39.21% | 295 | 2.07% | 136 | 0.95% | 2,649 | 18.56% | 14,268 |
| Crawford | 11,666 | 60.84% | 6,721 | 35.05% | 536 | 2.80% | 253 | 1.32% | 4,945 | 25.79% | 19,176 |
| Cuyahoga | 192,099 | 33.42% | 359,913 | 62.62% | 16,956 | 2.95% | 5,814 | 1.01% | -167,814 | -29.20% | 574,782 |
| Darke | 14,817 | 63.68% | 7,741 | 33.27% | 452 | 1.94% | 257 | 1.10% | 7,076 | 30.41% | 23,267 |
| Defiance | 9,540 | 58.74% | 6,175 | 38.02% | 365 | 2.25% | 162 | 1.00% | 3,365 | 20.72% | 16,242 |
| Delaware | 36,639 | 66.13% | 17,134 | 30.93% | 1,212 | 2.19% | 418 | 0.75% | 19,505 | 35.20% | 55,403 |
| Erie | 16,105 | 45.99% | 17,732 | 50.64% | 872 | 2.49% | 306 | 0.87% | -1,627 | -4.65% | 35,015 |
| Fairfield | 33,523 | 61.97% | 19,065 | 35.24% | 1,115 | 2.06% | 391 | 0.72% | 14,458 | 26.73% | 54,094 |
| Fayette | 5,685 | 61.27% | 3,363 | 36.25% | 165 | 1.78% | 65 | 0.70% | 2,322 | 25.02% | 9,278 |
| Franklin | 197,862 | 47.78% | 202,018 | 48.79% | 10,702 | 2.58% | 3,492 | 0.84% | -4,156 | -1.01% | 414,074 |
| Fulton | 11,546 | 61.10% | 6,805 | 36.01% | 376 | 1.99% | 169 | 0.89% | 4,741 | 25.09% | 18,896 |
| Gallia | 7,511 | 58.79% | 4,872 | 38.13% | 215 | 1.68% | 178 | 1.39% | 2,639 | 20.66% | 12,776 |
| Geauga | 25,417 | 59.66% | 15,327 | 35.98% | 1,405 | 3.30% | 451 | 1.06% | 10,090 | 23.68% | 42,600 |
| Greene | 37,946 | 58.20% | 25,059 | 38.43% | 1,592 | 2.44% | 607 | 0.93% | 12,887 | 19.77% | 65,204 |
| Guernsey | 8,181 | 53.02% | 6,643 | 43.05% | 405 | 2.62% | 201 | 1.30% | 1,538 | 9.97% | 15,430 |
| Hamilton | 204,175 | 54.03% | 161,578 | 42.76% | 9,222 | 2.44% | 2,924 | 0.77% | 42,597 | 11.27% | 377,899 |
| Hancock | 20,985 | 68.54% | 8,798 | 28.74% | 592 | 1.93% | 242 | 0.79% | 12,187 | 39.80% | 30,617 |
| Hardin | 7,124 | 59.03% | 4,557 | 37.76% | 243 | 2.01% | 144 | 1.19% | 2,567 | 21.27% | 12,068 |
| Harrison | 3,417 | 47.72% | 3,351 | 46.80% | 192 | 2.68% | 201 | 2.81% | 66 | 0.92% | 7,161 |
| Henry | 8,530 | 64.37% | 4,367 | 32.95% | 258 | 1.95% | 97 | 0.73% | 4,163 | 31.42% | 13,252 |
| Highland | 9,728 | 62.98% | 5,328 | 34.49% | 245 | 1.59% | 146 | 0.95% | 4,400 | 28.49% | 15,447 |
| Hocking | 5,702 | 53.01% | 4,474 | 41.60% | 291 | 2.71% | 289 | 2.69% | 1,228 | 11.41% | 10,756 |
| Holmes | 6,754 | 73.85% | 2,066 | 22.59% | 172 | 1.88% | 153 | 1.67% | 4,688 | 51.26% | 9,145 |
| Huron | 12,286 | 57.52% | 8,183 | 38.31% | 560 | 2.62% | 331 | 1.55% | 4,103 | 19.21% | 21,360 |
| Jackson | 6,958 | 55.71% | 5,131 | 41.08% | 222 | 1.78% | 179 | 1.43% | 1,827 | 14.63% | 12,490 |
| Jefferson | 15,038 | 43.42% | 17,488 | 50.49% | 897 | 2.59% | 1,213 | 3.50% | -2,450 | -7.07% | 34,636 |
| Knox | 13,393 | 63.00% | 7,133 | 33.55% | 452 | 2.13% | 282 | 1.33% | 6,260 | 29.45% | 21,260 |
| Lake | 51,747 | 50.45% | 46,497 | 45.33% | 3,166 | 3.09% | 1,154 | 1.13% | 5,250 | 5.12% | 102,564 |
| Lawrence | 12,531 | 51.25% | 11,307 | 46.24% | 402 | 1.64% | 212 | 0.87% | 1,224 | 5.01% | 24,452 |
| Licking | 37,180 | 59.52% | 23,196 | 37.13% | 1,498 | 2.40% | 592 | 0.95% | 13,984 | 22.39% | 62,466 |
| Logan | 11,849 | 64.20% | 5,945 | 32.21% | 449 | 2.43% | 212 | 1.15% | 5,904 | 31.99% | 18,455 |
| Lorain | 47,957 | 42.75% | 59,809 | 53.32% | 3,183 | 2.84% | 1,231 | 1.10% | -11,852 | -10.57% | 112,180 |
| Lucas | 73,342 | 39.15% | 108,344 | 57.83% | 4,227 | 2.26% | 1,437 | 0.77% | -35,002 | -18.68% | 187,350 |
| Madison | 8,892 | 60.63% | 5,287 | 36.05% | 299 | 2.04% | 189 | 1.29% | 3,605 | 24.58% | 14,667 |
| Mahoning | 40,460 | 35.45% | 69,212 | 60.65% | 3,322 | 2.91% | 1,125 | 0.99% | -28,752 | -25.20% | 114,119 |
| Marion | 13,617 | 54.87% | 10,370 | 41.79% | 588 | 2.37% | 240 | 0.97% | 3,247 | 13.08% | 24,815 |
| Medina | 37,349 | 55.84% | 26,635 | 39.82% | 1,960 | 2.93% | 939 | 1.40% | 10,714 | 16.02% | 66,883 |
| Meigs | 5,750 | 58.70% | 3,674 | 37.51% | 226 | 2.31% | 145 | 1.48% | 2,076 | 21.19% | 9,795 |
| Mercer | 12,485 | 68.25% | 5,212 | 28.49% | 392 | 2.14% | 205 | 1.12% | 7,273 | 39.76% | 18,294 |
| Miami | 26,037 | 60.78% | 15,584 | 36.38% | 879 | 2.05% | 341 | 0.80% | 10,453 | 24.40% | 42,841 |
| Monroe | 3,145 | 44.20% | 3,605 | 50.67% | 149 | 2.09% | 216 | 3.04% | -460 | -6.47% | 7,115 |
| Montgomery | 109,792 | 47.53% | 114,597 | 49.61% | 4,690 | 2.03% | 1,908 | 0.83% | -4,805 | -2.08% | 230,987 |
| Morgan | 3,451 | 57.58% | 2,261 | 37.73% | 177 | 2.95% | 104 | 1.74% | 1,190 | 19.85% | 5,993 |
| Morrow | 7,842 | 61.08% | 4,529 | 35.28% | 305 | 2.38% | 163 | 1.27% | 3,313 | 25.80% | 12,839 |
| Muskingum | 17,995 | 55.16% | 13,415 | 41.12% | 882 | 2.70% | 332 | 1.02% | 4,580 | 14.04% | 32,624 |
| Noble | 3,435 | 57.36% | 2,296 | 38.34% | 154 | 2.57% | 103 | 1.72% | 1,139 | 19.02% | 5,988 |
| Ottawa | 9,917 | 49.66% | 9,485 | 47.50% | 432 | 2.16% | 134 | 0.67% | 432 | 2.16% | 19,968 |
| Paulding | 5,210 | 58.24% | 3,384 | 37.83% | 242 | 2.71% | 110 | 1.23% | 1,826 | 20.41% | 8,946 |
| Perry | 6,440 | 50.20% | 5,895 | 45.95% | 334 | 2.60% | 159 | 1.24% | 545 | 4.25% | 12,828 |
| Pickaway | 10,717 | 60.41% | 6,598 | 37.19% | 276 | 1.56% | 149 | 0.83% | 4,119 | 23.22% | 17,740 |
| Pike | 5,333 | 50.50% | 4,923 | 46.62% | 176 | 1.67% | 128 | 1.21% | 410 | 3.88% | 10,560 |
| Portage | 28,271 | 44.95% | 31,446 | 49.99% | 2,340 | 3.72% | 842 | 1.34% | -3,175 | -5.04% | 62,899 |
| Preble | 11,176 | 61.52% | 6,375 | 35.09% | 404 | 2.22% | 211 | 1.16% | 4,801 | 26.43% | 18,166 |
| Putnam | 12,837 | 74.01% | 4,063 | 23.43% | 254 | 1.46% | 190 | 1.10% | 8,774 | 50.58% | 17,344 |
| Richland | 30,138 | 57.10% | 20,572 | 38.98% | 1,306 | 2.47% | 763 | 1.45% | 9,566 | 18.12% | 52,779 |
| Ross | 13,706 | 52.68% | 11,662 | 44.83% | 421 | 1.62% | 227 | 0.87% | 2,044 | 7.85% | 26,016 |
| Sandusky | 13,699 | 53.21% | 11,146 | 43.30% | 587 | 2.28% | 312 | 1.21% | 2,553 | 9.91% | 25,744 |
| Scioto | 15,022 | 50.17% | 13,997 | 46.74% | 590 | 1.97% | 336 | 1.12% | 1,025 | 3.43% | 29,945 |
| Seneca | 13,863 | 56.93% | 9,512 | 39.06% | 666 | 2.74% | 310 | 1.27% | 4,351 | 17.87% | 24,351 |
| Shelby | 12,476 | 63.43% | 6,593 | 33.52% | 392 | 1.99% | 209 | 1.06% | 5,883 | 29.91% | 19,670 |
| Stark | 78,153 | 48.89% | 75,308 | 47.11% | 4,032 | 2.52% | 2,351 | 1.47% | 2,845 | 1.78% | 159,844 |
| Summit | 96,721 | 43.02% | 119,759 | 53.26% | 5,955 | 2.65% | 2,404 | 1.07% | -23,038 | -10.24% | 224,839 |
| Trumbull | 34,654 | 36.01% | 57,643 | 59.90% | 2,749 | 2.86% | 1,193 | 1.24% | -22,989 | -23.89% | 96,239 |
| Tuscarawas | 19,549 | 52.67% | 15,879 | 42.78% | 1,061 | 2.86% | 629 | 1.69% | 3,670 | 9.89% | 37,118 |
| Union | 11,502 | 67.56% | 5,040 | 29.61% | 336 | 1.97% | 146 | 0.86% | 6,462 | 37.95% | 17,024 |
| Van Wert | 8,679 | 65.66% | 4,209 | 31.84% | 216 | 1.63% | 115 | 0.87% | 4,470 | 33.82% | 13,219 |
| Vinton | 2,720 | 54.99% | 2,037 | 41.18% | 110 | 2.22% | 79 | 1.60% | 683 | 13.81% | 4,946 |
| Warren | 48,318 | 69.95% | 19,142 | 27.71% | 1,067 | 1.54% | 551 | 0.80% | 29,176 | 42.24% | 69,078 |
| Washington | 15,342 | 57.86% | 10,383 | 39.16% | 571 | 2.15% | 219 | 0.83% | 4,959 | 18.70% | 26,515 |
| Wayne | 25,901 | 61.04% | 14,779 | 34.83% | 1,171 | 2.76% | 585 | 1.38% | 11,122 | 26.21% | 42,436 |
| Williams | 9,941 | 62.45% | 5,454 | 34.26% | 347 | 2.18% | 177 | 1.11% | 4,487 | 28.19% | 15,919 |
| Wood | 27,504 | 52.70% | 22,687 | 43.47% | 1,536 | 2.94% | 467 | 0.89% | 4,817 | 9.23% | 52,194 |
| Wyandot | 6,113 | 62.21% | 3,397 | 34.57% | 191 | 1.94% | 126 | 1.28% | 2,716 | 27.64% | 9,827 |
| Totals | 2,351,209 | 49.97% | 2,186,190 | 46.46% | 117,857 | 2.50% | 50,201 | 1.07% | 165,019 | 3.51% | 4,705,457 |
Bush won 11 of 19 congressional districts. Both candidates won two districts held by the other party.[3]
| District | Gore | Bush | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 50% | 47% | Steve Chabot |
| 2nd | 32% | 65% | Rob Portman |
| 3rd | 50% | 47% | Tony P. Hall |
| 4th | 35% | 62% | Mike Oxley |
| 5th | 39% | 57% | Paul Gillmor |
| 6th | 41% | 56% | Ted Strickland |
| 7th | 39% | 58% | David Hobson |
| 8th | 34% | 63% | John Boehner |
| 9th | 55% | 42% | Marcy Kaptur |
| 10th | 52% | 43% | Dennis Kucinich |
| 11th | 82% | 15% | Stephanie Tubbs Jones |
| 12th | 46% | 51% | John Kasich |
| Pat Tiberi | |||
| 13th | 46% | 50% | Sherrod Brown |
| 14th | 54% | 42% | Thomas C. Sawyer |
| 15th | 44% | 52% | Deborah Pryce |
| 16th | 42% | 54% | Ralph Regula |
| 17th | 58% | 38% | James Traficant |
| 18th | 45% | 51% | Bob Ney |
| 19th | 50% | 46% | Steve LaTourette |
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