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Election 2000 Results

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2000 presidential election in Iowa

Al Gore (Democrat) beat George W. Bush (Republican) in Iowa in 2000, 48.5% to 48.2%, a margin of 0.3 points and 4,144 votes.

Iowa voted 0.2 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+0.5.

The Democratic hold continued from 1996, when Bill Clinton won.

Republicans led in 68 of the 99 counties and Democrats in 31. The largest, Polk, cast 174,167 votes and went to the Democrat by 5.6 points. The closest was Cedar, where 2 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Al Gore won Democratic 638,517 48.5%
George W. Bush Republican 634,373 48.2%
All other candidates 42,673 3.2%
Total1,315,563

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Polk 89,715 51.5% 79,927 45.9% 4,525 174,167 D+5.6
Linn 48,897 53.1% 40,417 43.9% 2,750 92,064 D+9.2
Scott 35,857 50.8% 32,801 46.5% 1,910 70,568 D+4.3
Black Hawk 30,112 54.7% 23,468 42.6% 1,505 55,085 D+12.1
Johnson 31,174 59.1% 17,899 33.9% 3,696 52,769 D+25.2
Dubuque 22,341 55.4% 16,462 40.8% 1,520 40,323 D+14.6
Woodbury 17,691 46.7% 18,864 49.8% 1,341 37,896 R+3.1
Story 17,478 49.4% 16,228 45.9% 1,658 35,364 D+3.5
Pottawattamie 14,726 42.7% 18,783 54.5% 958 34,467 R+11.8
Clinton 12,276 55.3% 9,229 41.6% 675 22,180 D+13.7
Cerro Gordo 12,185 55.0% 9,397 42.4% 580 22,162 D+12.6
Warren 9,521 48.4% 9,621 49.0% 511 19,653 R+0.5
Des Moines 11,351 58.6% 7,385 38.1% 629 19,365 D+20.5
Dallas 8,561 44.3% 10,306 53.3% 463 19,330 R+9.0
Jasper 8,699 48.8% 8,729 48.9% 407 17,835 R+0.2
Marshall 8,322 47.2% 8,785 49.8% 517 17,624 R+2.6
Webster 8,479 49.7% 8,172 47.9% 397 17,048 D+1.8
Lee 9,632 58.1% 6,339 38.3% 601 16,572 D+19.9
Muscatine 8,058 50.1% 7,483 46.5% 535 16,076 D+3.6
Wapello 8,355 55.2% 6,313 41.7% 471 15,139 D+13.5
Sioux 2,148 14.6% 12,241 83.3% 303 14,692 R+68.7
Marion 5,741 39.8% 8,358 58.0% 309 14,408 R+18.2
Boone 6,270 51.2% 5,625 45.9% 354 12,249 D+5.3
Benton 5,915 50.3% 5,468 46.5% 383 11,766 D+3.8
Bremer 5,169 46.3% 5,675 50.8% 331 11,175 R+4.5
Plymouth 3,499 34.6% 6,189 61.2% 430 10,118 R+26.6
Fayette 4,640 48.2% 4,747 49.3% 234 9,621 R+1.1
Carroll 4,463 46.6% 4,879 51.0% 226 9,568 R+4.3
Mahaska 3,370 35.3% 5,971 62.6% 202 9,543 R+27.3
Winneshiek 4,339 46.1% 4,647 49.3% 431 9,417 R+3.3
Buchanan 5,045 53.6% 4,092 43.5% 273 9,410 D+10.1
Jones 4,690 51.3% 4,201 45.9% 252 9,143 D+5.3
Washington 3,932 43.2% 4,827 53.1% 335 9,094 R+9.8
Jackson 4,945 54.7% 3,769 41.7% 318 9,032 D+13.0
Poweshiek 4,222 47.0% 4,396 49.0% 362 8,980 R+1.9
Kossuth 3,960 44.6% 4,612 51.9% 306 8,878 R+7.3
Henry 3,907 45.1% 4,476 51.6% 288 8,671 R+6.6
Clayton 4,238 49.4% 4,034 47.1% 299 8,571 D+2.4
Hardin 3,734 44.3% 4,486 53.2% 215 8,435 R+8.9
Delaware 3,808 45.6% 4,273 51.2% 268 8,349 R+5.6
Cedar 4,033 48.3% 4,031 48.3% 280 8,344 level
Tama 4,045 48.6% 4,034 48.5% 236 8,315 D+0.1
Dickinson 3,660 45.1% 4,225 52.0% 236 8,121 R+7.0
Buena Vista 3,297 41.3% 4,354 54.6% 326 7,977 R+13.3
Clay 3,294 43.5% 3,992 52.7% 292 7,578 R+9.2
Hamilton 3,407 45.0% 3,968 52.4% 199 7,574 R+7.4
Jefferson 2,863 37.9% 3,248 43.0% 1,437 7,548 R+5.1
Iowa 3,230 43.6% 3,894 52.5% 289 7,413 R+9.0
Floyd 3,830 52.9% 3,191 44.1% 217 7,238 D+8.8
Page 2,293 32.5% 4,588 65.0% 178 7,059 R+32.5
O'Brien 2,170 30.8% 4,674 66.4% 200 7,044 R+35.5
Madison 3,093 44.4% 3,662 52.5% 214 6,969 R+8.2
Cass 2,481 36.1% 4,206 61.1% 193 6,880 R+25.1
Butler 2,735 40.7% 3,837 57.1% 152 6,724 R+16.4
Cherokee 2,845 43.2% 3,463 52.5% 284 6,592 R+9.4
Chickasaw 3,435 52.2% 2,936 44.6% 213 6,584 D+7.6
Crawford 2,838 43.3% 3,482 53.1% 235 6,555 R+9.8
Harrison 2,551 39.0% 3,802 58.1% 190 6,543 R+19.1
Allamakee 2,883 44.6% 3,277 50.7% 302 6,462 R+6.1
Wright 2,796 44.1% 3,384 53.4% 156 6,336 R+9.3
Grundy 2,139 35.0% 3,851 63.0% 121 6,111 R+28.0
Shelby 2,179 36.3% 3,655 60.8% 175 6,009 R+24.6
Mills 2,039 34.5% 3,684 62.3% 192 5,915 R+27.8
Union 2,540 44.3% 3,003 52.3% 197 5,740 R+8.1
Appanoose 2,560 44.9% 2,992 52.5% 152 5,704 R+7.6
Winnebago 2,691 48.7% 2,662 48.2% 174 5,527 D+0.5
Guthrie 2,493 45.6% 2,840 51.9% 136 5,469 R+6.3
Hancock 2,281 41.9% 2,988 54.9% 169 5,438 R+13.0
Montgomery 1,838 34.1% 3,417 63.3% 139 5,394 R+29.3
Lyon 1,313 24.6% 3,918 73.3% 111 5,342 R+48.8
Mitchell 2,650 51.3% 2,388 46.3% 124 5,162 D+5.1
Calhoun 2,132 42.3% 2,776 55.1% 133 5,041 R+12.8
Sac 2,099 41.7% 2,776 55.2% 158 5,033 R+13.5
Keokuk 2,181 44.1% 2,571 52.0% 195 4,947 R+7.9
Humboldt 1,949 39.5% 2,846 57.6% 145 4,940 R+18.2
Franklin 2,122 43.0% 2,657 53.8% 159 4,938 R+10.8
Palo Alto 2,326 48.2% 2,341 48.5% 156 4,823 R+0.3
Greene 2,301 48.8% 2,282 48.4% 136 4,719 D+0.4
Louisa 2,294 49.5% 2,207 47.6% 136 4,637 D+1.9
Emmet 2,165 46.8% 2,331 50.3% 134 4,630 R+3.6
Monona 2,086 45.7% 2,304 50.5% 170 4,560 R+4.8
Howard 2,426 54.0% 1,922 42.8% 143 4,491 D+11.2
Lucas 1,934 44.9% 2,262 52.6% 107 4,303 R+7.6
Clarke 2,081 49.8% 1,984 47.5% 111 4,176 D+2.3
Pocahontas 1,736 41.9% 2,242 54.1% 163 4,141 R+12.2
Adair 1,753 42.5% 2,275 55.2% 95 4,123 R+12.7
Worth 2,208 55.1% 1,659 41.4% 137 4,004 D+13.7
Audubon 1,780 47.0% 1,909 50.4% 95 3,784 R+3.4
Davis 1,691 45.0% 1,956 52.0% 111 3,758 R+7.1
Decatur 1,674 45.1% 1,903 51.3% 132 3,709 R+6.2
Monroe 1,699 46.6% 1,858 50.9% 90 3,647 R+4.4
Fremont 1,459 40.3% 2,069 57.2% 88 3,616 R+16.9
Van Buren 1,440 40.4% 2,016 56.6% 105 3,561 R+16.2
Ida 1,411 40.4% 1,968 56.4% 112 3,491 R+16.0
Taylor 1,247 40.3% 1,770 57.2% 79 3,096 R+16.9
Osceola 913 29.8% 2,064 67.4% 86 3,063 R+37.6
Wayne 1,300 43.0% 1,666 55.1% 55 3,021 R+12.1
Ringgold 1,246 46.3% 1,369 50.9% 77 2,692 R+4.6
Adams 897 41.8% 1,170 54.5% 78 2,145 R+12.7

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Iowa in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+13.2
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+8.2
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+9.4
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+5.8
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+9.5
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+0.7
2000 Al Gore (D) D+0.3
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+10.3
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+6.0
1988 Michael Dukakis (D) D+10.2
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+7.4
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+12.7
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+1.0
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+17.1
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+12.2
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+24.0
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+13.5
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+18.4
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+28.2
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+2.7
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+4.5
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+4.4
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+11.7
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+17.7
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+24.2
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+38.4
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+45.4
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+12.0
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+13.3
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+15.0
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+32.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+18.6
1896 William McKinley (R) R+12.6
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+5.3
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+7.8
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+5.2
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+24.1
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+20.2
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+23.1
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+23.8