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2000 presidential election in Michigan

Al Gore (Democrat) beat George W. Bush (Republican) in Michigan in 2000, 51.3% to 46.1%, a margin of 5.1 points and 217,279 votes.

Michigan voted 4.6 points more Democratic 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 59 of the 83 counties and Democrats in 24. The largest, Wayne, cast 768,627 votes and went to the Democrat by 40.0 points. The closest was Iron, where 47 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 2,170,418 51.3%
George W. Bush Republican 1,953,139 46.1%
All other candidates 108,944 2.6%
Total4,232,501

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wayne 530,414 69.0% 223,021 29.0% 15,192 768,627 D+40.0
Oakland 281,201 49.3% 274,319 48.1% 14,745 570,265 D+1.2
Macomb 172,625 50.0% 164,265 47.5% 8,669 345,559 D+2.4
Kent 95,442 38.1% 148,602 59.4% 6,274 250,318 R+21.2
Genesee 119,833 62.8% 66,641 34.9% 4,391 190,865 D+27.9
Washtenaw 86,647 59.8% 52,459 36.2% 5,834 144,940 D+23.6
Ingham 69,231 57.4% 47,314 39.2% 4,050 120,595 D+18.2
Ottawa 29,600 26.8% 78,703 71.2% 2,296 110,599 R+44.4
Kalamazoo 48,807 48.5% 48,254 47.9% 3,595 100,656 D+0.5
Saginaw 50,825 54.2% 41,152 43.9% 1,779 93,756 D+10.3
Livingston 28,780 38.1% 44,637 59.1% 2,058 75,475 R+21.0
Muskegon 37,865 54.7% 30,028 43.3% 1,377 69,270 D+11.3
St. Clair 33,002 48.2% 33,571 49.0% 1,943 68,516 R+0.8
Berrien 28,152 43.2% 35,689 54.7% 1,400 65,241 R+11.6
Jackson 28,160 45.5% 32,066 51.8% 1,720 61,946 R+6.3
Monroe 31,555 51.1% 28,940 46.8% 1,300 61,795 D+4.2
Calhoun 27,312 49.6% 26,291 47.7% 1,477 55,080 D+1.9
Bay 28,251 54.7% 22,150 42.9% 1,235 51,636 D+11.8
Eaton 23,211 47.1% 24,803 50.3% 1,258 49,272 R+3.2
Allegan 15,495 34.5% 28,197 62.8% 1,199 44,891 R+28.3
Lenawee 18,365 45.8% 20,681 51.6% 1,047 40,093 R+5.8
Midland 15,959 41.0% 21,887 56.3% 1,042 38,888 R+15.2
Grand Traverse 14,371 37.6% 22,358 58.5% 1,500 38,229 R+20.9
Lapeer 15,749 42.3% 20,351 54.7% 1,134 37,234 R+12.4
Shiawassee 15,520 48.2% 15,816 49.1% 882 32,218 R+0.9
Clinton 13,394 41.6% 18,054 56.1% 751 32,199 R+14.5
Van Buren 13,796 46.8% 14,792 50.2% 894 29,482 R+3.4
Marquette 15,503 53.1% 12,577 43.1% 1,099 29,179 D+10.0
Barry 9,769 37.2% 15,716 59.9% 759 26,244 R+22.7
Tuscola 10,845 44.0% 13,213 53.6% 594 24,652 R+9.6
Ionia 9,481 39.6% 13,915 58.1% 574 23,970 R+18.5
Montcalm 9,627 42.0% 12,696 55.4% 581 22,904 R+13.4
St. Joseph 8,574 38.9% 12,906 58.6% 544 22,024 R+19.7
Isabella 10,228 48.5% 10,053 47.7% 788 21,069 D+0.8
Cass 8,808 44.4% 10,545 53.2% 472 19,825 R+8.8
Newaygo 7,677 39.3% 11,399 58.3% 481 19,557 R+19.0
Sanilac 7,153 38.5% 10,966 59.1% 447 18,566 R+20.5
Hillsdale 6,495 37.2% 10,483 60.0% 495 17,473 R+22.8
Delta 7,970 46.0% 8,871 51.2% 475 17,316 R+5.2
Huron 6,899 42.9% 8,911 55.4% 285 16,095 R+12.5
Branch 6,691 42.4% 8,743 55.4% 349 15,783 R+13.0
Gratiot 6,538 43.1% 8,312 54.8% 329 15,179 R+11.7
Mecosta 6,300 42.7% 8,072 54.7% 382 14,754 R+12.0
Emmet 5,451 37.1% 8,602 58.5% 658 14,711 R+21.4
Chippewa 6,370 44.4% 7,526 52.4% 458 14,354 R+8.1
Houghton 5,688 40.0% 7,895 55.5% 633 14,216 R+15.5
Alpena 7,053 49.9% 6,769 47.9% 310 14,132 D+2.0
Iosco 6,505 49.2% 6,345 48.0% 372 13,222 D+1.2
Mason 5,579 42.9% 7,066 54.3% 371 13,016 R+11.4
Wexford 5,326 41.0% 7,215 55.6% 441 12,982 R+14.6
Roscommon 6,433 49.8% 6,190 47.9% 305 12,928 D+1.9
Dickinson 5,533 43.1% 6,932 54.0% 367 12,832 R+10.9
Cheboygan 5,484 43.5% 6,815 54.0% 318 12,617 R+10.5
Clare 6,287 49.9% 5,937 47.1% 383 12,607 D+2.8
Charlevoix 4,958 39.7% 7,018 56.2% 511 12,487 R+16.5
Leelanau 4,635 38.6% 6,840 57.0% 534 12,009 R+18.4
Gladwin 5,573 47.9% 5,743 49.4% 313 11,629 R+1.5
Antrim 4,329 37.6% 6,780 58.9% 398 11,507 R+21.3
Manistee 5,639 49.3% 5,401 47.3% 388 11,428 D+2.1
Oceana 4,597 42.7% 5,913 54.9% 262 10,772 R+12.2
Otsego 4,034 38.4% 6,108 58.1% 363 10,505 R+19.7
Menominee 4,597 44.1% 5,529 53.0% 308 10,434 R+8.9
Osceola 4,006 40.3% 5,680 57.2% 244 9,930 R+16.9
Ogemaw 4,896 49.7% 4,706 47.8% 253 9,855 D+1.9
Gogebic 4,066 48.8% 3,929 47.1% 344 8,339 D+1.6
Benzie 3,546 43.9% 4,172 51.7% 354 8,072 R+7.8
Arenac 3,685 50.7% 3,421 47.1% 161 7,267 D+3.6
Presque Isle 3,242 45.8% 3,660 51.7% 178 7,080 R+5.9
Kalkaska 2,774 40.5% 3,842 56.1% 233 6,849 R+15.6
Missaukee 2,062 31.7% 4,274 65.8% 160 6,496 R+34.1
Crawford 2,790 43.8% 3,345 52.6% 229 6,364 R+8.7
Iron 3,014 48.7% 2,967 47.9% 207 6,188 D+0.8
Alcona 2,696 45.0% 3,152 52.6% 149 5,997 R+7.6
Mackinac 2,533 42.4% 3,272 54.8% 165 5,970 R+12.4
Montmorency 2,139 42.7% 2,750 54.9% 120 5,009 R+12.2
Lake 2,584 55.1% 1,961 41.8% 148 4,693 D+13.3
Alger 2,071 47.4% 2,142 49.1% 153 4,366 R+1.6
Schoolcraft 2,036 48.5% 2,088 49.7% 74 4,198 R+1.2
Ontonagon 1,514 36.5% 2,472 59.6% 165 4,151 R+23.1
Oscoda 1,677 42.0% 2,207 55.3% 108 3,992 R+13.3
Baraga 1,400 41.3% 1,836 54.1% 157 3,393 R+12.8
Luce 956 37.7% 1,480 58.4% 100 2,536 R+20.7
Keweenaw 540 40.2% 740 55.1% 63 1,343 R+14.9

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

Michigan in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+1.4
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+2.8
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+0.2
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+9.5
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+16.5
2004 John Kerry (D) D+3.4
2000 Al Gore (D) D+5.1
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+13.2
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+7.4
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+7.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+19.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+6.5
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+5.4
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+14.4
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+6.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+33.6
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+2.0
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.5
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.5
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+1.7
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+1.0
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+0.3
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+17.6
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+7.9
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+41.4
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+62.2
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+50.5
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+8.0
1912 Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+29.5
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+43.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+19.2
1896 William McKinley (R) R+10.3
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+4.4
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+4.9
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+0.8
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+15.2
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+8.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+27.2
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+14.0